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BRITISH ATTACK
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et le neer 1.4 ilet reel J. Ilte Se. re I- LAS let g In
lutereet in interary naltere eom-
meeting svaen wee a nredbee ot
tbe Collegiate Inetteite; Vadets. After
eeining the ti5rIt ;Battalion be took
cornose the 'London Mititary
'Ashore, and afierwarde wee aPPointed
eto lieutenaney in Me Ile strut -
led law with iris father and after
passing hie examinatienstin Toronto
made a trip to the continent. ,
_ wan among the e firet in this
'• section to' offer his services tor
. .„ Pouth Afitlene
Eloer -Reports Say the. Cannonad ng havo tho boly placed in a ecaleti
111r. Farley wired Dr. ' Bord•on to
eastet anti forwavied hoiret. When
• r -
:is Terrific. Mat. Farley heard the sad news '
elle became bysterieith and a Pined"
elan lind to be sunuuoned.
,
1) • • Trial Or tlaee Rebels.
.FIOIMN6 CONTINUES 'AT 1110LEN.. DRIFT .•eolgrPoi)itidaYitoP473111: Igt17 it.)41111.
-; ele says:
tteere laim to tlave Forned British Acres's the RIVer There --Reberte ane I
Kitchener to the Frerit ---Are They Going to 'Vane the Perees of Three *I
Generalge-ReditioniPs Arnettrintent--feeyeis te Return ter Brussole
---(bermany Not Emberrass Britain be interfeting in the Egyptian
teiatter--Netes of the War,
Vele 5, OS p, usgexeespecittl jule ItOw' itecense demonatte,tion of
eepAteh. Irom leathern Natal, .da,teti • Leielleldahteste trto eteemoot. peiteltin '-dvf, °aid
aer, eaye : • "There is no definite Tra t
erterz, Parte would
. Ported .tlint. there Wore beery fightleg 'have e
oesterdaee
No MoVeinent Yet ie
"Londen, Feb. SeaThe correspenclent dent, in a hellogram, dated januaro
of 'tire 'Aseociteaten,Prese, leares offi- nest, reports that the. situation
clAlly• thee abealutely .no confirmatiou theio is necitaitged, Ile eager teat
hats peeo .rectered by 'the War Office the • gArrisonte elder .oectipatien is
of the repott that Gen. Duller has re-' "sitting on the kolnee." The Boer
„cressed the Tugela Myer Andes munch- artillerY is enmity except for an oe-
ing on. LadYemith. .0o the" cOntrary, casloaal half (loam ". The new
oceording ,to. the ieformation. of the Boer iturgere have been' Made in the
War Office at.. tbe pteeent moment, direction of Tabanyaniii. • •
tnere Is seetrey• tudication that things . There ,10 a rumor that uoine of• the
are quiet At the Iv:lint, Arid thst no Boer One at. MegersPentein liege been
. • immediate mevenient eepeeted. eent to Nervare pont,: .
•„gega,rding , ithe deSpatches front ' on ..Saturday Gee. Lord Roberti ie,
.',Larlysmith sayingethet "Buller's guns coign' a joint proteet froze President
hate been, heard there,. it la surmised Kruger, of thQ TraaSvaal; and Free'.
that some practice may. have been go. dent Steyn, of the Oeange Free State;
deg On 'with -the. new baeteriee which 'against the British, troops destroying
.haVetjust reached thinfront. • farmsteads' and other property, Gen.
' • • Roberte replied.thet the cha•rges were
ewe from 6ext Buller, bat it Is re. ' tenumacrirary19.alrbe
London, Feb. 0. -The report of the
nelvaxtee of Gen, Buller is' un-
confirmed. A Ladysmith correspore
" South African Leattue has
pttsiaed resolatIon deelariag that
it regarde with regret anti ainmet
with deepeir the probabiliee of the
antlioritlea "rtrying cenornar rebels
before' it Jury. TM recoinelori tweet, .
.corirt.retirtlel." ; ' •
" Mr. Schreiner,. the premier, re, '
plying. to a letter enclosino e, copy
Ito would 1,ndbirstililt, together
with titt• gpivitfirruttil report that lie
Itari actually begun a new forward
iergement, ti goal effeeti •al the
tretelie rola le:Our einst per elehea letve
ales lute et, reauriuring effeet„ after
etruelng astonielinient. The
Government. announce/ tient it wee as.
eerteinee before- the war began tbat
Visite:ere would put 54.1.000 „men tin.
teethe fleet. The British in a - few
Mem
WILL HAVE 218,000
Men in Froutit Aram Oon. neubert,
acttoreine, to Ittee ariviceo bag .1%000
men eurrouerang lerelyemith axe]
..eopfrontIng Oen Buller. In tire gee
rent turning movement Oen, Buller
f th • 1 tl th On
hae taken steps. to prevent nu. ,
due detention of persons Jeliarged
with sedition." .
Macrae' ite boil Mum,
ettasheigton,• Feb. 5.-eite, Macruni
calleceet the State Department to -day
at 0,30 o'climit and event atom, halt tin
hour en consultation witli Dr. ROI. Ao-
siseant entretareo of State, Seeretary
Hay having left. eta office for tbe day.
He siert refused to melte stay 4131.1.e.
metn expteening hie' reasons for leav..
Lug Pretoria.
---
elelting a Wide Detour.
