Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-02-11
Butler Is Rack on the South Side
of the Tugela.
COULD NOT HOLD ON.
The Beers Made Ills Position 10 I'M
comfortable That lie Was Com
PEELED 10 yaeate-Whai Next
Gan Only De Guessed.


news by no means causes acute disap'
pointmsnt attendant upon tho other
failures 10 relieve Ladysmith This can
be attributed 70 three causes: First. the
strong belief that Buffers last attempt
was only a demonstration on large
scale second. wiser critics had warned
the public not 10 expect the immediate I
relief Of White. third. the nation has
settled down TO the realization that the |
war will last long time. and they are
not swAyed as at hrst by minor revsrses
and victories
The second and third reasons are self
explaining This first requires consider
able calculation. In favor Of the opinion
held by Spencer Wilkinson. the military
critic Of The Morning Post. that Butler
did not intend 10 Immediately push on
10 Ladysmith there IL overwhelming
evidence that Lord Roberts ordered a
systematic activity upon the part Of all
forces On this basis Buffers move
ments were only repetition Of Mac
Donalds and Frenchs reconnaissance
Balfours Ambiguous statement about
awaiting the completion Of plans u
another strong reason for believing
Butler never intended 20 make main
advance via Vaal KrAntz. but was act
ing under orders from Roberts
II IL also curious that the news OF
Bullers retirement first came from Boer
headquarters near LAdysmith and that
British correspondents were freely al
lowed 20 send dispatches before any
thing from Butler was published
The unusual appeal of Bennett Bur
leigh. the war correspondent Of The
Telegraph. asking the public to suspend
judgment and rely on Butler, also has
considerable significance. On the other
hand Buffers recent speech to his troops
. in which be said he hoped TO be in La
dysmith within week. tends. some
people claim. 10 throw doubt on the be
, lief he has only been demonstrating IN
force
The latest news from Modder rive
shows MAcDonalds retirement from
Koodoesberg was effected in oomplet
order. The most reasonable eIplana
: ton Of his movement IL that IL was un
- dertaken more 10 restore confidence &
the Highland brigade. still nervou
/ from their terrible experience at Ma
Il eersfontein. than 10 gain any imporiau
objective
n With this important unit Methuen
/. forces rehabilitatel for vigorous Al
!. tack on Cronjs and an attempt 10 r,
heve Kimberley may be looked for 81
;. perintended by Roberts, while the Se'
q, enih division and part Of Freuch's ca
l airy were occupied in turning the NOV
meni east u Jacobsdal
I A dispatch from Rensberg dated Fee
Q. reports much aggressive sctivii
g., against British reconnoitoring and d
clares the Beers are in no sense 81
rounded at Colesberg but simply he
At Ia check by series OF camps forming
J., semicircle from east 20 west The Doe
M are still in full possession Of their lin
b." of communication with the Free stat
=" and hold strong positions around Col,
berg
e During Friday morning a bombar
10 ment with lyddite occurred at Rensber
~ and the Beers MaIim-Vickers guns /
,e lieved 10 have been silenced. A doz
dead Beers were found on the kopjes.
Roberts has addressed another lett
b Presidents Kruger and Steyn, col
10 planning Of the wanton destruction
property.
e London. Feb 'O.-London accepts
true the Boer statement that Gene
Buller failed again. These statemei
were passed by the British censor
Alden aud are read in the light Of \
Balfour' announcement In the comm,
q that General Butler Is not pressing
Il advance
d Winston Churchill wires that VI
u Kranty was impracticable. for the x
y were needed 10 support further
> vance. His cablegram leaves Gene
s Butler on Tuesday night sending fr
n brigade 10 relieve The tired holder.
n Vaal krant1
The descriptive writers with Gene
Butler were allowed a rather free HI
q again In explaining the ugly posi-,
4 which the British held and the natu
3 obstacles which had to be overooi
SOFT iseasy TO infer that with Boer ri
VI men and artillery defending them, II
n hills rayines and iungles have not b
4 overcome aud thus the public is
pared in advance for bad news
Kilograms from Ladysmith on NJ
"A day describe the effect General Bull
cannonade mad ON the worn garri'
e Hope ran high that the long period
n inactivity and aud tedium WAS draw
TO a close. The crash Of guns was
n most continuous for 10 hours aud
III times IL seemed rs II 20 shells burs
- . minute. The Beers, preparing