Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-09

ue grace when across a. w
hundred pons lines the tw,. aal TIT
nn N'ieu boers came mn%do,ehly.hys
V ,a'on ofaer, straight for tbo pgrng In
.ween me Fortified posts Nv. pass b.,
leu oy President Steyn ana pe = slerillas
ant Fourie, charged ana Command
Taking advantage of q
kopJe, the Beers receives 'pur q ina
only one fort, and nas, we nre d,
s She;a,iea N a long, stragEiiipn.. ,hey
n ,h Dewet the last mor Inc
through, Only twenty-five ~ .. % pass
,orh nope fell into the ban5. 'he Tor.
BRITISH, with one l5.pounJsr oi tho
more Dewet and Steyn bed una once
thelr pursuers II was tbe SS.''kfn N
OF the war, and marked Dew r','F' desi
er as bold IN execution as be b v, lead.
himself willy in design ' 'as Proved
The century ended With a.
pinned In by Generals Kpn. Dewe'
Richer and White at Lenrhr. Dl.tf
ana again the guerilla cbIst Tine
ourst through the close Br,,isA N'si 20
but could not force his wo,, GORDON.
While his attempts al m south
southwark were regularly nl.Va'4
the British were. howevo, .WIratM
MAKE any Impression upon him '0 ~.
iorce' whenever Gen. Knox en o." VI hl1
ed TO follow up his advantaea' 's s.i'
retreating foe he was met bv 'sa1f
rearguard Of Dewet's llghtegt arSsg'ns
horsed men, For half dav tb nv 'tS.
held the British at BAY, proteo,a',
the nature OF the ground and ~
less powder When the chief haa ' .
twenty or thirty miles on hls nns,li
the rear guard took 10 tbeir '1lIl.h
and making a long detour ioln sa9as
main retreat '''"e0 h'
Az times the British were ve,,, a..
on Dewets heels and on the last a..
the year picked up n nurnbor 1,' o.
horses, five wagons with summit. H,
5000 rounds OF ammunition D. ana
were minor losses and Dewet MOI ~,
on toward Bethlehem. Here pg o
headed him of. and he was foro nslH
retreat toward L.lndley. A few
later his presence was reportod ~
the Basutoland border hundroai''m
miles to the south, and on Jan 5be,W
said TO be near his old raidng g,,".,
at Rhenoster, The probability ts S
ever, that these reports referred :. "V m
movements Of some suhordinoto ~,
Of marauders, because on ian n oaua
was again north at Hebron NH
discovered an isolated detacbmrn, y,
Gen. Knox's column and IrGa5
heavy punishment There were l,a ms.
IN the detached forces and NJ n..'
three officers and fifteen men wy,
killed, and two officers and twenty ra,
wounded. "''
The effect OF Dewet's constan, ,..
assing has been to make every , a
In the eastern portion Of Cape Colo,y
q fortified town, '
Upon Dewets immunity from can,n.,
depends the duration Of the Boer cs,
Louis Botha. the commander.ln.cb'g
OF the Transvaal forces, IS an orasr'v
soldier possessed Of no rabM ami.
British sentiments. and thoroughly con.
WINGED Of the useessness Of fgrtb,,
continuing the struggle and lncresdr,
the loss OF life Deserted by his prss.
ident and his government. with the esn.
ital and all Of the chief towns held by
the British, he would, on the slightest
concession Of terms. surrender tonor
row, But 50 long as his ublouop
ally, Dewet, keeps the field he Is bovnl
I'm honor to cooperate. With Dey4t,
capture will end the Boer resistance
but to attain II the English must out
wit the widest leader Of Irregnhrs Of
whom history has any recori-Doug.
las Story, in New York Herald