Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-29
|, - 1obsrls Probably viii Move
WOnday-TfOops Sent Already
mAyY FIGHTING AHEAD
80 mimi nIshed, hut show NO
s,eus of Yielding what s'e'"
and Kruger say

r,J the folloWlnB ulSP''
roberts, dated Bloemfohteih'
MaBh ~ a.o,,,ed Faure-
w ,o5ay without opposition. one
' '..' 'oounder and one Martini Maxim
W., discovered in a prospecting smart
N'' ~ where a large quantity OF
snmunI,ion was buried ,...oa ,rodn-
~. and the inhabitants are setting
down.
LOSS OF TWENTY MEN.
.ca Pitcher visited Ladybrand on
-, ~ q ON leaving the town he was
hne eSed nv party Of the enemy, ana
sV", es Sls force was wounded and nVe
sre missing ,.,.,.,s, north NJ the
u,sssr liver on March 20 hYe men
a. wounded. Three are Reported 10
s,isslnc Captain Sloane stanley OF
sI,tesnth lanoers, and five men OF
wv, ,sgirnent were taken prisoners.
'H1s ,S poberts has sent 10000 troops
Glen Ten miles north OF Bloemfon-
M Inc railway. This Is a pre-
, W,S 10 the general advance.
ir,msnse quantities Of stores have
.a~ hesn accumulated at Bloemfon-
w and Lord Roberts Infantry IL
sssmlnely about TO move. An impress
sIon which can be traced to the war
oaee Is abroad that the advance VIII
tsgn next Monday Boer observation
,srties are lowering near Bloemfon-
,sin but Lord Roberts has lS5 miles
~ cover before reaching the great posi-
Han which the Beers are preparing at
Kroonstadt
woyng ten miles day Is probably
~ hest he can do with field transport.
Therefore he can hardly engage the
poers IN force for two weeks. The re-
contraction OF the railway behind him
may even delay an invasion OF ths
rmnsyaal until May. Meanwhile all
me important towns In the Free state
within Lord Roberts reach are being
eafrlsoned. Thaba Nchu, Philoppolis,
Fauresmith and lagersfonteln are thus
held
sr Alfred Miner Is touring in the
disturbed newly-acQuired territory. in
yestiyating conditions and arranging
Inc administration He is understood
% be getting materials for report 10
M. Chamberlain concerning plan Of
civil government.
10 LAND BRITISH TROOPS on
PORTUGUESE SOIL.
The foreign Office, according TO the
Daily Chronicle Is arranging with Por-
iugal for some thousands OF British
troops to be landed at Beira and sent
BY he Rhodesia railroad from MASH
Kssse 10 Umtali A permanent ar
fsngement Is understood 10 exist for
he use OF this route to transfer the
RhOdesla police. The possibility OF
foreign protest Is suggested by the
Daily Chronicle,
Among items cabled from Pretoria is
q statement that prominent citizens
there object to defense Of Pretoria
and desire that President Kruger
should retire to Lydenburg. II is al
legged that the principal buildings at
johannesburg have been undermined
by order OF Kruger.
Presiding at the annual meeting OF
NE Militia Rife association yesterday
afternoon the commander-in-chlef OF
ne forces Lord Wolseley said the coun-
ny was 10 be congratulated on the
manner In which the war was proceed
NO. Great Britain, he pointed out, had
10 The field the largest army ever sent
edess the seas In the history Of the
world, and composed Of the finest men
he had ever seen in any army. This
satisfactory situation, he continued.
vas primarily due 10 the wonderful
army system inaugurated by Lord
CALDWELL but for which Il would have
been impossible for Great Britain TO
carry on the South African war, as had
j not been for the militia and reserves
Great Britain would have been in bad
way.
AN IMMENSE ARMY.
Continuing. Lord Wolseley said near
y nine hundred ON lers and thirty bat.
saAons u militia have been landed In
soaih Africa since the war; that 1900
nllllla had passed into the regulars
SINCE lss,-ss, and that the embodiment
u the militia into the regulars this
year was successfully carried out. The
,.somInander-ln-chief further said that
'he ohcer n,charge Of the embarkation
'ssuheu 10 the high standing OF all
VINO went out, all Of which he con-
usatd proved the immense value OF |
militia 90 regular troops.
i. spencer Wilkinson, reviewing the mil
l.ary situation in the Morning Post
,a!s' The Beers seem TO be taking |
a1l,ahlage Of the pause in the British |
llgance 10 redistribute their forces
11nl 70 prepare for a new campaign
ovti and other representatives speak |
Y. concentration at Kroonstadt or
'9ine point On the line north OF Bloem-
I %, lfalns are taking troops from |
tttofia southwark.
Suogng from Natal reports the
'gsr forces there have been reduced 10
IeaI guard. The effect Of Olivier's
IA Whleh seems successful in spite OF |
-, dNoFahle hopes raised by tele- |
slalns rom Mazeru, Is 10 clear the
,os,neih part Of the Free State OF or
sahlled Boer forces.
TROOPS LANDED IN MARCH.
Ine arrival Of Gen. Gatacre's troops |
y ~ Followed In a few days BY those
- Heh. Clements, will give Lord Rob-
\. aholher strong division. II may
- nyied thar during March 10000 |
Tsn nav nave landed at the Cape"
~ npiventontein correspondent OF |
3d. @lly Telegraph. In a dispatch |
4 tuesday March 9th, saws 1T |
n, matter for regret that, owing 10 |
49, sate OF the roads and OF our
49, commaAdant Grevelarots
IA '', 20 OF 5000 men from Colesberg
,o,,l t southern districts got away |
q IN NJ % travelling day and night close |
any, ns basuto border before our force |
.rS nope 10 get near them.
~. istest news Is that the Beers
Il. 'V,voy men stu under arms. OF |
az WV are IN and around the |
,'.s border. Although tents and |
bs !. ule reaching here. block on |
5e se enMsy Is delaying arrivals from
bs, s ~ va considerably. II Is asserted |
IA, -S'V' boers are massed al Kroon. |
{ = dispatch to the Daily Mail from
fs,ch '' asi il'zpurg. dated Wednesday, |
,oronr ~ says: British scouts have |
n my I.connoitered the passes OF |
r.. 1',nsDerg range. The number |
6oo holding them does not exceed
~, ano are working half-heartedly |
'ois'laetlng lntrenchments.1