Show MARCHING TO 11 GIVE BATTLE TO BRITISH Six Thousand Boers Will Make an all Attempt to Out Ont Outflank Outflank flank General Bullers Army Series of f Disasters to the English Fords Forces For es Reported En Enraged raged at War Office l I i Durban DUrba t Feb Fd 11 It te J rumored rumo Were here that Ge is marching with witha a column o of recta men to outflank Gen General oral eral Duller Builer Feb Feb IS l a a m inThe The latest dispatches dl from the front showing the thereal thereal real reasons r for General Bullers re retirement retirement and his hJ Intention to try again quite destroy the comforting and in ingenious Ingenious genious theory theor that the movement was an e erate rate orate feint to facilitate the main alvance of Lord Roberts Robertsa a the theary ery ary whIch wh h obtained obtain acceptance largely because e of Mr misleading statement t to parliament These The seem seemingly seemIngly seemIngly useless and prevarications prevariCAtions prevarications on the part of the government and the nut office are beginning g to be criticised severely No word has yet Issued from irom the war waro office olSee regarding Ing General Gener Bullers latest lat attempt although the correspondents are allowed to telegraph with a fair amount of freedom and thus far only a partial p list of casualties has been published The nae dating of message from Frere Frets camp mp may atay indicate that General Duller Builer has bas wn all ali his forces there The London newspapers having haiD be become become become come accustomed to checks cheeks maintain a hopeful tone but the situation is isI j I much more threatening than it seemed j I 1 to tobe be a week ago Proofs of the terri tern I ble We strength St and mobility of the Doer Boer r j artillery together with the rumor that General Joubert is ta taking the Initiative with the object of ol cutting General Butlers Bullers communications are in no way Even ven the most mo t sanguine persons begin to see that it is quite homeless b p less s e to expect the relief of Lady Ladysmith L Ladysmith dy I I smith while it is clear that if it be bet t impassible for tor Boiler Builer to 10 reach Lady Ladysmith Lad LadI Ladysmith I smith it K is equally impossible elble Jm o for tor the garrison exhausted by sickness and privations to cut a way ay out Boor Boar Advance In Reports of or Ie Bobr tad advance c through d are Ie If H I they be v toW 1 il Bul r would be compelled led to turn his to the Ule lf HU Of Tbt Tb ut R f 4 e PMt 7 hat he has hae teen A Of in I tion of o tie chief and that i the main advance is net hot SO s near as has bas been supposed ed Startling I from in the Cape newspapers just received by mail mall in London LondO Jt It t appears that since Jan 8 1 the rations at Kim Kimy 1 y bave b ve been for the reeK most part horseflesh so 80 repugnant to women and children that m may refuse to eat It ItAI also AI appears that th the death rate haa baa been Jeen heavy bravy and that the privations of the n have hare been increasing steadily This Thia news is startling because the censor centOr has baa not allowed ed Vt t to be e cabled c bled Possibly such conditions explain the presence pre nce of Lord Roberts at Modder M river and aDd the apparent preparations for an advance from that point The mention in the dispatches of ol Lord Roberts to the war office ottice yester yesterday ye ter day of General Clements Clemer as command commanding lag Jog at is 18 interpreted to show that General French with his cavalry I Ihas has gone to join Lord Lon Roberts and that considerable changes in the dis distribution distribution of troops in that district have bave occurred The unexpected strength and activity of the Boers Beers at st where they are rather pressing the British than being pressed by them th causes cau es anxiety On Guard Against Boers There is J no confirmation cn lon of the re report report port of a sortie BOrtle from The Thet latest dispatch cJ from there th dated on nn t Wednesday last reports orta that all iI was wasI I I quiet then theRe and that instructions ln had I been boost issued to ta beware belware of or the approach of or Boors Boers in the guise of a a L British relief force for TIle The correspondent of the te Daily Mail telegraphing telegraph qt yester jester yesterday yesterday I day says Y The Boers Boors have occupied I Stays Bloys farm fann south Bouth of the Tugela which I is under an hours hoars ride from veley I and nave have turned the homestead tead home into a a L hospital j I I On the farm are gre hills bills commanding both bridges over the Tugela as well as u i I asI Forte Forts Wylie WYIle and Molyneux and from Iron I which a view of Bul wan and Lady Ladysmith Ladysmith Ladysmith I smith is obtainable j There is Ie apprehension here re no garding the Deer Beer Bc movement and nd the authorities are on the alert I The Daily Dally Mall Mail pubU s the follow following followIng followIng ing dispatch from Sydney N S W The news of General Genera Bullers reverse baa haa caused a a great sensation hose here Car Cardinal Cardinal CardinaL dinal Moran in a remarkable speech has advocated conscription in Australia in lit view of ot th the th possible complications He thinks thai it ft may soon become necessary ary to defend Australia and therefore regrets the