Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-01-27
BRITISH ARE WITHIN
SIGHT llF LADYSMITA
BnlIers Advance Toward tho Be-
lsaguersd City Proceeding
slowly Bit Steadily
mOmENTous NEWS EXPECTED soON
London aEom@nfarilg Looks for rssl-
inee That q gGenerNA EaEage.
anent Has agun--yl
oG iite Experts.

= Spearraan's Camp. Natal, Jan. 2s.--
Noon) Firing of Held guns was
heard early this morning from tho
left Evidently Warren has conlnencsd
bofnbardment of Boeq trenches on
Tabanymna Mountain a brief mus
kerry FIRE was also heard. Among the
prisoners captured Ihnrfday was =
grandson-in-law Of Kruegar
London Jan. ~. Telegrams from
the front indicate that the Horthward
march Of the relief column moving
toward Ladysmith II proceeding
steadily. Authorities here seem satis-
fed now that BuIler's forces are with
ia sight De Ladysmith. that the be-
sieged place n at present safe from
serious attack. no news of real iIa-
pertanee was made public UP 20 2:3o
tliis afternoon and there Is nothing TO
show that the general engagement SO
frequently rumored has yet coma
menced, though obviously news eof
such q battle is momentarily expected.
Prince Francis, Of T'eck, has gone TO
the front
Al special dispatch from Capetown,
dated Friday, January 10, 4 p. M,
says
"The Ladysmith RELIEF force Is
steadily working northward. Heavy
fighting occurred yesterday. The
Be.4rs are retreatingp
"There Is every Indication that the
big fight for the western roads, Lead
inR to Ladysmith, viii take place tor
| day," writes the London Leaders mile
tary critic III its issue today tsatur-
day. Though Ii may have begun yes
| terday, all the artiilery Of Generals
Warren and HildyaTd were not across
the drifts yesterday morning, and the
ammunition train and most Of the
heavier guns were probably then still
south Of the Tugela These indiea-
tions, as well as General Warren's
longer march, point to q serious effort
being made today"
The war critic Of the Morning Post
says:
Sir Charles Warren's intention IS
to turn the right flank Of the Beers
presumably those facing General Igt-
tleton. but whether he proposes to at
tack that flank as he would by de-
scending the valley Of Blauubank
| spruit or to march right around il by
the valley OF Sand river can hardly yet
| he determined. Fighting, When il
comes, may be expected to be heavy
and continuous and the losses may bs
severe. Far from their base at Chieye,
| lev, with the river behind them and
/ with the enemy in large numbers be.
tween them and Ladysmith, the posi-
ton Of the British forces IS not al
easy one
The duke Of Marlborough, ia the ca
pacity of stan ofieer, left for Souti
Africa today. The duchess and heI
mother, Mrs. o. H. r. Belmont, ac
companied him as far as sonthamp
ton. The duchess viii not, however
go with her husband to the Cape. tn
duke does not take q large retinue q
servants to the frontwith him, as ha
been frequently intimated, but Is ac
coinpanied only by his valet, who vii
probably be replaced BY the usual OF
ficer's striker when he gets int
camp.
The departure of the second detach
ment of the London volunteers toda.
was accompanied by the customar,
scenes Of enthusiasm, as they wer
given hearty final send-off on board
ing the transports at Southampton,