Show AT amm london jan 3 lacking news from the main british camps in south africa whose future action can along have an important effect on the larger issues of the campaign the british public is making the most of co i pitchers Pil chers miniature battle unbounded praise is paid to the prowess of the canadians and australians and graphic accounts are published of the n thusia sm in douglass as the victorious troops entered that place the associated press correspondent with flying column says the immediate result of col ers success is the entaro dispersal of the rebels who have been governing the country for the past six weeks after was captured the To occupied the laager for the night and joined the main body the following morning bringing the whole of the boer tents wagons and loot and leaving the cornwallis Corn walls in garrison at the british force then started for douglass the To bringing up the rear in wagons in tho afternoon the troops entered the town unopposed and amid extraordinary scenes the inhabitants were crowded about the soldiers shaking hands with them and when they learned that their deliverers were canadians and australians the enthusiasm became frenzied there were deafening cheers as the troops traversed the main street and it was almost impossible for them to make progress the crowds being so eager to hands with the colonials it appears that the and all the mounted rebels evacuated the place on aha previous night the rebels ve reported to be in trenched in the vicinity quantities of ammunition were captured and destroyed st A dispatch from the modder river indicates that the prisoners will not be treated as prisoners 0 war but as british subjects caught in open rebellion at the modder river camp the conduct of tho colonials is greatly admired and all are delighted that they have struck the first blow on the western frontier since the battle of feln it is believed the relief of kuni man will quickly follow the latest advises advices from the bolcs berg district tend to modify the estimate of gen franchs frenchs Frenc hs success the predicted occupation of Co lesberg had not been accomplished last evening while the boers guns announced to havo been silenced were still active abo war office this afternoon issued a dispatch from gen french under yesterdays date saying hla position was the same as on the previous day that with small reinforcements ho could dislodge the boers from coles berg and at the same time ho continued gen buller continues bis night bombardment bar dment As the tugela river Is again tor dable and the stretcher bear era have again been requisitioned at durban and there is a disposition to believe the british advance will not be long delayed it is reported at durban that tm captured german steamer had on board five big guns fifty tons of shells anal ISO trained artilleryman artillerymen artillery men nothing further has been heard from molteno which was reported from Sterk to have been attacked by the boers this morning so far as known here there Is only a small boico there A dispatch from Sterk announces that Swan elef tho boer commandant at has died of his wounds A special dispatch from arensberg Rens berg dated tuesday january 2 says a supply train without a locomotive was set in motion within the british lines near colenberg Co lesberg and proceeded so near the boer position that it was impossible to recover it and the british guns therefore destroyed the trucks it Is suspected this was ahe act of a traitor tho supply train says another dispatch from arensberg Rens berg ran into a bru ken culvert and was wrecked the boers began looting it and another train was dispatched to tho scene in an effort to recover the pro visions the boero opened fire on the troops and natives accompanying it forcing the second train to retreat atter several of the natives had been killed tho total british casualties about colenberg lesberg Co in two days were six men killed and twenty wounded it Is reported that tho particular service squadron now at gibraltar will bo ordered to south as soon as the channel squadron returns to gibraltar the particular service squadron of cruisers Is said to be just suited to watch delagoa day new york jan 3 A dispatch to the new boik tribune from london sas an unexpected development of the situation has occurred at coles burg aate advises advices arc that the boers returned with reinforcements luring the night and occupied the position from which they were driven by gen french on monday there Is a deepening sense of anxiety respecting Lady whence most disheartening reports of the prevalence of sickness are received gen white reported a list of nearly twenty deaths yesterday from enteric fever and dysentery and seventy one serious in the hospital dr jameson has nil the work he can do in that fever it Is evident that the garrison cannot hold out long and that sir bcd vars vcrs buller will not allow many days to pass before striking a blow transports with fresh battalions and bat arrived at durban yesterday and within 48 hours sir redvers ought to bo in readiness for a supreme effort the boer line of defense is now described as sixteen miles in length having been extended up and down the tugela in order to prevent a turning movement there are may dispatches of minor interest from general bul ices camp this morning but no details indicating the direction of the next attack scouting has evidently improved for the of horse and other patrols are described as having had brushes with the enemy the naval guns remain in constant practice but the boer guns are silent the war has completed its arrangements for the embarkation of tn thousand men of the seventh division in the next eight days officials are plodding along with their work unmindful of the cross fire of criticism to which they are dally subjected lord wolseley is reported to be intensely irritated by the dally mails attacks upon him he is not likely to remain silent when he lias a shiong defense present his friends have been insisting for weeks that he waa overruled repeatedly at the opening of hostilities and that his advice vas persistently neglected by the ministry in general and by lord lans downe in particular the storm will blow over if sir redvers buller wins the next battle at the tugela and relieves ladysmith Lady smith but another defeat in that quarter will be followed by a tic up at the war office and at headquarters the sailing of a small geiman cruiser for delagoa bay is the only official sign of displeasure at berlin caused by the seizure of the the v sel has arrived at durban and probably a case tor her detention can be made out on the ground of contraband oc war but details regarding her cargo are withheld for the prize court there is excitement at lisbon over til rigorous enforcement of ahe right of bearch and the french journals are in high feather ivr glands En biffl cults in appeasing german ant mr bucknall one of the principal owners of ithe steamer recently seized with on board declines to give any explanation of his alleged dealings with the boers gibson bowles is on the karpath warpath war path clamoring tor the repudiation of the declaration of paris 0 o that all property belonging to an enemy even gold bullion when it is exported from a neutral port can be seized under any lag alt the existing difficulties would have been avoided if the british ministers cesira ago luul allowed mr to purchase delagoa bay Ster kstrom cape colony jin 3 the boers attacked molteno morning A brisk action is now in progress berlin jan 3 it is reported that i british enrollment agent has been arrested at russia cape colony jan 3 there was brisk fighting today in the hills around Co lesberg the stubbornly resisted the british at every point but gradually retreated abo british beld the extreme position to the south and east overlooking UTO town the hills around Co lesberg are numerous not in ranges but in groups making it very difficult to hunt the boers out sixteen wounded have arrived at arundel london jah 3 from a source which lias many facilities of gaining news from south africa the associated press learns that col ars occupation of douglass is regarded as merely the first step of gen Met huens carefully matured plans to outflank the boers col pilcher has only about forty miles travel before he achieves this end and it this understanding Is correct an attack by gen methuen and a determined effort to believe kimberlie Kim berie may be expected any day london jan 3 the associated press has been informed on good authority that great britain will not tak delagoa bay |