The daily news., 1900-02-21
Feet the Entrance of the Hal
RELlEF
NOW ASSURED
Butler in Sight of the Beleag-
ured City.

BoCrs Are \ OF Man ing Any Determined
Observation-Disclosures Message
SAY : Ecs Now Only a Qu@ stiOn of a
Few HOurs-NO News From Rob
erts.
LONDON, Feb. 2I.-A noon dispatch
from Durham says the forces Of Gen
Buller have been crossing the Tugela
river all night long and that he now
has 1000 men on the north bank Of
the river.
Hart's entire brigade has crossed
over.
The engineers are making deter
mined efforts to repair the railroad
bridge so that trains can run.
A pontOon bridge has been con-
structed at the foot of Hlangwana
and the heavy artillery is being taken
over ca it.
The Beers are not offering any
serious resistance, only occasionally
firing from Grobler's kloOf.
Gen. Butler ia endeavoring to
mount the big guns on Hlangwana,
which can be used to defend the
ridges north of the Tugela and along
the railway as far as NelthrOpe with
good effect.
1t is believed that Gen. Butler
will continue the forward movement
without rest. The Beers are still re-
tiring, leaving only a rear guard
which il merely q patrol.
News From Ladysmith.
A heliograph message from Lady
smith t. CClensO yesterday says the
Beers have removed Long Tom from
BulwarnO hill; that BhlleT's naval
guns are now reaching the Boer posi-
tiOn and that they expect 20 be re-
lieved within two days.
A later heliOgraPh message from
Ladysmith says Butler has cap
tured Bloys hill, which is plainly
visible from the city, aud that this
has put everybody i'll good spirits.
1t is believed that Butler will next
occupy AsvOgel Krantz on the north
5Gpk Of the Tugela, commanding
tie railway at NelthOrpe, half way
to Ladysmith and also that he wiz
perhaps reach the summit of Bui-
warnO hill.
1t is believed that the relief of La
dysmith is now only a question OF
few hours.
Queen Gets News.
/. was announced at the Windsor
town council meeting that the queen
had news that the relief of Lady
smith has been cOnSumnatPd.
Later a notice to this effect was
posted at the Windsor town hall.
This report is also current on the
Berlin bOurse and at the London
stock exchange. The war CiiiCe,
however, says it is unable to con-
firm the report, but the public be-
lieves that the queen has again
foTe5talled the authorities and re-
ceived the news before they get it.
Macdonald Wounded.
1t is reported that Gen. MacDOn-
aid, commander of the Highland
brigade, was severely wounded IN
yeeter days battle.
No News From Roberts.
No news has been received to-day
relative to the movement of Cronje'S
army, though it is persistently
rumored that an engagement is in
progress.
Plummer Gets Set Back.
Col. PIummer, who is moving to
the relief of Mafeking, surprised the
Beers in night attack at Crocodile
pools, where the Boers are strongly
Intrenched.
White struggling through the
barbed wire entanglements, the Brit
ism alarmed the Boer dogs. The
Beers began firing. The British then
made bayOnet charge, but the
Beers exploded their dynamite
mines and the British retired.
Bocrs Arack Clements.
a dispatch from Arundel says the
Beers ade a determined attack on
Gen. Clements camp to-day and
harraS ed the British :nf5ntry with
their big guns for several hours, but
they were finally repulsed.
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