Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-02-15
BEATEN
AGAIN
Buffers Third Attempt to
Relieve Ladysmith
Fails.
Mr.. BalfOur Hints Disas-
ter and London Ac-
cepts News.
ReVerSeS to British Arms
Reported From Other
Points.

Leipsig, Feb. 1O.-Neuste Nachrich-
ten prints a special dispatch from a
correspondent who claims that Cen
eral Buffers third attempt to relieve
Ladysmith has completely failed.
London Accepts Reverse.
London Feb. 1O.,-London accepts
as true the boer statement that Bull
Ter has failed again These state.
ments were passed by the British CEN
sor at Alden and confirmed by Mr.. Bal
four's announcement in the house of
commons that Gen. Butler is not
pressing his advance. Winston Church
i'll wires that Vaal Krantz was i'm
practicable for guns, which were need
ed to support further advance. His
cablegram leaves Butler on Tuesday
night sending a fresh brigade to re-
iieve the tired holders of Vaal Krantz.
Descriptive writers with Butler were
allowed rather free hand again in
explaining the ugly position which the
British held and the natural obstacles
which mad to be overcome. So it is
easy to infer that with boer rifemen
and artillery defending them, these
hills and ravines had not been over
come and thus the public was prepared
in advance for bad news.
A Telegraph from Ladysmith, dated
Monday, says the effect of Buffers can
nonade had worn the garrison. Hope
ran high that the long period of mac
t.vity was drawing to a close. The
crash of guns was almost continuous
for ten hours; at times it seemed as
if as many as 20 shells burst in
minute. The beers, preparing always
for a possibility of defeat, were driv-
ing herds and sending long wagon
trains towards the Drakensberg pass
lowed, broken only by frogs croaking
and the occasional blaze of star shells.
surrounding the town with circle of
light to prevent the unobserved ap
proach of the enemy. A series of Brit
ish mines, laid for beers, exploded ac-
cidentally shaking and alarming the
city and camp. MacDonald's retire
ment is the talk of military COM
mentors. The theory that finds ac-
ceptance is that it was ordered by
Lord Roberts and that both Buffers
and MacDonald's operations were by
the direction of the commander in
chief. in order to occupy the beers at
widely separated points, so they would
be unable to transfer any por-
ton of their forces to OPP
pose the projected central adj
vance. Charles Williams, the military
writer who is understood to be in con-
fidential relations with Lord Wolseley,
saws that beyond doubt the most au-
thoritative opinion in London
regards it as probable that
an endeavor will be made to
fore Wednesday next, possibly Mon
day. Henry w. Lucy says the health
of Sir Alfred Miner, governor OF Cape
Colony, is suffering from the prolonged
strain and a dispatch to the Times
from Koodoosberg, dated Feb. 8, says:
at is reported boer achievements are
arriving from Magersfontein. Our po-
sition is easily tenable but the entire
force has been ordered to return TO
Modder river tomorrow The Times
has the following from Kimberley,
dated Feb. s: "The beers big gun
shelled us all day yesterday but no.
body was killed A correspondent OF
the Times at Lourenzo Marques, under
date of Feb. s, says: Recent visitors
in Inhambane report that the Portu-
guese customs authorities there seized
a quantity of arms and ammunition
consigned under false description.
First Lord of Admiralty Geo. j.
Goschen is preparing estimates Tor
largo increase in the navy. 1t is
tbonght not improbable that parlia-
,oant will he asked for e200000OO for
new ships. The war office has re-
duced the minimum standard height
again. this time to feet 3 inches for
infantry. 5 feet 2 for artillery. DR..
Teyds has issued in Brussels a state
r,ant for publication in England de-
ing purported interviews in which
he was represented as predicting the
in+errention of powers in the event
~ the British invading the
rrse State. He says he is
ssA1enyiuced the war will continue as
IL as the two republics have arms
v1Ssyd ammunition. If mauser cartridges