Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-16
MUM is THE WORD
The British Get No News from the
Scene of Buller's Move
ment.
The CENSOR is EFFICIENT
An Associated Press Correspondent Reports
Seeing Dead Boers-Report That the
British Suffered Heavy Loss At
Ladysmith.


up to this hour proves the censorshi
will allow nothing to pass until Genera
Buffers plans are executed or hav
failed Even General Roberts, in re
port yesterday evening, refrained fron
mentioning word about Natal OF Bull
Ter. From newsps .t4r columns there i
little news of moment.
The Modder river advices of yester
days date only report daily long rang
Smelling, from which the Beers are sup
posed to have suffered severely.
A dispatch from Sterkstrom, datet
January Is, reports that General Cat
acres troops made a demonstra be
yond Molteno, in the direction of Storm
berg, in the belief that the Beers in.
tended to seize Molteno. The burgher.
We're not sighted, and the British re
manned at Moltenp.
Arrivals from Stormberg estimate
that there are 4,500 Boehs ait that place
mostly revolted colondsts and FIRE.
Staters. President Steyn's brother is a
IJanddrost
General French continues to shell tn,
Boer positions, but nothing decisive
has taken place.
Pretoria, Saturday, January 13.-As 6
result of bombardment at Mafekine
yesterday the British fort at Eastward
was demolished, and the British retired
One Boer was wounded.
Advices from the head laager at La.
dysmith reports that the attack on tina!
place January was disastrous to the
British, and Ladysmith appears to be
in sore straits.
Rensberg, Cape Colony, January 15.-
The Beers this morning attempted tc
rush hill held by company of York
shires and New Zealanders, but Were
repulsed at the point of the bayonet
The Beers had twenty-one men killed
and about fifty wounded.
London, january 16.-Evidence accu-
mulates THAT General Methuen's blum
der ait Magersfontein lost him the con-
fidence of his entire force to- such an
extent THAT it is doubtful if the troops
will follow him in another attack on the
Beers The WAR Office is understood tc
be in possession of letter written by
General Wauchope THE night before the
BATTLE, saying that would be THE last
letter he would ever write, as he had
been asked ito perform an impossible
task, and had either to obey or surren-
der his sword. Am Immediate change OF
the command Of the force may there
fore be expected. 1t is anticipated in
some quarteH's that Lieutenant General
Tucker will succeed MeIthuen.
Ladysmith, january Shy messen-
ger from Weenen, january 16.)-A rep
resentlative of the Associated Press Wis
ited Saturdays battlefield this morn
ing, and saw large number of Boer
dead. The British guns seem to have
worked great havoc. One Boer was
completely disemboweled, another had
his head shot CLEAN off, and a couple OF
others were killed by the same Shell
evidently while eating. Natal Dutch
mem we're recognized among the dead
The British digging graves wehe fired
on by Boer artillery and several were
hit. Soft -iNosed bullets and dumdum
cartridges have been found ON wounded
prisoners. Volunteers CARRIED the Boe1
dead off the hill and handed the bodies
over Ito their comrades ait the bottom.