The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-12
WILL RESCUE RHODES.
Kimberley Is Said 10 Be the Objective
Point Of Roberts.
JOUBfRT IS TRYING 10 OUTLAW BulLEP
III Hope that Lndsrmith Can
lie Relieved.

printed In London throws great ligh.
on the war situation. Lord Roberts Is
not engaged in a movement against
Blosmforten, as had been hoped but is
at Modder river and 1t Is believed no
mea1s TO attack General Cronje for the
purpose Of relieving Cecil Rhodes and the
besieged city Of Kimberley whose lnhab-
itant5 have been eating horse meat for
five weeks and whose death rsec has
grown alarmlngly.
General Cronjc has strengthened his
position 10 expectation Of an attack At
Rcnsberg the Beers are strong enough to
take rae offensive
The most depressing news. however,
comes from Natal. The Beers have oecu-
pied a farm south Of the Tuge,a near
Chieyely, which farm is studded with hill $
from which the country can be comma edel
for miles around, 1t is reported fram Dur
ban thai, General Joubsr; is marchr-g with
column OF 5000 men to outfank General
Butler. \ Boer column is operating in
zulaIad ana there seems to be a.arm ia
Natal and fear tia. General Buffers liae
Ct communication Will be gr.acfsd.
Although Winston Churchill telegraphs
that General Butler is about to mlso a
fourth attack on the Beer front, the Lon
don papers call attention. TO the fact that
{ the general has removed his hea iquartcrs
from spei7mu.4s camp to Springfield and
apparently do not believe that Gene al
Butler VIII attack again.
As Tor Lady smith, the military experts
have given mp hope. il is agreed that a
20 lie from the beeagued town would re-
SUIT IN their being cuj to pieces.
The Morning Leaders expert says; Cen
eral Bultr felt that 10 would b. useless to
rerseyere In his al empt to rellave Lady
emEh, which would have cost mo oss
han the number of mea relieved in Lady
smta
I'VE hear now " two attempts to turn
General Butler himsehi one by small
Bogr column marching through zuu and
and another with 5000 men in Natal under
the rcloub.abic Joubert him elf
"Jt Is quite possible hat General Butler
was held on the upper Tugela as muca
10y the ruggcdness OF nature as by the
euemys artillery. He may be SO weak
ON The lower Tugela as TO leave his right
flank and his communications with the
sea open 20 a srong attack Hat he
must make the best of his force Al
he rentorcements to reach South Africa
t'i 70 lilhhteW 10 tblut iNN thi -luttlftu
fcs an attempt 10 enforce passage OF
the Orarge river
These experts note with alarm the APP
poHanco of tever In General Gatacre's
and o'hcr companies Lord Kitchener has
me- 20. % the front yc, aud Lord Roo
oris is not likely TO order geneal al
vance GutH his chies Of staff arrives
Winsia' Churchills diSpatch trcm Frere
camp SUNDAY noon, ssni wi;h General
Rulers approval, IN which b. warns the
Brill h people shat there my be heavy
loss 1ud possibly disappointment from
, Buffers fourth attack says. describing
he las fight IS Maxim-Niakers gun
abandoned by the B1cIs IN douy1 was
1hont TO fall in,o British hands whsl hdt
notorious ru.han, the fears Vl}ieol him
gclf brought back a team q horses AMI
escaped with The gun, threading his way
between the red flashes AMI black clouds
, Of lyddite shells which the British art I.
lcry conc ntratsd on MIN. It was a sqleu-
did ie9t cf arms.
Dur ng the night General Hildya~d for
q tilted himself c-utinually with nu-h skill,
/ building tray6rses ana head cover Goa
, sequeMtly. Enough exposed TO a terrible
shell FIRE IN he fight he only lost forty
2ne. In Twelve mt-utes sixty three shells