Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-13
a., The Total in the War; Ex-
,o,iye Of Recent Disasters
,oyFy TO CLOSE THE WAR.
,.,,. say the British are Offering
,,,se sums to GeueraIs-Progre's
IN the Field
trn-lr nIsnatehesl

ID, Juue 10. 1920 a.m.-The war
.s.ualty returns up to June 9th
..,ate q s54. besides 1872 officers and
u, men sent home as invalIds, but
,,eluding the sick in South African
spnls
=, pleces Of news encouraging to
R,tlsh In the official dispatches are
the broken communications OF
Roberts are In a fair way 10 be
.5.8 by the forces moving north
IA ana southwark and driving of
!. rowing commandos. and that Sir
AYERS Butler Is at last master Of
4 arfs Mex
4 III Roberts is expected TO be restored
4 IN asa dispatch from Bloemfon-
4 dated yesterday. says that the
ray is In British possession again
4 hat the work OF repairing the line
4 ,s'og on rapidly. with abundant ma
4 IN gsrehoused az Bloemfontein.
4 g,sm The enjoined telegram II would
Il .,.,r that Gen. Hunter was In COM
4 IA 81 the troops referred TO by Gen
1 g.F.Kenny IN his dispatch from
. gsnfontein. June 18th. Gen. Hunter
4 nmpg Up rapidly from the north
"a having severely defeated a large
Il nando Of Beers who had destroyed
i N miles OF railway north Of Kroon-
3nir
/ n, Boer government is also issuing
4 y, cheering 20 It's sympathizers. The
1 sowing bulletin the Boer version Of
\ = disaster TO the Derbyshires. was
. wisl by President Kruger at Macha-
4 liNp.
. % June eth four divisions Of bur-
! fs commanded by Steenkamp
i~.nan Duploy. Fourie and Hell, at
i tisi the British at ROodeval. killed
. took 100 prisoners and captured i'm
~ stores Of food and ammunition
i glxim gun and 1000 lyddite shells
4 81. food was taken by the Boer farm
4 q isi the rest was burned The Eng
1 y nall was taken The burghers at
4 hid from the open veldt and gave
4 r.rce Of unprecedented bravery"
! CD Dewet was also fighting on June
whether az Roodeval or elsewhere
Do clear. but the Boer war office
4 fs' q out that he captured 5000 suits
. tiihing blankets. gloves. boots, etc.
4 ,g unable 90 carry them with him
4 tH npId sweep through the country,
4 rfiIng 10 the Transvaal war office,
i ,uned the whole mass.
a M Dewet has also reported that lie
/ 100 British out Of action and de-
4 rlIsi properly valued at El00OOO. As
4 T Neihuen Is officially described as
4 fitng on June 1th, II is possible that |
FE engaged by Gen. Dewet.
i lc'0ding 20 a dispatch 20 the Daily |
~ from MachadOdorp. dated June |
n via Lourenzo Marques. those |
rgai President Kruger say that |
w Botha and Delarey have been Of
~ Indirectly 10000 a year 10 lay |
On their arms, and President Kruger |
Il7'is the same offer 10 be made to |
rst President Steyn and Dewet.
faisnl Kruger believes that the
fisi make these efforts 20 close the
" On the principle that II would cost
= han 70 fight it out.
ispatch from Lourenzo Marques
T mat loO0 Beers are reported to be
ne On Middleburg from various
A1sr and that. after wedding out
ani'hesred 10000 men are still
Butler was unable on Monday
Wow up the Beers from lack OF
tSy as Wen as water. The dis
% describe him as fighting a spir-
iAance over rugged field. under
'Eei rlte IRE The Beers had two
z which they got away. Few dead
'lhatd Beers We're found. II seems
ao.s that the major portion of the
had Withdrawn before the adj
,e began.
~ Aelhuen, Gen. Rumble and Gen.
,.ai ar reported to have 1900 men
aily guns engaged IN lnclosing the
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