The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-14
.LADYSMITH RESCUED
FROM The BURGHERS
General Butler Wins a Substantial
Victory.
IBOERS MASSING TO DEFEND
THE CITY OF BL0EMF0NTEIN
Reported Uprising of Dutch Colonists at the
Cape-How Victory Affects London
The Natal Situation

LONDON, March 1, 9 a. MT Is Of
acially announced that Ladysmith has
been relieved.
LONDON. March l, 1852 a. m.-The
War Office has received the following
dispatch from General Butler:
Lyttleton's Headquarters. March l.
e:O5. morning.-General Dundonald
with the Natal Carbineers and COM
posite regiment entered Ladysm tn last
night.
THE country between here and
Ladysmith is reported clear Of the
enemy. / am moving on Nelthorpe'
LONDON, March /, AIS a. m.-Gen-
eral Bullers distinct success in storm
ing PIeters Hill brings the rescue OF
L,adysmith near, but the War once IN
.imated iale last evening that an I'M
meulate announcement OF relieL neeu
not be expected. The gOings 10 ana Iro
al midnight OF officials and messengers
suegested that important news had
been received. III this were the case
| Lord Lansdowne obviously desired TO
| s,eep on it before taking the public
| into his confidence.
AS his message reveals, General Bull
| ler successful attack came after the
nard fighting of Friday, and 1t was I'M
| proyised and its execution begun dur
/ ing the armistice OF Sunday. In pro-
| posing the amistice the British com
| mander stipulated that both sides
| should be free to move. but that neither
| should do any shooting He was
therefore within his privileges in i'm
mediately beginning to transfer his
troops.
weighted with a long list of casualties.
| His losses in the four attempts to get
General White out aggregate 1000.
| Ladysmith is in desperate straits.
| Charles williams, the military expert
saws he learns on very high authority
presumably that OF LORD Wolseley-
that General Whites force Is almost
at its last gasp"
The water OF Kip River is not avail
able for drinking, and TO boil II IS I'M
possible, because Of the scarcity OF fueI.
lIt is thick with putrid animal matter.
Tea made of ! sIls a suspended hOer,
something lik = ef tea. l. is caused
Inv the sewage - ym the Beer camps.
Nr. Williams adds that when news
like this passes under the thumb OF the
censor it more than Offsets whatever
|joUy news may be photographed from
Ladysmith.
There Is no authoritative indication
wet Of what Lord Roberts viii do next
Il seems Likely that a branch railway
will be built across the ve.d- 90 iessea
Ithe difficulties OF transportation. Coo
I Il l
railway. is with Lord Roberts. Inc
Is.rain on the western railway is seen
. from the fact that the population oI
Kimberley, two weeks at,er tne Fs-ll. ne
continues on reduced raL!Ons. Lore
Roberts troops thus far have been on
lIy partially fed.
II is quite clear 20 the technical
heads that those who talk Of an inme'
diate and rapid advance far into th'
Free State do not realize the transport
conditions. The Beers. as IL now ap
lpears, have built railway from HarTl
lsmith to krO0ms,adt 90 facilitate Jh'
. movement OF their troops between Na
= tai and the Free State.
/, Nafeking was holding out on FeOTu
I | ary I6. At that time the Beers WeE'
= showing unusual activity and firms N
| lhammable shells.
: The Beers who hold positions soutl
= lof the Orange River have been weak
; ened.
, lieutenant Barentzen, writing on be
! half OF himself and Of other Scandina
. Iyian prisoners. alirms that there ar
/ no mercenaries in the Boer army an
Iuo volunteers wEo receive a penny 70
E their services.
Gibson Bowl5s. Conservative mem
> / her OF Parliament for Kings Lynn. WI
was much struck by the statement Z
[ Cecil Rhodes the other day. thai ,n
r profits OF the De Beers company .-A "a
yss~ we're 100000 pounds sterling
.~5 +hst there are diamonds i1 Kim
, lTs-rsv now valued az $4,000 pound
! sterling. intends to suggest 20 Mr. 3
} -four. First Lord OF the Treasury. ina
the rescued property be distribute