The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-03-03
.LADYsA|TH Is RELIEVED.
MEETS STRONG RESISTANCE
British Troops, UAa~F 0sneFai WAR
res, Disiedse the 'ltesFs Fren,
Their Positions ana seaa Them
Fiyiss In AI DiFeetisas--ssxsy
PPiseaeFs Captured.

Lsndss, March I.-st IL sfneIaIIy
announced thst LaaYsnaith Has bees
reIissea. GeneraI nnilev'a naeeess.
fui assault ana eaOtsre of PseseE.a
htii was the beGinntng Of the eaa-
Ths ~aE efnee - ihis hOuE has siv~H
eat no farther DaStseuIars.
'sLytIIetoR's tisaaaaaFters. March
I.-Ges. DsaaOssId, with the AAsai
caSbInseFs aAa = composite TegI-
nssnt. catered EsaVsmith Hasa nighL
rae sosasry bssweea me asa LADY
saith Is reported clear OF ths sas-
my. . nm mosiRS ea NstahoSDs."
London, Aisrch The war office has
received the following dispatch iron Gen
eIal Butler.
-headsaten Landmark. Feb. 2s.-
Finding thai the passage Of Lsngewatehes
spruit was commanded by strong en-
lrepehmenLs, | reconnOiteTvd for another
passage on the Tugela. One MAS found
Toe me beloN 5hs cataract by Colonel
AaRdbaeh, rOyal engineer. We commenced
making an approach thereto, and On Feb
ruary ~, tinding that ! could make the
passage Practicable, I crossed the guns
and baggage back TO the south side u the
1ugela, took up the pontcon bridge aud
relaid II al the new site, which u just
belos the pnsenl marked cataract. Dur
ing all this time the troops had been scat
ierv.i, cIoHehing under hastily constructed
small stone shelters and exposed 10 CALLING
sbeil and ride fiIe. Throughout they
maintained the most excellent spirits.
-f0erday General Barton, With tao bat
tallons Of the sixth brigade aud the Dub
Ian Fusileets. cfepi about = mile and =
half doA the banks u the nyer and ss-
erhdrd an almost Perpendicular cid Of
about So fess, ana assaulted and carried
the Top oi PieieTs hill. This hill TO a
cestain exteat turned the enemyS left,
and the Fourth brigade under Colonel
NorcOtl and the Eleventh brigade under
command 81 General warren, assaulted the
ens1ny's position. which vas mAgnihc-nily
earned by the South Lancashire regiment
about sunset We took about 90 prisoners
and scattered the enemy in all directions.
There se~ns TO be s,ill considerable body
Il them lett on and under Bulwanr noun
tain
oar losses are, hope, not large They
certainly are much less than they would
have br~n were il not ioT the admirable
manner in which the artillery Was served,
especially the guns manned by the Roy al
naval iorcr and VolunieerN"
CrssIs seat Go Cape Tswa.
London, March The war ofIice has
rcccivcd the following aispa,ch frOm Lord
Roberts
''Pasndet,efg. Feb. 9s.---GcnerAl Cronje
with bic family. left here in charge %
Major General PreitymAn and under e..
eur4 81 the City Imperial volunteers and
mounted infantry. Later in the day the
remaining prisoners went in charge Of
Eah EToll and cscO'ted by the Gloucester
and Loo Imperial volunteers. The women
and children are brinR sent TO their bomes,
Il inspected the BocE laager yesterday
and Nas much struck by the ingenuity
and energy with which the position va,
made almos, impTegnAble,"
RusaIaa eapeFa Are hitter.
81 Petersburg, March The newspa.
pcrs here Guido the rest Of the continental
press in bewailing Cronje's defeat and in
violently abusing 6rcAt Britain. They
dsSlare that the TTanSAsl has fully dem
ttaAtrafpd its right to a coniuletp fealitical