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Gen. WHITES WORK
AT LADYSMITn.
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THE BRITISH ADVANCE.

London, Nov. s.-One of the most inn
portant items today is that General
French is going TO Cape Town. This lis
taken as confirmation of the state
ment already made by The Associated
Press that the main advance of the
British forces will be through the open
fiat country OF the Orange Free State
and the southwestern part of the
Transvaal. Otherwise so skiIful a lead
er as General French would hardly have
been withdrawn from Ladysmith at the
present time az stress.
There is much speculation regarding
the next Boer move. II seems clear thar
IL VIII be impossible for them to closely
invest Ladysmith owing To the fortu-
nate arrival of the long range naval
guns which keep the Beers at least
four miles off and thus make the cir
Gle of investment about 25 miles i'm cir
cumference. which it is claimed II Will
be impossible for the Boer force to fully
occupy.
WAITING FOR GUNS.
Ii is beyond belief, however that Gen
eral Joubert will remain long inactive
and 1t is conjectured here that his pres
ent quiescence Is due to the fact that he
Is awaiting the ARRIVAL OF nGdNN guns
from Pretoria and Johannesburg 20 ef-
fectually lombard and render untena-
bic the British position.
Further reports OF the Grob-
lerskloff affair tend 10 confirm the
statement that the British were sue
cessful. Kaffir declares that fully a
hundred Beers were killed on the hill
top by the "men-women." which is
supposed II Indicate that the Gordon
HighlauJerg were there.
Cyclist scouts have since been across
the Tugela bridge. They saw a num-
Der of Killed lying on the plain.
BoER REPORT OF BATTLE.
Cape Town. Sunday. Nov. 5.-The
following is an official description from
Pretoria of the battle of Nicholson's
Mex:
Zen. Joubert was IN supreme COM
mand. The Biftishers advanced i'm the
darkness on the republics force on the
right OF the hill formed by the Free
skaters. commanded by Gen. Cronje.
4 stampede OF their mules threw the
whole force into disorder The British
Ia atteries were observed In n long line
ON the plains i'm the direction of the |
Roers' center along the table Hill from
which artillery opened on the English |
batteries coming into position. from
Lombardskop.
arhe second shell fel lin their midst. |
II was followed by she. after shot. |
drawing the British concealed batter |
les. From 6 TO 19 the Hill was an in |
ferno Of kissing shells. First the Brit |
ssh failed 10 reach the Hill. while the 7
p,ar fire fold heavily. Eventually tho 1
Rritish reached the Beers and showercd \
shells on their gunncrs.
I'm the meanwhile the hurehers got
their howityers further forward and
into nlaV and tho evtrep1e end II Ney-
ers' battery gct in deadly work
NEWSPAPER OBJECTIONS.
London. Nov. S.--A dispatch from
Gen Butler says the press censors' tele-
gram Of yesterday evening was obtain
ed from Ladysmith through the energy
Of the CORRESPONDENT OF thc Daily Tela-
graph. The papers are already object
Inc to the holding OF private nevspa-
per dispatches. They admit that the
IL fully entitled to use the
for its own purpose. but
hey think thse wholesale oontisrsti,n
Is not ius,iiiable.
The special service squadron has
been ordeicd - assemble az Sgith.ad
November y. where n WI De- fs.nad
by four battisshlps. The whole faef
q is asserted is 10, u AIDED TO y palcome |
Emperor william on his arr val az
November 80.
4 special iisUatch from The U4Que !
,ays Br. Levds. the diplomatic agent
n the Transvaal. has received
friendly intimstion that h's tlSus fo \
4 bland during he war musi cease