London, Feb. t3.-lefielte.ry ;Pinion le
London continues te essuine f torn very
slentier materkeis that General .Baller
is again terowing his army 'against
Beer wares. A retired general, Str
Mem. Henry Green, whose atetingtosh-
edteareer gives weight to; his ()Pinion,
.
thinks that . Gen. Buller with 25,000
men ie enekleg a wide deteur .ro rshe' :
wesl andnortie Warder to avoid the WITH. METHUEN'S' .FQRCE ; STOR' MING A XOPJE.. . ...
roughest parts of tlm-aountry, As Gen,
Bulier. must bave some theesands of
wagons; Sir Win. Green 'pants out
Met 1,9Se men, but the placee' are
Mimi, The Deere have no means' of
replacing tire lost men with fresh WI*
rain' tea rittilgt
igh s ev b Jo
beet will be beaten Its It ivatt that
Grane wine?. take Ricinnoria,
WHAT Le DOING DOleit.
Yew detpateltee ar3 now allowed, to
come tbrougee from the seat of overt!,
tions about Stormbern and Colesberg
And General, Roberte its pletirier AuXe.
one to direet atkertion -drone the wOrlt
progreate •General Helley-Henny's
411vNion. le aetively employed in co-cp-
ti a" itl 0 dr I G t r d
Gen.eral French. Titie'Defiell garrisons
bott at Stermberte and Colosberg have
begat reinforeed, anti the Boer strati -
paste aro striving to repeat their tee -
ties . tlagerefonteln, Coleus() and
Speen Hop by oreetkoo a new Impasse
by whieb -the British invasion of tire
Free State May be blocked
EA.SIER. ON DULTele.R.
The neliteree ex:parte aro inelined 'to
be eager with Duller Melee lee and
his army are eo undaunted and the
harsh otter:on le shifting to the Min.
%try,. Tho Daily- Mall saye: "Wheel
anis notorious to all with. any linowl-
edge of polities, the Governmerit
tremblingly tafaltieg the mega 'of
le ere eel, nogg",
arre. Mr. liking* tarp,:
*There la now a progreet that in
two or three woke trei Dritbat fOrPe*
will be leading the paseagee of tire
orange River, remixing bridgee,
. fled colitetting_oll the requirritee • for
tire advance nertliward to begin as
mon na Lord Roberts twes Ms way to
order the *sweeties:It,
. There ern now mere " titan enough
troupe between the etxret and Orange
Rive.r to term three infantry divisions
and a cavalry divetion, without
, counting either the colonial trooper or
, five battalions, Which can be
treed to relieve rooter leattaletem on
the lima el communitation. Lord Me.
, „ , ,„
ternene Laren brigadee ineke 4 fiernber
addition' that might , ultiniately be
ret•ilized.
• Ma Nelikinevie then proceeds to u.rgo
Kane 'little vietoee to ware .orf tem-
poreelly 'Just oritieleint the eltuatien
Is too humiliating' for words,
eSeme Weeks ago many of the befit
fronds of the Goverement were °urg-
ing, its . regonstruetion, Ot la 'almost
•
a s e gn
!lc:" truerzi'Xtrit IP %Cr° e":..ire3; P.riii
i
• cow, and partecularler to put the vol-
unteere and all o.vaila'ble, forces in
ehe meet sere:mite° condition for sere
vice if needed. Ile recommends reenter
tag volunteer batters of pesetien
.
wan the best mjettlern gene, and, in
snort the oiganization. and equip-
ment of • the avail:Mee tortes -ratter
than haete endeavors to remelt im-
ritrained.men, ,.
Sir Attred Mater h'ae, sent' moot
(Medd and encesteaging reports to
tire ;Gevernment etigarding tire pros -
pecks of the campeign, anti tt is un-
derstood ads views.- are shared by
Lord Roberte.
.
•London., Feb; 7. -t -The long innetivity
of Leonora' Methuen's divielon tit Mad-
der Myer hes at leggeb, been br•olten.
a roovenient apparently aiming to•
flank the Deers. limb* begun.
The Standardte corecepondent, tele-
grephing. from Hoppleedam, under
(late of Fele 5th, gays:
"Genera,' linger efactionted, with
tire Highland Brigade and. 02nd Bat-
tery, and tho Nintli Lancer.% arrived
at letrerloosberg on Fete 4th,
"The Islet few milee of the menet;
wee over the most trying ground,. and
the teoops suffered consiclerably from
the heat and the lack of water. .. '
"The force bivounceed.at l'enedoes-
berg drift, and lead thee" first brusb
eer •`-e
. Den't Trust war Office. vague and unsubstantiated. but as-. teat `the adVal1C0 necessarily be
London, Feb. 5. -The `War Office sured the Presidents, that "wanton dee gene, „
!statement that it haseoneeeited etruetion wee contravy to tire British airthentio weird is at ha.nd save.
Confirmation of the repteitethat Oen. Practice. ' ' • • that t'he War Offtee eeaffirmed orally
Buller - nes reeroesee r ,...ege - 'envie. A report trine •Modder River that a...11 to nwe*spaper enalfgers at a late tour •
River hes faired. te •ebeete, purtete. be. . the sick whonee he a condition to PO ' that it toted not oonfiem. the. reported
lief that operetiores of . tremeneerite Moveri are lieing sent to the base hoe' advance: There the ;Natal settee
importence are promeding at the Intel is enterpreted Mee as meaning - roses. .,,
Tugela. It is :Viol/gilt :that, either Prat a movement leo Gen. Metleuen'e . . ,
,the --denial was .promptede by a de. tore" io leePetuAngt•huirt t11114 -184nerely • Ti e Transport's Selling.
sire •to keep the nailitary movements a tuessEf. ' ' • • ' a - ' .
Halifax, N. So Feb. 5. -The Canatilan
eat; ,seeret as pessible until something Tee nospital ship Maine has received.
