Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-02-01
st. James Gazette Says Butler
has Again Crossed the Tueela
For Another Attempt.
EUROPE ASSISTING THE BOERs
Ten Thousand Trained European
Soldiers and One Hundred
Officers In Boer Army.
MANY DEATHS IN LADYSMlTH


st. James Gazette" says tits reported
on good authority that General Bull
Ter has again crossed the Tugela river
in three places and fighting has been
proceeding all day.
London. GAO p. m.-Feb. 1.-The
/ war Office has no news of General
Buffers alleged movements, as re-
ported by the st. James Gazette, but
the paper says it has no reason to
doubt the correctness of its informa-
ton, although it has not yet learned
the exact positions that Butler has
seized.
| Cape Town, Jan. 31-A British
force, with artillery, is reported to
have occupied Preiska and is now
encamped there. Prieska is on the
Orange river, hundred miles below
Orange River station, and west of
Kimberley.
Hoof Lager, Ladysmith, Jan. 30
All quiet here. "Long Toms" occa-
sionally fire on Ladysmith. Deaths
in Ladysmith from fever and other
causes must be enormous, as we can
clearly see them burying corpses
daily. General Joubert went to the
Upper Tugela yesterday.
London, Feb. 1.--Actual news from
South Africa is of little interest. Bull
Ter maintains silence as to his future
movements, but it is generally sup
posed he is maturing another at
tempt to reach Ladysmith. A letter
appears today from a Hanoverian
officer, formerly of the twenty-second
German infantry, but now among
military advisers of the Beers, which
says nearly 10000 trained European
soldiers, including an hundred Off
GERS are among the Beers. Referring
to the military situation at Ladysmith,
the officer says: Owing to the strength
of our position on Circle Heights.
| like Sedan, we cannot be brushed
aside except by relief column out
numbering us two to one" Owing
to the discovery that cotton khaki
is insufficient protection for the troops
/ sleeping on the South African plains,
the government is starting to reclothe
the forces in the field with woolen
khaki and has ordered $4,000 suits in
Glasgow alone.
London, 2:50 p. MN the absence
of exciting war news the nation and
newspapers had time to discover an
utter lack of relation existing between
the feeling of the people and the tenn.
per Of the government as demonstrat
ed by parliament. Instead of reliev-
ing the grave anxiety of the country
by a declaration of measures it is
proposed to take in behalf of the ma
tional safety, the ministers continue
to demonstrate their inability to grasI
| the situation, by beating the air with
recriminations, self-accusatory de-
fense, and chickering's as to the de
gree of responsibility attachable tt
the respective departments of tht
government. Disgust, almost de-
spair, is noticeable on all sides, il
voiced by ultra-ministerial organs
"The Globe" which says:
"The heart Of the empire seems par
alyzed, while its extremities are in full
vigor. Thus far only one Statesman
; in the front rank has struck the righ
note and that is Lord Rosebery"
Buluwayo, Saturday 20-A messag
! from Col. Plumer, who was at Gaber
: ones, with the Mafeking relief force
says he received a message from Col
! Baden-Powell, dated Mafeking, Janu
ary 18th, saying:
"All well during past fortnigh
), Have been pushing out trenches tc
, wards the enemy's big guns and Jar
uary 10th, their 94-pounder and higl
velocity Krupp, evacuated their posi-
: tions and retired eastward of tn
town, whence they will be capable Q
doing little damage. Have thu
pushed the enemy on three sides we
out of rife shot. Have opened nev
grazing ground for cattle. The en-,
:. my still has two strong positions o
I the east side which we hope to shii
e with dynamite"
II Spearman's Camp-Natal-Th
% is an optimistic feeling in all rank
z The troops are confident of ultimat
success. Great enthusiasm wa
J. aroused by the Queens message an
!. Buffers speech expressing admiratio
4. for General Warren's and Gen. Clery
divisions. and hoping they woul
reach Ladysmith in week. The n
tives persist in asserting that Gener
y Joubert was killed by shell outside