The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-05
Butler Is Again Moving To-
ward LadySmith.
FIGHTING IS NOW REPORTED
Said That All viii Be Staked on
This Move.

Expected He VIII Hcnch LadysmtfM
TO-nIght-It Is Snid lie Has Already
Secured the Road Leading There.
Various Reports of the MOvemenG
Received-strict Censorship WIZ
He Maintained Until Result Id
E<nOwn-LndysmithC Can Hear Bulls
Icr's Guns-JOubert Said to Have
Been severely wounded.
Durham, Feb. 4-Gen. Butler crossed the
Tugela river Friday night and Is marchA
ing on Ladysmith.
No definite news will be permitted ia
go out until Ladysmith is relieved.
London, Feb. 8. 4:sO a. m.-Although
there is no actual confirmation of the res
port that Gen. Butler has recrossed thu
Tugea on a third desperate attempt to
relieve Ladysmith, 1t is known that tha
war office has received several South Af>
rcan dispatches which have not yet been
published, and if the advance is an actual
fact the secret is being well kept
There are newspaper dispatches In plenA
ty from Spearman's Camp up to Sunday
but there is no hint that an advance had
been begun, and It as assumed in some
quarters here that Lord Dundonald's re-
connalssance in the district of Hongors
Poort may be the only foundation for the
statement that Gen. Butler has started.
On the other hand dispatches from
Ladysmlth rather indicate That the ad-
vance is in operation by reporting heavy
firing on Friday and Saturday. from the
direction Of Potgieters Drift and Colenso.
A dispatch TO the Daily Chronicle from
Ladysmith, dated yesterday says:
"A report has reached us that one brg-
ade has crossed the Tugela."
noers Are Preparing, Too.
The reports that the Beers are recon-
centrating around Ladysmith are also an
indication that preparations are being
made to resist Cen Butler, or for an at
tempt at reattack upon the garrison in
anticipation OF his advance. The fact,
however, that no firing has been reported
under yesterdays date, either from Lady@
smith or Spearman's Camp might be in~
terpreted TO mean either that the attempt
had failed or that Gen. Butler had merely
made demonstration on Friday or Satur-
day
Various rumors are current One is thae
Gen. Butler is again attacking Spion kon
from the side of Gen. Lyttleton's camp
Another is that he received informatiou
from the owner Of Spion kop farm and
crossed by fords further west than Trich-
ards Drift. -
The military authorities in London
think it more likely that the crossing
would be made east OF warts kop. Specs
ulation. however, is useless. The public
can only wait in patience and It may ba
said also, in trepidation. Nor is the feel-
ing of anxiety much relieved by the pos-
sibility that Gen. Butler has been cons
siderably reinforced since the disaster al
spion kop.
BuIIer Has Secured Road.
The Pietermaritzburg correspondent %
the Daily Mail telegraphing yesterday,
says:
Gen. Butler has undoubtedly secured
the road TO Ladysmth and should reach
his objective this week
1T is believed here that the object of tho
Beers in occupying Ngutu, SuIuland, is tn
secure the road from Dundee to Vryheid.
in case of retreat.
81 learn from reliable source that Gen.
Joubert was seriously injured by shell
ia the fight at Willow Grange, and that
he will never be able to command again
ON horseback. My informant says that ha
has, in fact, retired from the field.
"The Beers admit that tho attack ON
Ladysmith was a serious blunder and
would not have occurred If Gen. Joubers
had been in command. Gen. Lucas Meyer
played the coward at Haana and shelter
ed himself in a Red Cross wagon, sham-
ming sickness. He has been unable to
face the Beers since, and they threaten to
shoot him.
"The Beers say Great Britain made
mistake in not sending Gen. Sir Evelyn
Wood. l understand that they still have
thousands OF bags of -four stored in re-
serve at Deagoa bay"
RULI.ER's PROBABLE COURSE.