Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-07
[ANIFESTO
TO THE: Beers.
I'D Robert; Invites them to Come
W. Under British Protection
ery. MEIHuEN IS ACTIVE.
,.. Going on Near Ladys"i'h-
Fsh"" .,,,u,. All Round DIS
eunIng the nayone1

-, Feb Lord Roberts has
bn,'. Ne distributed in the towns
A' ,'.,rc upon the invaded colonial
''l ',,'ry an invitation to Free sta'er'
''rIi T.o,. ~ to so into the desert
~ .s.,lor them good treatment ana no.
n 7. ra,oceupation Of republican terri
pr. ...os ,bat those
~ horses can sell them For
@~ s,. will have their passage paid to
ENC Colonial rebels are ADVISED
!, surrender in preference to being Ia
fn prisoners ,..., ,.on
yot a word has been received rom
a.. correspondents with Gen Butler Tor
@rs days. It Is as though Natal mad
~. vlped on the map, excepting the
,,,,,,sm from Ladysmith saying that
=. Beers are cannonading and hight
sr is going on
e.n Macdonald, with 1000 infantry
,galy and artillery threatens the
ps, dght at Magersfontein. This is
a. first sign OF activity on the part
n Lord Methuen for some weeks and
,mb,less has relation to the move
ants Of the British further east
Tho Standard has received the fol-
srlps dispatch. dated Monday, Feb
,sw 5,h. from Kopple's dam Gen
W|ionad with a brigade Of infantry
, .sdment Of lancers and one battery
ps reached here from Modder river
mn IN what is regarded as an i'm
,s-iant move to the right Of the Boer
5,tlon q, Magersfontein.
eR5pples dam commands the roads
nm kimberley 10 Hopetown and
Tsuglaa Two Beers laagers at Kan
ubDek and Grleuatown are within
striking distance. ~;
sThe arrival Of Gen. Macdonald's col.
INN was opportune as II just prevent
a Two large commandos efecting a
n'cton. He now holds both banks OF
ts river
Our lancers had two brushes with
a, Boer patrols. There Is great ac-
tuty among the enemy and strong
tf,es are concentrating to oppose our
isrher advance. The troops suffered
htm heat and scarcity Of water dur
ag he march.
On Saturday the Pretoria corps dis
Mered party Of British from Lady
NTH n,Tenched at a railroad bridge
pgectlng O number OF coolies who
Ee cutting grass. A party Of Beers
aNichel 20 the scene was at
aked from the trenches and all re-
rated except four who, hiding, per-
r-ed the British to advance 10 With
nifty yards, when they fired yolley
hing three men. This was seen from
h British fort which fired q she'll and
isr, cavalry TO assist the British. The
Beers beat these back, killing two men.
L appears that Gen. French's visit
70 Capetown was 70 ask Lord Roberts
,N 100 more men. Whether he got
Aim Is not disclosed.
Troops are no longer detained at
Gpsiown They proceed Immediately
70 some point at the front. Three thou
ali disembarked Monday and We're
quickly sent elsewhere. No public re-.
oFlIon was given 20 the arriving vol
lhlsey az Capetown. because they had
oeave Immediately. As Lord Roberts,
iii'e The battle AT Splon Kop, has had
4W fresh troops to dispose. Il Is
tgoaole that some have gone to Gen,
Butler
j Is learned that Lord Methuen has
ls0anded Remingtons scouts. one OF
4' most useful colonial commands. be-
4use be had ascertained that some
hem0irs Of The c0r.is had been COM
alnic.ilng with the Beers.
capt Walter Congreye, who received
lhs Victoria cross for gallantry in en-
ls.'oring 20 save the British guns at
.eelso, writes. II never saw Boer
~ cay, and | do not think any one
iS dld. Thousands Of bullets pattered
20 smells burst an over the place but
70. Beers We're Invisible"
20 lhs absence OF war news this morn
Y spencer Wilkinson. In the Morning
NV discusses The problem Of arming
". Aauon al home. he says: There
= pow such Intense and widespread in
WI, ,,,,'' 10 NE army and It's management
WAY me nation has itself to thank II
/. sowing Of the problem should not
n une history Of the next few months"
w proceeds % argue that "conscrip-
Wy. Wy. would be yalueless unless the gen
~, management Of the army were first
=, Vh lhls point he says: "A war Office
~ ieF thirty years has not known
-, .-', 70 90 with the volunteers would
NJ, S.oN what 70 DO with the half a
At Wilkinson also discusses the use
IN. Ms bayonet, remarking: This
~ s'p5l Vefy seldom comes into actual
~. iW eueet Is on the spirits OF both
nv, .s' rather than on the bodies OF
1'a,i, IN British BY us
Il. NY lor charging, but not for shoot.
!, ~ "a ua'e lost ten times as many men
49, s,s IgeFs have lost b. British
iOi, lhODneou IN