Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-01
FIGHTING WAS AT
CLOSE QUARTERS
British Administer Big Deafeat to
The Beers
MAJuBA HILL ANNIVERSARY
~. hundred killed or wounded =
1000 Horses and 1880 Head
OF cattle Captured.

ondon. Ieb 2S.--Followlng the pre-
..5ont NJ Lord Roberts, who announced
Gsr cronle's surrender at Paardeburg
on me anniversary of the battle OF
,oIuba hin Deb, e. lSSD, Lord
ricbener apparently selected the same
anniversary to achieve big success
nv a combined movement, lasting two
days against the Boer forces within
me- Harrlsmth and Van Keenan, line
Of bockades. The Boer losses aggre-
cato 600 men killed or captured ana 1000
Sor,es and Is, 600 head of cattle fell into
,ho hands OF the British troops. This
nous was 40 welcome to the British that
Il was read out In the house OF com
r,ons BY the war secretary, Mr. Brod-
rick from dispatch Of Lord Kitchen
uarrsmlth, Feb. rs. Yesterday the
,onhlned operations of the columns
terminated In driving the Beers against
IKE Uarrsmith and Van Keenan, block
bouse line. The River Wilge was held
Ly the Leicester regiment and Elllotts
mounted infantry from Harrlsmlth,
while the columns formed on the
frankfort aud Botha's pass blockhouBe
line and advanced south holding the
country between the Wllge and the Ma
mi frontier on the first night a se-
,ere attempt to break through was
made at point between Remlngton's
and Byng's columns and the New Zea-
hpders behaved With great gallantry.
The lighting was at close quarters
and che Beers drove u large herd OF
cattle IN front OF them, as usual. Ma
ME Botha, the 3oer leader, was killed
and thrty-nve dead Beers were found
on the ground. over 100 horses were
Killed and 5000 head Of cattle were left
on our hands. Other small attempts to
break out were made, and In two cases
succeeded on the last day $50 Beers
with rlnues and horses were captured,
All the columns have not yet reported
As the operations have been wide, but
over wv Beers have been killed or are
prisoners In our hands, also 1000
horses rs 600 head of cattle 200 wagons,
6OCOl sheep, COO rifles and $4,000 rounds
OF ammunition The prisoners include
Gen Dewet's son and his secretary;
Communicates Meyer and Truther and
several field comets. These satisfactory
results are very appropriate on the am
nyersary of Majuba.
The war secretary, Mr., Brodrlck, re-
plying to a question In the house Of
commons today, said no details with
tte exception of the list OF casualties
had been received Of the recent capture
Of a British convoy Of empty wagons
near Kerksdorp. No men had been
reported killed, but there were about
w wounded
In response to an inquiry made by
Tue government, as TO the fate OF an
escort Of convoy Of empty wagons,
which. according to dispatch from
Lord Kitchener made public Feb.
q was attacked and captured by
the Beers, southwest of Klerksdorp,
lransyaal colony. Feb, "a, Lord Kit
chener has cabled the following mes
sage
A report has just been received that
l6 officers and 45l men were taken prls-
oneTs, OF these one officer and l05 men
have been released. Col, Anderson OF
the Imperial yeomanry, who command
ed Is still prisoner Mai. Enderby.
who commanded the infantry, was
wounded Hence the delay In obtain
Ing definite information.
Lord Kitchener says nothing in the
response about the two guns that the
beers captured with the convoy, and
Mr. Brodrick, the secretary Of state
for war announced in the house of
commons today that the government
had no further information beyond that
communicated in Lord Kitchener's dis
patch.
The censorship In South Africa has
been excessively strict for some time
past and dispatches have consequent