Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-30

I4adysmith, Oct. 30. 1850 a. m.-Firing
commenced at a. m. this morning. the
Beers sheling Ladysmth with forty
Founders. After seven shots the Brit
ish sunners succeeded in silencing the
Beers fire. A force of Beers is now ad-
vancing on the British left flank.
London. Oct. 30.-A dispatch to the AS
sociated Prcss from Ladysmith this
morning, which was sent at express rates,
came through in the remarkable time Of
two hours. 1t shows the crisis which
the present stage Of war operations has
reached and that an attack on Ladysmith
by joint Boer forces has opened.
A dispatch from Durham timed 9:55
this morning supplements the Associated
Press dispatch with information that
the Beers shells We're chiefly directed at
the station, and that no damage was
done up to the time the message from
Durham was forwarded That heavy
guns of the Beers from which so much
was expected should be sienced so
speedily, as indicated in the Associated
Press dispatch from Ladysmth is mat
ter of great SURPRISE but the subsequent
advance of the burgher force on the left
flank shows the attackers We're in no
way dismayed thereby and We're still
full Of the same self-confidence and dar-
ing they have already exhibited on vari-
Gus occasions.
Apparently the Beers have concentrate
ed for a supreme effort at Ladysmith.
They have withdrawn their forces from
other points which they consider mo-
M, n n o,i1y fn ha Of 1acc in,,o orta
The ease with which they re-organized
the German corps which was almost an
initiated at Elandstaagte and General
Lucas Waier's column, shattered at Ia
, lana hill, shows how great are their re-
Operative powers and their fertility of
resources
The perseverance the Beers have
shown in transporting heavy ordnance
and posting it in commanding positions
has forced admiration even from their
enemies.
Unless the present attack is merely a
feint to occupy the British while the in
vaders are cutting off southwark, the
battle which opened this morning may
decide the issue Of war so far as fighting
in the open is concerned, as unless IS 900
or 10000 Beers about Ladysmith are able
to destroy the 10000 British they can
hardly hope to cope with General Bull
! ler's army corps, SO it may be expected
the Beers will return to the attack of
Ladysmith if they were beaten off so
long as they must be fully cognizant that
| news of their success will bring thou
sands of sympathizers and adventurers
! to their standard.
Active operations the last few days
! have shown cavalry under modern con-
ditions armed with long range weapons
! in an entirely new light proving them
able to work as infantry both alone and
| in conjunction with foot soldiers
Latest news from the western border
has apparently assured the British au-
thorities as 20 the ability of Mafeking
| and Kimberly to Withstand assaults.
! A dispatch from Fort Tuli, forward ed
during the evening of October "a an
nounces that Blackburns force, in a
skirmish at Rhodes Drift, killed l:
Beers. A Kaffir spy reported many more
g.! Beers were lying in the diff, dying
! Blackburn died of his wounds on return
! ing to Fort Tul. The scouts there repor,
| that the Beers are concentrat ting strongly
| on the Rhodesian border with Maxims.