New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-28
BRITISH COLUMNS MOVING.
A STRONG FORCE ADVANCING TO RE-
LIEVE LADYSMITH-ALL GOING On
WELL. SAYS GENERAL BULLER.
TsY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE

Iondon Nov 2S | a. m.-The British advance
toward Ladysmith has begun in earnest Gen
eral Hdyard has taken up position at rrere
with the bulk OF his brigade. and General Bar
toms Fusilier brigade has moved from Mooi TO
Estcourt while the reserves under Generai Lyt-
Teton are going forward from Howick TO Mooi'
Railway communication has been quickly re-
stored as far as Frere, where bridge was
broken in the middle by the Beers before the
retreat toward Colenso. The main body or raid
ers. which was intrenched between Estcourt and
Mooi has fallen back on Colenso, through Wee
nen, and General Hildyard probably has not
succeeded in interceptlng them
General Butler in giving official account
of the night attack the Boer position at Bea-
con Hill on Thursday. highly commends Cen
eral Hildyard's tactics, and places the brilliant
sortie and the enemys subsequent retreat In the
relation Of cause and effect Every belated ac-
count Of that action-and THE Standard mas
thrilling One-has impaired new lustre TO IL as
a feat Of arms and the affair was not ATTENDED
with large losses on the British side. the casual
ties officially reported not exceeding sixty-rour'
1t was an adroit tactical manRuvre. which can
be set down to the credit Of the Staff College,
where General Hildyard has been commandant.
BUILER's ANXIETY RELIEVED.
General Butler was evidently anxious when
he took ship for Durham, and his sense of relief
is so keen. now that he has mastered the details
Of the situation. that he takes the public INTO
his confidence ana explains in a bulletin that all
is going we'll in Natal.
Military writer's speak vaguely Of column OF
ten thousand men as available for the relief OF
Ladysmith. The reinfOrcements sent from cape
Town to Durham by careful tally include three
brgades of infantry, several battallons Tor the
protection Of communications three batteries Of
artillery, about one thousand cavalry and
mounted infantry aggregating 16,03S men. AS
there were four thousand men. including the
naval brigade in Lower Natal before single
fresh battalion landed. the actual British force
below Frere now exceeds twenty-one thousand
men, and the relief column can easily be in
creased from ten thousand to sixteen thousand
men,
Operations will be difficult above Colenso
where the great railway bridge has probably
been destroyed but General White, with his
cavalry. will undoubtedly be in touch with the
relieving column in the final stage Of the ad-
vance. and Joubert's force will be between two
fires
No more thrilling stories Of English valor
have ever been told than beated accounts Of
the battle Of Belmont now appearing from day
to day with evidence that the Guards advanced
with the Scotch band playing and all the files
cheering and carried one strong position after
another at the point Of the bayonet.
Details Of the battle Of Gras Pan, as they
gradually dribble in. will renew the impression
that English soldiers have never been steadier
in discipline nor more intrepid in splendid feats
OF arms than they are now In South Africa,
where they meet a foe worthy of their steel.
These direct attacks on .ntrenched positions
defended by machine guns and trained rifemen
could not be otherwise than costly TO the as
saants.
BRITISH LOSSES IN BATTLE.
The war office was crowded yesterday with
anxious inquirers but casualty lists were held
back hour after hour The Admiralty supplied
a list Of 1O5 killed and wounded in the naval
brigade in the second battle and this prepared
the way for serious losses in the infantry bat
talions which were exposed to the same de-
structive fire in Saturdays desperate fighting.
on the principle that burned child breads the
fire. military writer's yesterday declined to admit
that proofs OF the second victory were con-
elusive since General Methuen's earlier report
was unfinished and left the 9th Lancers in the
air. very much as the 18th Hussars were re-
ported In pursuit Of the Beers after Dundee,
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