New-York tribune., 1900-01-08
LONDON GREATLY EXCITED
NEWS FROM LADYS4IITH HANGS LIKE
PAIL OVER THE BRIT.
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London, Jan. s, 1 a m.-Generai Buffers ops
portunity for an effective display OF strategy
has come and, it is to be hoped. not too late The
Hussars and the battery OF held artillery for
which he has been waiting while Ladysrith
in deadly peril at the front. and
he has every available man. gun. horss and
mule. General Joubert's army Is making be-
lated and desperate attempt to carry Ladysmith
by incessant bombardment and a deliberate and
persistent attack in front. according 70 the lat
est news from Ladysmith- What the emer-
gency requires is cautious and rapid
yet farsfghted plan OF operations Ike. that
adopted by Wellington IN the Peninsula.
There may be another reverse IL the tactics OF
the previous battle are repeated. But q de-
cisive victory may be expected with confidence
II General Butler does not attempt to do a
weeks work during single day. and has the
patience and skill for manoeuvrng far aaeld.
turning the enemy's position and cutting on his
retreat northward and westward. No British
general since Waterloo has ever had so brilliant
an opportunity so pressing a need for
delivering a series Of rapid and effective
blows by which the enemy may be para
lived and demoralized in the course OF a
single week Yet the English public is so IN
accustomed to campaigns. with turning move
ments and manGuvring on large scale. that
there will be detection ard clamOrs II a completes
victory is not announced as result OF the first
days fighting.
LADYSMITHS GREAT PERIL
Meanwhile Ladysmith is in imminent danger.
The sequel 10 General Whites message by
heIiograph respecting Saturdays fighting was
not revealed in time for the Sunday az
ternoon editions. The newsboys were clam
orous in the streets but the stop-press cables
which were displayed contained nothing that
was not known at midnight Saturday. Press
agency dispatches from Durham. Pietermaritz-
burg, Frere Camp and Cape Town merely
peated the details of Fridays reconnaissance
toward HIangwane. and recorded repulse OF
the Boer attack upon Ladysmith early Satur-
day without carrying the story beyond o'clock.
when General White had reported that lighting
was still in progress. There was one fresh detail
to the effect that General Whites gunners had
knocked out two Boer guns. but there was no
warrant for the accuracy OF the statement
The War Office later in the evening posted =
bulletin from General Butler which gave four
hours later news from General White. second
heliograph message from General White was re-
cefved at Frere Camp about o'clock saturday
afternoon stating that he had beaten the enemy
OF hut the Beers we're stin around him in great
numbers. especially to the south. and a renewal
of their attack was very probable. The news
again was good as far as IL went but the sequel
was unfinished. Whites men were lighting gall
lantly but the enemy had not given up the at
tack, and the crisis had not passed
Veterans at the military service clubs were
t,+arsaiv anxious over the news from Ladysraith.
ana some OF them commented adversely upon
the apparent lack OF corporation between Bull
Ter and White at the critical stages OF the cam
paign. although they were in daily communities