The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-05
BUTLER IS ADVANCING.
Feeling More Hopeful Than Wher he Started
for Ladysmitn via Spionkop.
HE NOW HAS MORE MEN AND GUNS
rbe pocr Force Must Rely Upon
Itself for II Can Expect No
Rcinforcements.

New York, February ), a. in--London
today was permitted TO receive lew
words Of news from South Afrce They
stated that General Buller was advancing
to the relief Of Ladysmith, that the sar-
r,aon in the beleagured town could hear
his guns and that they were in good
shane. ready to repel an assault or CO.
operste with Buffers force. While anS-
iety is again becoming intense. the feel-
ing is now more hopeful than on the
eve of General Bulers previous engage
ments. The British force on the iuseia
has been reinforced with men and guns
hut General Joubert and his $4,000 men
can call in no new regiments Tor tue
Boers have need Of all their men to de-
ferA the borders of the Fr5e state IL
was lust one week ago today That Zen
eral RULER announced that I've would be
in I.adysmith within week. lie mas
not kept his word.
No news at all has been received from
the armies operating in Cape Coi~hy anu
there is much speculation IN LONDON a9
10 the plans Of Lord Roberts and the mys-
FERROUS movements Of Lord hitohener'
Tha general idea is that they are prepur-
ing some Napoleonic campaign tnat wa
bring the war to q speedy hnlsh
Dispatches from Spearmans camp dated
FRIDAY Saturday and sunday, are pup-
lished in Lordon this morning. On Fri
day photographic communication WIN
Iadvsmith was resumed, messages pass nS
freely. The Beers were busy shel1ng the
town and burial parties of Beers were
burying their dead at Spionkop though
nine days had elapsed since the battle
on Saturday the bombardment of Lady
smith was lighter.
From Cheyely. General Barton can
nonaded the Colenso lines employing the
naval gun. The Beers, as usual, ap-
peared at Colenso but retreated when the
artillery opened The day WAS quiet al
potgieters. There was no cannonadIng by
the British guns The Beers enjoyed TINS
immunity from attack and could be seen
in large numbers working on their defen-
sive works The Beers seemed intent Of
watching every mcvemert of our troops
Many were seen spying through their
glasses The enemy have created a num-
Der of additional positions for cannon and
for the defense of the passage OF the
Tugela at Potgieter's Drift. Standing
upon Mount Alice, or the lower ridges OF
rugged Zwartzkop over 1000 feet above
Potgieters Drift, one obtains masnlh-
cent prospect for distance of twelve
miles To the north pufIs OF cannon
smoke disclose the position of the Boet
guns bombarding Ladysmith. On Sunday
there was no cannonading at Spearman'
camp and the day was quiet but for
slipping by the Beers, The Smelling 81
Ladysmith was slight Messages Were
| freely interchanged between Butler and
Whites camps by night with calcium sig
nal lamps and by day with the Photograph
/ The Beers. by means OF their search and
signal lights have tried Intellectually tc
blur the transmission of our signals
These dispatches say nothing Of a for
ward movement by General Butler baine
/ in progress, but speak OF the JOY Of the
men at the prospect of an advance.