Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-01-16
CLOSE CENSORSHIP.
Little War News Allowed 10
Leave South Africa.
Beers Repulsed In Attack on British
at Rensburg.
British Defeated In Trying to Capture
Boer Camp at Ladysmith.
BorRs pxnoLIsH FORT AT MAFrxIne

London. Jan. Is, $3.50 ., m.-Complete
absence OF news from Natal up TO this
hour proves that tue censorship will al.
low nothing TO pass until General Bull
ler's plans are executed or failed. Even
General Roberts in a report yesterday
evening retrsined from mentioning q
word about Natal or Butler.
From other columns there Is little
news OF moment. N Jider river adyices
OF yesterdays date only report daily LONG
range shelling, from which the Beers are
supposed TO have suffered severely. A
dispatch from SterkstrOOm, dated Janua-
ry Is. reports that General Gstacre's 4
troops made a demonstration beyond
Molteno, In the direction OF Stormoerg.
Ia the belief that the Beers wanted 10
siezs Molteno. The bnrghers were not
sighted, and the British remained at Mol
teDo. Arrivals from Stormberg estimate
that there are 1900 Beers at that place,
mostly reyolted colonisls and Free
5taters.
President Steynis brother Is at Landd-
rost. General French continues to shell
the Boer positions but nothing decisive
has taken place.
BoERs REPULsBD.
Rensberg, Cape Colony, Jan. l5.-Ths
Beers this morning attempted 70 rush
the hill hsld by a company OF Y0rkshires
and New Zsalanders, out we're repulsed
AT the point OF ths bsyonet. The Boert
had twenty-one msn killed, about hft,
wounded.
MErBUEN BLUNDERs.
London, Jan. l6.-Eyidence has &C
cumulated that General Methuen'.
| hlu..A.. Aa-aspAuVaaa lnuN m
the confidence OF his entire force to sucl
an extent that IL is doubtful IL the troop
would follow him in another attack OF
to DO In possession OF a letter written BY
General Wauchepe the night before the
battle, saying that IL would be the last
letter he would ever write, ~ he ha'
been asked TO perform an impossibl,
task and had either to obey or surrender
his sword. Immediate change OF CON
mand OF the force may therefore be ex
pected. 1t Is anticipated In some quar-
ters that Lieutenant General Tucker will
succeed Methusn.
BRITISH FORT DEMOLISHED.
Pret Jria, Saturday, Jan. 13 As q re
suit OF the bombsrdmsnt OF MafeklnI
yesterday, the British fort at the east
ward was demolished aud the British T,
tired. 0ne Boer was wounded. Advice
from the head laager at Ladysmith re
port that the attack on that place Jan.
was disastrous TO the British and ths
Lsdysmith appears to be In sor
straights.
/ BLOODY SCENES.
J Lsdysmith. Jan. 8. 10y messenge
Weenen, Jan. l6)-A representative o
the Associated Press visiting saturday
battle field this morning, saw lsrg
number OF Beers dead. The British gun
seem to have worked great havoc On
Boer was completely disemboweleC
another had his head clean shot of, an
couple OF others we're killed by III
same shell, evidently while eatini
Natal DutchmeD we're recognized anon
the dead. The British, digging grave
|, were fred on by Boer artillery and se'
eral we're hit. SOFT nosed bullets an
, dumdum cartridges have been found o
wounded prisoners. Volunteers carrie
! Boer dead of the hill aud handed n
bodies over TO their comrades at the bo
8 tom.