| Show W N ADVANCE TO LADYSMITH Now OP on the Move s Army IC fighting Is In Progress FROM oer for or allt to Dec tho tha Sir york TG situation tM the London cot cor cott f t ot of th Herald says nIS Q In Lon Lona caused as fl Ith that General newS the a u had been cut at atU wP ID WAS le tor Information U that J tM tb tar sr om e at midnight b at Madder Modder river h rd from It WM o tad hat Gen Oeo iad river to t take corn com como p It t ink tak inkI o of the Ibe a I rith th him the major portion ot of t te n e CanO a indIcating that tho long cx ot of Lady dt JJ tor br th relief This Important news oj begun II In an telegram JI 8 that an t t m the nO r head hend laager langer near Mar Marp p lh b VU ral In effect that the g were advancing On Colenso II the ibe date ot of the tho dispatch Thurs It would appear thAt the north 1 Frere began on ont OnY t Y The Door Doer on the tho g hi bs tt been attacked up to No o oon confirmation ot of It forthcomIng either from the tho or from newspaper dispatch 11 t It Li 11 evident on reading some me ot of latter Jitter that the hand ot of the c censor I Ikes at t ork orkIn orkIn In In conjunction with the news that lighting had begun tt t river on the the news wa of Methuen nr having baying been cut was wasill ill apoll as 53 rather alarming It was wall It II had been en found Ii keep bep Intact the line of stretches along the rail d l the and river n a of fIfty nety that parties of D had bad hads s maintain themselves IC tt of Gen dearly bt 1 regarded the tha ot feas m large lane farce as a aI I JS matter as Gen GenI I acre ott not seem able to mAko heldy from the direction ot of n Te fe Ih the Beers must nUmber quite qUn I rt the original force which q cAt t it at er river havinG been m It must not be for tor forts ts that thaI too on his hIli part tm kes reInforced Although m many ny it tI U ba be heavily ho mus J talt e nearl nearly men menthe the Ih de there thero is good season hete fe lIat th an a action Is Imminent G tIt work ot of bridging the Tu ru itt In the face tace ot of the enemy lit at be the step ne are re to be b strong positions hu ann are being mount mounted Il d shelling ot of the hospital tb th lines Is 15 reported In Inthe the Cr Cross s flag which waves WaC et S it ud sad the repeated Protests ot of le Whit tb 3 n helI ell tell right In killing one man and ats br tine alas others other It Is ot of cou course bIt to attribute this to accIdent AI b 10 all kinds ot of 1011 se oC et which point to a 1411 47 that the siege hu has already fit le I aj t t from the end ot of laSt torn Col linden tI cor correspondents have hae through tram the very Tery much quicker WOUld 1110 1 le bear r cut ut the thc belief that the theme henne me since Gen CronJe t called to the thc Doors Boers I and around Set Ia himself und r date dato CT t that all wu vas well that DI intermittent was and tr tree furce was waa now much I 1 from an that had been f fr an I Advance In force for tor ele ot repairing the railway wIth Ma Ia J A dl from Madder Modder river I Jut tr kt saId aId that the tho whole had Joined the Finally tl a telegram tt tie Orange river under due date ot of r SIs ny that re reports Orts 8 are current ha been relieved to the Herald from Pleter Ian the Doers floe n are concentrating e In ProvIsIoning for lor their flea tren to tM extent of command and aad OXen ot of the natives ill tt t n taken to Dundee that lat other there thero I Ii little the I are nrc preparing for lor resIstance e Is expected to the advance ot of the t re tr the C heights command IO on Which bare hae d h eo road bridge l Is intact to have been mined t ft ot of the lere Frere bridge to 10 the Herald from Lad Lady nt nie and Friday fairly lt bombardment Is only 1 tI are I t In mounting numerous I nl commanding position Ia educe Intend makIng a big LadysmIth after atter the so Joubert tad and his hll D Doers The town ton cannot be car cor the sault but the new guns gun will k thUe t el Nare lare very ery Uncomfortable 0 Atz A tar fir teh to the TrIbune from Lon Len Lont 11 t of the nt bawit Itlay rn land after atLer az Inex on slow tran D at ar re da agO at Ca Capetown to Is rio no record ot of thue trans Durban Durba It Is ii that they have gone gono up tM tho country to Lord although It Is I not known whether thep theD passed Urns Oraa Pan before the railwAY Was cUt by the raIders The remaining twelve have ble gone to fo Durban they wIlt will probably be landed on Tuesday These guns are equal to the tho Jest best artillery In the pos possesSIon oa sesSIon of the tha Doers and are capable of discharging at Ion long range shells of oC d 0 pounds It worth while for tor both General Duller and General