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Show Trend) Sent Take fflatm London, Jan. 3. The latest advices from the Colesberg district tend to modify mod-ify the estimate of General French's success. The predicted occupation of Colesberg had not been accomplished last evening, while the Boers' guns announced an-nounced to have been silenced were still active. The war office this afternoon' after-noon' issued a disTlfl.tch received from General French under yesterday's date saying his position was the same as on the previous day, that with small reinforcements re-inforcements he could 'dislodge the Boers from Colesberg, and in the meantime mean-time he continued maneuvering. General Buller continues his night bombardments and patrol surprises. As the lugela river is again fordable and the stretcher-bearers have again been requisitioned at Durban and Pietennar-itzburg, Pietennar-itzburg, there is a disposition to believe that the British advance will not be long delayed. It is reported at Durban that the captured cap-tured German steamer Bundesrath had on board five big guns, fifty tons of shells and ISO trained artillerymen. Lost a Locomotive. A special dispatch from Rensberg, dated Tuesday, Jan. 2, says a supply train without a locomotive was set in motion within the British .lines near Colesberg and proceeded so near the Boer position that it was impossible to recover it, and the British guns therefore there-fore destroyed the trucks. It is suspected sus-pected that this was the act of a traitor. trait-or. ' The supply train, says another dispatch dis-patch from Rensberg, ran into a broken culvert and was wrecked. The Boers began looting it and another Rensberg train was dispatched to the scene in an effort to recover the provisions. The Boers opened fire on the troops and the natives accompanying it. forcing the secona irain to retreat atter several ot the natives had been killed. The total British casualties about Colesburg in two days were six men killed and twenty twen-ty wounded. |