The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-01-10
NOT SO MUCH JOY
ESultatiOn Over Whites Suscess.
ful Resistance at Ladysmith
Saturday
Gives Way to a Feeling That the
General Situation There Is
Worse.
Remarkable Revolution in BOer
Tactics Came as a Complete
Surprise.

General Whites victory is anxiously
awaited, as 1t is generally realized that
there was little warrant for the exulta-
tion which followed the announcement
OF his repulse Of the Beers.
The remarkable revolution in Boer
tactics has been complete surprise to
the British, who had not reckoned on
the weakened garrison of Ladysmith
being subjected to such q courageous
assault, and it is realized that General
Whites troops cannot be expected to
greatly prolong such an arduous de-
Tense In some quarters it is consid.
cred unaccountable ,ha, General Butler
did not press his attempt to effect q
passage Of the Tugela river while the
Beers were engaged northward. and
the comment on his apparent supine.
ness Is nowise complimentary.
From the Bo-r headquarters il is said
that General Butler is constructing
subsidiary railroad from the main line
to Colenso. wes,wardly. in the diSec.
tion of Potgieter's drift.
Iso-rs stin FortiSyine.
Advices from the Modder river say
the Beers continue 10 extend their
works and il Is estimated that 10000
men are required 10 defend them.
The prisoners captured by the Can.
adams and Quecnslanders a, Sunnyside
are going 10 Cape Town for trial as
rebels.
The Canadians expressed intense in.
al "a l.a "a
ers We're British subjects.
The colonial troops continue TO earn
warm praise on the hillsides. the la,es,
example of their effective work being
recorded in the dispatch 10 the London
Times dated Jan. from the Modder
river. which said that the news from
Belmont which showed that the Can
adams and Queenslaniers had been 50
energetic in that vicinity tha, the Beers
had been compelled 10 deser, a large
belt Of the Orange Free State territory
across the border.
Fpeneh's Casualty List.
Little change is apparent in the posi-
tion at Colesburg. General French re-
ported TO the war Office Sunday morn
ing. Jan. Z. that he had reconnoitered
with squadron Of the Household cav
airy on the Beers east flank. two miles
from Achterlang. and drew n consider
able force Of the burghers. who. being
anxious for their communication with
Norvalspont. withdrew.
The casualties of the Sutfolks near
| Colesburs Were:
killed-Coronel Watson and Lieut.
ants Wilkins, Carey and White and 23
men.
Neutrality-suspicious. Brett. Thomson
AMI Brown. and Lieuenants Rants,
| Allen. Wood. Martin and Butler, and
/ l0; men.
Wounded d-Twenty-one men.
General French further reports that
| the casualties Of the other regiments 10
Jan. were IL men killed and "a
wounded.
The queen has telegraphea her con.
gratulat,ons aud thanks TO General
White and his troops of Ladysmiih.
A dispatch from Frere Camp last
Sunday night said all was quiet there.
thus dispelling the widespread hopes
that General Butler had followed ny
his demonstration before Colenso with
an effective move elsewhere.
Object to Bosr Gold.
The London Times correspondent at
Lourenzo Marques cables that although
there is no guarantee that Transvaal
gold is Of standard value the Portu-
guese government compels the local
banks to accept it as legal tender at the
same rate as British sovereigns. thus
giving the republics every facility FOX
extensive transactions here and remit
ting money to Europe"
Continuing the correspondent says:
ut is u question whether the Portu.
ruese order is not y breach Of neutral.
ity."
The latest news from Bloemfontein
saws the officials there recognize thai
they must evacuate the town at IN
early date and are securing houses III
Pretoria.
It is also announced that the hospitals
Mt Bloemfontein and elsewhere are
hacked with wounded men.