The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-09

gressed a rumor obtained currency that
Ladysmith had surrendered. and the de-
preston In the Hobbies had become ex-
treme when an official appeared and In
loud voice shouted: Good news" and
posted the dispatch ehronicling a brilliant
victory for the British troops.
Even the brief official announcement
sent by Gen. White seems to entitle his
success to the adjective brilliant" SO
often misused during the present war.
Reading between the lines of Gen. Whites
dispatch it is evident. that there was a
desperate fight, the British entrenchments
being thrice taken and retaken. and. at
dusk the Devonshire regiment. at the
point of the bayonet, drove out the Beers
from another position which they had oc-
cupied all day long. The news spread
with astonishing rapidity all over London,
and caused an instantaneous change in
the aspect of the metropolis. Smiling
faces were seen everywhere. and even at
the sedate foreign office and other de-
partments of the government great Ella
ton was shown.
The newspapers were all jubilant. The
conservative Standard In big head lines
smith,
DETAILS OF ADVANCE.
A special dispatch from Frere Camp,
dated Saturday, Jan. 6, at p. m., says:
"IAt o'clock this afternoon Gen. Ciery's
division marched out of camp to attack
Colenso. Gen. Hildyard's brigade was on
the left, and Gen. Barton's: on the right,
with cavalry on the extreme right.
1.-THE attack was slowly developed, and
at 4:30 the British field guns advanced on
the center and commenced shelling the
Boer positions on the fiat and between
Hlawan hill and Fort Wylie
about this time heavy thunder storm
ragged over the enemy's positions.
AT $50 our troops were still advancing,
and had reached point very near Col
enso. The naval Al and field guns were
busily dropping shells into the enemy's
trenches along the river and the forts
Of the enemy had made no reply"
MISUSE OF WHITE FLAG.
BALTIMORE, Md, Jan. s.-Secretary
Vanderhoogt, of the Maryland state i'm
migration board, and the unofficial rep
resentatiye Of the Transvaal government
in this country, received today from
Pretoria South African republic, some
important documents. Although the two
packages had evidently been tampered
with, and there was not a line in either
Of the two packages to indicate who sent
them, the censor allowed to pass a sheet
containing the correspondence between
the British and Boer authorities with re-
gard to the abouse of the white flag by
the English. The correspondent says in
part:
Telegram from the : conlmander-in-
chief at Van Rennen's pass to the state
president: Oct 2S.-Gert Won Roeyan,
who was. slightly wounded in the hand,
reported that at the battle yesterday at
Modderspruit, between Elandslaagte,
and Ladysmith, continued from a. m.
to p: M, the troops VINO fled past With
when they reached the Ladysmith divi-
sion. Just before the commencement of
the fight train carrying the white flag
steamed past and began to repair the
bridge, which was burned by Commahd-
ant Nee. When our cannon was leveled
at the train it took flight. 1t appears
that there is a great abuse of the white
flag:
Princlee to the state president: Com
mandant Cronje reports that a body of
Englishmen, pretending to be Of the Red
Cross division, advanced until they got
into position. when they began to fight.
From the top of a kopje they fired on US.
"Commandant Laviera signals from
Nocalton road, Oct. rs: The enemy twice
made use Of the white flag to secure
better positions"
PASADENA, Cal, Jan. 8.-Frederick R.
Burnham. of this city, has been appoint
ed to the personal staff Of Lord Roberts,
commander of the English forces in the
field against the Beers, and will proceed
Immediately to the scene of the war.
Burnham was principal aide to jameson
in the invasion Of Matabelleland in 1894