Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-26
Drawn Over Movements OF
British Troops in Transvaal.
NO NEWS FROM THE FRONT
SUPPRESSION or Reports Telling OF Appar.
ent Capture OF The Russars aud Fusil-
Ieers and Retreat Of Gen. Yule
Criticized in England.
(I2,. Telegraph.

tBs Telegraph
LONDON. Oct. 26.-With unconsc Gus
humor. a Cape Town correspondent tel
cSraphcd yesterday:
The censorship, which is always a
delicate matter. is working smoothly
and without a hitch
This exactly hits off the state Of af-
fairs today. An ominous veil is still
drawn over the movements of General
Sir George Stewart White and General
Yulc. Beyond belatei' Iadysmith dis
patches concerning the Elandslaagte
fight which are still filtcring in the
British public is left in complete dark
ness and to conjecture over cooked"
war office dispatches. The officials Of
the war office last evening said that
Very few dispatches have arrived and
that nothing further was to be expect
I'll until morning.
JUNCTION WAS EFFECTED
Since it is practically certain that
General Yule has now effected juno
ton with General White-although tn s
was not brought about Tuesday night
az announced by the Daily Mail. but
some time on 'Wednesday-ani as
both are now in a position of safety.
conjecture concerns itself chiefly with
the manner Of General Jules retreat
That it was hasty is evident Was it
'disorderly? Was any considerable
camp equipment abandoned? Wa.
there any fighting on the way? such
questions and Others like them, the pub
lii are anxiously asking. Since the re-
ceipt Of General Whites curious first
description Of the Ladysmith fight in
f,-l, fch ~, ,-;e
little reliance can be placed on the Of
fetal dispatches. While the conceal
ment of the facts regarding Genera!
Nule's retreat can be amply justified
on the ground of keeping the in;elli-
1ence from the Beers, the hiding Of the
news respecting the Hussars and Fu-
SlieerS. who We're apparently captured
in the battle of Glencoe. is severely
criticised. no intimation having been
given that the officers We're missing.
HEAVY LOSSES OF BRITISH
The heavy losses of the British
troops in facing only some 5000 Beers
are commented upon as showing what
rifle fire means today in the hands of
even undiscinlined men who can shoot
fairly straight and stand their ground.
General Sir Rcdvcrs Butler is expect
cd To arrive at the Cape early next
Srlnc troops have already arrived AT
the front ana been in the fighting,
whose arrival has not yet been an
n0unced.
There is every probability. therefore.
that reinforcrmcnts are moving ul,.
This is calculated to hasten Comman-
dant General Joubert's attack on La
dysmith and news Of a big battle is
daily expected.
About half = complete army corps is
n"w ailoat. and a lull has occurred in
dlsnatchnG the remainder of General
Buffers forces owing to some difficulty
in obtaining transports. +.
Although news has arrived that Gen
craI Sir William Penn Symons is dong
well. there is no intimaticn of his
whereabouts. 1t is presumed that he
is AT Dundee in the hands of the Beers.
WAS SI12YN BKrI2ED?
The Times publishes a dispatch from
Naauwpoort. Cape Colony. saying it is
rurncred among the Dutch there that
President Steyn received G5o00 for in
lucing the Orange Free State to join
the Transvaal.
New and stringent orders We're pro
mulgated yesterday with reference TO
the defenses Of Gibraltar. The privi-
leEe Englishmen have had hitherto OF
entering the gate without pass is tenn
porarily suspended. Nobody is allow
ed to enter or to inspect the batteries
Even the famous st. Michaers cave is
closed because it is required for the
storage Of arms and ammunition. For
months sappers and miners have been
engaged in constructing new and pow
erful batteries and it is believed that
the garrison will be augmented.
The Times commenting editorially on
the r,lq1lor OF European Intervention,
scouts the idea, saying:
No power will lift a finger. The
alarming combinations built upon our
naval movements have no existence
save in oyerheated imaginations.
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