Its float consignment of Wounded. at tranepert liLlwatikee' docked at .4
...is aecomPliebed; Or that Gene Buller '
le ' keeping ..the •nome °metals in the Dueban. All .the. berths are occupied. etelook thls afternoon, after passing a
dark few eimilar reasons. It is erb- LasIT.Randolph Churehill,superintend. thOrough Medical lospection. No .fever
viously extremely ditiierat . to en. ed tire plaeing of the weended and eel- veal be foued, on tide steamer or 'the
stateetents elweeding Gee. 13eller's ere. " ; - • e ' elletakee' Me wilt be reed5' far se4' ell
nmeemerits, ' lint meet of the CaM• The- South ofrican Repuelle has Feb.. 150, tend w•ill sael on that day.
raenta.tors agreeethat tbe aggregate levied a special war tax on all :non- - -7,- - •
tee,. -resident landowners, and Oleo on come • . • Ne Word. at Ottawa.
eof othe items " tends to • 'confirm
beliete tint : Movements of --Iiiinort- • pollees -and . syndicates melees all the Ottawa, Feb.. 5. -No word liasebeeh
. zones :are nrarrepiringe It is truothat members are burghers. , received from Col.' Otter of tire death
tbe. correepondenee • at Gen.. Buller's • ' ----e - - ' . " • of Egerton Faeleer .at Belmont. •
Gen. Brabant to 'BIS Troops: . •• . '. -- -
headquArters corivey the Ompiession _ e.
London, Fee. 0.-Tbe Times pip- • Capn• Town,• Feb, 43.-lThe Argus and
- that his main force kr still south of '
lishee the following despatch from -Its:- -muttons. then rrinety guieg have been
tale Tugela, but. it le easilY conceiv- cofreppondent : ' . . . claspatched from Pretoria -to the front
-able that the deeleatebes are go °en- Queenstown, Cape Colony, rob. 5.-e. anti that the Pretoria forts havelreen
• eored as to -eonvey - a false impres-
sion. e . . . , 'General ;,Drabante in addreesing "the, practically ileiruded of artillery.
. • .., . e - :" • • f. , .• : eroops of the nolonial division, said . : • •--e.--. e .
. - EIATACRE'S REVERSei . 4. . that the time impateritly awaited ' . To Release tee Gold. .. •••
. o, , • . . • •had at lengtli /stated. The men had • -
undergone thorotigh. prepanation, ,Duriban, Fob.. 0. -It IS understoOd
. The Times' Correspondent Deseribee -which was setisfaetorv to him and the l•rize Court has deeded to return
- Howit Occurred. • . • ' • - - - - '- ! the £25 000 of gold seized last Oct°
, . • • --- creditable te the officers and Men. , -
eraet • tbe. truth from the coefileting dressed cheering words to the suffer. eilloratitlne eitiders Will be very niueh
a on Ian. • 20--Aetended • ac° They" we' re leaving for the Iront on ber on board. tee steamer Avoneale
to the Britith reverses at 'T d ti I h • d th d t Castle in Dteagoa Bay.
II and . ues ay, an es ope ey woul no • •
•• ttagerefontele and Calms° return untif the task.enteueted to
before
e Ming in be mail from war core by General Roberts had been enecess- • •
The Tro-t;b7; Fakir.
midents, Tee eerreepondent of the . fully acceneelished. He could not die- Parts, lb. 0, 0.80 p. ne-The Matto
verse at this. in pert as foe Intentions were carried out, the great» beveetleat recent despatches from
lents , • , tort glutton fotd.tighting •would-bave, ewe neve drawn the attention of the
" The' infantry had teen 'at work, his fill. "a': ,,' powers to Egopt. They are asking
or ' the train.. in -open trucks, or The cleepatelt aeds that the Dutch themselvets if tire time _has not come
marching since 4 a. In. on Sa,turday. consmandante are repressing and mine tie enforce the teeaty g'uaranteeing
The antral march occupied soven tho.se who rob house,' owned by the neutrality of the Suez Canal. 11
beers, and could, therefore, littli - tne English., and timt there Is•no loot - England is incapable of keeping order,
ereondeeed at that the men were . leg, except from tire railway build- trey will bo obliged to intervene, .
, Wholly incapable of Making a suprenn• Inge. ,
•
Mies clesnribes General Gataerets fe-; eielose tlieeilan of operations, but if the teed -ay -so ree-We have reaboir-to-
•••••••••••••••41,1
effort, when at last they were sur- • -- 1 ' Lady Randolph ohurehillea Work
prised by receiving fire at stiort range British Army Prestige. New York, Feb. 0.-A Durban de-
veltile marching in fours in fended re- Berlin, Feb. 5.-LleateCol. Wachs, of
entity. On receiving the eneme's fire the War Department, said to the As- vetch says that Lado Ranieepli
tinureh 11 began the serious woric of
the eomponies at hand rushed at mei velated Press correspondent to -day : caang for the wounded yeaterdaye The
against the Iropeo from whicloitpro- ' The prestige of the.Briti h army can- Marltzburg hospitale, crowded with
ceeded, and advancing from boulder to- lot be said to havo suffered so far as sufferers froin the battle of Colons°
boulder- Swiftly • commenced to as- - eghting.qualities are concerned. Both
MeV , , - wivates end 'officers have behaved and Soon kop, scut a large detachment
• ' •-• AgTeggegoet legeogo. * veth the utmost bravery. in action, as et tteabled, mostly artillero men, Lane
',he g .
P ts ot the dead' and wound d casieres and -Inniekilien Fusels/re. The
Indeed, it le a fact that a eon. e- nice were removee to the Americati
' siderabie number oesteally reacher 'thew*" hoe -petal chip. .
within a few yards of a. lower line
W110.011,40 Story Relteratee.
of echances," widelt could not, how• Gave Thenitite Die,
ever, be reohed without ladders. But Glasgow, Feb. 5. -The Daily Mail
eiblishes a letter /nom Modder River Cape Towne Itele e."-rregident Steyn
- at this juncture, our "own artillery
n regard to the ch .rge of the High-. allti 1 retedent Er
end Begade at Magersfontein and cote.] with Obi I 111.r h I Lozd Robert ,
tg r have cOliandi-
lailipg in the yet uncertain lignt V...
observe the astent of the . infantry .
