Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-28
Throughout Great Britain
Over Victory.
CHEERS FOR THE QUEEN
Lord Roberts Is Now Within Striking
Distance Of One Of the Boer Capitals
Butler is Having a Hard Time In
Natal

London, Feb. 2S.-:20 a.. m.-From
John O'Groat's to Lands End there has
been cheering for the queen and uni
versal singing of the national anthem.
This mutual congratulation is the Brit
on's way of celebrating the most cheer
full day of the war.
Already he is taking stock Of he stu
alton and measuring the future. There
is no disposition to overestimate the sue
cess. The government entertains no il
fusion. AS announced in the house of
commons, 10000 additional troops will
Immediately go out, and the effective
force will be kept near 200. 900.
Lord Roberts has done more thar to
capture 1000 Beers and a few guns. He
is within striking distance of one of the
Boer capitals and is master Of a large
district Of the Orange Free State. He
has given a shock to Boer confidence
and UNNECESSARILY restored the spirit of
his own troops. In capturing Cronje he
has taken a leader whose presence alone
was worth thousands to the Boer cause.
TIL best opinion here is hat the
~Transvaalers are certain to continue the
fight with undilninished valor. but it is
not certain about the Free Staters. Lord
Roberts has not allowed the corps OF de-
scriptive writer's with him to supplement
his plain narrative as yet and there are
some points in doubt. 1t is not clear
whether the 1000 prisoners include those
taken in small parties before the capitu-
lation. What has become of the rest OF
the Beers who held the Magersfontein
lines and where are the big guns? The
smallness Of Cronje's force causes some
wonderment.
The morning papers,, without exception.
comment on the achievement of the
Boer leader and men in holding of for
10 days a force from six to eight times
as large as their own. British opinion
is far more generous in victory than in
defeat.
Sir Redvers Butler is having a hard
time in Natal. 1t is evident now. after
a f%ortnight's fighting, that he was mis-
led when he wired that there was only
"a weak rear guard between him and
hardest fighting Of the war took place
at the end of last week as an armistice
was agreed upon to allow attendance
upon the wounded and burial Of the
dead. Both sides must have lost heavily.
At any moment, however. news may
come to General Buffers success. Fri
day will begin the fourth month of the
siege of the garrison, which is seemingly
in a position where it is unable to do
anything to help General Butler.
Colenso, Sunday, Feb. 25.-In the at
tempt Of the Inniskillings on Friday
evening to rush the Boer position on
Peters hill, the Boer fire was so terri
bic when the infantry emerged from the
cover Of the trees that almost every
man in the leading half of the company
fell wounded.
Gen. Littleton's brigade relieved Gen.
Mart's brigade in the morning and the
artillery duel was continued yesterday
Saturday though no great damage was
done.
! Today an armistice was agreed upon
to enable both sides to collect their dead
and wounded. the Boer army having had
very heavy losses, but they scout the
idea that the British will compel them
to raise the siege of Ladysmith.