The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-11
ROBERTS ARRIVES
IN CAP / t TOWN ! !.
British Look for Begin. gin.
ming Of Victories. :;1tyt les!
SHAKEN CONFIDENCE.
Of Men at The Front in Their Generals
VIII be Restored.
BRITISH FORCES INACTIVE. 1'I
Except for Usual Smelling of Boer Po.5
sitions by. the Naval Guns-Un-
easy Suspicion that the
Lndysni,h Casualties
Will be Dis
hcartcning.
SHAKEN CONFIDENCE.
OfMen at The Front in Their Generals
VIII be Restored.
BRITISH FORCES INACTIVE.

LONDON, Jan. 1o-9:65 F. M--Generai
Lord Roberts, the new commander OF the
Britisl. forces in South Africa, ana ms
chief Of staff, General lord Kitchener,
have arrived at Cape Town.
LONDON, jan 1l.L:i5 a. M.-DurlnS
the interlude of apparently military mac
tivity and official secrecy. Lord Roberts
aud Lord Kitchener have arrived at the
seat of war. It is assumed here that their
clearer vision, supported by 5000 fresh
men, who are due to arrive in South Al.
rica within thirty days, will alter she
situation and that the fourth month OIL
the campaign will witness the beginning
of victories for the British arms. Their
presence will restore the shaken conf.
dence of the men at the front IN tAclr
generals.
Lord Roberts finds 10000 men on The
defensive, or watching for an opening.
Lord Methuen's health according 10 the
Daily Mail, has broken down. ana tiie
field marshal may relieve him. POSSIBLY
some others will be relieved OF important
rank in evidence in South Africa
In addition to the field marshal, there
are two full generals, four lieutenant
generals and twelve or fourteen major
generals There is an uneasy suspicion
that when the Ladysmith casualtleS are
announced they will be disheartening, and
will partly destroy the patriotic glow
produced by General Whites victory.
BAD SANITARY CONDITIONS. :
The list of victims of disease issued by
the War Office gives % deaths from en-
iteric fever and dysentery In l1adSsmlth.
in four days, relieving tho fact that the
besicged are existing amid bad sanitary
conditions.
The Standard summarizes the general
situation thus:
We'll. the campaign has lasted three
months We have something like l2e.eVV
troops in South Africa With this huge
army distributed over the country we
are. still powerless to relieve three Sarrl-
sons from investment. We have still to
see large portions of both colonies in the
hands of the enemy.
I'VE have driven the Invaders back IT
no single point. We are actually further
from the hostile frontiers than we were
OH the day that the ultinlatum was de-
livered. The work which ministers be-
lieved could be effectua1ly performed
with o4.CoO men has not been done, hes
not even been begun by four or five times
that number Can any one fail to admit
that this is evidencei of grave niscalcu-
lation of forces and facts"
The War Office has authorized a special
commissioned corps. Any trooper JOIN
ing will pay for his own kit and mount.
for transportation and for all other e.1-
penses until his arrival in South Africa,
and will then give his services to r
country and pay for the privilege into
the fund for widows and orphans the
amount he would receive as a trooper.
Several influential gentlemen have already
enlisted.
The Times in an editorial, criticising at
great length the governments conduct
OF the war, alludes TO the "Stupid and
perverse mistakes that have been made.
and demands that the practice of the
non-revelation of facts be abandoned.
1t insists strongly upon knowing "The
truth and the whole truth about the sit
uation, and finds fault with Mr.. Balfour's
defence piecemeat.
FORCES INACTIVE.
J. LONDON Jan. 1.-THE Daily Mail has
i.ile following dispatch dated January
Stf, from Frerc Camp:
with the exception of the usual sheil-
guns, the Britis, forces remain inactive.
Eight Beer camps were seen to-day
by u patrol alons the Tugela. in 4 westerly
direction. All We're quiet.
Natives say that when the British re-
connotered near Colenso on sunday the
Beers hurried from Springfield. This sup
rorts tia belief that ,Colenso was Weak
ened to attack; ;Lad,smith.'
LONDON. jan 1.-THE Standard has
received the following, dated January,
Sth, from its special correspondent at
Frere Camp:
81 hear on good authority that Presi-
dent Kruger sent word to the Boer head
quarters asking why Lady smith had not
been attacked, and that the reply was,
we should lose too many men. His
answer to this excuse was the sug-z
gestion that the Free Staters might be
put in the forefront. This hint was
taken and the attack delivered.
President Krugers advice was so far
good that the Free Staters behaved bet
ter than the Transvaalers. have done. At
all events they managed to seize Il hill.
Later in the day the Transvaaiers re-;
tired before General Whites counter
attack. amid the jeers of the Free Staters.
who actually stuck to their position until
after they We're baranetted in the ditch.
affair it is almost certain that
the allies VIII quarrel.
"a heavy gun mounted on Umbu.wana
Till has been firing since daybreaK. Evt-s
dent'y the siege Of Ladys1nith is still
nlainra ined.
st THE SUFFOLK DISASTER.
RENsBERG, CAPE COLONY Monday.
san. Sit is reported here officially. with
Eeference: to the disaster to the First:
Battalion Of the Suffolk Regiment. thai
Lieutenant-C Colonel Watson marched the
regiment in close column to the top Of the
hi at midnight. :He assembled the oitis
GERS and was addressing them, Just ct
VIXEN the eremy vUifeyeu a a
distance of thirty PAGES. The Colonel, his
adjutant and two officers were killed:
The Suffolks. who had scarcely tired q.
shot. fed back to the nickets about q
thousand yards away. some one having
shouted retire 3 a bout. 80 laoweEer.Sre-
naii:sd. lost heavily and final surrend-s 81