Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-02-01

changed. Lord Methuen forwards by
mail the first official recommendation
of boer valor and military art. In
defending frontal attacks Lord Me-
thuen says: THE mobility of =. the
beers is such they can change front
in fifteen minutes so that a fianking
operation when striking home simply
meets a new front" The Daily Mail
referring to boer resistance and what
may be necessary to overcome it, al
ludes to the saying of Napoleon that
no position could resist 100000 men.
Say Ladysmith Must Fall.
London, Jan. 27.-The Times pub
fishes the following dispatch from
Frere camp, dated Wednesday morn
ing, evidently written before the cap
ture of Spion kop was known. After
describing the position of the beers
who are actively intrenching and
bringing fresh guns forward, the cor
respondent says: Their front ex-
tends ten miles and we shall have to
try to break it in the middle. Every
prisoner says the beers will never let
us reach Ladysmith. This is their
last chance from preventing us, for
behind this hill lies the open country
without single fortifable position.
Therefore they will strive to strain
every nerve to throw us back here"
Word From Gen. White.
London, Jan. 27.-The Gazette today
publishes number of dispatches from
Gen. Butler to the war office, enclosing
reports from Generals White, Hid
yard, Methuen, and other generals re-
garding their various operations but
containing nothing latere than a rec
ord of occurrences to the middle of
December. A dispatch from Gen.
White, dated Dec "a says: Il was
so greatly impressed with the exposed
position of the garrison of Glencoe
that l determined October IL to with
draw from there and concen-
trate all troops at Ladysmith
But the governor represented that
this step would involve such grave
political results that l determined to
Dundee, as the lesser of the two
evils" Gen. White then proceeds to
describe the subsequent attack by
| 1000 beers, of whom about 500 were
killed and wounded, three of their
guns being left dismounted at Talana
Hill, but, he adds, there was no op-
portunity of bringing them off. He
also describes how the beers were
seen streaming away in bodies of SO
to 100.
Says Steyn Is Moving to Pretoria.
Durham, Jan. -(24th)-One hun
dred and sixty beers captured during
Gen. Buffers recent operation have
arrived here. A Free Slater among
the recent arrivals says President
Steyn has been removing his furniture
! to Pretoria, where several of his Off
Gals have taken houses. 1t is also re-
ported that no big guns are now left
in the Pretoria forts, that the beers
have exhausted their stock of good
mauser cartridges and are now using
cartridges formerly condemned by Col.
Joubert. They are said to be manu-
featuring 10000 cartridges and 200
shells daily at the dynamite factory.
Christmas Fare of Beleaguered.
London, Jan. PA dispatch to the
Standard from Ladysmith, dated Dec.
rs, describing the Christmas celebra-
ton says: only a few were fortu-
nate enough to get turkeys or geese.
The majority had to be content with
hard beef of dwarfed underbred oxen
or coarse goat flesh. On Saturday
there was a provision auction Pota-
toes brought a rate of a shilling each,
eggs averaged ten pence each, carrots
seven pence each, ducks half guinea
each, cigarettes AZ pence per three
penny package and whisky from five
to Z pounds a bottle. Everybody
however, was able to indulge in Christ
mas pudding, as the commissariat
kindly issued the necessary ingred-
tents for the occasion"