Oen. Wanehope's obeection to the move -
opened fire upon the enemy, aud Bev.
de nent. The nyzeter says tint Gem
oral shells felling ehort dealt
• Vauchope told Lord Methuen that he
struction ttmong the tessailante of the
poeition. A partial retirerneet ie would be entree* to lead IllS WW1 into
stantly ensued, and haelng beers he poslion they had been ordered to
brought to a ottindstill tne attach -eke. Gen. Methuen inst ted, however,
graettally melted away, untie eon hat the 'Order carotid be 'carried out.
vinced that the caw wee ilePless len. Wauchopo afterwards made an
. re raid: " There le 101110 mistake here,
the general ordered the "retire' to . tddrest to the Irghlendera, in which
be• exemcled.
nut, men, r have to obey• ordere. Nolo
Ortnnat NOT OBEYED.
ita.d. the erder been promptly obeyed -
'o your Ixest.1'
the troops -might not improbably have . I:clusters Going, Too.
beeffewithdrewn without very seriout -
Ines, and it fresh attempt might Oen nalitalce Fele 5. -The military au -
yet have been seamed -rely proreecittee. eser,tlez wore this morning advised be
•aele that the Allangliner Cephalonia,
Bret it was not to; be, nrany men we; is
loth to rotten eceartse thee were anx- Whieh hasebeen chterteted as a trout -
tees' te ori, while not ,a few mete .ort, Portinfionth, England,
eo utterly extausted that "they sera. deeeleallfaz on Feb. ilth, And to have
else Leinstee Regiment in readineas
ply preferred to etay where they were
at al! hazarda than to sendertake the or embarkation from. Halifax en Feb.
ordeal of a rapid retirement over the -test. Thes Leinstet Leen:tent will,
with other troops, probable embark at
open ground at the foot of the hills.
Eventaally, as ef on perade, the re- ortstnouth for South Africa with thie
eighth
ttrenamat wee executed by those who
responded to the order, the,sonleers
•
Molting back at a eteade Pens, witb- More Guns Landed ateDurban.
eut ene least harry ca. donfusion and Dueban, Feb. 5. -The transporePirre
baiting censtantIy to fire." . nee, from Truliaerate arrived, and. land ,••,
d I ed a battery oe artirXerete-A More hope-
, • Tee Alarmist Again. tut feeling proVails 'here.
.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 5. --The cam-
paign in favor ol taking advantage of Glasg otos Sencleole to 'Volunteers.
Africa to secure Russian portg on the eGiretr' Feb' 5.-41113 GlaSgr"
the present complications, irt South
c r ra tort on Friday gave a dinner
Indian Ocean and Mediterranean le be' en mar of the local, yeomen und
pushed with vigor. The neWspapere tears who have vontinteered forrthe
nIte tidewater profiting by Great South African service, the leading
•Brittente difficultiee to realize the men of the egy being present, The
cameo; upon which depend,/ the ulte .volunteers were evaded honorary -
the BretIsh rommaneer-irecillef, Pio ,
test.ng against the de teuetioa of
farms and the devastat'oa of deep .rty.
Lora Roberta, in reel, g &elle ,d the
cnargea were not kabstant cited, miri-
ng that wanton destruction of Pro-
perty Was contrary to British prac-
Ccee.
mate PreePerl% 01 Aussie' ineul birrgesees of Glasgow,' ast were- pin
Great Britairi as always run rated volunteers tvho iu the year 1778 en -
AT NVOItE: IN FRANCE, TOO. lietea tor eetvice ageinnt the Ameri-
len,rLg, Feb. 5.-eAs reeult of in- ton bolonlea. Thene itstaneee ere the
genies, Made in the; %wow? euartets, Only two on retard where' this\ honor
te teateteretbat the etorles of the lies been thus eonfetted.
--EOM de•Perie that the British Ambas.
Kt or to France, Sir Edmund S. Mon- At the Itatlyemith Laager,
got and the British Ambasitador to gor neo dra
e dy Sir Currie, conferred here rote
ates Attestant Secretare Of tile
, Mr. Webeter United'
ernitly on Ititlian affafre, or that st
Beinnind lute gone to Rome; to gip. Interior, accompanied by a partz of
t. Sir Philin In eePratentatiolue tu friends,. width includag 'the eler an
ly regarding the landing of Italian emend 'at Preterite le At tie head
ape in Africa. are quite untie:meted lento, *
hat le true ief that eir Edmend -"e'er oe roma ttt Temlyearith,
hag gene to the Italian etl. and le °lonely' inepeeting the' Callus
„---ev,terene,finot bneau,40 /10 /0 unwell or ro. and positions ttreund the bAleged
tolva
• quires a rest• but because he finder
hio roamed, very unn/00001/t at the , Another Uaimillan Dead.
preeent moment owing to the etrOng
ming againet Great Britain tlie Ste rbomas, Ont., tilde message
tree and seeee,ty, ova, oortereet le luts been Teemed belt from Belmont,
reflected ter: tree eXtent in the atti• Cape Colony, annouricinf the death of
tale of the French iloYernixtent. A Egerton Farley, a iron o John Parley,
algae/Ale °Hide! NM: "TM French Q. eit lie WAS in The e3rd year( of his
tioYernitient uneksibIndIY friendly age, and bad itrointee of a bright
to Great Britain, but tt in unable to eareer, ne., was born in St. Thema&
it dimples of It* teat sentiments iror man? years be bad taken teat
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• =e- • Cqice-that for. thirtY scare lias. not
e•oe en.: !mown what to do witIrthe voleeteers
recur ittille wore* roses re•
port of a eitirmbet un kluturriny with
part$' of some ilritlet, who were
protecting *onto etrorele gragentterre.
