The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-11-11
LITTLE NEWS
FROM TRANSVAAL
Said That General Butler Never tx
pected to Open Campaign Be-
fore Christmas.

LONDON, Nov. u.-4:30 A. Incomplete
silence has again fallen upon affairs in
South Africa The British public must
perforce be content with the BRIEF stereo-
typed report which the censor allows TO
filter through fro mCape Town. That
this condition OF things is no longer due
10 pressure Of work or defective cables
has been amply proven.
IL is believed the War Office received
further dispatches yesterday afternoon,
but none have been published.
NOT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
IL Is said that General Butler never ex>
pected TO commence the campaign before
Christmas and IL now looks as though
this will be the case. Certainly no artil-
lery can reach Durham before November
18th. and without additional guns, an ad-
vance from Estcourt would be impossible.
No doubt. as Lord Salisbury said IN
recent speech. England VIII "rluddle
through it." AMI yet another Illustration
of muddling has become apparent In the
fact that gunnery instructors have only
just arrived at Woolwieh arsenal FOR
instruction in siege train duties. Although
hurried preparations are being made 10
prepare the Siege trains, the fact that the
men are at Davenport and the guns at
Woolwich seems TO show that the idea
OF the siege train was quite az after
thought.
The statement from Ladysmith that
the British guns do not reply to the
BOer artillery because the concrete BEDS
for the guns have not yet hardened is
interpreted In some quarters to mean
s.mply that the British are husbandi1S
their ammunition, as the Boer hre Is only
"A trick TO get the British 10 waste shells.
PLANTING MORE GUNS.
Among the few items that have ar
rived from the Cape to-day Is one saying
that the Beers are planting more guns
in the hills surrounding Ladysmlth. All
the correspondents in the beleagured town
are safe and anxious TO reopen commhni-
cation
1 gentleman who visited Nicholson Mex
after the engagement counted twenty-five
killed and seventy wounded.
The latest advices from Kimberley. dat
Cd November I'd. say that all was well
there then. An explosion had been heard
and the sunDOsition was that the Boers
had blown up the railroad culvert south OF
DrOnfeid
The Belgian government i Is said, has
warned nr Telds. whose Headquarters Is
NJ Brussels. that Belgium is a neutral
country.
ICNnON. Nov. iO.-Orders for the
necessary reserves for the supplementary
division called for by Lord Wolseey were
issued tonight.
DISPATCH FROM WHITE.
LONDON. Nov. iO.-The British War
Office has received from General Butler
the following dispatch:
"Capetown. Thursday p NJ. Nov 3.
Have received by pigeon post from Cen
irtnusy-ta cd shrdlu hrdlu lrhad shrdl.u
eral White to-day the following;
The bombardment at long range ny
heavy guns continues daily. few cas-
ualties are occurring, hut no serious harm
is being done.
The Beers sent in to-day nlm-
Der OF refugees from the Transyaal under
a flag OF truce. A flag OF truce from
I.adysmith met them outside the pickets.
When the party separated the Boer
guns fred on IL before II reached our
pickets.
Major Gale. OF the Royal Engineers
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