The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-03
ANOTHER BRITISH VICTORY.
Col Pitcher Defeats a Boer Command
Near Orange Rive

Near Orange River.
London, Jan. 2.--The war Office has
received the following from Cape Town
under today's date: Colonel Pitcher
reports through the officer commanding
at the Orange river:
i have completely defeated a hos
tile command at the Sunuyside lager
this day, Jan. 1, taking the larger and
forty prisoners, besides the killed and
wounded Our casualties are two nri-
Yates killed and Lieutenant Adie
wounded Am encamped at Dover
IarI1, twenty miles northwest of Bel
mont ana ten miles from Sunnyside 70
The success Of General French's coll
umn is at length confirmed officially
at the war Office this afternoon i'm q
dispatch from Cape Town, Monday,
Jan. i, as follows: French REPORTS at
D. m To-Day from Coleskop by hello
graph as follows:
a." Leaving at Rensburg. holding the
enemy in front. half of the First SUE
folks and a section of the Royal Horse
Artillery, / started thence at s in the
afternoon, Dec. 81, taking with me five
squadrons of cavalry, half Of the Sec
ond Berks and eighty mounted infant
~, carried in wagons and ten Guns.
I halted for four hours at Maid0rs
the kOpje overlooking and westward
Of COlesburg. The enemy's OutDosts
We're taken completely by surprise. Az
daylight we sheiled the lager and en-
tladed the right OF the enemy's posi-
ton.
q" The artillery fire in reply was shot
. from Therapeutics, using royal
laboratory ammunition and other guns
We silenced the guns on the enemys
right fin r,--.,f
~ and guns to the north Of COlesburg,
towards the junction, where a strong
lager Of the enemy was holding q hiH
position southeast of COlesburg as far
as the junction
Our position cuts the line of re-
treat via the road and bridge Some
thousands Of Beers with two guns are
reported to be retiring towards Nor
valspOnt. All RemingtOn's scouts pro-
ceeded toward Achterlang yesterday
morning. Slight casualties, about
three killed and few wounded Details
later
Brief Independent messages from
Rensburg, filed the evening Of Jan. T.
supplement General FTench's disDatcIt
but slightly, According to them the
British were still Smelling the Boer po-
sitiOn at o'clock Monday evening ana
expected to enter COlesburg today The
British losses were three men killed
and seven wounded. Nc officers were
killed or wounded. The Beers are SUP
posed to have suffered heavily from
the accuracy Of the British artillery
fire
General French's statement that the
/ Beers were using a fifteen-p0under
and WOOlWich ammunition evidently
refers to one Of the British guns cap
tured at StOrmberg. The BCer strength
| in the engagement with General French
was estimated at from 5000 TO 1000
men.
While the afternoon papers are dis
/ posed to Overrate the brilIancy OF Cen
eral French's success. it VIII doubtless
/ have q good moral effect. and if
/ promptly followed up. as seems likely
/ from the fact that Remington's guides
are already advancing on Achterlang.
/ it may result in capturing Norvals-
/ pOnt bridge thus gaining an important
/ strategic advantage, so then GeneraI
/ French viii probably be able to threat
1 en- BethUlie bridge, which is the main
/ line of retreat for the Beers facing
| General Gatacre
Other official dispatches dated Jan.
/ say General Methuen's position is
UNCHANGED.