Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1900-01-29 | Page 1 | British Leave 1,500 Dead on the Field at Spionkop

BRITISH LEAVE 1 r h hr hI DEAD N THE AT S I 5 I I L LI i 1 1 TERRIBLE DISASTER TO GENERAL W AHRENS ARMY His Defeat at the Hands of the Boers Amounted Amount Almost to a Massacre One Hundred and Fifty Prisoners Taken Wakes lakes a H Hur Hurried r ried Retreat Across the Tugela 3 a a fi Boer Head Laager Ladysmith Jan Jar 25 The British dead d ad left on the battlefield yesterday numbered 1500 London Jan 28 General Bailer Buller says General Warrens troops have retreated south of the Tugela river The Boers say th British lost 1500 killed Wednesday It is believed i here this includes include the wounded The Boers also claim that of the th English troops surrendered at Jan 38 General Duller Butters a h ii 1 t the war WI office states thaS that tha S ink nM p was va abando abandoned on Oft account ii k Sf f water inability to bring ar ariy r ri i 1 S ry iy thI t and toe the tJ heavy Boer Doer fire gives ghe no JIll list of o cas casi ca caU U i J His us whole force withdrew n h f hL Tugela ThO river with the evi eTI 5 1 i L of reaching Lady h i tir route Following is 18 1 the th I r I i Boilers BuDer dispatch dated amp camp Saturday Sat Jan 27 61 i p 1 n ni nII i n II Jan JaIL ID IP i Warren Warrell drove back hack the tM thery then n ry jv obtained of the theu u t h rn vr tr ts of the Wj WIda tableland from frum the t e line Ihie of o Acton Jj I ms i U 5 s mil fl ll to the west Wt westi we t i lu Ltd mith hills From Pron then thea to J S he h remained l hi close cloae clo e contact i is ih ti tho m mL Ti T L lillY held held a strong t position on MI f small nall kopjes str from stretching fromI i iH I L H 0 southeast across a ae the ue sia sian Ii I n i m ni A Aton ton ion Homes Hoi through th S 1 10 Th nil S left bank bR k of the Tw Tv Twi I 2 22 i J position IKS tion held was wa I i I S v G I II l Sir Charles I lend it le but hut did not southern the 1 L ance as steep that W Warren could S i iff active artillery position i S supplies were a difficulty Sold Kohl Poultice Position I II i r I L assented to his ht attack hill indeed ra a av I Ih i 0 IS kp p a large the I Ip evidently S v hUh h h wa Si p but was far tar more I Irm S nm rm S rn the tile north than from fro fIO to l III it of tf If Jan 23 22 he be attacked attack inn huL Ill found it very difficult di kult to toI and aDd perimeter was waa too large I ih h he be had bad been led to be beS I S S in thiS extraordinary dry rund very deficient M t s were weft held all that day attacks and a heavy ur men mea fought fuu ht with great I Ii i would especially mention i t of f I the Second SecoRd Cameron n vi the Third Kings Rifles Rides d 1 l the attack on the moun mount steepest t side and auel in each S and andt to the top c i their way t Fusiliers and andS andI magnificently S I who i he best beat traditions of the theS S T the trying day dayS dayI S md I nd mounted i it MM fought through the dayS day S alongside of them Woodgate who was wea in ia corn cornS beta bern bernS S he i it having who succeeded him S officer 4 ii n M 1 night of or Jan JaIL 24 4 to aban iti i and did so ao before d St H Attack 11 i t I Warrens arrens camp ear p at 6 S Lift a in inS S ud tid decided that a co J I was waa useless and aad SS mys niya right ri bt was too strong strongS AccordinglY I IS it I S n force S S withdraw the force to the theS S 11 Tugela T At C G a m in we corn com comi i drawing i the train and by byS S 1111 Im U 27 2 7 Saturday Warren Warrens a aS S S concentrated south of the OM theS S h hUt ut the toss los of a man or a at aS S S t stores tores should with i t l that the force m 11 touch tou hiD In some acme cases S 1 lO yards yard is 1 were wre Ire less than S m hi the it iti w i i h the enemy lent evidence of ol ofa i J s I think a tl of the troops treo and that we wel weI l I It i to withdraw our cum cuin S S 5 s x and mute mule transports transport S broad rOad with ii yards t 5 j y f t banks and a very swift S nit S unmolested is le i I think proof Pro d dh 1 tri th h enemy ney has been n taught to re fe ur soldiers powers pOwelL i win the tbt morning and the earlier SSU ep epi i S t S f 5 h afternoon a placard bearing S no news hung on the Ute in tier tron n MirK II in front of the tile war omen o Ic and andI 1 I s shivering sentries who stood guard sUId S 1 Pall Mall MaU hi iii the rain ram and 4 meet et t had hadi ht i hr 1 all to t themselves v About S Sl SI l I p m however tile the t WW wal taken m in n and o on the bulletin boards board I I General Butlers long Jon dispatch was wan R die dis played a aI 1 I j Burs Excuses Weak I The Sunday Sudy papers issued l aued extras extra but only Obly the faintest Interest was manifest ed eel in ljj the streets ts At the service clubs the situation as revealed by General Duller Buller was w considered very unpleasant j His liis excuses ex or explanations were char as very weak The Dhe absence of I water which Sir Charles Warren was i led to believe existed ted and the facts j I that