The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-07
BULLER MOVES.
Crosses TugeIa and Begins Ad-
vance on Lsdysmith.
The Beers Say His Advance
Was Beaten Back.
ROBERTS STARTS OUT.
Commander in Chief of the
British Army In Africa
Leaves Cape Town For the
Fighting Territory.
KITCHENER GOES, TOO
Generals Are Being Reinforced
at Many Points.
Troops Hurried Forward as
Soon as They Land.
Commander in Chief of the
British Army In Africa
Leaves Cape Town For the
Fighting Territory.
KITCHENER GOES, TOO
Generals Are Being Reinforced
at Many Points.
Troops Hurried Forward as
Soon as They Land.

Soon as They Land.
London, Feb. THE Associated Press
learns that the war office today receiv-
ed a dispatch saying briefly that Gen.
Butler had again crossed the Tugela
river February 5, and is now advancing
upon Ladysmith
BOer Head Lager, Ladysmith, Feb.
s.-Since yesterday the British with ma
val and other guns have bombarded our
positions on the Upper Tugela- The
troops crossed the river at the point
and at Kolen Drift with the object Of
storning our positions. At the former
Gen. Burger beat them back and they
recrOSSed in great confusion. The fight
ing continues at Kolen Drift with the
Standerron and Johannesburg COM
mandOs. There were no casualties on
our side, The cannOnade was the fierc-
est yet experienced. There was a con-
ttnuous roaring all day long. This morn
ing 1t recommended with an increased
number Of guns.
Cape Town, Feb. Lord Roberts and
General Kitchener have started for the
front.
New York, Feb. IA Tribune dis
patch from London says:
Everything points to a vigorous pros
ecution of the war on the Cape Colony
frontier and the Tugela within few
days or even hours, but no SurmiSeS re-
specting the strength of the columns or
lne direction or the movements are fu-
tile. There are no clews upon which a
correct Judgment OF the situation can
be based.
The Times has a dispatch from Rens-
berg stating that the situation in that
quarter was unchanged on Monday and
that Gen. French was holding a
large Dutch force around Colesburg,
and was shelling the BOer camp north
west of Slingersfontein.
Pretoria dispatches from Colesburg
repeated the announcement that the
British forces were approaching Ach-
tertang on the way to NOrvals bridge,
and there are rumors from Cape Town
that a considerable force of infantry
has been sent to support Gen. French,
and that Gen. Gatacre with heavy re-
Inducements and a strong body of cav
airy is surrounding StOrmberg. Dis
patches received from the Orange river
frontier have been cut by the censor
until sfaey sre unintelligible.
MACDONALD'S ADVANCE.
London, Feb. THE Standard has
received the following dispatch, dated
Monday, February 8. from Koppies
Dam:
General Macdonald with a brigade
of infantry, a regiment of lancers ana
one battery has reached here from Mod
der river camp in what is regarded as
an important movement to the right of
the BOer position at MagersfOntein.
'KOppieS Dam commands the roads
from Kimberley to Hopetown and
Douglas. Two Boer laagers, at Kamul-
hoek and Griquatown, are within Strik-
ing distance.
'@The arrival of General Macdonald's
column was OppOrtune, as it just pre-
vented two large commanders effectlng
a junction. He now holds both banks
of the river.
"Our lancers had two brushes with
the BOer patrols. There is great ac-
tivity among the enemy and strong
forces are concentrating to oppose our
further advance. The troops suffered
from heat and scarcity of water during
the march"
Lord Roberts has caused to be dis
trlbuted IN the towns bordering upon
the invaded colonial territory an invi-
tation to Free Staters and Transvaalers
to go into the desert, offering them good
treatment and a restoration to their
farms on the British occupation of
republican territory.
The manifesto guarantees that those
bringing. horses can sell them. Foreign
ers viii have their passage paid to Eu-
rope. Colonial rebels are advised to
surrender in preference to being taken
prisoners.
Not word has been received from
the correspondents with General Butler
for three days. 1t is as though Natal
had been wiped off the map, excepting
the heliogram from Ladysmith saying
that the Beers are cannOnading and
that fighting is going on"
It appears that General French's visit
to Cape Town was to ask Lord Roberts
for 1000 more men. Whether he got
them is not disclosed.
Troops are no longer detained at
Cape Town. They proceed Immediate
ly to some point at the front. Three
thousand disembaTked Monday and
were quickly sent elsewhere. No public
reception was given to the arriving
volunteers at Cape Town because they
had to leave Immediately
AS Lord Roberts, since the battle of
Spion Kop has had 10000 fresh troops
to dispose, it is probable that some
have gone to General Butler.
The World says it learns that Lord
Methuen has disbanded Remington
scouts one of the most useful colonial
commands, because he had ascertained
that some members of the corps had
been communicating with the Beers.
Captain Walter COngreVe, who received
the Victoria Cross for gallantry in en-
deavoring to save the British guns at
COlenso, writes:
Il never saw a Boer all day, and I
dc rot think any one else did. Thou
sands of bullets pattered and shells
burst all over the place, but the Beers
were invisible
The Transvaal special war tax Of two
shiuings and six pence per acre affects
5000. 600, acres OF English owned land,
a part of which is not worth more than
the tax.
BOERS ATTACK GATACRE.
London, Feb. While the suspense
regarding Gen. Buffers movements and