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Show DISTRESS AT LADYSM1TH. Garrison "Will Fall Unless Rollef Is Had At Once. New York, Jan. 5. A London dispatch dis-patch says an unexpected development of the situation has occurred at Coles-burg. Coles-burg. Late advices are that the Boers returned with reinforcements during the night and occupied the position from which they were driven by General Gen-eral French on Monday. There is a deepening sense of anxiety respecting Ladysmith, whence most disheartening reports of the prevalence of sickness arc received. General White reported a list of nearly twenty deaths from entris fever and dysentery and seventy-one cases in the hospital. Dr. Jameson has all the work he can do in that fever nest. It is evident that the garrison cannot hold out long and that Sir Redvers Buller will not allow many days to pass before striking a blow. Transports with fresh battalions and batteries arrived ar-rived at Durban yesterday, and within forty-eight hours Sir Redvers ought to be in readiness for a supreme effort. The Boer line of defense is now described de-scribed as sixteen miles in length, having hav-ing been extended up and down the Tugela in order to prevent a turning movement. There are many dispatches of minor interest from General liuller's camp this morning, but no details indicating in-dicating the direction of the next attack. |