Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-10
FORCES
Will Soon Arrive at Durham
and Begin Advance.
MANY RUMORS AFLOAT
But Outside of These There Is Little
News From the FrOnt-BOer RuSe
In Leaving With Big Guns in the
Direction of Pretoria.

London Nov. 10, A:30 a. m.-The scanty
and conflicting news from the seat of wal
and the fact that General White has not
yet said a word about the alleged fighting
around Ladysmith are again producing a
feeling OF gloom. 1t may be that General
mite has sent news and that General
Butler has thought best to keep it to him.
self. Indeed this is the version that is
beginning to be believed, as it is held to
be Impossible that the news of heavy
fighting brought in by Kafilrs in such
circumstantial detail can be wholly
Sroundless. If this be so, it is ominous,
for there could be no ground for conceal
ing favorable news.
1t can not be long, however, before a
change occurs. General Buffers forces
Will soon arrive at Durham and will prob
ABLY begin the advance to the relief Of
Ladysmith by Nov. Is. The Beers, if they
ever entertained the idea of a real inva-
sion Of Cape Colony, have probably now
abandoned it and will devote their Who
energies to reducing Ladysmith. They
have only about a week to do this. The
fact that they are inactive indicates thai
they are waiting for something which
they feel sure will justify their delay.
The latest Escourt dispatches seem to
hint that the garrison is about to retire
further southwark.
Orders have been received at WoolWich
and Davenport for the mobilization OF a
siege train, which, it is supposed, is in
tended for the purpose Of Smelling Pre-
toria. The force manning it will approx
mate the strength of eight batteries. Its
armament will be 80 hOwitzers, IA six
inch gums, eight five-inch guns and eight
four-inch guns, the whole train Weighing
more than 5000 tons. This will be the
flrSt employment of a modernized siege
train by any European army and the
progress Of the reduction Of the forts by
lyddlte shell fire, a preliminary to storm
ing by infantry, will be watched with in
terest and curiosity by all professional
soldiers. Three large steamers have lust
Deeil chartered at Liverpool to convey the
10000 troops of the division which Lord
WOlseiey yesterday announced would be
modified.
At Constantlnople it is rumored that
Lord Cromer, British diplomatic agent in
egypt has received instructions to ar
range with the Egyptian cabinet for the
dispatch Of 5000 Egyptian troops to the
Transvaal, but the report is discredited
here.
Estcourt, Natal, Sunday, Nov. 5.-De-
tails We're received from the arrnored
tram. which returned from Colenso today,
OF a brilliant little performance. The
tram, which carried two companies of the
Dublin fusileers under Captain Romer,
sighted near Colenso the Beers in con-
siderable force near the line. The fusi-
leers Immediately opened a brisk fire to
which the Beers replied ineffactively and,
as they We're suffering loss, they quickly
retired out of sight. But as the train
cautiously advanced the Beers We're seen
gong round on it's left flank, their pre-
sunlable object being to take the train in
the rear. 1t was then seen thai the Beers
had no Intention of attacking, but were
in full retreat over the road and bridge.
Immediately a strong detachment left
the train and entered the town, While the
trai nsloWly advanced to the station.
Several volleys at long range were fired
on the retreatlng enemy.
The retreating troops also succeeded in
entering Fort Wylie. near Colenso, and
brought back four wagon loads of shells.
provisions and stores.
London. Nov. 1O.-The correspondent at
Pietermarttzburg of the Telegraph, tel
~egraphing Monday, says: "Estcourt, Pie
termaritzburg and Ladysmith are all safe
for some time to come. Owing to the fact
that Ladysmith lies low and the Beers,
unluckily having been permitted to occu-
py Mount Buluwayn and other surround
ing big hills, attempts to open telegraDhic
communication have proved a failure"