The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-01-11
WAR NEWS HELD UP.
Nothing Heard From Natal
Since Sunday.
RUMORS OF JOUBERT'S INJURY.
Great Britnin's Loss Now Amounts
to Nearly Eight Tbousand--Grcnt
Anxiety For Lady smith Garri-
son and Blame For Butler.


LONDON Jan. 1O-The war Office has
not contributed the least particular as to
what is taking place in Natal since Sun
day. Neither has it allowed the dispatch
es of correspondents to get through. Con
aequently the facts of the situation are
replaced by conjecturcs, and the impa
hence of the public pours itself into dis
cussion of the conduct of the war and OF
what might have been done or ought now
10 be done.
The Daily Mails Estcourt (NataD cor
respondent states that Commandant Gen.
sral Joubert has been seriously injured
and will take no further part in the war
His horse was shot from under the gen.
eral and rolled over on him. causing
rupture and serious injury to the spine.
Great Britain's losses since the wal
began are fast approaching 5000. A wal
Office compilation of casualties issued last
evening shows total of 7,213-1,02i
killed. 3,675 wounded and 2,511 missing
These do not include 40 who have sue
cumbed to disease nor the casualties al
Isdysmith last Saturday.
Major General Prior commanding the
Fifteenth brigade, under orders to pro
ceed to South Africa, died on Monday.
A dispatch TO The Daily Chronicle,
dated at Frere camp, Sunday afternoon
at 3 o'clock, says:
''There has been no bombardment OF
Ladysmith today, nor any shelling al
.Chieveley by the British guns"
The Berlin correspondent of The Daily
Mail gives under reserve report that
$4,000 lyddte shells have been turned out
by the Krupp works, which are not des
tined for England, but were ordered some
time ago by DIR. Leyds.
The Daily Mail has the following dis
patch, dated Sunday, Jan. Z, from Cap,
Town:
"Dordrecht is now garrisoned by 100C
rebels, thus releasing the Orange Ere,
State troops for service elsewhere"
The Daily Graphic makes the following
statement regarding the seizures of Ger
man vessels by British warships:
Germany has addressed two notes tc
the British foreign office challenging
Great Britain's right to detain any yes
sells travelling between two neutral ports
These notes have been duly answered.
''The queens government find them
selves wholly unable to Acquiesce in Ger
many's contention. Germany cited Il cas-,
in support of her contention, but on ex.
animation this so called precedent proved
under discussion.
"The correspondence between the two
governments rests there, pending IA de.
cision by the prize court"
The remarkable revolution in Boer tao
tics has been another complete surprs,
to the British, who had not reckoned Oh
the weakened garrison of Ladysmith be.
ing subjected to such a courageous as
sault. and it is realized that General
Whites troops cannot be expected to
lengthily prolong such an arduous de.
fense. In some quarters it is considered
unaccountable that General Butler die
not press his attempt to effect passage
of the Tugela river while the Beers were
engaged northward, and the comments Oh
his apparent supineness are nowise com
plimentary.
Advices from the Modder river say the
Beers continue to extend their works
and it is estimated that 10000 men are
required to defend them.
Little change is apparent in the posi-
ton at Colesberg. General French re,
ported to the war Office Sunday morn
ing, Jan. Z, that he had reconnoitered
with Il squadron of the Household cav.
airy on the Beers east flank, two miles
from Achtertank, and drew considera
ole 1ofce or Dufgnefs, VINO, Delng anxious
for their communications with Norvars
Pont, withdrew.
The casualties Of the Suffolks neal
Colesberg were: Killed, Colonel Watson
and Lieutenants Wilkins, Carey and
White and % men; missing, Captains
Brett, Thomson and Brown and Lieuten
ants Rants, Allen, WoodMartin and
Butler and 107 men; wounded, 21 men.
General French further reports thai
the casualties of the other regiments tc
Jan. were II men killed and A
wounded.