Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-22

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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
tervals and their cannon fred but sell
dom. Apparently, the Beers were short
Of ammunition. All day the roar OF
musketry fire continued The British
took three Boer positions on the noun
lain and found shelter behind the boul-
iers."
The Daily Telegraph has the follow.
| Ing dispatch, dated Saturday, from
| Spearman's camp: Gen. Warren's
forces have fought a deliberately
| planned and successful battle. This i'm
| portant engagement occurred 10 the
west Of Spoinkop and practically re-
| suited in our securing the lakeland
which constituted the key Of the Boer
| position.
after fierce cannonade had been
| directed against the enemy's lines for
some time, the British troops assem-
| bled near an eminence known as Three
Tree hall, which forms the center Of a
semi circle Of crests, crowned with the
enemy's works and some six miles
long. Steadily and with great dash
the British infantry went forward In
the face Of heavy fuslade from
Mauser rifles. our troops were dis
posed as follows. Maj. Gen. Wood
gates brigade on the right; Maj. Gen.
Harris brigade In the center and Nal
Gen. Hldyard's brigade on the left.
soon after midday the battle on the
hill became furious, and from . In the
afternoon until the fire from cannon
and rifles was extremely heavy. Point
after point o. the enemy's positions
were seized by the British troops and
eventually the Boer right broke and
was forced back toward Spoinkop.
our force Is bivouacklng on the
ground II captured SO CALAMITY. Dur
ing the action today the enemy brought
into play new guns, one Of which was a
qulck-hrer. Tomorrow ought to settle
the matter. In today's fighting our
losses were trlHlng, but the Beers suf-
fered heavily.
while Gen. Warren was fighting. an
effectual demonstration was proceed
ing at Potgieter's drift the enenys
positions near there being vigorously
sheled by the British batteries"
A dispatch to the Daily News from
Potgieter's drift, dtead Friday, Janu-
airy 18th. says: THE spirits OF the
troops are greatly raised by the con-
uction that Gen. Butler now has
thorough grasp on the situation. As
the force has left the railway. trans
port difficulties are being experienced.
The rivers are often flooded and what
were short time ago trieking streams
are now deep torrents.
The scenes at the drifts cannot easily
be forgotten. One sees perfect
pandemonium and OK wagons. Some
times thirty oxen are yoked to q single
wagon and the drivers make a yerlta-
bic babel Of noise. shouting In Dutch,
English and Zulu. They brandlsh their
long whips, and occasionally an upset
stops whole train.
AT another point or time half regi-
ment will drag a cart and It's mules
up the river bank by main force. The
traction engines looked promising at
first. but since Chieveley ! have seen
nothing OF them"
The Durham correspondent OF the
Standard says: 1T is rumored that
ten volunteer stretcher-bearers, on ar
rival at the front, deliberately walked
across into the Boer lines. The same
thing happened at the battle OF Colen-
50. II is presumed they were spies
who had succeeded In enrolling them
selves In the ambulance corps. IL Is
asserted that the Beers desecrated the
convent church at Newcastle In an In
describable manner"
Rome. Jan. 2i.--Charles +. Macrum,
former United States consul at Pre-
toria. who arrived here yesterday, LETT
today for Paris.
nr he. N al, ~ orfnn DnCt
who accompanied Mr.. Macrum, said
In the course OF an interview at Ma.
pies. that the Beers know they must
ultimately be defeated. but are deter
mined 10 resist 10 the last He praises
the Roer tactics and expressed admira-
ton for the bravery OF both armies.
The Afrikanders are regarded by
Mr.. Easton as "a permanent danger
20 the British" He asserts that, prior
to the war, the Transvaal government
inquired what quantity OF cartridges
was allowed 20 the German troops In
the Franch-Prussian war and then or
dered double the quantity.
Naples, Jan. 22.-Mr Macrum Is re.
ported 10 be the bearer Of a letter 70
President Mckinley from President
hIuEtIt III NNiNn AAl' tdNANt fARfN"l"-'
peace terms based upon the status quo,
seven-year franchise.
Mafeking, Jan. 6.--tBy runner 10 Mo-
clendi, Jan. l4th, via Lourenzo Mar.
cues, Jan. 2i.l-We concentrated our
artillery, consisting Of o 7-pounder, a
Nordenfeldt and one little old ships
gun. on January Srd, during the dark
ess. so as 10 bear on the enemy's big |
slege gun. We carefully concealed the |
-uns until the next afternoon. when.
after the enemy had fired a couple OF
shells. We let loose all our pieces, firing |
and loading as fast as possible.
One OF our shots must have thrown |
3 he enemy's Siege gun out OF position,
for II ceased firing. With glasses We |
could see the Beers rapidly reinforcing
hat point. The next day they moved |
back their guns 200 yards. They en-
placed 6-pounder and proceeded 10
irop shells regularly into market
square.
We have made up our minds TO stick
L out and have food for another three |
months. The whole garrison Is enraeed
At the enemy for hiring upon the wo-
mems lager
Another dispatch. dated January 10th, |
says; ''The enemy continue the bom-
hardment With Held guns and an occa-
slonal lo0-pound shell. They have
'galn fired az .he woren's LANCER. but
without hurting any one"
From Gaberones comes an undated |
dispatch which says: "Col. Pluner has
worked down this Ear toward Mh.rK.ng |
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