Meth MethUen urn Uen to walt wait for tor these powerful runs guns with their ammunition even It if there ero ro serious risks to 10 the safety ot of the beleaguered I garrIson from the delay sino the effect ot of tho British artillery fire against both Oti Colenso and would be greatly Increased by shells The expediency ot of delay delayon on the part of both generals does not niter alter the tact that blundered In the war office In not sending out outI the howitzer batteries on one of tho I earliest and fastest shiva shells hlIs were used with tre effect at the battle ot of man General Duller was personally responsible for tor their Introduction In Inthe Inthe the militarY service when lie he hems ms adjutant general He considered It nothing less tItan a scandal that the tho army anny should hould not be supplied with high explosive shells which tier Ger Germany many and France had adopted OwIng to some somo reason which remains an oil secret these thele howitzer batteries cro hold held back In England until the floats had hod dragged ery heavy pisces pieces ot of artillery to th the battlefields and siege lego minI guM veto the BrItish guns The howitzer batteries started about the tho time when long Tom was throwing Into Ladysmith at each shot ahot a weicht cit metal equal to the discharge e ot of n a round ot of otone one ot of General six gun tUn bat of Lord infantry would have ben been greatly pro prote protected te tell against loss In their three bat bitt batties ties tiel It If the howitzers had been added to his artillery force torce for tor unlike the navy guns which are tied to railway the they are almost as movable ns as ordinary nary Stary field artillery General Duller has been waitIng for tor them day after day when Ladysmith was exposed to It a most scientific tire from the tho Doer null lery London Dee Dec ral Forestier Walker has sent the following dispatch dated at 9 last lut night Friday evening to the war office from Cape Capetown town Telegraph and every communication to Madder Modder river has been reopened A baU battery ry ot of field neld artillery and a battal battalIon Ion of af infantry were dispatched from river against Commandant PrInz Prins Laos Loos force torce ot of 1000 with ono one gun who had destroyed the rail Wa Our losses were fourteen In wounded Delmont hat has been by Infantry and two guns and n a cavalry rt regiment and troops from occupied Mundel Thursday The tor ea near Gen Gainers are At D SOd marching from rom ames town ton to Dordrecht j six guns at at n a large force torce strength under Molteno about 00 Lord Methuen casualties Dec e 6 on patrol lis follows Miss lag and tour four men of the twelfth lan wounded tour four men Some light Is thrown on thu position ot of affairs the west em ej frontier by It a dispatch issued by II a Doer agency last hut evening In The dl dispatch p lays Commandant 1 Labs Ibs force oree Is near between Modder river and JUet Biet river Gen Cronje is 18 still on the north bank ot of the tho Modder river hit his rear being protected b by fortIfIed po at S The hill hili be between tween Modder river and and those between Jacob al and flirt JUet river are occupied b by the Com Commandant Commandant mandant force torce I Is stationed between Gras Orns lan and honey Nest 1 Kloot loof It If this Berlin dispatch be correct and IntI It Is especIally significant when judged In con connection wIth Gen Oen For to the war ol must bo be some ome Doers around lord Methuen who Is believed to have 1000 men how however however ever an armored train can assist Methuen by harass haraS lag the Doers Boers from the rear to a special dispatch from Lourenzo Lourenso Marques the river battle Is described by a Doer corre correspondent with Gen Cien CronJe as one ot of the he st the Doers ever exper experienced The rho goes oes on to say aay Gen Ceo wIng sustained al almost almost most solely the fearful attack ot of the BrItish right throughout the day The Tho lers tenaciously held their po positions until 7 In the tho eer evening ng when rhen the Free State burghers were fere forced to tore re tI by the heavy Shell hell me Gen Oen Cronje Cronie then retired under undercover cover corer ot of darkness after atter facing the con tire ot of all the British batter lee les leeThe The Doors Doers freely acknowledge the herculean sault of at the and fire firo ot of the attacking Infantry but they ther held their position for tor thirteen hours against the tho flower ot of the British army replying solely with their and maintaining an unInterruPted rifle fire The Doer nr at tiller was silenced early In the battle throuGh the overwhelming number ot of the British artillery |
