Intermountain Catholic | 1900-01-13 | Page 6 | Bombardment Begun

EOSIBARDMENT BEGUN. The Heavy Firing Continued For f Several Hours. j London. Jan. 8. The Daily Telegraph - 1 has the following from Frere Camp, ! dated Saturday, Jan. 6, 10.-S5 a. m.: "A very heavy bombardment went on at Ladysmith from dayureak until -8 this morning. It is believed that an engagement was in progress, for musketry mus-ketry fire was also heard. It is possible the garrison was making a sortie, for the Boers at Colenso hurriedly left their trenches and rode toward Ladysmith. Lady-smith. "Our big naval gun at Chieveley Camp fired several rounds at the enemy en-emy as they were leaving their Co-lenso Co-lenso lines. General Buller has ridden j on to Chieveley with his staff."