The party lost three kneel, and gime
mealier who wern rent eel airi them
;dee Ireit tern- -me
ltunnere wbo 'left Larlyernitit
eaturtery lingo reaelteri Esteourt with
,rlespateliee awarding that ammunitiori
awl lege In the Igleagnered tove are
abundant. There are immense sine
pliee of eanneti nwat, teed feceli meat
, alto abundant. •
The cameo of the Deere on the
pla en be I se een La tlyeraleh, and Tabany-
aina Wei were replete -1 to he in a
state of commotion ars tetougli the
enemy were repotting an attatie
Me.gra.ges Prone Ladyronith, dated
yeeterday, Feb. 5elt, say emit tnuotis
cakrellig '"eni
olc, he mon ng,
• the .oceasional roa,r et a "Longerom."
.fatiella, le is nailed, centime -1.
farrier eig
Iterpubileaa torrItarg.
guarantees Um% Wit Mese
cult well them. Verret:glow
their 'stowage paid to Enrolia.
nial rebel,: are adidaart to au
in preference. to beim taken
_ ere. 1°'
Trading 'With the Dutch.
Loarion, Feb. 1.--Tio Tinted how 'tho P. it
followirox sparial tooter
Mara/burg, Feb. 4,-lieware and
Ampidett 6 mum:title, of rewrite 1 in.
fairtry arrival toelay from eterfe-
stroorn, They, easy no 'seems of the
enemy. Tho Briteril farmers wero
most liotpitable, and the Imt.eit werte
apathetic, except •when Kleine* 011-
Portunitee to veil supplhe at ex-
orlittant rate& TM omen:el infantry
will continuo tim march toettorrow
towel -el Thieve. where they will
Joitterands svittt tiro central column.
Tranevarti Covalseating
Shelled. the Dom Imager. Lealden, Fib 7 -Tho Tertee haa the
Rensburg." Cape 'Colony, Feb. 5. -
Oen, .lerente Is Itolding in check a
largettoree of Deere. et re:gee:thug...
Thee morning a nOMP Baer lao,ger
near Slingerfontein, ethere the burgh-
ers, were placing new artillery*, was
shelled with lyddite. The effeot -of the
sbellirag NS'aS spree all the work teat,"
hate beeneeiready eccomplished anti
to compel a general retirement of tiro
Boers.
.
Roles In Remington's Scouts.
London, leeb. 7.-'11te World mays it
learns that "Lord Methuen. has tine
eanded Remingtolee teouts, ono Of•the
most utelnt colonial commands, te,
cause be lied nteertalned •that arum
moraboria of the corps had. been (*ono
manteating with the Boers. '
Conscription treeless. .
London, Feb. 7.-tu the abeenee ot
war now,s tide morning„ Mr. Spenser
Wilkingoo, in the Waring Post, 'die.
Imams the problem of Arming tho
eaten at home. Ile says "Titere
now ;melt intenee and widespread in-
terest in the army and its manage-
ment that the oet'on had itself Us
thank if the colving of the legblem
should not be the history of the next
few montint." He proceeds to argue
beat “consoription would' Ito vairteless
unless tbe general managelnent 01 the
army .Were • first remcidelled;fi.
Oe eethie • point he. says: e A War
svoulit not khow what to do with letif
=egg- a Million conscripts," • .
eeteedde • Mr. Wilkinson alto diseasses Piouse
tiro .bayonesto remarking t Thia
weapon very will= COMO3 inte, actual'.
nee. Its effect is en the spirits_ of •bcith.
siden natter than , ere the bodlee-ofo
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in all the oteries of - ther"Vieteries wort bt. Lord Methuen, wii read
of British infantry charging the enemees position and taking it at the
point of tho bayonet. As our men near the enemy, the Boer fireegrows
fiercer, but nothing cite stop Britoil infantry when well handlede-This is
the kind of fighting that the Boers rio not understand. but the frontal
attacks not us dear, and success ultimately won only aftee the Priers
have, from their entrenehments, shot down a Targe number of our
•
men. -London Graphic,
_
too rate' now for ihat pol.ey: People
- now aro looking for mile strong men
to lead them. Itoseberyis. name has
. t du ti the lest
few (Jaye,' but to turn Ur hen Lefore
leir. Chamberlain has been tried ap-
pears to us to bo lumen and unfair
from many points of 1r letr.
Believe the Fight is On. . •
London; Feb. 0. -The impression
that General Buller's foreee tire fight -
lug will not die .orat, in, spite of the
contininsus assertions of 'the War Of -
lice that it has no news to corifirm the
bell
From Cape Town, under toelay's
date, comet the statement that up to
this morning nothing hag betto heard
there regarding Gen. Bullerea recrose-
ing the Tugela River, while Field Mar -
Aral Lord Robert% in a .despatch dated
Monday, Feb. 5th, ventertg no change
in the eituation. la vittee of .the lateen
deepateltes, le seisms hard to &edit. the
circumstantial reports- tk the engage -
meet of Gen. Duller's troops. The corn -
1 to nen e ,from tne front and at
home ma•y be eIgnifieset, an thewlse-
aerea aver, but it more probably re-
preoents that period of preparallon
which .preeedne iraportant . move-
ment. •
VAtittraSTP rtproras,
In other pertg than the Tugela the
conditione of infermation are enaree-
ly more eatitafactory. There is an in-
eoneinsive • vaguenese regarding Gen
Prenelea teootted Intention. to Reza
Norvalet Pont wite overwbelming
force of infantry. While • newt, of
eliarp fighting in the neighborhood of
Colesburg can be fairly expecte] with-
in a _few daye it in not likely that
it will agsume greater proportions
than reconnaimneea , aryl seirtnisling
for the purpoees of heeling the ad-
vanced pegition of the forthcoming
main advance by way Of Iliteenfon-
tein, Gen. lereeeh ie strategically
oroldbitee from rumens . any serlotte
reet. ,
Lord lloberte' reply to I'residente
Kruger and atom create; an excellent
impreselon here.
