| Show t KEEPER ER IS TORN TO PIECES IN A CAGE Of 01 LIONS NS I II Vienna Vionna Jan L LOne IOne One of ot the animal keepers ke pers at the Vienna zoological gar gardona I dans dona entered the cage of lions today todar in jn a spirit of or bravado and six sL lions rushed upon him and tore him to pieces The attendants sought in vain with flaming torches to and streams of water to driva the wold wold beasts from their I BRITISH SURPRISE AND DEFEAT BOER FORCES f General French Makes Attack On Enemy and arni aD After Hard Fight Captures Town of Colesburg Was a Comparatively Small Engagement But Has Raised Rai ed the Hopes of the English to a High Pitch r R insberg Cape Capa Colony Jan Jano L 1 General French has hs completely y defeat defeated ed ad e the Joers and an occupied Colesburg The rho be ml continued to keep the Boers Beers on the th move m ve and pressed them closely Saturday Satu and Sunday giving them no time to make moke a prolonged stand and when w day ay broke he lie was within striking distance of the enemy Last night all nh ll the cavalry artillery and infantry the latter riding in Into wagon to increase the general mobility mobility ty started upon UDOn a 8 night march with the object of turning the Boers Boors right The blank operations were vere successful The infantry and field batteries b imme immediately Immediately made nade a feint attack upon the Boor Boer front and while this was proceed proceeding proceeding proceeding ing the cavalry and light artillery got completely around the Hank flank fi a as arranged The worked without hitch bitch The Boers Beers were utterly sur surprised 1 and finding their retreat threat threatened threatened ened fled in disorder to the eastward leaving Colenberg in General Frenchs hands handa Boers Boors Were Wore Confident London Jan Jas Daily Mall Mai has the following dispatch dated Jan Jon 1 from Yesterday afternoon a a big force of cavalry cv 10 and infantry with ten guns under the personal com corn command command mand inand of General French moving by detour occupied some me hills three miles from front Cole berg where the Boers were in strength confident in the natural aid afforded them bythe by the hills hilla around The en po extended six miles around the entire village At daybreak our artillery opened the bat battle battIe battie J tIe tle The Boers Beers were taken by surprise I and replied vigorously An artillery J A A A A A A A A A A L mf 1 ic icI I L tyL I p pty ty IrrE 4 4 9 j fi H Hi j i e T tg r kc i I 0 DE AA 1 o F NOTI C 1 1 t I I q ic t I 2 I 1 t a 1 I 1 a 4 EAST Loli d 4 T r 7 I WAR WAB SITUATION IN SOUTH APRICA I Three Thra British columns after suffering defeat are now halted on their northward mar I 1 I ments BUllS Buller after the Tugela river has fallen back to twenty miles Oat Gat Gatacre acre is rooting resting at after hIs dl detent defeat at rg French h who w was Jt at Ju forth wIth his command Sunday and after defeating the Boors Boers captured the town of COle borg Is amI nd on the tho defensive nearly thirty mIke mUEI from Kimberley duel was Wag maintained mt for two tw hours Then TheR a Boer Boor big gun was silenced but this and the th ether Boer Bonn guns were withdrawn to in the northward whither we are Ble harassing the Boor Boer retreat by bya a damaging shell Sheil fire te Is In ln our our hands and ad the tile few remaining loyalists are arc jubilant We have captured many wagons and a considerable quantity of storm stores store Our loss was quite light but bat the tha Boers Bourn must have hove suffered heavily They may nifty stop at or cross cro tile the river altogether al gether at N t where the bridge is still intact BRITISH ARE Ams IN nr mGR HIGH Greatly Encouraged Over General Frenchs Defeat of the Boers BoelS London Jan 2 The o of Gen General eral elal French in driving the Boers from rom has shot a welcome ray my o ot of light through the gloom of the cam cain campaign in in South Africa Miles Everywhere it itis Itis Itis is commented upon as an example of ot sound tactics and as an illustration of what may be done clone when the right methods me hods are employed employ with the Boers Boer The government is urged to 10 take the thele le lesson son to heart beurt and anI to see that no Moos atone ia Is left unturned