departure of the local troops Fifth Month of War Today sees the beginning of the filth month smooth of 0 the war WaI var Charles Williams the military expert says After Att r all aU this interval in our fine tine big bl array army ann in instead Instead instead stead of or being free to maneuver in the tha field is i tied by the left leg to Kimberley in order to please Cecil Rhodes and nd by the right light leg to Lady smith in order to please Joseph Josoph Chamberlain Yet neither town has the very smallest military mili tary value Although the BritIsh h will soon have hye men in South Africa the Daily Dally Mail and Dd other papers are still till asking for more troops The stoppage of or shipments of f gold Old and diamonds resulted In exports from front Cape Colony last month valued at as lust In ary of last Jut year yr BIG Sia ASkY AdY AI IS General Builer Buller Should Have at Least Ien Ken London Loudon Feb 12 Winston Churchill sends from Frere camp to the t Morn Mom Morning ing lag Post a long Jon review of the situation He says Gen Huller always thought it im ha impossible ImbIe possible bIe to hold bold the triangle gle of or Natal north of the but the initial mis mistake mistake mistake take was WU made ma e owing to the mi lotions of or the Boer Doer strength and the fact that millions worth of stores had been collected at From the first he ho regarded the relief of Lady Ladysmith Ladysmith smith as a forlorn hope He did not feel Justified in ordering a subordinate to perform such a doubtful task The absence ence ab of good d maps maDs has coat t much blood An attempt to thrust the t enemy back from front or ori i would have cost men and since at least two brigades must keep the door open OI behind u W us too few would have hae remained to force the way to Ladysmith Lad Moreover General Ge ral Del But tier Jer remembers his hie army anny is the only army for the tb defense tense of or the rest re of Na I tal Therefore he decided to withdraw and try elsewhere els here Another A fierce Acree at will be mede m t force the Tugela Great Britain must n st realize the ugly fact that the thc Fe re we lief hief would strain an army of ii ib and that th t ro men anon would not mot be too strong The country there therefOre fore must be prepared for a heavy he vy loss loae I and perhaps s for disappointment Remembering that considerations of honor hence more than policy polley demand cease less lees effort to t relieve Ladysmith the th whole army despite disappointments and retreat regards General Butler Builer with ith sympathy and truet t such as are seldom seen even in fortunate circum circumstances stances The security of southern Natal is our important consideration con Th The ne no necessity ity ces of obtaining control of or Bay is very ery apparent The ingress s of foreigners ns and war material to is cease lost lest Surely a a settlement nt with Portugal Portugal gal would be only a question que of money ROBE TS AT MODDER RIVER Boers Boera Are Preparing For Great Bom Born Bombardment Bombardment of Kimberley Modder fodder River Feb 10 Lord Roberta Roberts te lo here bere Upon appearing before the thet troops t on Friday he was Wag enthusiastically cally eaSy cheered He visited the camp of the Highland brigade this morning and complimented General Macdonald and his men on the steady conduct at Drift Apparently the Boers Beers have haTe brought all their th r big guns 8 1 from front Mafeking to shell Kimberley Our naval guns shelled ein em today but the Boer Doer guns were si silent silent silent lent It la Is supposed that the enemy have hare withdrawn their artillery They are blowing up the permanent way be beyond beyond yond ond Moron oron siding Biding The Boers Doers still man their trenches but their numbers are apparently reduced re no Tho The bulk of their force torce has baa gon KOn gone to or toward our flank The Highlanders returned last night Before retiring b they the found the bodies of twelve Boers Doers They The believe the los loa es of o the enemy were heavier than those of the British because b it is known that in addition to the dead lead Boers Doers found several had been buried burled BOERS BEATEN OFF British Victorious In a Skirmish at London lAndon Feb 11 Midnight The war office has haa just the following dispatch dOted dated today from the gen general general eral commanding at Cape Town To I I e r Juo I e r p uri iruni g t on Friday Feb 8 e the Doe Boors tried d to turn his bl right flank but Sere vere ere beaten bea ten off ott Position maintained Casualties small email Kimberley reports report that the Doer Boer fighting force was waa apparently increased ased on Wednesday Feb 7 Next N day the Boers Roars commenced the construction of trenches to the east nearly parallel to the Glade Glacis and yards from the Prem Premier Premier ier mine mineA mineA A native reported that he be accent aCom accompanied partied parried some Boers Beers who left Mafeking for Kimberley carrying with them th m a gun n and a quick firing field Sold gun The former opened fire on Kim Kimberley Kimberley berley Otherwise the situation is un UD unchanged Unchanged changed chang d HOPES IT IS Spencer Wilkinson Pl ed With Rs Re Report Re Report port of Mova London Feb Fob 12 Spencer Wilkinson in the Morning Post today tad dwella d Us upon