Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30

| A<OAUou, ANoFs oV. dpA
| and railroad communication is open with
Modder river, no further news of Me-
| thuen's movements or the big fight has
| been given out UP to 23O o'clock this
afternoon. This is generally taken to in
dicate that Methuen is again on the
march and that as heretofore ne will not
again be heard from until he has fought
another battle and gained another stage.
That the general anticipated dogged re-
sistance on his northward march is shown
by the speech which he delivered to his
, troops Nov. p, after the battle of Gras
Pan, reports Of which have just arrived
here. After reading a telegram from
Governor Miner congra tulating the
troops and sympathizng with the wound
ed, General Methuen personally con-
graduated the troops on the work done
and expressed. appreciation of the man
ner in which they had endured the hard
ships. The work, he said, was the most
severe encountered by the British army
in many long day. They had in front
of them, he added, an enemy to which
they could not afford to give single
point. Their tactics had been excellent
and he recognized and admired their
courage.
Continuing, General Methuen said that
when called upon to fight for his country
he preferred to fight a foe worthy of his
steel. rather than savages whose sole rec
ommendation was bravery. He then eX-
pressed the hope that he and his men had
gained each others confidence and would !
do all their duty to the country as Eng
lishmen should. General Mcthuen also |
described as "dastardly' the conduct of |
the Beers in firing on ambulance wagons, |
the shooting of a British officer by a |
wounded Boer and the Beers use of dunn |
dun bullets, but he refused to believe
these acts were characteristic of the
vinced to the contrary, that they. like
the British, wished to fight fair and
square.
Those who are>acquainted with General
Methuen think his terse description of
the battle of Modder river forecasts "a
fearful butchers BILL"
Little attention is paid here to the
timsy fabrication announcing the fall OF
Ladysmith. The dispatch causes frenzies
of joy in Paris but it is impossible to
make a Briton believe that after with
standing the siege so long General White
with the thunder of General Cleary's guns
at colenso telling of the coming relief,
would relinquish his position, while am
or man was left.
The news of British successes will
speedily spread far and wide among the
Beers.
The war officials today reiterated that
they have received absolutely nothing to
indicate the slightest lik elihood of Lady
smith surrendering. while on the other
hand they expect the place will be re-
ieved shortly.
General Buffers dispa tch from Pie.er-
would have hardly dealt with
oeiated details of the situation al Lady,
smith if there was anything serious TO
.eport. Since then has come the dispa tch
rom Estcourt saying General Joubert is
back TO oppose Colonel Baden 3
Powell. This is incomprehe nsbie here ! /;
md it is generally supposed that the 6
names have been mixed up. But in some (
quarters conjectures are ventured that | h
he besiegers of Mafeking have WITH i
lrawn southwark and permitted Color el !,
to leave that place and that !, i
le is now in conjunction With Coiar.l
'lumer of Fort Halt traversing the
'ransvaal.
The war Office has received tire follow
ng from the general commanding at
'apetOWn:
Received from Nodder river, Novem- :.