Show SPIES IN ARMY ARE IN ALL BRANCHES OF THE SERVICE london jan 1 alleged hoer iphi t has ben discovered have enlisted in the seo maDry A report of lord ches liam ft ho Is in command of the yeomanry forces say that tho officials of lii arm of tho service are being pcs by agents of dr loyds the eurol can plenipotentiary of the south atri an government he adds that two of bc m were actually accepted but that ibey were afterward discovered he declared that the same thing occurred in horse seven spies being discovered in that body he says continuing we havo hav o given word to ill our commanding officers to keen a lookout for traitors No stepa have been taken thus far tt the alleged spies london jan 1 owing to the lack of levs from important points inter fit in the war today centers on the comparatively important skirmish near dordrecht Dord recht capt cys sortie with a patrol of men of twenty first lancers and his retreat followed the next day by a successful british engagement and the rescue of a small party supposed to be men capt montmorency left behind him under capt goldsworthy a force 0 men with four suns accompanied hj capt cys scouts sallied ont of dordrecht Dord recht on the morning of dec 31 to turner and 27 men left over night at nek the boers were driven back and turners party waa rescued kight boers and thirteen horses are known to have besen killed the in its second edition publishes a dispatch from Ster kstrom fuated dec 31 which says capt mont moren cys were cut off owing to their refusal to leave a wounded ot aicer blout warren of brabants these men under milford and turner of the forn tier mounted rifles defended themselves most gallantly against tho repeated attacks of some boers the enemy resorted to sniping during the night but vere repulsed with loss at this mornin capt goldworthy with the cape mounted rifles arrived and the enemy fled to the nil la turners barty whose horses bad nearly all been were rescued they displayed splendid pluck and the brilliant manner in which capt goldsworthy Golda worthy effected their relief on bis own cespon ability Is deserving of the highest fratee our loss was two men wounded abo boera lost about 30 men including eight men killed another report baya the of this parti will arrest the progress of tho enemies recruiting in that vicinity A dispatch from modder river says december 31 the naval guns planted a few excellent shells without reply the en position on the left is alpar considerably weakened but neither from the modder river faor iche frere comes any news tending xo show an impending change in the impasse nor confirming tho impress on created by yesterdays als bat gon buller meditated an laime date forward movement gleichen of the grenadier bards and a distant relative of queen victoria who waa wounded at the battlo modder river has recovered hh and left cape town for tho from A calto town dispatch dated dec 31 published in the second edition of the times says for the moment there is a general lull in active military operations erat ions pending the arrival of gen roberts it is generally hoped that tee will tor some time at least direct the operations from here the absence of gen buller however unavoidable haa left alie colony without that central organization and vigorous control at headquarters essential to the conduct of a campaign along so vast a front iw the correspondent says in view of tho fact that dr leyds and other boer agents seem to be able to cable freeby to pretoria the british censorship wl bo even stricter henceforth A deahr dated dec 31 says a mounted patrol lias gone from there ani other arrangements have i I 1 been made to prevent looting in that neighborhood by small boer forces 1 |