the evidence of the unexpected ity and probable number of el Boers Dor near rear where they lire are re not DOt enclosed hut but only half surrounded ed on the sooth He H points out that the Boer Doer positions cover a front of twenty rapes miles and a in fers fern that tbt there must be several thou thousand th th u tl usand sand of the enemy on ott the ground He the hope that the rumor from Durban that a Boer Doer force forte is Ig ad advancing advancing in the hope of outflanking Gen General Gf n eral oral Huller Builer is correct corr ct for be IK cot id rs that General Joubert would thus ex exposes posts poses himself to just the sort Q ot bloW i it is ao 80 difficult to t deliver against the fortified positions north of the Tugela 4 ESCAPED IK IN THE TES 3 K DA Australian Troops Who Were Sur Stir Surrounded surrounded rounded at be Fb The Boers out the t he British h hee b re e A force of the enemy ei was threatening the British Brit between bet n and an Sli tein twelve miles away and durl duri a nce by some same and twenty t wen V Australians from the tue Boers Boera were tre discovered at aJ attempting tempting to tu get a gun n in position to shell the British camp The having cam come c into ido very veTY close contact with the enemy tok t ok k cover under a hill bill about t WO yards r from the thc camp amp Thereupon the Boa Boen took up a position with a view of ofTe pro pre preventing venting ting Te their retirement ment Some Bur Burghers ur ghers gher got within ye rd of ot the th Australians and caned called upon them to surrender They replied by fixing bayonets and shouting defiance e Sergeant Edwards dwards and two men m made adan a and galloping under a hot Ire are i a i number of hills hilla held by b Boera Bor Uk tk t k word ord that the th Au Australian were sa and confident of r be enemy at ai bay and of getting out after dark which eventually they did dd The prevented Ute the enemy en petting getting their guns puns in position The Australians Au lost one man killed and three wounded The Th envoys convoys have hae ha e been bf n successfully gotten to today the tt British escorts g had several brushes brue with parties of from twenty to thirty Boera ieti the region rIOn Lieutenant Colonel Pate Pap with a sec section section section tion of oj artillery and l IcO O horses got one hr e convoy through by shelling belling the enemy out of the road The Boers Boer also outflanked us on the west Iced Iceda 1 I a gun in position at Basta Neck Neek and fired on one of our outposts ts driving on Ott 1000 sheep hep In ID Wednesdays Wt brush two corre cone correspondents correI spond Mr Hales HaJes of or the London I Daily Dally News Sews and d Mr Kr LambIe of the th Melbourne Age fell behind Mr Hales HaJe who was as was waa cap eap captured captured l Iy hy y the Boers and Mr was kilted killed The British took two prisoners BI BY BOBBS 4 Disaster ter to Patrol From Prom English L Forces at Feb hb 11 llA A picket of ot five Victorian rifles illee rUt after alter holding a 8 post lor fOl some bora borIs yesterday ye erda were forced to tc retire the Boers Boera getting on a Mil and ADd an I firing down upon them Three were i slightly wounded one is i 1 misting and andone andone anc ancone I one escaped unhurt urt Out of a patrol from front un under under der Captain Hamilton composed of 01 r eight anti and eight of or General Genera I Frenchs scout only two Tasmanians and three scouts couts outs returned The others other were captured ca by the Beers Sympathy For Tor the Boers San SuI Francisco Feb Fob At a 8 convention I of various allou Irish lri Iri societies held today tody to t plan am for tile Ie observe noe of or St Patricks Patrick day strong mi resolution rution re of oC ym m ml nathy bY with Ie Doers Boera were adopted and 54 l te tie executive committee toot that the tbs receipts of the proposed reM cele celebration bration be he given to the tbt tb Transvaal T corn cora of or for f to tea benefit of or the tb widows aad aed orphans of at Boer To T Join Boor Boer Army Chicago Feb Feh 11 The ambulance B corps corpa in number Dumber recruited I and equipped by the united Irish Iri societies a ot of Chicago Chi left l ft for N New w York m on t its Jour Journey Journy ney ny to join UN the Boer Boler army anny on tb the Datu fields of or South AMes Africa On 00 Ot arriving UTi at a Pretoria the tiro men mis will win Join jolo the Doer Boer army arm armand and work under uDder und the flag Bag of American Am a Red el Cross society Club Organized Or Canton 0 O Feb FL 11 UA A dub club eu b WaS wu organized herb here tonIght to and rotu resolutions I tione adopted censuring Great Britain tOt for to the South African war Copied of Jf f the resolutions will be sent a to Pre I President Pt dent h n McKinley and sad Montagu WIatt They oak ask the toe president dent to is use his is aid in iR 2 Ii ending unholy U Oty and aad unjust war warf f Gota to South Africa j Vancouver B B C Feb Amid i scenes of much muck enthusiasm the Van Vancouver Vancuver Vancouver couver cuver contingent of the Strathcona Strathcona a rough i 1 den dare departed today for Cal Calgary Calgary calgary gary where they will join the remain remainder dor der of the tile western troopers bound for fo ir South 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