Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-12-23

Particulars Of Buller's Battle s.
Withheld From the Public.
HARD TO SIZE UI'
The Censor Il Charged With Elim'nf
Ing Important Points OF the
Fight English Aristecraey
Oner Their Services.

London. Dec. 2i--There Is isprac;ioalll
no fresh news from the seat Of war
Further details Of the battle OF Colsn"
continue 20 dribble in. but on the whpl'
they do not add much Information. Th'
Posts correspondents Aiiirms positively
that the Beers captuTed 10 British
field guns
Colonel Bullock. commanding th'
Devon regiment, with three officers anf
~ men, was surrounded. and all wefi
taken prisoners by the Beers while look
ing for wounded men under a flag o
truce
According 10 The Chronicles CORE
spondent the British mounted infAntri
and irregular corps with two batierie
OF artillery. managed 10 take the Colen
90 road bridge and eventually crossed
the river. but tho Bocr rifle tre pre-
vented them from pushing on and tn
battery was abandoned. Seemingly tn
guns were lost on the north side Of th'
Tugsla. and II 20 there is little doub
that they were captured
Tho Times says tnai people who knoH
the country consider the Boer positioi
the strongest In Natal
Mr. Burlsigh in Tho Telegraph say
the Beers are digging more tr@nnh"'
nearer the river aud employing CRUZ
gun to shell the British camp
THERE'S still no news Of Lord Ms'huen
his communication having been cut @
else the censor. are determined 20 ALLOW
no information a. 70 his doings 10 reach
the outer world.
Some sensation has been caused II
diplomatic circles In 81 Petersburg by'
statement that the British amba'salp
there had a private audience with tn
czar in connection with events in South
Africa
The chief cause Of uneasinsss whiel
brings back the shadow 10 Englis
faces is a suspicion that the Ladysmit
garrison is short Of ammunition and IN
capable Of prolonged defense Tn
war Office does not admit that Lads
smith is in serious danger or short d
ammunition. but the censorship SONS
how has allowed these alarming report
20 reach England The censor. u is a.
parent. sometimes falls asleep or
drugged by too candid aud too inquisi
tive friends
Dispatch.s from Colenso are still cou
ing in. but eyeryons bears evidence 9
rough treatment from the censorship
1t il imprActicable either 70 reoonci
these disjOinted. fragmentary account
one with another. or TO explain the d.
crepancies between them aud Gener
Buffers reports
one journal after another Is forced
describe their own correspondents di
patches a. unintelligible, and there a
strong expressions oi disapproval Of q
ruthless manner IN which the Gems
mutilates the carefully written pre-
reports after the battles are tough
There are At least dozen questions
facts which remain unsettled six dA
after this battle occurred. The m0
important Of these relate 10 the compa
ative ranges Of the Boer and Britt
guns. aud the circumstances In whi
Longs battery was lost Englishm
are anxious 10 know whether Bulle
army. with numerical superiority
guns and with a higher degree Of *
In tho service Of them, was without 4
equate protection owing 20 the fact d
1t was outclasscd by tho Boer artillel
There are hundred details which
public is eager 10 learn about the ch
: battle Of the war. and every corTespol
ent is gagged and bound and shut
/ from clear. descriptive work. The II
. lish press Is much more docile and NJ
missivo than the American press wol
he under similar circumstances, but
, Is showing signs Of irritation. and is
the point OF asking whether the war
South Africa is a private enterprise c
Quoted for the purpose Of shielding r
|, utations Of favorites In the field
, red tape martinets in the war office
Bocr accounts Of the Colenso III
convey the impression that the Dur
burghers are not unduly elated by N
victory ON the Tugela
Little credencc is placed ia tho ror
shat the guns lost by the British "
,d not captured boy the B1ors Had
story been true, Getcral Butler wo
Wy have referred 20 it
rc. Buffers artillery cannot now mu
g.. more than go guns, while the capiu
British weapons have uo doubt b
mounted IN tho Boer lines and ca,
uaod since the ammunition wag
seem 60 hayo been lost with them
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