New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04

| wiped them of the map. one or them Salu GNS
| his chance, for one Of the seaforths promptly
trait i got n up to one Pfo s wi oh IFS
! the remainder fired on us. We lay down and gave
holder had not got ii. straight when half dozen
| of bullets went into him. Then we charged
the tale.
AN INCIDENT OF CoLENso.
letter bearing the stamp of simple truth
as that of young Reitz has been received from
officer who took part in the battle of Colenso. He
writes:
At the start shell from own artillery, with
badly timed fuse, burst in the middle Of my COM
By he the a the en Side 81 my Of 6s
ing within him. rem and shells S bursting d
hurting tin me and kept it as m s,ne We lay
thought we would escape we were under fire
from $50 a. m. until 23e p. m. Soon the Red
an swkwaTd POSITION While lying on the ground
it had made hole in my jacket. Our men were
WGndeEfuIy pucy One man near me got bullet
haven't hit me! That's one ter, them! Imme-
and sad @ 6Go Sf nT ab sG
they haven't struck me the second time!' Another
90 qId fi'fP fna s1a mosh
were a9ne deF and h{ on mt him
actually slept as lay on the ground, and was
At the side of my head One Beer was was very KIND
a dozen water bottles for men. and seemed very
distressed. He said they were all tired of the war
thought the English were jolly good fellows Other
Boers looted The dead and wounded and one officer
quickly evacuated the position which they had
been about 1000 strong although many of them
IN IN fact the maJority-were acting as supports
oI hin 200 yards away rife found on an old
Hill, as it was marked Majuba and bore the name
Of the 5Sth Regiment The owner, doubtless, ex
BE day as the enemy's tactics turned TO be
occasion.
DISAPPOINTMENT IN LADYsMITH.
The Times's" correspondent at Ladysmith, writ
! ing under date of December 19. says
is ba6 exp the feeling Of
cheek on N, the Tugea was received in the invested
of enforced inactivity was at an end We were
proud to think that we should be able to meet the
regarding the Gun and Surprise Hill batteries. No
would be anything but successfui on December NIB
y r. heavy firing had been heard in the direction Of
Caesar's Camp and Wagon Hi had seen the smoke
for waited breathiessy for orders to be given
10 me N, nyhg column composed Of the Devo4Shire
Iahd9rs TO leave camp to complete the devastation
women Congratulated themselves in the streets
been to Wagon 3ne to OF @gr the gn fa o
me me lying column But the silence was prolonged,
10 68ps p4t THm0f had its way and stories were told
bpuI 9 ana slaughtered burghers But nothing from
African Republic by the ENTERTAINMENTS in 1850 # was
thought that this would be suitable date for us
to crush the power of the rebel State. Day dawned
w y,aI s opened sptefu FIRE; Twenty;one rounds
salute Which We had T 9ss on ndf the PPnG
tnrned SALUTE Grind ind with FL or Re
w sf, three ipe fatal casualtcs from the IRE
SdiuJe was but the song of the dying In
t OF Prayado the enemy had fired into us before
south b, story came in from Intomb Camp that
for treatment Excitement ran high, and specu-
dtye photographic circulated NOTICE to the effect
would be happy TO take mass group Of the civil
Fe Sa oga
The flying column were sent back to their positions
lowing general order published to the garrison
Sir Redvers Butler failed TO make good his first at
white is confident that the defence of fadysmf6
spirited D manner as i has hitherto been conducted
South Africa does relieve it,
situation began to- be stMded CALMLY t6 aT ne
Des tine , lasted few weeks longer We had few
fun ration of the necessaries for at least two
months The defences were practically
Tne situation was anything but desperate The
SO long stood to the neld fOrttncattOnS
Clsappoin tment acute, but as far as the gar
pisOn was concerned, the situation remained I'M
From all accounts the invaders have carried out
tr devVaStaton with ruthless hand. Not con-
nave DESTROYED private property In shameful and
childish manner When the orders given to
removing everything portable, resorted to the petty
spite OF Sitting pictures and firing bullets into
annoying damage possible. In a farm which
we have retaken we found the pictures with the
eyes gouged out of the portraits and all the little
harmless ornaments which the feminine mind loves
so well deliberately smashed. A poor revenge
WHITE SPIES AND BLACK.
1.-The Standards at Ladysmith devotes the
of spies, He writes:
That there traitors and spies white as we'll
as black, in the garrison of Ladysmith is certain
The enemy fails to receive notice of our
movements. General Joubert, indeed, is said TO
have been very angry on one occasion because he
had not heard of the order countermanding a night
attack.
3aaNY HAY POINTS CLEARED UP.
The official dispatches forwarded by General /
Butler published by the War Office to-day and
summarized by cable. clear up many moot points
to tie beginning of November. The explanation
OF Yule's retirement from Dundee written by sir
George White is follows i
Aready described up TO the evening of October 90
On the morning of October q IT ascertahed
that place but very large bodies reported 10
be advancing from the north and northwest Cen
eTaI fsie moved his camp on this day TO more
camp. but the enemy bringing up heavy ARTILLERY
to the shoulder OF the Impati Mountain, rendered
site s nRsr aR Su an'to On ooSs aasr