Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-09
SFRIOUS CHECKS
TO BRITISH ARMS
,..nl /, that the Whole Free State
IS Up Again
pogp REPORT OF VICTORY
s9s Men and II Guns In
or ,..,,gements Mafeking Hard
pres.ed-Nati,e' Excited

''1 .'.. Mood be feared even If the
n' ta, and teIegraphs are cut and
l-". .,,,rts.p isolated, together with
t osas that the ladies and other
W. ,'n. ara being ordered away DO
%, T..rs are rumors from capetown
49, tbs telegraph wires were already
w.. ,s.tsriay Sunday, and also that
wv sns.srs who were sent to the re-
n.y., n me royal Irish rifles are also
~ 80 although probably these are
li's'l, ,ioms of Boer exaggerations de-
lns M encourage the burghers. Inc
s, ls,'.,. III con Colyille 70 eaten the
~ ' saders 10 conference az Relllon-
,sr JAILED. probably as usual because
fhe lack of cavalry .,..,.. .,
~ ,.sDlt- of these serious checks 70
a.. BdtIsb arms Is that the whole free
s.s.e h NO again and that the Beers
srs mn Of activity over the ehtiIe
A','' hsiatad B0er dispatch says that
,'.,.sts were made for the foreign le-
S',o unle. the late Gen. de Villebois
Mareui.
MAGNIFICENT STRATEGY.
Thu Rosrs are boasting that the
c.i'sburg and stormberg commanders,
numbering GOO with ten cannon ana
"A wagons. have got satelv through
INNS performing a magnificent STRAIT
a 1osr account or the Bloemfontein
vaterworks affair says "Col Broad
,.,51 evacuated Thaba N'Chu owing 10
~, advance OF Commandant olivier
f.or tbe south The federal troops
op,5 fbe British camp in peaceful
srnber without a sentinel, or an out
80 IN give the alarm Gen. De Wet
Immediately placed guns and the COM
map80s In such positions as 70 sur
MIND the British who did not have
,ims 10 recover from their surprise
The Capetown correspondent OF the
Times. discussing the affair, says:
|cLEvERNEss VS. CARELEssNEss.
sAl the details only serve to bring
out clearly the marvellous cleverness OF
MI Beers. no less than the marvellous
5fsrsessness Of the British officers
|vh5m. % would seem, no series Of dis
fass win ever teach 10 keep wide
awake
The Beers I'm Col. Broadwood's rear
drove his force into the party at the
idii exactly as partridges are driven
io gun Az the drift itself. as edch
.F2gln descended the hollow II was
iftWn which way TO drive, so as not
io block the convoy When the guns
huIyed the trap was all clear again for
'iheIr reception AS one who was pres
fnt said. 10 was like "A cloakrOom. The
BosN politely took your rifle and asked
bon 70 kindly stand 10 one side. There
aNas nothing else Tor you to do.
4 The American scout Durham, tesu-
g. 70 the terrific pace with which the
Rler c0mmandos cover the ground
tnl The ease with which they move
.iher guns.
The Beers are displaying increased
fct.yity 90 Natal, but there Is no sign
Fiat Gen Butler is moving.
HARD BREAD AT MAFEKING,
NatsNns was still besleged on April
i1 The garrison was suffering from
AaCk Of bread and a mixture OF oats,
|fun and meal was doing duty for that
fHcle which is described as coarse
"a substance, of the color Of ginger
fiead end OF the consistency Of Nor
fesian pine
TOOK s63 MEN. Il GUNS.
London April s.-A dispatch from
Pretoria. dated Friday April 9Th, via
'lourenzo MARQUES, says: 1T is re-
1oriel that Gen. De Wet attacked and
fsieatel a large force OF British cavalry
n Devetsl0r9. southeast OF Bloemfon-
ee.n capturing $50 prisoners and
4afge quantity Of ammunition and
4 .mp stores and inflcting heavy losses
Pc federal Joss was two killed and
oif wounded. All Is quiet with the
flher romm8ulos."
Another dispatch from Pretoria,
talel Wednesday April ith says 1T
4 omcla.Iy announced here that az the
4 'oemf0nteIn watarworks the republic
~ forces captured eleven officers and
men Win eleven guns. two ammu-
I luon wagons. other wagons, ana
fu.es"
Al'icts from Bethany, dated satur-
~ Arr. lth says: Gen. Gatacres
PUG mas returned here without finding
uaso of the Inflated British coll
pun captured by the Reddersburg
tonmando. 10 Is impossible to estl-
lslc TOE British losses, but. as the
,,.a.. fought stubbornly It is probable
'naI these We're large"
cATACRE WAS LATE.
A dispatch from Bethany dated
thursday, April 5th. SAYS: "The five
.onpanes OF British infantry which
u. slL.FHe1 by the Reddersburg
ni'inao while marching across the
3l,'rN VIA Dewetsdorp. made
.NS stand but as the Beers had
l1t neIt guns and the British none,
aver were compelled to surren.
cen cataCre arrived too late
gIshurg was already reoccupied
n Ws Beers and the enemy are now
4 .alenIng the lines 90 south.
! .'..i.lf'nhes from Bloemfontein dated
'tl1as say: The Beers are report
T. m I'Ioe 10 the south. threatening
Il, l".l.foal, which. however. IS strong.
'ole.i-d British nickets at Spring.
~ eight miles distant. were at
XII nv r., loday by Beers advancing from
N '.I works Remounts are randi
I.,.i-IIlIue The British are IN high
an0 anxious 10 advance"
I, ''9.ners captured by the British
o'shoi Include many Frenchmer
presented a wet ana bedraRqled
anoe Lord Methuen has com
e,Hn..1 his men on their behavior
~. Boyle and Williams Of the veo.
r. , ana Gen. Vinebolg Nareuu were
A5ror. d boshoi Friday with military
Trouble AMONG NATIVES.
runner Who arrived nj Lourenzo
r. on Friday from Sobobo's
Itt, sl.s' "sobobo has been Killed
W Women have been tled nm with
,,,.. unrest Is Increasing In the
which is IN a most unsettled
N'flng on a reign Of terror in
I sr,. or white mans law
r. natives have been threatened
kp.-i. one district they have been
4. ..ieiy killed on" nav '''"
h. niger from Bremerdorn swa.
wv, Who also arrived at 4 .,nro,,Vo
ktstnt, me Beers are making
&c me queen and are seeking