14'0M Kimberley and Mfeking, there
ig nothing new, co it ran be pre.
minted. -that the intermittent boa.
bardment of these plaent continues.
TAL tOftle CellefeltP114,
No Deribt as to re Intimate Ottteoia
. " of thse-Weee,
, Neei-YOrk deepatele It le to be Ken
in the Maw of cable matter .•printed
here this Morning that there is a
tieeldedly More cheerful feeling in Lon -
dm. The ronfirmation of the revert
thet ihrn. WM °enrolment that
More Details of Spion 1C.op.
' epearmares Carnes cable: Althougl
dureeg thee:Otte no apparent attem"
was made exeept by AlaJOreien. Ly
tletones. demonstration to divert the
eneiteen attent.on, from Sploit•kap, it
had been arrangei to mitke an attae
tile neet. daY, On the evening of the
eeth trelme Were sent out and Wou-
nd:ire te Three Tree Hill, east of Splint
kop, 'with -Meters tee asetult the ridge
of Taba etyma at dawn, but the
pot:ton of airooseen the Imp, who "were
'fftiln
=wart! ote anee assietane c
wan eetrentely critical. The men,
though not demoralized, ' were much
shaken by twelve Mara of continuo=
netting, for beetles the Mese sheet
1 with the enemy at dawn, Feb. 50.
"The Lancers ascended Koocloog.
berg Rome, and found a -Boer patrol
elimbing up the other side. Shots were
fire Which wits poured in, the Beene
alt.* made a meet VigOroun infantry
attack, anti In several casea actually
expelled our men who oecupied the
firot lino of trouts':en themeelvee being
afterwarda expelled With the bay•o•
note eforeover, owing to theefact that
the men were very crowdel on the
top,' there Iran ocarcete any cover,
earth lean taking nhelter where he
could, and there Were difficulties in
rerearato tne wet+ aoppb71 which was
altergether jnadequate. Tlierefor the
("Meer In Command, after losing heave
Ily, deeitted to retire. The antack of
tie Mtge: Royal Rifles on the north-
east end of the mountain wait zeolite
cent. "Two heel battaliong ;separately
etormed Spion Hop peak, atteramb-
irig Pica/ Almost -precipitates. They
were two and a, half houre under fire
on the way up. They found trencliee
over four feet deep. blastee in the rock.
I .. • ;I el the suntrlit they
wore fired at by Boers hiding among
the rocke on all Atka. Col. Buchanan -
Riddell Imo shot' almost at the topof
the hilt.
Loolte- More Favorable.
Lendent Fete 0. -Me. Spenser Wilk-
IMMO Ill the 111bridUtt lloSto trays:
"The title le beginning to turn. /a
the weetern theatre of the war it
looks art though Gen. lereneli bad Wu
reinfoteed, perkily, by Gen. Cher..
runideee 'brigade. Thin woad be the
the earn/snipe When Oen. French bag
diPpoSell of they enemy forming his
pre...grit ohjeettee, le r foree will be
available for other operations."
Detailing poterible operations of
Gene. French, Isitely-neenny tine Gat.
fellowing sperial toedae ,
Lorenzo eleeduez, Feb. 0.--ernferma-
, tion trout .e." eceenneeteurg-Raer .to,..•
' tee erfect teat the Transvaal officials
yeeterday ctosed the Robineon Bank, .
et le evident that. this step is in tee
nat'ure ce anprIsul j 13. lintene
&Alien"
P'retarta, feecomeig Alarmed. •
- Pretoria, Feb, 5.-A de,nerttelt-eroin:
Colesberg; Cape Colony, ste,ties Vint
tho British aro •within seven nines oe •
Aelitertang, •
Achtertang le a snort dietary° to
the northeast • of Colesberg, and • is
very near the Norvale Pont Statism-.
gertnte bo..,,aler of the Oeauge Jerte•
. ;
:
e Many M. P.'s Me Front.
London, Feb. C. -Among the Dritisite
M. P's. known to be gone or going t
the front in South, Africa, are ; Lord
Stenley, Captain Begot, Mr. Cocbrane,
Captain Arthur Major Meal-
-met, Lord E. Talbot, edr. 13romley-
Daveneort, Lord Cpmpton, Mr.' Kemp,
lescounte-Vulentia, Mr. Camille, .
Dougleg, Pennant,' Mr, Green, Ala
Gretonetelr. Hermon Hodge, , Mr.
Heath 4nd Sir Elliot Lees.
.
son earned the agemomty of tele Pre-
toria clique by ineoeng to. fulfil the
Duralliership obitgations by fea,riesely
eriticizieg Preeldent Hedgers meth-
ods and eeecealing the September Ante
Pat of tbe-Robinson, efottp of mines.
The aetion ce the Ttunovaal authople
ties is merely a• preliminary' to the
confiscation ot the belle= belonging
to the banir. Otber banks, differently
sit ted, ror the-presen t eticape
similar a CI t en t
' Doer Head I anger Ladysmith Feb."
0,-S.nce yesterday etbe Britt Jr, .Withe.
