The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-24

issued the following from the general
at Cape Town TO the secretary of war:
| Cape Town, March 2S.-The following
telegram has arrived from Nicholson,
Buluwavo. March Is:
1.-THE following is from Plumer: Lo-
batsi, March 1.-THE Beers advanced
from the south in considerable force
this morning. They first advanced
from Goodies Siding. After a sharp
little engagement, Lieutenant Colonel
Bodies advance post was compelled 10
retreat. The retirement was excellently
carried out to our main position. The
casualties included Lieutenant Chap
man and a corporal, prisoners, and two
missing, probably prisoners. Five
troopers were wounded. ChaDman"s
horse fell with him chose to the enemy,
who kSmediately surrounded him.
The exact Boer casualties are IN
known, but several were shot at snort
| range. In the afternoon the Beers adj
vanced further north and shelled our
position from a ridge on our left. Our
twelve and a half-pounder replied, the
| artillery continuing until sunset Lieu
tenant A J. Tyler has since died OF
wounds One native was killed"
Lord Roberts main army continues
waiting at B:oemfontein. The senti-
mental interest in the fate of Mafeking
has intensified with Colonel Plumer's
| forced retirement to Crocodile Pools,
where he was two months ago Relief
from the north now dwiudles to i'm
| probability.
Hope Lies In Methuen.
Lord Methuen is skirnlshing with
the Beers at WarrentOn, 167 miles away.
Although seemingly in force sufficient
to do pretty much as he likes, he has
not advanced these five days. It IS
hoped that his military administration
has a pleasant surprise in preparation
for the British by raising the siege
with q strong column Of cavalry and
artillery detOuring TO Mafeking, while
| Congmandant Snyman is drawn off TO
engage Colonel Plumer.
General French's cavalry and mount
ed infantry, according TO a rumOr, are
! fighting somewhere east Of BlOen1On-
tein. This suggests more BOer bad
/ news, as Commandment Ohvier's COM
mando, with 1000 wagons, is reported
on the BasutoIand frontier, toiing
northward toward KroOnstadt via, Lady
brandt. This enormous wagon train IS
| supposed TO be moving twenty-five
! Ig-f = da-- GarsT2I FTeren's cavalry
! post5 stretch from BiOenf0utein east
ward to the mountains. General Butler
| has not yet moved III Natal.
The Eighth division will go direct to
Bloemfontein. Lord Roberts effective
| disposal at the front ten days hence
1 will be, it is estimated, 10000 men, with
the easy possibility Of moving eastward,
| forcing the Beers to evacuate the Big
| garsberg range and joining hands with
| General Butler. before continuing the
promenade to Pretoria.
Delagoa Bay Award
The Delagoa Bay railway arbitration
| reward is edltorially considered IL tha
morning papers. The approaching dec
| laration Of the findings of the arbitTa4
I tors is welcome as coming at an apprO-
pirate moment and as bringing the ac-
| QUESTION Of DelagOa Bay appreciablg
near.
4 dispatch to the Daily News from
/ LOUrenZO Marquee, dated Friday, says:
1T is reported here from Pretoria that
| COmmandant Elon is isolating Colonel
/ Plumer's forces near GaberOnes."
| A dispatch to the Daily News from
| Warrenton, dated Thursday, describing
/ Lord Methuen's position there, says:
"a small flanking force sent through
/ BOshOf secured an important crossing,
where the ferry had been destroyed, but
| foreseeing this, Lord Methuen had an
other point built, which is ready to be
|
sidered OppOrtune.
1.-The cavalry and infantry column is
en- route for this point. Thus the posi-
/ ton of the Beers at Fourteen Streams
/ is formidably threatened.
Lord Methuen'S advance has not
| been hurried to the relief of Mafeking
| where the pressure apparently has
! been relaxed as a result of operations
| elsewhere, but he is confident of his
/ ability to push aside the opposition on
| the Vaal river when the proper time
| comes
Beers Are Well Armed.
| A Bloenfontein correspondent Of the
Daily News. telegraphing Thursday,
! says: "a letter from Mr.. POultney. an
4 interpreter in the Free State courts.
| has been received by his wife here, in
which the writer declares that General
! Joubert is commanding the combined
! forces at KrOOnstadt, where there is
/ plenty of men, guns and foodstuffs for
a determined resistance"
| In the house of commons John Cor
/ dan MacNeiIl, Irish nationalist, men,
| Der for South Donegal, again asked for
| information in regard 10 the battle of
EagersfOntein, Lord Methuen's rela-
tons with his officers and affairs in
/ Kimberley, but the parliamentary sec
rotary of the war Office. George Wynd-
ham, parried ali the questions. He said
| he knew nothing confirming the sug-
gestion that General Wauchope had
raised objections to Lord Methuen's
/ plan Of battle, and added that no in
/ vestigatiOns had been proposed into the
I alleged differences between Cecil
Rhodes and Colonel Kekewich.
Used No Dumdums.
! Indeed, he declared the war Office was
not aware that the latter's authority
I had in any way been questioned. The
only positive answer given by Mr.
| Wyndham to the interrOgationS was to
/ the effect that neither dumdums nor
anything in the nature of expanding
/ or explosive bullets had been used by
! British troops in South Africa.
4 In regard to the trouble between Col
onel Bloomfield Cough and Lord Ne
thuen, Mr.. Wyndham said that the for
mer's command expired March Is, and
/ that his return home previous TO that
/ date was due to Lord Methuen's action.
An investigation into this matter, he
added, would be held as soon as wit
nesses would return from South Africa
COLONEL PLUMER RETTRFS.
Relief of Mafeking is Farther OF
Now Than Ever.
London, March 2S.-Colonel PIumer