THE ADVANCE OF GENERAL BULLER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 15, 19 January 1900, Page 2

THE ADVANCE OF GENERAL BULLER.

HEAVY AUTIU.KKY FIIIING HEARD ON MONDAY. [EXTREME CKXK<jI:;-JIUJ- OYER SAGES.Loxnox, J,>>iii iy 17. Tim Times' correspondent wires that very heavy artillery lie ng was hea'd on Monday in the direction of Springfield, whence General Buller has advanced. The censorship over messages will be of an extreme character until General Buller notifies the r.suit of his movements. General Buller, in reporting his casualties, incidentally mentions having made a reconnaissance on the Tugela River at Springfield on Monday. A WAR CORRESPONDENT'S VIEWS. THE SITUATION DIFFICULT. [Pjr Mail Steamer at Auckland.] Lo-ndo.v, December 28. Mr, Winston Churchill, correspondent of the Mdrnhuj Post, telegraplud from Ohiovoley Camp tLat all rankt have cjmpleto confidenca in General Duller, aud there is a stern determinei tion to sutcsed at all costs, A painfu i impression was caused by tho chanj>' i of the commander-in-chief, and thi i toldidis are resolved to vindicate thcii trusted leader. Tho situation, nevertheless, is difficult-, tho Bjer positio* being one of extraordinary strength—high bi!l j , lined tier on tier wit! trenches, and galleries rising from sn almost unfordable river, with a smootl . plain in front. The enemy havo M ihe ranges marked, and many poweifu. L guns dominate all poinds of tho rivet, ' wliilo the diifcs aro conim.uidtd by : converging musketry fi'O from probablj 12,000 Boers. Theio aro sixteen inilw of broken e<un£ry before rcacbirif Ladysoiiih, which demands early reliei