Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-09
SHARP ANXIETY
FOR MORE NEWS
,,,,i,b Public Realizes that Butler
Has a Hard JOB
avAEyESSOF BRITISH NAVY
,.,., Of the First-ciass Ve''e''
''' a,,, uollie.LOader' Discuss
log the Prospect
trorly Dispatched

~, TO this molhlhs
'ls" ssryers with Gen. Butler
w 4 A. pharse or two about me
'no, I'm N me Boer positions ana the
' '1.1', Of Gen. Buffers work but
AZ moi carry events beyond tues
liy evening ..,,,es ioaye
o,,u.b advance on Vaal Krantz' IN
enter OF a seml-circle' where lne
-. o%a exposed to the Boer aFtli-
y. I, both sides and in the center.
El "a sshtlng continued until Tuesday
lHi az and almost without doubt con-
v W. a Wednesday as the Beers GER
ll,S would not leave this wedge INTO
.i.' limos unmolested. II Is also IN
va hat Cen Butler must ei'iier
'Snne his advance or retire.
FL HEAVIEST lighting appears TO nave
n 90 Tnesday. GEN Buffers zS5
r.n ',,,Jes are mentioned as having oc-
"a before noon Tuesday Large
NJ, are Consequently expected Tor me
~ n the day. The casualties already
...srir. brings the total British losses
,I,lrr The war to 1924 killed, wound
4 1rd CAPTURED 81. ..
..lsIri,a the Importance Of the hghting
Natal and 10 suggest that this is
nm an Incident anyway, placing hope
nm, expected decisive engagements In
..,,trn Cape Colony and upon the In
,,,i1r Of the Free State by Lord Rob-
~. Al al events, this is the official
IN The public does not like these
An waits, and there Is sharp anxiety
~ further news.
/, cane Colony Gen. Macdonald had
sthmlsh with 1000 Beers at Koodoo-
In This was on Monday The Beers
lsrs been taking the offensive against
Csa French near Rensberg, as well
4 against Gen. Gatacre In the Storm
M tIlls.
ne Daily Telegraph has received the
thslne dispatch dated February 9Th,
hyn .nearman's Camp: This Ia the
rnd day Of the battle and the fight
q, has been fercer than It was yester-
hy AZ dawn the Beers began the
la0n BY shelling our oivouac by their
1tg Tom and pompOn guns from
ban Kloof Their six-inch shells fell
lsN me spot where Gen. Butler and his
t1 were watching the engagement.
| "a shell burst amid a squadron OF the
! Heenth hussars, but not a soul was
rd.sl.
Dor guns from Swarts Kop and on
q plain soon sllenced the enemy's ar.
| ly but repeatedly the Beers
eihi back their guns. popped them
work over the hills, fred a few
'1'i and then again changed their
| fton
during the morning our gunners
tNfsied In blowing up the enemy's
ammunition wagon upon Doom Kloof.
" N,tleton's brigade was shot al
I'm ,lree sides, and had a warm time
W., Vaal Krantz.
Desperate efforts were made by the
.ts 10 recover the smoking hill. The
g'lam light infantry, the kings roy
hhts' and the Scottish rifles
.lallly charged and cleared the posl.
eh Gen. Hildyard's brigade relieved
ga Iy''leIon's brigade toward sun
Nghung continued until O. Several
gt9htfs have been taken. They do.
ssie mat the Beers Yesterday Ios,
,'HE The enemy suffered severely
-i'' II IS reported that among their
,.,. ~, pa we trenches armed kafirs
a ilspatch to the Morning Pos, from,
~ 5,'ysmlth, dated Tuesday. February
En- eys' Little can be seen Of Cen
..uu action, owing 10 the haze n
s ,t,'iS mat the Beers have wlthdrawn
~ plg guns from the hills hero
I'M tl .,d' A large force OF Beers
a., ~, enaln' and the garrison is pre-
~ lor night attack"
e'ge force Of Beers attacked Nord.
,.Tii, llluland, destroyed the mbllc
lungs and took numerous prisoners
'1Ve OF volunteers. with artillery
~ eeeh dispatched thlther from mr.
~. " SUPPORT the scouts and 10 on
'ur'her advance by the Beers.
NAVY HAS POOR GUNS.
Shce the war has strained tho -.
~ lS,s OF the military system Eng.
IT'. . nes been troubled by the nossi.
s. ,.! mat sea fighting will show navai
ss - Smch would weaken the first
h, ", y. defense in which the countrv
,bo-S',.vq such complete trust. This
49,. slo,'s'oh mas suddenly found ex-
M ~ ,ne last two or three DAYS in
rv n, .nt newspapers in England the
s.n t.,nilhents attention has been sne-
nm. 4iSeyled 10 the Misunderstanding
sip,nr,ri Neh public men have been
~ H.' surprised 20 learn that six
,, ,l ,oa,ueships and eight armored
M. uepend upon muzzle.loaders
hlss means that smaller but faster
n 80, wy, ~. modern guns would be able
"a s'ay Lgg0 20 1000 yards out OF range
an" usaoie In leisurely fashion
,s,s,. gne,thlrd Of the vessels which
H. ~ ~ we naval list as FIRST class"
t, W. 'aiutllralty IS understood 10 be
,,sa,sus 70 remedy this defect and 10
A., also considerable additions
o." ~ preserve the present ratio on
y ~ brllaln's naval strength Ia that
tlahce and Germany " '"a'
w.. supplementary army estimate 10
NJ ta,' ols' was laid pro lorna before
N, , s o. commons yesterday. but
NJ, ny made public. II Is renor,ed
povla ,s eau Is for 10000 900 which
"a, MAKE the cost Of the war nm 10
n y ~ ls sis $50 0O00O6 The maintana,,c c
mated m'n az the front. II is esti-
fN0b oS SSsls between es,OOe. 900 ana
c, sy.Vp per month. ""U
49, Wyndham. parl,aman,arv
, ops s.y o. the war office. answerIng
J,,,,SsHon IN the house OF commons
.sn !, sad that 2.2s5 officers and
bw n We British army were miss,nS
Asm W. vas uncertain how many Of
pro,ee,,n.e az Pretoria. AS 10 their
rered o.I IN case the British be.
govsr , ,..ieloria Mr. Wyndham saia the
.o'd Roberts " 'ne discretion
NynShsnt another question Mr.
mon to-, M, sala that In addition to the
nsntlonsSSD 70 South Africa recently
nsr, hsSI n hls speech. the govern.
rois hs,,. decided 10 send seventeen
n,nry , sa,lohs N militia and 2 600 yeo-
y oy,, u ls stlng a total for The militia
2 ~ WV men and for the yeoman-
p
sul me- he, 7 south Africa. he added
We y w pe $4,000 electives. exclu'
ns sabisc;, 70 q series Of questions ON
%, M. B. ~ The Delagoa bay cues.
iiad hot s nallonr said the government