:fidget and other guns, have beta bentleri
oer positloos on the Upper Tugela. The'
troops crossed. the river at tiny pont
antl at Melon .drift. wite the objeet.of
stor,mtrig. our poettionne At Om •
'former Gen. Berger beat 'them- back,
and they recroesed dieorder. The,:
fighting centimeteat Molen drift, with
the Standerton ; and. t Johannesburg
commandoes.. Tire cannonade srastele
Prayer Meeting et Ladysmith.
'London, Feb. 0.-Aceording to . the
Rev. IL W. Allen, senior Wesleyae
army elmplaire prayer meetings have
been for sorae time A doily _feature 1n•
besiege(' Ladysmith. Over & thousand
men attend them regularly, and, Sir
George White is often present. The
Rev. Owen S. Watkins, 'Wesleyan chap-
lain, IS among those shut up in the
Anon." •
Troops Leaving iteland.
Cork, Feb, 6.-Sier Britith troopships
will still from Queenstown for South
Africa. 'within' the next ten days, de-
nuding treland of regular troops. Tthe
transport Dictator has sailed for the
. Cape, taking drafts of the Gloucester-
shire, East Lancesbire, North Staf-
fordshire, ond 2nd Norfolk regiments.
MEM. OM. •,••
'The Queen to the Greeks.
'Athens, Feb. 0. -Six Edwin 11. Eger-
ton, tho .British, Minister, has written
to the Romanos. warmly thanking on
behalf of the Queen the Greek nation.
tor WI friendly leelin.a toward Great
Britain throughout the South African
gut, '
.Lord Roberts' Denial,
Lender% Feb. 0. -President Steyn
and -President leruger sent a protest
to Lord Roberts aoinst the destruc-
tion of farm ke.uses and devastretron
excrianged„ but the, Boers, who were of propertin in it tbey Bay, under
**A eaValry patrol afterwards found
taken by surprise, fled,
"We learn Prose many sidea tenet the
date or Bloemfontein, Vele 8, 1900:
the Boetee posaession of the ridgee British troreps conteary to the recog-
totes northeese, wilich they evacuat-
ed later n, few. sham on tire approach
of the main bole. of cavalry. ,
"The iniontry was not engaged.
eleoppleedam commands the road
from Iseintberiey flepe •Town and
trougitts. The Boor Mergers, are at
Haineenroek and Gritputtown, within
striking dietarice.
" sttong force of tire enemy Is :
netieely concentrating to oppoge Gen.
Macdonald, whose arrival In the neigh-
torhood prevent -el tiro two cern..
:EnnritioN from joining."
To Construct a Iteiloubt.
London, Feb. 1. -The Throve eorre-
spolident at Mulder River cribIee teat`
the objeet of Gen. Ittiedonald'ir recoti-
_Miss WA t9 to construet a redoubt, on
n• hill 120nimanding Hootioo's drift.
VOM1,0 *In* a/
• Caurtdietne Return to Delmont.
, Belmont, Fele 0. -The Cantelittee re-
, turned to Belmont to -day froni ltich-
enorul and Thornhill,
Frederick Hamilton. •
The 'Struggle at Norvalis Pont.
London,. Feb. 7. -Nothing more hat,
been heard el the "overwhelming
force" thn.t Wag goinn to Network:
pont. It la stated that Gen. French
Went tte Cape Town te urge Gen.
Detente to give hire 7,000 more troopn
• to enable blin to eel -rapine) lee work,
anti another relent :says that 8,000
men wiro diceinbarked at Cap,e Town
were rustee iramediately :to the front,
though what front le net explained.
• There Is undOubtedly plenty of
activity on both eideg, taming respec-
" tively at retainine and capturing
Norval'a pont.
(ten. Duller's Third Atteret.
-Iterldon, Feb. 1, a. oe-The War Of-
fice at midnight repeated Itg formula
teat it had nothing to commanleate,
' ane finch newg an conies trent other
• oeurceg eomparatively unimport.
tint, Gen. Builere continued eilenee
lo practieally the only baste for tire
pereatent leiter that be IS •advane.
•
A telegram from Lorenzo Marquee
dated Tuestitty, give/ the latest newe
frerni Ladysmith, whereericeording
g13 °ft enr eraPriryt t:f1 algoll:tittavyY,
when the desperteh, gives no
detente wan sent.
nized iesages of war, daily deetroy pro-
perty by burning et dynamiting farm.
houses and devastating farms and the
goads tnerein, by means ot welch un-
protected women and. children are of-
ten deprived of food and toyer.
"This happens not only in placei
where barbarlang are eneotwaged by
British offieers, but even In Cape Col-
ony and the Free Stateewhere white
brigands come oat from the theatre
of wet 'with the evielent,intention
carrying on gerierta (levee -tatter."
Lord Robert: teplying toott said
"noreeet yet expeelenced., There wa,o -
a continuous roarlieg all day lon.Vnitis
ealreerLehldgllitatmrbee Ce0 loglItienemd with , 1.11
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War Weep Adtelte Advaece.
London,- Feb.. . Asseetated
Press learns trot the War Office to-
Ilyar3rtigt61;7eGclena. t41h114'rIlls;41111;:da5rairainilIef--
eroszell ehp Tugeltoleiver on yob: 5th,
and was now advancing upon
smith.
.
GON E FIK
Will Roberti; lout leitche'ner stir
Things Up Now?
Cape 'Town, Dee. d. -Lord
met General Kitche4!r PaVre etartiel
-foe the fnont. • get
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. Loneon is Amtlauf4,,
London. -Feb. 7.-Wetlie thesasPense
regarding cieneral Duller,/ movements
anti the opantione affecting -the fate
of Ladyemielt • eentinnee uneelieved
even ny the vaguest despatch, there
comes front other quarters Interest-
ing news he t.he announcement that
Field Marshal Lord Roberts,'
commander•Inehief of 't,he Britt*
forees South Afton, aod bis chief
of. staff, Major-General Lord xitoben,
er, have lett for the 'front, As this
informetion was beta for eeverte
boura by the censor it segos to hone
cate that an importent moveMeet le
" on foot. • • e
Y,
GA.TA.CRE ATTACHED, - , -•
A. 'despatch from, nterkstroore dat-
ed ties morning announces that- tile.
