New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-08
NEWS or TWO DAYS. FIGHT.
LONDON FILLED WITH WARllkE IT'D
INGS FROM THE BELEAGVERED
GARRISON.
Try CABLE TO TIE TRIBUNE.l

Try CABLE TIE TRIRuNEl
london Nov. :. a. m.-The air has been
filed for twenty-four hours with rumors Of
heavy Baer losses at I.adysmith-includng two
thousand prisoners-gallant cavalry charges and
victorious sorties. But these war stories have
,.okaa oacial authority Some Of them reap
PEAR this morning with fresh details. and credu-
lous readers are allowed to console themselves
with the reflection that General Whites army
Is not only conducting spirited defence and
stubhornly contesting every foot OF ground, but
tha. he is also prepared to give the enemy
crushing blow. II he has not already done So
More cautious military writer's suspect that the
importance Of outpost skirmishes and cavalry
reconnoissances has been exaggerated and some
., them express alarm lest General White may
be acting too far from his centre Of defence and
exnosfng his squadrons and battalions TO ireSh
risk Of being entrapped by the Beers.
The public uneasiness was increased yesterday
ty rumors that the naval brigade did not take
a large stock Of ammunition into Ladysmith'
and that the town was not prepared for long
Siege. and Lord Wolseley's confession that the
stan had uhueI id''I '"' ''''''''-'
the Beers had a distinctly disquietins effect.
There was A sudden revulsion Of feeling when
TIE rewshoys We're crying great British vic
tory. with two thousand Boer prisoners but
this bubble was quickly pricked by the official
hrre.ir with precise facts from General White
bir,se,e IN his report. written on Monday and
taken by runner 10 Fstcourt
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be kept back by the destruction If bridges hy
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