Salt Lake Herald | 1900-08-21 | Page 2 | Dewet Engages the British Five Miles from Pretoria

q DEWEY ENGAGES TE BR t j fiVE MILES Lon London Aug dispatches from PretorIa a announce that General De Wet bivouacked five miles mUes from the city and that General Mah Mahon n was briskly engaging hIm yesterday Mon Men Monday day The Th pret Pretoria da correspondent of the Standard wiring yesterday esterd s ys The trial of at LIeutenant Cordua of the Staats artillery charged with be being being ing concerned in the plot to Lord Ro Roberts was r reSumed med today The public prosecutor addressed the court courtin I in a moderate speech contending that I the prisoner was earest arnest in what did and that there was no evidence b be before fore the court that G Gano no originated the plot The court adjourned until to tomorrow tomorrow morrow when the Judge advocate will sum un UD The war office ha received the fol following lowing dispatCh f LOrd It Roberts Ian ture 1 guns at Oliphants Neck eck Aug 17 Three British vere wounded Hamilton engaged the Boers all allday allday day Aug 19 at and Croco Crocodile due dile river There were f w c Rundle retOrts reports that Boers Beers sur surrendered rendered render d in the H district t Aug 19