was wu indeed a moun tain tin an and that its perimeter was too Wa I large lam ar are all aU mat matters which even Gen eral Bullers warmest admirers hold holdI I should huld have been bee ascertained a before he i attacked j O ne comforting feature ea of va ure the situa I ti tion however 1 ie t the e fact act that General GeneralI j I Bullers Bullets retirement reth across S the Tugela I river liver was wa accomplished t without loss oed which hI ch pu puts a an end e to tb the unpleasant rumors that t were w in circulation hereSo here and So on the tile The rIe splendid g pi Ja lantry try of the tJi men In hi Spion Spin 1 kop kap 10 Ie read of f with ith great pride and i It is in taUn tA Jt C riM jve any idea of the casualties In taking and but ta a report from holding bolding report the Doer Boer headquarters near via Marquez say my that BritiSh dead were left on the battle I Ifield I field fleW This l ls number is 16 thought to in j elude clude the wounded The report also aJo i iI General Butler had been stated that I down with fever but had bad recovered j I If the Boer Doer reports are to be accept I abandonment of loP was I ed NI Uthe the I due Jue to the inability of the British to resist the Boer Boor attack the Boers Doers car ear carrying I the first trenches and taking ISO 1 prisoners The following dispatch has been re received dated in London Loudon from Pretoria S Jan Jan 25 via J Lourenzo Lourenso Marques is bt advIsed that alter after I The government heavy beavy fighting near Rear kop some hoist hoisted British on the kop being stormed i ed a white flag One hundred and fifty lifty I prisoners God be thanked although I we also had to give brave and valuable i BRITISH SURPRISED BOERS nO RS AT Arl I Camp Friday Fri aY Jan 26 morning of Jan JaR About 2 on oa the clouds douds 24 Ove Wednesday when heavy Mavy the Ute main point the kopjes kopje routed rested ted upon i of the Boer Duer position under was I 11 the British Infantry infanto stormed by u w General Woodgate Out Our force crossed ravine and climbed the moun mona over a steadily getting within thirty side line of ot yard yarda of the that first trenches et de dc decamped Boers who had bad been beeR asleep a leep The I camped leaving everything behind and Cheers British with ringing I the climbed be te to the summit The Th be bc hut but It was U fire from apparent ut that they had been taken by surprise and their re resistance resistance completelY was desperate The i iry crest cr of 1 the Infant Infantry and the hill bill was won crept along the th top of the hill bill billAt ry 7 however the Deere Boert At daybreak east I the extreme froit a withering hIgh point tire til on among the lint sent lab ish a which momentarily sta staggered ered I fixed had the range mugs them The Doers Boers I Ito and aDd their artillery sent to a Ute the of several shells right to the top infantry to tyke tg e co coer coy coyer t the crest l ler forcing e al ho o was as A Boer Doer er worked with great groat precision The held the pOSItIOn against 10 strong rein odd odds At t great nad aBd ts were sent ent a up t the hIP bin f the advanced i In skeleton formation extreme enemy being driven hack back to the point MOWED fOYED DOWN AS 18 WITH Ar X SCYTHE Doer Boer Headquarters H Upper Tugela Wednesday We Jan JaR 24 via na Midnight t Jan Some the the outposts on burghers from highest hills of the group rushed into the lager saying yng that the th lost and aad that thai the English E hail had kop imp k p wms wa Ii Reinforcements were ordered taken it but bet nothing could be done one for sorn line up ap envelo enveloped l in thick time Uri the Ute hill bill being mist n ft Carolina At dawn the Heidelberg He delberg and supplemented 5 from other contingents commandos began the ascent nt of the th Three spurs purs precipitous I Mil hill faced the Doer Boer po positions 1 UI p pI tins was Wall made Th these the I horses were left lett under the first terrace j I of rocks the e steep bill ti the Hima B Deem fount found the EngH h had Improved the op opportunity opportunity that and entrenched heavily Be Between Between was ai at an of trenches tween the lm nn s which had bad to be rushed un nit Ul veldt oj 01 en G 1 i i I t S F i i ii I H i 1 f e S S BOERS B DRAGGING A ULoNG LONG S f tt UP A STEE STEEp ASCENT tj Lt f t t j t t t tit t I N NI 1 t it I hi a I L Iter I S t 4 I Ic c I S 5 awi j 4 Sf 3 id T St op f t 4 t r T jh WI n St 7 We S S 5 Mr r S DI T ti qt f 4 f k r 0 A I F pw 0 1 r op I 5 5 T jT S i T S S T WILDEE G IS OPERATING S J f t T der d er a a heavy fire lire not t only from rifles rilles but of anil an shrapnel ud from field guns A 1 Three forces aee aee ildI the Ute three spurs spars I coordinately r a under r cover of o fire Sl from the Fre Free State te Kruppe r p a Cre sot and a j bla bl Maxim Tt lv an d aThe The Boer I by step until in the afternoon I step and W men tent ent when a white flag ag up surrendered be ben bein In hi the front trenches thE head laager ln in pent fent as the continued on The Doer Boer ad ce Many of kopjes kopies east tw were