Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-10
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rEarly plspatches'l
vo,t Feb. io.-The war Office IN
W. ~. given out no confirmation
y. y" ,,aort that Gen. Buffers forces
80 again to the south side oil
!. Tug,la The Boer telesram' t nave
'. y, generally correct hitherto how
,r5 the public inclines to the
' ~ nat the report is accurate The
80, morning papers publish as
... , ,,om various sources which in
r.,, ma, Gen. Butler had found his
...,l,, on the yaal Krantz ridge a
I'D, ons 10 hold. and the silence
- M war Office is taken as cor
..,,,lon Of the report that the third
.,-a TO relieve Ladysmith has
MA The military critics are almost
.,,Sous in the belief that Lady
N ,,nuot hold out against another
,gunek 49, .Aa,
), Rvlers operations are for the pur-
y 4 5Islracting the attention Of the
4, rom projected central advance
goag force, presumably headed
h IND Roberts.
n. government announcement that
Az. weeks time Lord Roberts will
hr A09 men In South Africa In
- he public curiosity TO unveil
IA 3sssi Official secret where this
n.1.gss force Is.
IA authorities agree that Lord
lsa after safeguarding his COM
t.sans, win have only from 5000
tlpnen for his northward march.
rrRs u how many Beers he VIII
kRt tace are mere guesswork. so
III tprds upon the fate o. Lady
IA nd the number Of Beers re.
hSlfirn that point.
hrnEdinaiy efforts have been
rit ty the censor 10 conceal Lord
ksa5 destination, but the general
Va ssms 70 be that he contemplates
rAlihcs towards Bloemfontein.
BRITISH SURPRISED.
4 late Dispatch from Sterkstroom
nia that a British patrol consisting
sisfgsant anu six men, Of Brabants
lss a. Browns farm. was surprised
n oplurtd early yesterday morning
Pr 70 he Roer attacks on the PEN
~ md Birds River camp.
NJ relf sent from Penhoek blum
~ On 40 Beers one man OF the
~ mounted rifles. whose horse was
~ vas captured, but the others es.
All
AF'snchman who is supposed TO be
~ vas caught and brought TO
fsulo0m camp tonight.
ihst has been no further fighting
eAh Patrols sent out this morning
nl Fshhoek report having seen moth.
= d any Beers.
N descriptive writer's with Gen.
~ were allowed a rather free hand
20. .i,l N explaining the ugly position
.ua he British held, and the natural
..'4'.es which had TO be overcome.
= easy to infer that with Boer
80 ..,lsn ana artillery defending them,
-. ~ nils, rayines and jungles have
4. zen overcome, and thus the public
-"'PA'sd IN advance for bad news.
AFFAIRS AT LADYsMITH.
pns,iosrsms from Ladysmith. dated
LAY describe the effect Gen.
r 80 esanonade had on the worn
''.s Hope ran high that the long
49, " activity and tedium was
ing 70 close. The crash OF guns
49, .moH continuous for ten hours.
!, . uhes II seemed as II as many
Isav shells burst in a minute.
,, - oSss' Preparing always for the
,r''lV Of defeat, were driving
~, ~ ana sending long wagon trains
l,,,. y, ~. ,as Drakensberg passes. In.
i,si,,s s.Sness and silence followed,
,,,, ,.. WI by frogs croaking and the
,se,s,.nsi blaze OF star shells sur.
q ,,.r'., .us loWn with a circle OF light
d. , ,,.. NE unobserved approach OF
IA ~ a series Of British mines
m " .s, we Beers, exploded accident.
~ camp Alarming the city
q, IN ,o, M,sedonald's retirement puzzles
er s ,ssy Commentators. The theory
t,,,s 4. acceptance Is that il was or.
ca pS,L LORD Roberts. and that both
,;sf,,Is .',srs and Gen. Macdonald's
tlnnssIsss were by the direction of the
q, ~. s''ih-ehlet In order 10 occupy
q Asy s at widely separated points
a., -, would be unable 10 transfer
q. r,o." sa o. Their forces to oppose
N''ed central advance.
NEW CAMPAIGN
Ma. S TSn !. Williams, a military
t.rt 49,, s.v Is understood 10 be in con.
~ ths, "Hohs with Lord Wolselev
Ssi,TsisiSS. beyond doubt the most 's, SS,
fs NV opinion in London reya ~
~ y . that an endeayor viii he
h, h y force the line Of The o S,,i Se
, Monday wednesday next, possibly
a., aa,snIy ". Lucy says the health
osssy A \ e. Miner governor OF Cane
tsss AND and his friends fear u pl he gIII
csa /, sallsonry's son, Lord raw.-s
3, : : v ,ssasponsible for Mafek au~a he'
hal " sea proyIsloned. AZ sbs o, vs-
ss'Vs,p !, !, lhe war he learned ,rS 0 me
leEs,,,tvIl,ss army stores about 10 he ss sns
pssSiS'1a, and on his own InI,la live
,l ~. sp ns private means and had i've
h,s ss sSss ~. He is now in nI Ma ,se
:i.sS,,,iass q It's boldest defen en- %s.e-
toui,r,' 'ea to the Times from 'I Koo.
~ W.. dated Thursday Fen Pahr moo o.
i'ra rs,,,. ~ is reported th n,0r Rasy
I.''ias,,%,n's are arriving from p Msr
isrsSIs "a, Our position Is easily sI,
tri.s wi thu e,tf.. ~ tdslly