Show BATTLENE R Brtish Force North off I I tteTngela Numberr U 25J 000 Man 1 I All EYES ON BULLER I Every Hour He Delays Makes U His Position Stronger U VIEWS OF MILITARY CRITICS General Has Now n Total Force of Probably 40000 Forming R Great Outer Curve South and West of Ladysmith Boers ale Using Spade and Pick In Artificially Strengthening Strength-ening Positions Which Nature Has Rendered Easy t Defend It is not Thought that One Days Fighting will Settle the Fate of Ladysmith but Rather that There will be Two of Three Days of Continuous Fight ing Balloonists Discover Largo Doer Camp Four Miles from Pot t gieters Drift f London Jan 20A special dispatch from Capetown dated Friday January f 10th 1 p I says The Ladysmlth relief force Is i steadily stead-ily working northward Heavy fighting occurred yesterday The Boers are retreating re-treating London Jan 20 Every hour that Gen Euller delays his combined attack at-tack makes his position stronger Transports continue to arrive at Durban Dur-ban and fresh troops are being sent up the line to reinforce those in front of Cblenso It appears that Gen Bul lers troops north of the Tugcla number num-ber at least 22000 and possibly 250QO < with fifty guns His total forces formIng form-Ing a great outer curve south and west of Ladysmith probably number 10000 BOERS WELL INTRENCHED While Gen Bullers forward operations opera-tions which began on January 10th developed rather leisurely the Boers appear to be fully aware that they must make a strenuous assault Balloon Bal-loon observers have roughly estimated that 10000 Boers are using spade and pick In artificially strengthening positions posi-tions which nature has rendered easy of defense LONG BATTLE EXPECTED Military critics In touch with the War qlllce think that news that general fighting has begun may be expected at any hour It Is not thought that one days fighting will settle the fate of Lndysnilth but rather that there will be two or three days of continuous fightingBULLERS BULLERS BIG TRAIN The Times has the following dispatch dated Thursday from Pietermarilz burg Gen Bullers wagon train la nineteen miles In length and embraces 100 wagons and 5000 animals As some of the drifts are narrow and muddy only one wagon Is able to cross at a time The officers arc betting two to one that Ladysmith will be relieved tomorrow to-morrow Friday DIFFICULTIES OF THE MARCH A dispatch to the Dally Telegraph dated Thursday from Spearmans camp describes tho difficulties of the march owing to the unwieldy baggage column including all the tents and sheep over bad roads In wet weather Thai correspondent then goes on to say Some 10000 Boers arrived In the vicinity of Potglctcrs Drift on Thursday Thurs-day and Friday of last week and began be-gan Lime erection of extensive and for mldaole lines of trenches for ihclr position po-sition apparently could only be turned from the west by assaulting the high ridges of the Sproonkog WAITING FOR WARREN A buloonlat today reported that no were visible In the enemys works guns In the but there was a large Boer camp direction of Brakfonteln a brown ridge four miles from Potglelcrs drift Boor arrived In large numbers today from ColciiBO and Ladysmllh They havo certainly run brunches ot the rallwnR from Moddersprult around Mount Bid wtiyn Nearly all the Beers have gono to attempt to check Gen Warrens uOp vance but he made no sign today Sf j j DUNDONALDS MOVJ5MI5NT jl A dispatch to the Dally Telegraph 1 from Spearmans farm or correspondents now dc the I dealing with Lord Dumlonulds uuj4I Gen Wsmrri i of incut to the west force already cabled says ii us control of an cas cess gives mi tranco to Ladysmith Our guns Untie to bombard lie I Roor lln I > Mj Boers replying but feebly Ccnj rcn IH advancing steadily hULLERS ORDER TO The Dully Mall publishes Limo ra lire dlsputch dated Thursday cainp It a I rmnqj Spearman Ihc Boors hao oMiruatod Cogn rclnforci tlul linOP order to hiehrd Hcavyffun firing v > 05 Ladysmith this morning order InStructs the men to white flag of the Boors iumiy tst lay down their arms It aiO Ih them to beware of false BOERS LEAVE COLEN9 I The Standard publishes tiu ° dated Thursday from 5 Ing ag tl it farm it Js reported that CCui opposite Colenso on ilmllvs muller had ouimair 011 p Bossed to the Bouth of the otmhi Monday and set lire to all tli 4 I the village ad As the force from CImiei0 bprore them Rl kattcod time Boers retired to trenches on a hill In line with Colon ao Our infantry advanced to the attack at-tack in skirmishing order followed by tsupijoi and reserves our cavalry scouting on the right close up to the river The Boer forces at Colenao must have be < n considerably wtnkenod by the dispatch of larger rclntoi cements vvcfltWAnl to meet Gen Bulkrs ud ance and they now hurriedly evacuated evacu-ated the river trenches and the kopjes Opposite the village and scattered before be-fore our shrapnel By evening none of the enemy was left within rifle shot of Colenso The British force then retired 10 Chleveley BRITONS NEAR IiADYSMJTrT A Durban special dated Thursday night says It Is reported hero that Iord Dundonald has smashed a Boer convoy Gen BuIJer is said to be within twelve mllcd of Ladysmith and Cen Warren to bu about six miles to the rear rearHEAT IS INTENSE A dispatch from LadysmHh dated Wednisday January lth via Spear mans camp January Jth says Everything is quiet The position ig unchanged and there Is very little bombarding1 The welcome sound of the guns of tho relief column was heard yesterday from Colenso and Springfield The heat Is Intense but there Is no increase of sickness FROM BOER CAMPS The Boer accounts of thepassage of the Tugela river arc given In the following fol-lowing dispatches from Commandant Vlljbens camp on the > upper Tugela via Lourenco Marques dated January ISth January 16lh Bullers secondmove was 1 roconnolssance In force with an armored train and a large body supported sup-ported by cannon toward Colenso last night A heavy bombardment ensued and thereupon the British retired having hav-ing wounded one of our men No reiily was made This move was a feint to cover extensive movements up the river Kafllra on this side of the TUgela havo been warned by the Brlt Jsji to leave their kraals as the fight will commence shortly FRIGHTFUL BOMBARDMENT The second dispatch runs thus January Jan-uary 17th The night TVOS unbroken cave for slight rifle encounters between outposts which ledto nothing At day Jueak the enemy was located as before J JIc had not brought single gun across tho river But from the ridges of Swartskop a battery and a half of siege I guns Opened on our position at 5 a ni The bombardment nwiO probably the nl m5t frlglitiuT ever witnessed on land 3rrcquentlyflvcheavjvnaval guns fired rljnultancougly at one schanze In Irenchment |