were shot but O numerous Bourn Boers auto automatically the gape filled the burghers that ga Toward twilight they n aLii nj i kopje reached the summit of or the second ond but did not get further British Maxims belched flame The the held beld Wall of fire from but a under Their center b back ck the English this p pressure grad gradually alY gave way and broke abandoning the po position hl of the peak The prisoners despising despising of th tb burghers who to bravery the skyline stood SCOOt against ing cover the Dub of the summit to shoot edges in the trenches Hn Un Fusiliers and Firing continued continue for some some time horse and the light fusiliers the then as infantry threw thre up their theirl serving l t trenches and rushed out of th the arms of abandonment of the The effect hardly he by the English b can I to be ganged as yet but it t must love Immense An unusually unu high proportion tion Uon of I shells did not explode I I 1 I I I BOERS WILL V L NOT BE TO SEEK PEACE I Berlin Jan 58 The Deutsche publishes an interview today to y with Dr which whick him himas himas said MId The W war r wm Will certainly ha having as Transvaal time The T Tran long last a very seek win will decidedly not be ute the first to peace and will m refuse any proposals on the Ote buts baWLs of the status quo London Jan The J tUn corre carre of or the Daily Mail says Dr I Leyda Is a popular non Mon here tr He is be I lug ing welcomed med with sn an extended tended only to the mo most t favor faor ascertained from ad l envoys voys I have haye e unimpeachable CO e evidence that Tie be is If try tryIng on t mediate induce Germany lag Ing to guarantee of the inde independence basis or of a the II T w which wf of the Boer Hoer republics 1 would he tic granted ranted some sonie minor minot territorial J u but not a port rt this latter latterI conces I with a ai negotiation Uon I being l left fr r future having coonon in South i I certain e power Dr Leyds is 16 offering Germany com eom mere 1 railway n and n t mining I Ilie other othAr Inducements In If well l as IUS as w lie lien he lie fails faUs fe s here her he will try I through exCo acrum and Mon Ion an White and St by to Russia It is not likely that envoy enOY will obtain an aR audience o of Emperor William he During his r loll b ly Count von Buelow BuelO no political matters ere mentioned lOW THE TIlE BOERS FIRE illE CHECKED THE RE BRITISH London Loudon Jan 21 iThe Daily D News publishes hee dated ati Wednesday We afternoon Jn but held camp the censor until l by buck back INU Friday Jan Jaa Ja p m The corre ent ys Having gallantly taken a portion of or j mountain during daring dUri last 1 night Geue l Warrens mope Are I ns considerably Ity In hold I it There Then has been fighting lag iq today The Beer shells se splendidly directed and in the face of the enemy Ys s sheavy heavy heaY fire the further advance of r our ourI i forces has MS been len checked I been Again and again t n attempts have I and nd things made to dislodge the enemy a had to look serious had been Men their attacks however as the Doers Boers had bad not in din them the Kings ICings I the ROyal Rifles approaching from Drift side of tie the mountain 1 range ranse began the arduous ascent of or orI I S The igi at the place I they where they arrived Were precipitous and sod their taskS no nought on They i advanced however ho e ii apparently at first without I Vb of the e Boers Boera bu but t t in but the br rave had come they nuu ellow scrambled up little by little I sometimes on their hands anti feet crawling on their knees un ii panting ting and exhausted th they y r rhe che li VB on the top and threw the ground with a n cheer It M was grand grandI S I ly Iy accomplished ac 5 There is ia still the difficulty of o keep keepIng keepIng ing this important tant point without Ut artil artillery artillery therefore then fore is now The Th position lery cry that the British hold at the cast eam end of the range ran e They also als hold the west end The Boers are entrenched in the Intermediate part besIdes bold bolding i entrenched positions on the inS int ing other the which command adjoining aC j kopjes British positions po STOOD THEIR GROUND I IN ix I FACE OF BOER FIRE London Jan 29 A special dispatch from Camp dated Friday and supplying additional of the operations of Wednesday da says i The uThe British made a most successful movement today They rhey deployed to General Warrens right flank and rein reinforced the troops in possession poss ori of TaP T Ta lan They were subjected to a heavy Hoer BOL r shell lire fire but stood their ground nobly Part of General 1 brigade j I on the thc plain ip in it front of Mount Alice and within two hours scaled the i height of under a heavy firs fir One rifleman Who th the summit before his comrades proudly so on top R Satisfied With the Maine Thursday Jan I Cape Town Roberts after visiting the hospital ship Maine Alaine over which he was n conducted hI by Lady Randolph Churchill expressed his entire satisfaction with the arrange mints meats The Maine will sail for Durban tomorrow