in the endeavor to get geb b the largest possible force of or cavalry and mounted infantry to the front Now that General French ha has the Boers Boors on the run the hope is expressed ed that he will give them no sat est t but will wilt harass harato them until they have found their way across acro the Orange river which is twelve miles mUes distant The Tha old wagon route to the Free State traverses travene and crosses creates the rivet river by a a afine fine floo bridge 1240 feet teet loi long It is J believed ed that the Boers Boars retreated toward Norr Nor further east eat and the ques question qu tion thai is whether General Genera French will willbe be able to secure these two bridges bri ge be before before fore roce the Boers Boors destroy them One important result of the of General French is that it wilt w I have hYe V V I t Jj i rii 4 JINI 1 I I I u t 3 iV z 1 4 if 4 i 4 1 t u 4 9 1 4 BA 4 f 4 a 4 a deterrent d effect efte t on Dutch dJ ties tion There is some seine here heft hereto hereto to exaggerate the importance of small meal skirmishes and engagements t It should be borne in mind that General French has only 2000 men and amul so far aa as a the important points of campaign are re coo con concerned the situation te Is virtually un us unchanged changed At Af MAder fter river the Boer appear to tobe tobe tobe be modifying somewhat their line of Q fen e eueral have discovered a 80 a Boer Boor camp established in inthe Inthe the vicinity of Springfield southwest of Colenso by a Free State commando O OA A similar movement has been made at atM M der river rier A i large force fome of Boors Boers it is reported has bus formed a saw new laager bangor laa about fifteen miles down the tile stream tream at Heliograph reports from Ladysmith show how that all was well on Dec 31 The bombardment was being continued but its intensity had rd An official dispatch from confirms the t report cabled yesterday that several officers of the Devonshire regiment were nere Were severely wounded by the explosion explosion sion zion of ot a Boer Beer shell in the mess tent toot tentA tentA A new armored train tram Jima has reached Gen Gas General eral oral Buller from Durban DurbanA A Cape Town Towo dispatch says that an exchange of prisoners is under con consideration The Seventh division will have sailed from England by Jan 11 Ii Lord Wolseley replying to a corre corns correspondent correspondent who had bad asked for information information tion regarding the British artillery wrote Our field artillery is at least leut as good as any field artillery in Phi Eu Europe rope A British firm finn according to the Dally Daily News after keen competition with sev say several several eral American firms firma has hag secured the government contract for tor the new bridge over the river at Colenso The firm arm Is Ie working right and day to complete the order It is said wid that John Churchill I young younger er or brother brothel of Winston Churchill Iu hm will accompany the Duke of Marlborough to the seat of war j BULLERS TASK Difficulties Ahead Abood Render Mender His ms Position Position Position tion Almost Hopeless London Jan 2 The Standards cor correspondent correspondent correspondent respondent at Frere Camp telegraph telegraphing ing on nn Jan 1 l says Sir Charles War Warrens Warrens rens rans division is now nearly nearl complete Its headquarters will b be at E It l rumored here that the guns gun which were were captured from General Buller Bufler at Colenso have been moti Ked In the hills hUls commanding ing the drift of at the Tugela Iua ea river ri r at Springfield The Boers it appears captured OW rounds of ot shrapnel when they took the guns 1 I Bullers difficulties have Ave been bee immeasurably increased d by the thes l s c L enforced delay since ince the t e last engage engagement ment He now las nas before him hin a series ertes of ot walled and fortified hills hill running sixteen miles mike along the line Itne of the Tulela These There are swarming with the enemy posted in positions of great gre t strength and bristling with guns gun while the river in front is jA in ful fun flood The coming battle will wiil certainly be the Stiffest and probably bly the most moet moment momentous ous ou of the entire campaign |
