Deseret Evening News | 1899-12-23 | Page 1 | Methuen Will Hold His Ground

V METHUEN WILL HOLD HIS 1118 GROUND l to Ne New York Dec dispatch to I the TrIbune from London says The Paris correspondent of the Man Mail says that Dr Leyds waited on M 31 Del casse and asked his cervices In the lie cause of peace The French minister It Is gave an equivocal re ic pI ply asking In fact for Cor time for con A fact whIch may be safely Inferred from the he admiralty reports or of the movements ot of transports Is that the thC battalions of the tho fifth division ns as they the arrive In South are divIded be teen Natal and the western border some gong gon to Durban and others to toDo Do Dc Aar This stems seems n a clear indication that General will hold his ground nt at Modder River and not ro ic trent treat to Orange River mer as many timor timorous ous military writers for tor the P pre have been clamoring to have hae him do leav leavIng lug Ing to Its Late Tile The moral t of such a retreat Would be cx x c bad since It would be n a con ot of failure of one ot of the tho first objects of campaign with the army arm corps corns