The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-02
London Goes Wild Over Relief
ofLadysmith.
BULLER RAISES THE SIEGE.
Column Under General Dundonald
Heads the Relief.
OFFICIAL ADVIoEs FROM FRONT.
Country Between the Main Army and
Town Clear of Boers-NIuch More En-
thusiasm Manifested Than ON the occa-
sion of Cronje's Surrender.

LONDON, March 2.-The war office
yesterday received the following from
General Butler:
'LYTTLEToN's HEADQUARTERS March
General Dundonald, with the Natal
Carblneers and a composite regiment,
entered Ladysmith last night The
country between me and Ladysmith is
reported clear Of the enemy. am
moving on Nelthorpe.'
'NELTHoRPE, March IL have Just
returned from Ladysnfith. Except a
small guard north of Surprise hill, the
whole of the enemy lately besieging the
town have retired in hot haste and to
the south of the. town the country is.
quite clear of them. The garrison was
on half pound of meat u man per day
and supplementing the meat ration by
horses and mules. The men will want
a little nursing before being fit for the
field"
LONDON, March 2.Britons feel that
they are living in the presence of mo-
mentous events. Tornadces. of patriotic
excitement are whirling through the
country. Even the dullest soul must
have been Stirred by the emotions of
yesterday and London's 100000 were
raised to high pitch of patriotic exal-
tation.
1t was q wonderful sight. Old men
have nothing i'll memory with which to
compare the day. Some ikened it to
Lucknow, Others talked of the fall Of
Sebastopol. 1t was q time of singular
abandon. The usual conventions of So
ciety ceased to obtain and everybody
i knew everybody else, all joining i'll.
smiles or bellowings as their dispositions
moved them.
Until midnight London gave itself
up to the. widest expressions of Joy.
From the mansion house to the West
End all the leading thoroughfares were
constantly paraded by cheering crowds,
Internationally bursting into patriotic
songs. Bands marching through the
streets assisted with strains of jubila-
ton and the same eXultant notes We're
to be heard at every railway station or
place OF public gathering throughout
the metropolis. From every part of the
empire there is constant influx of tele-
6ieeAAAo uooSAioiii5 uii0 IcJOlCliSS.
Lord Lansdowne chose the psycholog-
.ical moment to announce estimates ex-
ceeding e61, 100000 and rather startled
the public by unfolding the program of
the war office to send out in addition to
the 10000 troops now afoat sc, 900 fresh
soldiers Lord Roberts will ultimately
have force Of q quarter of a million.
An order has reached Woolwich for
the construction of 224 new guns. AL
ready $4,000 workmen are employed at
the arsenal and 5000 more will be en-
gagged. The decisions to send out more
troops and to increase the home arma-
ment meet with universal approval.
The Beers seem to have gotten quite
away from around Ladysmith without
losing gun or their baggage. Van Re
mans pass is only about 20 miles from
Ladysmith. The enemy had artillery
in action Tuesday, and they probably
utilized both railroads in retreating,
sending the heavy pieces to Pretoria
and the lighter ones into the Free State.
DR.. Leyds avs hat General Joubert is