13oers are attaelcing General. Gateway
from two direction/. Fitting wee prra-
ceeitlug. between tine outposts and a
delayeti Sterkstroom des -paten (Med
llionday, Feb. 5th, announc.es that a
body of troops left the camp ;on -Feb --
3rd, and that Inmortant developmeuts•
svere expeeted. It Ls quite. probable
that this explains I•ord Roberts' de-
partilre, and that the Commander -hi.
• Chief wishes, either to be' preseht at,
or supervise the long -Intended MOVO-
mut by General Gataere.
TO JOIN FORD.ES
with Gen. Helly-leenne• and thence,
strongly teinforce Gen. French;
completing the latter% work at
Colesberg and establishing without
fear of serious oppogition an • ad.
winced position for tire main move.
ment. Thie, of course, is greatly
supposition, but. It can be. cote
dente/ Paid that the departure ot
Lord Roberts and Lord leiteheaer
for the front does not indleatothat
the main advance has begun. The •
commandere will probably be ^kick
in Cape Town within a short time.
It is pointed out that the terra go -
Ing to the front enust not be in.
terpreted into the Idea tbat.
great irtovement upon Pretoria bY
way of Bloemfontein has • gereellair
eommenced. It will be 0, month or
perhaps much longer before this ean
be brought about.
In the meantime the preliminary
steps are likely to enliven the cane
naign velth sharerfIghtIng and newer
front Sterkstroom, Thebes and Colea-
berg le eagerly awaited. .
Supposition regareing Gene Buller,
owing to tbe lack of all definite In.
fontattion, is as futile tie it sem
yesterdao.
To be "?Agin the Grovereuneete,
London, Feb. 7.-Mr..Tohn Redntenee-
• Chairmari c,f the United ttieh loamy.
wag loudly cheered by all edetiona of
the trieli members when he rasa in
, the House of Commons toolay to move
an amendment to. the address in reply
to; the speech from tbe throne, repree
senting that the time had arrived to ,
bring the war to a conelusion on. the
basis of recognizing the independence
of the Transvaal- and the Orange Free
State. I e said t e •parte a
heaved this war, and intended, se far
as poseibie, to maintain, the; mdepene
dence of the Republits defended with
such terotsin Redmond admitted
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tbat svhen the Empire was involved in
"I beg to aeltnowledge thielionor ofe
your telegram ebarging the Beitleit
troops with tire destruction -or pre.
perty, contrary to the. reeognized
Images of war, and. with brigandage
and devagtation. No specific case is '
mentioned. have geese seen &Menne
merle before now in the press, but in
no trams which hag come under my nog
toe limy° they been substantiated.
The most stringent . Inetruetiong
have been leaned to, the Britieli troopia _
to reopeet private property so fares ig
compatible, with the conduct of mili-
tary. operation,.
"I regret that Your Honore should
Wens CSen fib to reptat the untrue
et -dement that barbarians baste been
envorwageti Data; officer% tO coni-
' mit depredatione. In the only Mee in
which n. raid IMO been perpotritted by
native euldecte of the Queen, the ant
wag contrevy to the iiistructions of
. the Brittle pineal' nearest. theepot.
el regret to say that it le the repu
Been forces' which are in einue eases
guilty of earreing 0".1 the war In a
manner not lit accortlancte with civi-
lized usage. .
'Mutt War Motile infliee, hardshiro
rind injury trivet pearaftileinliabitantn
14 inevitable, but it ig the desire of
Ile? tfajeety's Government and my In.
tention emolueb thio war with
ag little injury no pecAlbler to rumen.
able Inhabitant; and private pro,
perty. hope 'Your Iletnorg exer- .
else your authority to inenre it being
emulitetel In a similar' Whit on ;Sour
tele."
A Generous Offer.
. Lenten, Feb, 7, 4.20 a. me-Lorti
Itober•te has emerge te. be distributed
In the Wives bordering upon the in -
violet colonial tei.ritorg invitetion
to Free Staters and Transvattlere to
go, into eamp. offering trent good
' trentneent awl antortieloti Ogee
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gompticatioes a feeling. of hope and
satisfaction stirred 'the majority of
Irish at home and abeoad. Bat; tiro
sympathies •of the Irish woujet still
bave been pro -Boer, even if 'Britain
bad not been concerned, and another
power had attempted to "ad the
burry and optgeseor in• South Africa."
England to -day, added Mr. Redmond,
"atoad not in splendid, eat in din -
gateau!' isolatien, Turkey aiene lende
leg her countenance."
While admitting that official expato
seen of heetility had not been heard
in the tinitiehetateg "Mildly Weenies
Arnerica, 'being engaged in thoPhillin
nine war, bad not fret liereelf in a
poeition to rebuke England tie aim
would otherwise have done," Mr. Red-
mond declared that the overwhelming
opinion of leading American state, -
men was hostile to (treat Britain bi
tee war, and eaid, "tire trnani moue tils-
appretal of tire world demonetrated
that he war was unjust, audit ought,
therefore, to be stopped." As to whe-
ther the promeets of home rule were
adversely affected by the attitude tif
the Thiele Mr. lindmond tiro:met .
land had nothing to late toul every-
thing to gain by ageing her volee
the Hide of jrudice and liberty.
Mr. Patrick Joseph Power, meta
for the east division ot Witt
county, Neeoirded efr. Iletimoneeg
endnien t.
Mr. Itedmonen ametitIntent tree
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