Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-07

ment which once appeared that men of
am Irish regiment had taken refuge bee
hind an ambulance.
AMBULANCE CORPS WRONG.
"After the attack ON VaalWaut1
mucn the same statements we've mlI'
on that occasion 4 was q persona,
witness 10 the occurrence. A ualru" dee
BILE lea down tine hI TOWARDS Potsle-
ters Dru. and along this the dM1l-
ances mcautluusIy advanced once
started in the stream oi wagons no
return was possible and thty had tu
move on and take their chance. lu an
nextucable tumble below A brigade
of Infantry was Ut0uaCklue iu -.ll
of the ground between two alila ou llc
rIght. a corps of mounted c1lanlais
and "a cavalry regiment were ou lue
left. and half the transport ul iAe cole
umu was gathered tuBeinel boo 'front.'
Such "a position Invited smell lre ana
the presence of tha ambulance SO gan
from guarding against DO might reason
ably be complained of ls contrary 10
the uEages ot war. AmOuHnoas have 300
right To come within the h.Id ot hle
/ believe. but I am NOT certain CHAT
three miles Is the Limit Iua e.tWJ fore
unataly. could rot See Oh. utIE of me
troops and had nl idea .. lHc damage
| that Do was iu their power t1 m'iiei
and only q tsW shells mere thiuNu' 60.
wagons and mounted men CfoWa.nS up
| then under the Dee u. tEe hii escaped
observation and tha ehaline ceased. HAD
/ a number of gums been trained ON tuis
spot n Is iuooss.hla TO- estimate the
/ loss that mi~ht have been inflicted on
10
! treated through the crowded dehle. che
ambulance would have been broken up,
/ and / suppose there would have been
/ loud denunciauon of the barbarous
| Boer.
BRITISH FIRE or WHITE FLAG.
1.-THE day before the attack on sp.on
/ Kop two Beers advanced along the top
/ of That hill. waving "a large White mas.
! watched them til they arrived near
| the southernmost point where the}
! halted for a few moments. holding the
! nag high mo the air 10 attract the atlen-
/ ton of our troops ] concluded mat
/ they wished TO make some cgmmunica-
lion 10 the general but at this moment
one OF our field guns dropped "a shell
ON the very spot ON which they stood.
/ Il was q remarkably good shot and the
/ men Immediately disappeared NhtuirI
| killed on not / cannot say. Three more
| shells were fired iu rapid succession,
| and they were not seen again. There
! was NO question as 90 what they were
aimed al. as that part of the him had
| never been shellei before and never
was again; but indeed. there was no
| attempt at conce1lment and the gum
| uers were rather pleased at their
! good shot Il was an extremely foolish
| action. and could not have possibly
served any purpose, there was no iisht-
ng OF any sort in that neighhorhood or
on that flank OF the army and for sew
| eral DAYS there had been nothing but
| Intermittent Smelling hy our guns. ~
! which the Beers had never replied IL
could not De- 20 prevent the enemy OBJ
! serving our position, as the place had
/ always been held hy their pickcts and
they continued on &c until driven on by
our infantry next day. Hut Dc only
shows what th0ughtless folly men
/ even oniCers-can sometimes be guilty
o. and worms us that We should not
too hastily raise an cutlery AGAINST Boer
| wicFedness and treachery uu all tno
facts of the case have been carefully
| examined and considered.