Show I TINO CHANGE I British ITT War Office Hears fronl Fiehl larslal Roberts r QUE STill REiNS I Methuens Cavalry Makes a i Reconnaissance l I INVADES THE FREE STATE I I I Makes a Trip of Twentythree Miles and Finds Country Clear of Enemy i Except Patiols At Modder River I There is no ChangeAdvices from II Mafeking Dated December 23rd I I Reported all Well From Boer I Headquarters Colenso Comes Message Mes-sage Saying that Everything Point to Great Battle Within Next Few Days Ladysmith for Two Nights Has Been Signaling with RocketsPresident Kruger Issues Address in which Ho Affirms that Providence is on Side of Burghers London Jan 11The War office issued Is-sued at midnight 0 dispatch from Field Marshal I Roberts dated Cape town Sunday January Mth 830 p m saying There Is no change in the situation here today I The War olllce simultaneously Issued I the following from Lord Roberts dated I Capetown January IKth 330 p h 1 Melhuens cavalry reconnolasancc I returned on January llth Went twentythree mills Into Free State I Country clear of enemy exceptpatrols OUTLOOK AT MODDER RIVER All auite at Modder river French reconnoitered around the enemys left Hank on January 10th Advanced from I hungers farm on January llth with cavalry and horse aillllery to bombard bom-bard Boer laager east of Colcsberg I I Junction but was unable to outflank the enemy Reconnoissance of cavalry and I mounted infantry pushed north of Dastards Nek and examined country I north of ridge Gataeio reports no change I king All well on December 2Sth at Mafe GREAT BATTLE SOON i A dispatch from Boer headquarters at Colenso dated Thursday January Jlth via Pretoria via Lourenco Mar I times Friday January 1Jlh J says Everything points to n great battle within the next few days Ladysmllh I for the last two nights has been firing I rockets The object Is I not known here I WHAT KRUGER AFFIRMS Another dispatch from Pretoria I dated Thursday January lllh via Lourenco Marques says President I Kruger In the course of a stirring address ad-dress Just Issued to the burghers atlirms that Providence is i on their side that their cause Is Just and that they must succeed BRITISH CONCENTRATING Reports from Colcsberg represent the position there as favorable to the Boers but the British are concentrating for operations on a large scale The olll clal list of the Boer casualties in what Is called the PlataRand light on Saturday January Cth the attack upon up-on Ladysmith shows tweniyllve killed and sexentysoven wounded These figures are described as the first return EMBARGO AT DELAGOA BAY The embargo at Delagoa bay upon Transvaa Imports is the question of the hour with the burghers I this is not removed it is sserled that steps will be taken prejudicial to prisoners and aliens ALL WELL AT LADYSMITH Advices from Ladysmith dated Friday Fri-day January 12th by heliograph says The besiegers have been quiet for two days but can be seon In active movement move-ment in the distant hills We have perceived two small bodies galloping with two machine guns The Boer heavy piece on Bulwana hill has not been fired for two days More Boer dead have been found at the base of Caesars cam All Is well here BOERS IN ZULULAND Theme Is a Boer commando reported in Zambaans country Zululand within with-in n days march of tho ca with wagons I is believed to be watlng for I supplies and ammunition secretly landed near St Lucia bay The Boers I have looted all tho stores and mines I In the Swnl land territory and the I natives are completing the destruction I CROSSED FREE STATE BORDER Gen Bablngton with two regiments of Lancers the Victorian mounted rifles and 3 battery of horse artillery ries Modder river on the evening of lef January 7th Sunday and crossed the Free State border on Tuesday Simultaneously I I ultaneously other movements were made A column under Col Pllcher went from Belmont to the south of Gen Bablngtons route while n portion I por-tion of the garrison of Klokfomein and ton Nest Kloof under MaJ Byrne advanced toward Jacobsdal NO SIGNS OF ARMED BOERS Gen Bablnglon penetrated twelve miles and his scouts twenty They saw t no sign of armed Boers The fnrm c houses were found empty the occupants i occu-pants having had nuns of the advance and gOne further Into the interior fUTthI I 3iitlsh OlP bivouacked i Ranidon They HIlt turned f hret fjirm h9u S time t property I the Boer Ipadejs l I of Lubbe ont Of o adcI 1 Wednesday Ll they uepL around iou th I ward Nothing was accomplished ex j othlnS I rnpt a recoimolsfinncc Col Pllcher Gen Bablnjrton I came Into touch vrjth and thon returned to Belmont MaJ Byrne reconnoitered the hllls about four miles rom Jacobsdal and sav 700 Boors l |