Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-02-10
BULLER'S SLOW MARCH.
A Military Authority Thinks He Is
Making a Wide Detour.
ROBERTS RH3UKES PRESIDENTS.
Kruger rnd Stcyn Had Complained
"f Briti~h Destruction % 'rJN '"ty,
But the BeitIsh ComnanArs D"n.c.
the Charge.

But the BeitIsh Comn"nAet D~n.es
the Charge.
London. reb. G.-Mih.ny ciilior IN
London continues to &aarL.t tom
very slenG2. ma,o'iala. lh-, C,..e al
Butler is a% in throW.A a.. Amy
against the Beer Nulis. 4 lr.i. ed
general, Sir William : ay g., ~,
whose die. .nbLaAed c-t,t IS
weight to &s opinion. th.,fr 'nat
General IN er wish $4,000 il"a is
making 4 vide dcicL; to t..e ae,t I'D
north in oIdc. TO avoid re roO,A st
parts of tie country As General Ll!-
Ter mast Ave some tAcrsa"d, OF VA
CONS. Sir Nnham Gccn r.in.5 oGt
that the advance would necessarily he
SLOW
No 2utEeatic word is at hand, save
that the VT Office reaArned orally
to EeWsp. .er inqrneIs AT a late hour
that il cod not cDnlirm the reported
advance here me Natal situation
rests.
IT is from he wcrtern field that more
definite sta;cmeHts come. Large Oper-
atCns are apparently about to begin.
General Frauch. who has now return
ed to Rcnsuurg from his conference
with Lord Roberts, has sent what is
described as an overwhelming force
OF infantry 10 seize NOrNdls Point.
This is where the railway. before it
was destroyed. crossed the Orange
river and connected with the Free
State Trunk line with BlOemfonte!n.
Norvals Point is 10 miles north of
Colesburg and % miles from General
Frenchs headquarters at Rensburg.
The Beers at Colesberg have been in
danger Of being surrounded by the
largely reinforced and extending lines
of the British. IN occupation of Nor
walls Point in force would presumably
render Colesberg untenable
The Beers are showing great act.v-
ity in the Naauwpo0rt and Colesberg
districts Many Of the guns hitherto
facing Lord Mcthuen are believed to
have gone to Noryal's Point. The
British. therefore, may ind formld-
able bodies Of Beers there.
The war Office announces that 10
transports will be dispatched between
t
including the Fourth cavalry brigade,
militia battdlions and 5000 yeomanry.
with 25S horses and six guns. These
1900 are not included in the 10000
due to be in South Africa on Feb. 10.
The censorship seems to have
completely shut down The corresponds
ents at Sherman Camp. No dis
patch from that point appears in this
mornings papers and nothing has been
allowed to issue since Sunday evening.
According to dispatch from Cape
Town President Steyn and President
Kruger have communicated with Field
Marshal Lord Roberts. the British
commander-in-ch chief. prOtestmgaga.nst
the destruction of farm houses and the
devastation Of property Lord Roberts,
in replying. declared the charges were
not sustained. adding that wanton de-
structiOn Of property was contrary to
British practices. Lord Roberts says
further: IL regret to say that it IS the
Republican forces which are in some
cases guilty Of carrying on the war in
a manner not ia accordance with
civilized usage refer especially to
the expulsion of loyal subjects OF her
majesty from their homes in the in
vaded dist. let's Of this colony because
they have refused TO be co1imdndeered
by the invaders. 1t iG barba'Ous to at
tempt TO force men 10 Ike sides
against Their own sovereign and cOun-
try by threats Of spoliation and eX-
pulsiOn."