Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-16
THE ENEmy's COUNTRY
For tho First Time in tho Campaign
% British Force Enters tho Orange
Froo state General warren cross-
es Tho TugoIn Rivcr-noors Pur-
cl,n.c large Quantities of Barbcd
wire. Guns, ana smmuuition.
(By Telegraph to vlrginian-Pliot.)

(By Telegraph to Virginian-P ilot.)
Boer Headquarters, Outside Lady
smith. Tuesday. Jan. 9.-The Beers oc-
cupylng the Southern edges of Bester's
Ilop were driven out by the British
Saturday. Commandant Mel on the
west OF the town, and the Pretoria
commando on the north have taken the
Iiopjcs commanding Caesars Camp.
from which they maintain continu-
Gus sniping of the British. The Pre-
torIa commando lost six men killed and
six wounded in attempting to storm
the fort.
IMPORTANT NEWS EXPECTED.
Cape Town, Saturday, Jan. 13.-There
Is good reason to believe that the
statement that Sir Charles Warren.
with llo0o men, has gone toward Wee
non is correct and we may expect i'm
1ortant news shortly.
Reports have been received here that
dysentcry Is very rife In Ladysmith.
Everything is phcnomcnally quiet at
SterkStroom.
THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY.
Orange River, Friday, Jan. 12-Gen-
eral Wood for the first time in the
campaign. has established u post in the
-encmy's country. With q force OF all
arms he took up position January
a Zcuptpans Drift, on the north side
of the Grange River, in the Free State.
CROSSED THE TUGELA.
London, Jan. ia special dispatch
from Cape Town, dated Friday, Janu-
AIRY IL. evening. announces that Gen
eral Warren has crossed the Tugela
river
Cape Town, Jan. ia dispatch to
the Argus dated Friday last, January
-. says:
The authorities have received news
that General Warren has crossed the
Tugela and occupied a strong position
north of the river
This report has been current here
since yesterday. but is discredited in
official circles.
FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVE
Durham. Natal. January 14.-All the
foreign military attaches arrived here
this morning. They will proceed Mon
day to Cane Town, where they will
join Lord Roberts.
BARBED WIRE FOR BOERS.
London, Jan. 16.-The Hamburg cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says:
can export firm here has undertaken
the Immediate delivery of 100000 me.
tiers Of barbed wire to the Free State"
GUNS AND AMMUNITION.
London, Jan. 16.-The Daily Ma
publishes the following from speca
correspondent at Lecreset, France:
After two days inquiry I do rot
hesitate to assert that the Schnei,
Company Is not only working night ar!
day in the manufacture of guns and
ammunition for the Beers, but that it
has already packed, ready for shipment
to the Transvaal, six heavy guns Of
large caIibre. The workmen tell me
that ere long thirty additional guns
would be dispatched to the Beers"
A GALLANT GARRISON.
London, ian. 16-The correspondent
of the Daily Telegraph at Pleter-
harrisburg. telegraphing Thursday
January II. says:
1.-The gallaDtry of the Ladysmith
garrison last Saturday appears to have
depressed, not actually demoralized.
the Beers generally. 1t is believed that
they lost at least two, IL not three,
killed as against our one.
Many Beers are believed to be
trekking northward The magistrate
at Nquto. zululand. telegraphs that
scouts report having seen many Boer
AebiHilicS, Will wagons, proceeding
north, via Zululand, while a European
who formerly resided at Dundee, de-
clared that after the repulse at Lady
smith number OF Boer wagons, loaded
with dead and wounded passed
through that mining township, and
that the Beers burned some of the pub
lie buildings as they departed. Five
days have passed since then"
4 PROCLAMATION.
London. Jan. 16.-A dispatch to the
Daily Mail, dated Saturday, January
10, from Lourenzo Marques, says:
president Kruger has issued a
proclamation ordering all Burghers to
the front. The Volkstem, the Trans
wall official organ, suggests that the
moment the British cross the border
the gold Industry should be irretrieva-
bly, destroyed.
GOD-GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS,
President Kruger also issued cir
,cuiar. dated January 8, to Boer COM
nandants and Burghers, urging them
TO show more energy in the Transvaal
cause. He quotes Psalm 20, verse Z, as
God-giyen instructions to tba BuSEhers