The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-23

are being inquired into by Lord Roberts.
| who asserts that he will give the Cape
| colonials full opportunities.
Many Deaths in Ladysmith.
At Ladysmith the deaths from enteric
| fever and dysentery average ten a day.
| Some fears are expressed that the garri-
| son may be so worn by privation and dis
| ease as to be unable to do much In the
| way of helping Gen. Butler.
No More Cavalry to Go.
The war office has decided not to send
| the Seventeenth Lancers, Eighth Hussars.
| and Seventh dragoon guards to South Af-
! rica, although modified. 1t is understood
| that Lord Roberts does not see way to
| get fodder for the English chargers. More
| than that, the English cavalry are too
| heavy for work on the veldt. and Lord
| Roberts expects to use colonial cavalry
| instead
Only n Matter of Time.
| Though there is considerable anxiety as
| to the immediate result of Buffers dash
] at Ladysmth, which later developments In
dicate was undertaken independent OF
| Field Marshal Roberts, the war office has
| now come to the conclusion that the relief
| of Ladysmith is only a matter of short
| time. According to war office officials
| ideas, dash to the relief of Kimberley VIII
| quickly follow the relief of Ladysmfth,
| and then without doubt long spell OF or
| ganization and perhaps three or four
| months will elapse before the column or
| columns will have their transportation in
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meeting with no serious reverses. The lat
! ter conditions are held by the authorities
| to be absolutely essential before any for
| ward movement towards an invasion of
| the Transvaal is begun, hence there is
| some probability of the war ending inside
| of six months.
Mrs. WauchOpe Defends Methuen.
The widow of Gen. Wauchope,in an open
| letter, hotly denies the story that the
| general in any way criticised Methuen.
| She says wauchopes last mention OF
| Methuen to her was contained in letter
! from the Orange river dated November 20.
| as follows:
I! "I expect Methuen will halt at Modder
| river for some days before pushing for
| ward. He has had hard time of 1t. and
must be real gallant soldier to shove
| along as he does"
| woIseIey Also Denies n Yellow story
| Lord wolseley has also issued a denial
| of the report that the war office is in
| possession of a letter from Wauchope,
| written the night before the battle of
| Magersfontein, saying it would be the last
| letter he would write, as he had been
/ asked to perform an impossible task, and
| he had either to obey orders or surrender
| his sword.
BulIer Reports Casualties.
| Just before midnight the war office is
| sued the following dispatch from Gen. Bull
| ler:
| 'Spearman's Camp, Jan. %. p m.
| "The following casualties are reported
| in Gen. Hart's brigade as the result or
Yesterdays fighting: Killed, Capt. Ryall,
| Yorkshire regiment, and five men.
| "Wounded-Second Lieut.. Andrews, Bor-
| der regiment; Capt. MacLaughlan. Innis-
| killings Lieut.. Barlow, Yorkshire regi-
| ment, and seventy-1ve men.
! "Missing-Eight men.
"Other casualties will be forwarded when
| received"
The foregoing was all the war office had
| up to midnight.
| How Warren Is Proceeding.
| The Times publishes the following from
Freere camp, dated yesterday Mondays:
ION Friday Gen. Warren began long
! circuitous march from Trichards drift
| westward. This abandoned, OWNS
| to the fact that the long ridge which runs
| from Spionkop was occupied by the
! enemy, who commanded the route, rem
| dering the maintenance of communication
! for transports impossible. He therefore
| returned and camped for the night about
| two miles from Trichards drift.
| 'Op SATURDAY. frontal attack the
| ridges was ordered"
The correspondent then describes Satur-
days fighting (already cabled) and adds:
1.-THE men behaved splendidly under
| incessant heavy cross fire in q burning
| sun for seven hours. Our casualties were
| for the most part slight, the proportion
of killed and wounded being small"
Pretoria Much Perturbed.
The correspondent of the Times at Lou
renzo Marquee, telegraphing yesterday.
| says:
News from the republics is extremely
! meager, but is Is reported that Pretoria
| Is much perturbed. This is confirmed from
| different sources and today 1t Is even
| limited that the Beers are about to sue for
| peace.
This is improbable until they have
placed their trump card. In the shape of
an appeal for intervention. 1t is an un-
| doubted fact that they are bitterly dis
appointed at the apparent apathy of the
| continental powers.
Beers Active Around Kimberley.
KIMBERLEY, by heliograph. Wednes-
day, Jan. IS. via Modder River, Jan. 22.
The Beers are again very active. bonn
harding heavily from all positions from
dawn until a. m, the fire being directed
chiefly against redoubts-
Roers Fire Furiously.
| LONDON, Jan. 23--The Daily Telegraph
publishes the following dispatch, de-
Iayed by the censor. from Rensburg. dated
Sunday afternoon
Last evening at 8 o'clock the Beers be-
gan firing furiously all along their main
! nnsltion Three tiers of rife fires were