Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-24
BECOMING ANXIOUS.
No Report from Fuller Seems TO
Cause UneasineSS.
HIS HEADWAY SLOW.
His Army Is Holding the Same Position
II Did Two Days AgO-Dun-
donald Has Not Entered
Ladysmith -IIOsr Reports.

London. Jan o. The absence OF nsws
Of the movements north Of the TugslA
river Is ocrasioning some additional
anxiety. but General Butler is engaged
In a big operation which will take con.
siderable time 10 work out Even the
slight advance Of General warrens
forces after two days fighting does not
appear 10 have yielded any important
advantage to the British. as the cap.
tured kopjes are evidently only held as
advance posts in order to delay progress
Of the British troops and enable the
Beers 10 complete their entrenchments
and mount guns on positions which they
elected 10 make a stand.
IL il remarked the Beers thus far have
used littls artillery from which II Is
judged their guns are already mounted
ON tactical positions from which the
British will have to dislodge before
reaching Ladysmith.
There is no confirmation Of the report
that Lord Dandonald has entered Lady
smith and none il expected Experts
opine the Beers would only be too glad
10 let him in unopposed
Dispatches posted at the war Office up
10 & o'clock this afternoon. dated Spear
man Camp. contain nothing but reports
Of casualties
London. Jan ~ General Butler has
reported nothing Of his operations on
Monday and official and press intelli-
gence says the British bivouaoked sun.
day night on the ground they had won
after two days fighting The war Of
fee turned everybody out Of the Hobbies
at midnight Apparently Lord Ian.
downs was as much without news all
yesterday as other persons were.
Military men assume that fighting
must have taken place, and that Il was
probably more severe than on the two
preceding days General Butler would
not be likely 10 give the Beers leisure 10
add to the elaborate entertainments TO
arrange their artillery aud TO concen-
trAte their forces
The special correspondents on Sun
day night were allowed 20 send the an-
nouncement that the battle would be-
almost certainly resumed the following
day and hence official and popular anX-
iety Is al high tension. The British
military experts all share the hopes Of
their leaders and, as Spencer Wilkinson
says, they hesitate 70 say a word that
might be interpreted as unfavorahle.
Mr. Wilkinson refers 70 the cooler
Judgment Of German and Austrian crit.
les. which means that some Of the best
judges look upon General Buller's en-.
terprises as a forlorn hope, ~ merely a
continual strain Of fighting which may
prove too much for the physical energy
OF the troops engaged
The British In the other districts in
South Africa continue inactive LORD
Lord Methuens 1900 men remain be-
hind their works General French.
1000 at Rosenberg were reused on sun
day morning by a general alarm tina
the Beers were attacking, but il turne,
out there was no basis for this. Gen
Gaiacre is quesccnt at Colesberg
At Ladysmith the deaths from enteri,
fever average 10 a day Some fears ar,
expressed that the garrison may be r,
worn by privation and disease a. 10 b
unable TO do much in the way Of help
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