Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-15

Tsb 1.-THE total British
b' a,,v returns up tonight are. go.
', osa.,. Killed. l's, wounded ''''
killed. 1871; wounded 0'O'Vi
r,,ing, s,Isli other fatalities 'ep'''e''
h
enrd total, lO5l''
~, Aces not include the list OF
~ trom disease in the garrisons OF
zenith. Kimberley and Mafeklns'
~. osople are reported to be dying
rss appalling rate
IN THE FREE STATE
ee,m-The war Office has issued
allowing message from Lord Rob-
!, received this evening
MRS Drift. Feb. Il, $40 a. NJ
:, French lei, this point at 1880
re.rjsy morning with three brigades
ta,sly. horse artillery and mounted
.h,,-y. including several colonial con-
.ss,. IN order TO seize a crossing Of
! u5dder about 25 miles away.
!. rDofts by dispatches dated $3.50
N hat he had forced a passage at
N Drn and has occupied the hills
IN q he river capturing three OF
4 sssmys laagers with supplies,
N Gen. Gordon of the fifteenth
s,r with his brigade, who had
~ felnt at R0ndeyal Drift, four
z, vest has seized IL and another
n b,twpen Il and Clip Drift, to-
RAJ with two more laagers.
"a Frenchs performance Is
.,tt considering the excessive heat
4 Ntilng duststorms whach ragged
IN the latter part Of the day.
r+lb the rapldity Of his move
~ Gen. French met with but
1eggosluon, bis losses being small
ur lohns0n Of the lnniskilliug dra-
rsk he only officer reported severe
tMiei.
hhyth division was last night on
erh bank Of the Riet at Water
uki and is moving to support
arilry. The seventh division Is
k.ri will 20 on this afternoon.
~ oToers and lfty-three men had
Nh sent last evening In the re-
tn wagons 10 the railway line,
FFH,sl BY heat and exhaustion"
RoBERTs BIG ARMY.
NN 40 a. m.-The British army,
= q hrst time since the war began,
.a,s the Boer frontier. Lord Rob-
"a liih a, least 1900 infantry, 1000
-aiy and 80 guns, has turned the
ilgHi5nlein lines, before which the
ir1a forces have been enoamped for
= weeks, and with half OF his corps
! ( already operating on Free state
Tey battle has not yet Ren
'-iai but large tactical advantages
N BEN gained. The relief Of KIM
~ Is within measurable reach. and
way to Bloemfontein is appreciably
E.r
I'D Roberts dispatches, wired from
~ he Free State. and on the Ret
.; lgit him Wednesday morning. His
t'ilc had not been opposed by the
20 b force Their patrols melted
iiy as the British moved forward.
2 HoG army Is likely to be felt in
qW two and a battle is consequent
Imminent
a 20 what forces Cen Cronje has
~ q bis disposal, and as TO where
fohss making a stand against |
h,iders, no one here connected
q ne war Office knows anything.
siia for conceptions are wholly |
ni1g.
~ forces Immediately at the dis
A o. Lord Roberts are placed at !
10 general way These figures |
lt'ealed BY the commands men |
31 N the dispatches as having been |
~ 70 The division known 10 be with |
heihuen Quite possibly Lord |
sit has 10000 or 10000 more.
NJ above dispatches Of Lord Rob- |
sAtleh Lord R0herts's three days |
The forward movement began |
Asalay when Col. Hannay set out |
. brigade Of mounted infantry |
amah on the Ret eight miles |
'a2obsdal one Of the Boer supply |
Qn Monday Gen. French with |
.N'slfy division. seized the crossing |
= Esi liver 40 Dekils drift. south |
...gesial and eighteen miles east OF |
~ Nest kloof lie skirmlshed with |
oo-s and cleared the way for 10000 |
.'Iy Who followed across.
tuesday, with his three cavalry |
s'1s' and the horse artillery, Gen. |
80 RODE 70 the Modder river a dis.
" twenty-five miles. ana took
| lords with high ground beyond
~ wv ana five Boer camps. He had |
i. casualties IN brushes with the
~. I9''e' Gen. French has now fixed
r.. - On Gen. Cronie's main line Of
| IN -ts ssion with Bloemfontein and |
= .'a..lahlry. with seyenty-two guns
~ eng pushed up TO support him
GOOD NEWS FOR BRITAIN.
4. f Sc. Wilkinson. in the Morning