New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-13
FIRST TOLD BY THE BoERs
Continued from arst page.

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+be,- ,v-, frontier turning movement west
- g-o,s,so nv PotEieters Drift. II successful.
UouId cut or the direct line OF retreat Of the
r.. &C. hurrhers 10 their mountain passes.
-. ,,t5 rot block their way northward
t.. c-.,s-.I White should attack in the rear.
r., lbs we're crowded with loungers last
,irh, eager 70 hear the Important news which
-, 7-s-e confident would come before morning.
Tts-e vas an unwonted air or oustle and
..-err,ess AZ the War Office But hour after
.,,,r nsssed without disclosures. There was
general conviction that the crisis Of the cam
-, had come and that General Butler was in
,o.itiou 70 retrieve his reputation by series
:. -. strokes The dangerous character Of
-. esnk movement by which his own camp
:. r-,,sr-elev would be exposed 10 a counter-at-
ak bv the Dutch was also discerned, and the
rrobsb ility Of a series OF desperate battles
sobsred every one The process OF reconstruct
ing the Cabinet which has been the chief en-
nIovuent Of the marplots and pessinists was
suspended until Butler could be heard from. The
message which would eIectrify or doom 10 fresh
disappointment the English people had not come
- midnight
CASUALTY LISTS FROM LADYSMITH
TIE casualty list Of the Ladysmith battle is
now complete. with Is officers killed. % wound
Il and IS killed and pa wounded OF the rank
and hle The aggregate Of the casualties is
30 Or about per cent OF the probable strength
Of The garrison II for duty. AS the names
represent eighteen military organizations. il is
clear that nearly the whole garrison was en-
cz-ed II the seventeen hours fight This list
sisposes eTectuaIly Of the Boer estimates Of
losses. which General Butler took needless pains
n correct. Those losses were evidently heavy
unless General Whites men were forced TO spare
,heir ammunition Colonel Dick-Cunyngham
cross twerty-one years aga for rallying his men
a the summit OF Sherpur Pass when they were
watering He was with Lord Roberts in the
march - Caadahar. and belonged TO the Indian
school q fighters He was al Majuba and he
vas Wounded a. Elandslaagte with Captain La
fcns. q the Devous Battalion and both were
killed in Saturdays fight Major Miller Wal
mutt another Gordon Highlander. had been con-
srsntly under fire in Egypt, the Soudan AMI
Chirral. had won decoration after decoration
and had been one Of the heroes Of Dargai. His
name Is among the killed. who have avenged at
Ladysmith the slaughter Of the Gordons at
MaJuos Hill. Majors Mackworth and Bowen.
Eho we're killed with nine lieutenants. were Of
fcsrs OF less distinction.
Later dispatches announced the death Of Lord
Ava Lord Dunerin's He had formerly been
connected with the Lancers but was serving al
LABYRINTH with the Medical Corps.
Lord Chelmsford's nephew. Major Thesinger:
Major Simpson Of the Manchester Battalion
and Captain Carnegie. Lord Southesk's son.
we're among the wounded. Major Kari Davis
o. the Imperial Light Horse. who had been
prominent leader in the Reform cause in Johan-
nesburg was wounded on Saturday. After
recent dsshing exploit in destroying the enerny's
guns in Z midnight sortie, Major Edwards who
commanded the Light Horse in the sortie on
Gun Hill. was wounded.
LORD ROBERTS AT WORK
There was little news from other quarters
Of the theatre OF war. The Free Skaters were
reported 70 be impressing every Engishman into
their service Lord Roberts was quietly settling
down 70 work al Cape Town Lady Methuen
has taken early opportunity to deny the ru-
T1ors respecting her gallant husbands falling
health
The freedom Of the City Of London was granted
yesterday in a unique ceremony al the Gudhsu
70 the Imperial Volunteers. who were TO sail on
the morrow for Cape Town
Berlin journals state that the Kr1pp firm has
been officially warned against the delivery Of
steeI shells ordered by the British Government
This enforcement Of a neutral obligation against
England viii not be taken amiss if il implies
security against the shipment Of ammunition TO
Delagoa Bay for the Beers. The Creusot firm
has not been subjected 70 official surveillance by
France
The text Of Lord salisbury's reply 10 the
American Government serves 70 alter the opinion
q experts in international law on one point.
Lord Salisbury has not set a bad precedent for
The United Kingdom. which in any future
with European Power viii have no neutral
DelaEoa Bay. whereas every Continental nation
viii have neutral territory bordering upon it.
He has ruled that foodstuffs are not contraband
unless destined for the enemy's forces. This de-
cision exempts foodstufs not specially designed
for an army or feet and is in accord with the
naval orders given the American cruisers dur
ing the war with Spain. Lord Salisbury's action,
while based upon rulings OF English courts. is
wholly in accord with the continuous American
practice which discrtminates between provisions
for the ordinary use OF life in the enemys coUn-
trv and provisions for military OF naval use
Several questions OF fact relating 10 the owner
snip Of the -four seized az DeIagoa Bay remain TO
be considered before the cases can be settled.
but the cargoes are decided in advance not to be
contra band- The Mashona win 20 through the
prize court The Maria is under the Dutch
fag The Beatrice is under the English flag, and
the facts relating 70 the seizure still IN
known. INF
ODDS AND ENDS OF THE CONFLICT.
LADY METHUEN-s DENIAL-ACIDs AS CON
TRABAND GOODS.
London. Jan 12-Lady Methuen has issued
Al absolute contradiction Of the rumors that
Lord Methuen is Ill or that he injured by
the falling Of his horse al the battle OF Mayors
fortein-
There is z belief in some quarters that Gen
ersl Hector Macdonald will succeed Lord
Methuen in command OF the British force al the