Show BOER LBSMANSHIP A Otherwise the 1oss to the British at Belmont Would Thtve Bean Great New Yrk Nov 25A dispatch to the Tribune frm London says The local ptpers publish further details of the battle oCelmont They how that the behavior of the British infantry in charging strong positions held by the Boers was magnificent In the face of a tremendous lire the British guards three times dOC the Free Staters in I flight from theIr kopjes The war correspondent cor-respondent of the Chronicle however says that the Doer marksmanship was wretched otherwIse not a single guardsman out of the two battalions of COldstreas Who carried the position posi-tion at the pInt ot the bayonet could have ridge lived to reach the summit of the The censorship hl let In a fresh series of Kamr rumors respecting a great vIctory by the Ladsmith garrison garri-son on Sunday but it has kept out definite information relating to the anantolous military sitUation in lower Natal The rumors of victory come from many source but are untrustworthy untrust-worthy and are discredited by an of fcial report from General White via Durban showing the situation at Ldsmit unchanged on Nov 22 although al-though bae upon a utrng inherent probability that a trained IndIan I fighter like General White discovering that the lines of investment have ben weakened by the withdrawal of a large force southward would not remain idle but would attack the oems posi ton without delay This is what solders of the Indian school say tat Lord Roberto would do under the same condWons qnd they know that General Gen-eral White Is a man of action anxious to rcrIeve his record of having i brought on a disastrous reverse by a tactical error tactcal V All the news ro Ldsmlh must I I be discredited unless it comes by pigeon when there are three missIng j links In the broken chain of communication communi-cation with the coast caton cast A fourth break has not yet been reported between the 1 I capital f Natal and the seaboard But I I at te worst Englishmen will be able to console themselves with the reP er ton that the Boers cannot go outside I of ei Durban without plunging Into the seaThere There are vague reports of heavy artillery firing here and spirited skirmIshing ishing there but the curtain was nt lifted at 1idnIsht high enough to enable en-able anyone In London to obtaIn a clear glimpse of what is going on The situaton in Natal is not so critical as the annie monsers imagine The raiders have not entrapped any detachment of the relef column nor made an effective attack at any point Every Important river crossing below Etcourt has been securely guaxded ad the column is receiving reinforce meats rapidly from the coast and Is slowly pulling itself together General Ltton has taken command of a por ton of he brigade on the Nottngham L I I road Pleterarltzburg is safe and the Boer emonstraton Is hardly more i than a hazanlous I Ingenious and er fecte method of harassing and block ing the British advance Lorcl Methuens victory at Belmont remains as complete as when reported I I t > entfour hour earlier Later official of-ficial reports ShOW that the enemy was taken by surprise and foret1 to r abandon ammunition and sples while retreating in good order The casualty list has not been seriously increased in-creased and the number of officers is not out of proprtot to the whole force owing to Lord lethuens scott ble mlsures for c mpelng sens protect themselves The Daily 1ras correspondent pays a fine tribute today to the gallantry of the guards in carrying position ater POsition at the point of the bayonet and there are other accounts of this brilliant charge Among the killed i were Captain Eagar one of the herc i of Omdurman and Lieutenant Farmer I a popular officer of the Grenadiers V Among the wounded the most conspicuous t j con-spicuous officers were Lleutenart Colonel Crabbe whet received medal and honors in Egypt and the Souln Major Hamo one of the best known I men in the Scot uards and a veteran V or many campaigns Major Dashwoad another hero or Omdurman and Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Wioughb General Frenchs movement toward V Coesburg is explained by military exports ex-ports as a maneuver to occupy the enemy and prevent rIding agaInst General lethueng long line of com municton But Sir Alfred lUners proclrnation slof that there is i serious seri-ous danger of a Dutch uprising and that General Gatacre needs to drive back the hostile forces as sOon as possible pos-sible Reinforcements were sent es terday to Port Elizabeth for him and another sal detchmpnt or r < IM was sent i Durban nn The unsanitary condition of Jae kin Is causing great uneasiness About 20000 troops are still afloat over 4000 having arrived In South Africa of whom 16651 have been sent to Durban The first battalions or the new division sale yesterday on three transports and thq Yarren starts today to-day |