Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-01
He Stormed the Top, of Peters
Hill and Took it.
GEN. cRoNJE DISPOSED OF
Tho Surrender of the Cunning and Fierce
Fighter Described Sent to Capctown
Undcr Escort-Bullers Losses Aggre-
gate Four Thousand LadysmitI in Dcs-
pcrato struits-what VIII Field Mar
shall Roberts Do?-Bocr RetrIbution.
(By Telegraph to virginIan-Pnot.)

London, March 1.-4:15 u m.-Gcneral
Buffers distinct success in storming
Pieter's hill brings the rescue of Lady
smith near. but the War Office init
mated late last evening that an i'm
mediate announcement of relief need
not be expected. The going to and fro
ut midnight of officials AMI members
suggested that important news had
been received.
AS his message reveals, General Bull
lcr's SUCCESSFUL attack came after The
hard fighting Of Friday and it was i'm
proviscd ana its execution begun dur
ing the armisticc of Sunday. In pro-
posing the arm.Stice the British com
mnider STIPULATED that both sides
should be free TO move, but that neither
should do any shooting. He was, there
fore. within his privileges in imme
diately beginning to transfer his troops.
BUILDERS HEAVY LOSSES.
General Buffers tidings come weight
cd with his long list Of casualties. His
losses in the four attempts TO get Gene
raj White out aggregate 1000.
IN DESPERATE STRAITS.
l.adysmith is in desperate straits.
Charles Williams, the military expert,
says he learns on very high AUTHORITY
presumably that OF Lord Wolseley--
that General Whites force is almost
at lis lasp gasp"
This Is not so much" says Mr. Will
iiams "on account of any lack of pro-
visions or OF ammunition neither of
winch Is yet exhausted, MS because The
poisonous nature of the Kiln river
W. aud the evil effects of the heat.
iN those who have escaped fever.
a." terry and diarrhoca are in n state
o. low vitality. They can st!ll man
trenches. and would probab bly, hold their
own against Il last desperate assault.
but they can initiate nothing. General
Butler now knows that as units, the
regiments will be of no use TO him for
months.
The water of Kip river is not avail
bic for drinking. and TO boil il is inn
possible because OF the scarcity Of fuel.
1t is thick with putrd animal matter
1T is caused be- the sewage from the
Bner camps"
Mr.. Williams adds that when news
like this passes under the thumb OF the
censor ii more than offsets whatever
jolly news may be photographed from
Ladysmith.
WHAT WILL ROBERTS DO?
There is no authoritative indication
as yet OF what Lord Roberts will do
next 1t seems likely that n branch
railway will be built across the VcIdt
TO lessen the difficulties Of TRANSPORT.
Colonel Girouard, who built the Soudan
railway, is with Lord Roberts Tho
strain on the western railway is seen
from the fact that the population of
kimberley, two weeks after the relief
continues on reduced rat.ons. Lord
Roberts troors thus rar have been
only partially fed.
Tt is quite clear to technical heads
that those who talk of an immediate
md rapid advance into the Free Stale
do not realize the transport condi-
lions. The Beers as it now appears
have built n railway from IIarrismith
to l<roomstadt to facilitate the move
ment of their troops between Natal
and The Free State.
MAFBKINC;.
Mafckins was holding out on Feb
ruary 18TH At that time The Boers
were showing unusual activity and
firing inllammablc shells.
The Beers who hold the positions
south of the Orange liver nave been
weakened
BOER PATRIOTISM
Lieutenant Barentzen. writing on be-
nalf or himself and OF other Scandi-
navian prisoners, aflirms that there
are no mercenarieS in the Boer army
and no volunteers who receive penny
for their services.
BELFAST WROUGHT UP.
Belfast, Feb. 2S.-A rumor that Lady
smith had been relieved led to street
demonstrations in Belfast to-day.
which precipitated conflicts between the
Orangemen and Nationalist.
There was considerable stone throw
Ing, and many persons were injured
and some property damaged
PRETORIA BANK RE-oPENED.
London, March 1.-The Daily Mail
says:
"The re-openng of Robinson's Bank in
Pretoria is due to the good offices Of
Mr. Hay, u. S. Secretary of State: Mr..
Choate and Adelbert Hay, the Ameri-
can Consul at the Transvaal Capitol.
When President Kruger closed the
hank he tried to commander the Brit
ish staff, and, on their refusal to COM
ply, he threatened them with expulsion.
Adelbert Hay sent the protest of the
manager of the bank to Lord Salisbury
through Mr.. Choate, with the result
that President Kruger liberated the
banks staff and restored the com,
mandeered gold"
yRENSBERG RE-oCCUPIED.
London, Feb. 2s.-4:53 p. ma dis.
patch from Arundel says that the Brit