Show hp THE AT I I TERRIBLE DISASTER TO GENERAL W ARMY His ills Defeat De eat at the thc Hands of the tile Boers Amounted Almost to a Massacre 01 One Hundred and Fifty Prisoners Taken Makes a Hur Hurried lied ried Retreat Across the Tugela Tug l Boer Head Laager Ladysmith Jan 25 The Th British dad Jad left on the he battlefield yesterday numbered 1500 1 London Jan 28 General Buller Duller says General Warrens troops have retreated south of the Tugela river The Boers wy ly y th British lost 1500 killed Wednesday It is believed hire h re this includes the wounded The Boers Bors also claim that II of the th English troops surrendered at H lI Jan 2 General Bailers Bullers 1 Mth Ith V Ii t to the I ht war oak om states that tt I uk p was wa abandoned on account nt I ik K lit f 1 water inability to bring MI ar arry r ry ly there and the Uie hevy Boer lire o pra Buller gives no DO I list lat of cas c cI ns II Ills His I I is whole force foree withdrew I n Hh ih J nf f the I hl Tugela river er with the evi I j t ut of II r route rutt Following is 18 the tM i t Butlers Buller dispatch dated amp camp Saturday a Jan 37 27 1 l I i 1 I p MI m mII 1 II it JIM J 1 1 ID t Warren Warrell drove dr ge back hack the fl 11 obtained possession po of ol the tn it rn n It vests rests ts of the Ute high hIsh tableland Militia from frum the he Une UDe of Acton ActOR mil I il H to the west welt we t tt V t Lit 1 smith mith bills hills From then to he hr hi remained ft In lit close contact It ti r lb ti t i Ti held a strong position on oni L i ng I t 1 small mall kopjes stretching from froni s I to southeast across the tile pU t t u I i ni rn Acton Aton Homes Home through tb n 11 to tn 4 the left bank of the Tu TuT i t j T h Actual position held 73 1 JW r rf f I I Ii II I I J I i I v I General Sir Charles Charlen Warn I tenable hot but did not at lend It Itt t tl Il i an advance as the southern I I is s were wre tre so steep that Warren could set tl tI aa au effective t artillery position po I I water at r supplies were a difficulty f I Hold Bold Position I n Jan 23 2 J I assented to his hia attack S a large hill indeed a which was waif wa evidently the i 9 the position but was waa tar far more moreil il k from rom the north than from fromuth auth uth mth n the night of Jan JaIL 23 s he be attacked but found it very difficult to toas toa toas as a its perimeter was too large and aDd which b he be had Md been beon led to be in this extraordinary dry was found very v y deficient rents crests were held all ail that day I Fevere severe attacks and a heavy Our men mea fought with great I would especially mention j net Wt of the u Second Secund Cameron I ind mcl the tile Third TI Kings Rifles Rines the attack on 00 the moun the steepest side and aDd in each eb ht their way to the top and id I d Lancashire Fusiliers i and I F who magnificently I I 1 the beet best traditions of the themy themy my throughout the trying day I and mounted who fought t through the day 11 Ii alongside of them 1 il II l Woodgate who was in com corn the summit having been beeR the officer who succeeded him I In In n the night of Ut Jan 24 If to aban and did diet so 80 before oce ocen n ft 2 ond Attack Ue s i l Warrens Warren camp at 6 i a Lift m mand and decided that a second n was warn useless u elees and right ri bt was too strong ne ne to force It Accordingly I withdraw the force to the Ute he Tugela la At I a m Ri we corn eom the train and ancI by Jan 27 21 7 Saturday Warrens s concentrated south of the ut the toss loss a of a man or a stores ct t that the force fOlCe should with within in tu actual touch in some ome cases casesi c i 5 were ere less leu than 19 1 yards ith the enemy in ta the manner ner it Iti i 1 think sufficient evidence of at ofal ale alc al of nf the troops and that we e emitted to withdraw our cusa curn curna x a and mule across er yards bread broad with w foot fot honks bulks and a very v 7 swift it t unmolested is 18 I think proof ht hl h my has bas been taught ta t to re ie our ur soldiers fighting powers rin Mn the morning and iid the UM earlier of the t he afternoon a placard bearing words wor s no news newe hung bit hlll on en the Ute iron ironing ironIng ing ng in front and of the war o shivering sentries wInk who stood guard I all Mall in the rain ram and ancI meet slet had Md strict cL all to themselves VeL About 3 N wever the tile placard pleaM was as taken J i L tt fl th the t boards inside i J f r General Bullers Butlers long dispatch dl patch was as dis displayed displayed displayed played Bullets Excuses Weak The Sunday papers rs issued extras but only the faintest Interest was manifest manifested t ted ed in the streets At the service clubs the situation as revealed by General Buller Huller was waa considered very unpleasant His excuses or cR explanations were char characterized us an ft very ry weak The absence ot or water wate which Sir Charles Warren was led to believe existed and the facts that was indeed a moun mountain tam lain and that its perimeter waa was too teo t o oare large are all aU matters matter which even Gen Gee General General eral Butlers Bullers warmest admirers hold should guld have been ascertained before ie e attacked I One feature f ure of the situa situation tion however is the fact that General I Bullers Hullers retirement across S the Tugela river was waa accomplished hed without loss I 1 which puts an end to the tile unpleasant I rumors that were in hi circulation here 1 1 on tt p th tile the continent t The splendid gal pl i letry try of themen ti ib oJ men aeD In ta capturing i kop to Is tend ad of r with wit great at p Pil W and d i satisfaction It is bLUin as 5 tk the ultimate give any I idea of the casualties in taking and holding but a a report from fromi I i the Boer Hoer headquarters near Ladysmith 1 I via Ix Marques Marquez say y that 1 i British dead were left on the battle battlefield bIlt battlefield field This number is thought to In Include I I elude clude the wounded The report also I stated that General Buller had been II I down with fever but had recovered If the Hoer Boer reports are to be accept I I ed the abandonment of was wasI due to the inability of 0 the British to I resist r the Boer Boor attack the Boers Doers car carrying fie first trenches and taking prisoners The following dispatch has been re ye received in London from Pretoria dated datoo Jan 25 5 via Lourenzo Marquez Marques Jan Tan 25 2 The government is advised adl ed that after alter heavy fighting near S io kop some British on the kop ko being bein stormed hoist hoisted hoisted hoisted ed a white Hag One hundred and fifty prisoners God be thanked although we also had bad to o 0 give brave and aad valuable 1 BRITISH ISH SURPRISED II BOERS BJERS AT Al I II I 1 Camp Friday Jan 26 About 2 on the morning m of or Jan 24 4 Wednesday when heavy clouds rested upon the kopjes the main MaiD point of the Hoer Boer position po Ta Taya was 88 stormed by 7 the British infantry under General Woodgate Our force crossed over over a ravine ind Uld climbed limbed the moun moon 11 side aide getting rt within thirty yards ards of the first line UIt of or trenches treece The Boers Boer who had bad been heen asleep de Ic decamped decamped camped everything behind and the British with ringing cheers climbed to the summit The Boers Roses be began beAre pEn gan dr Are from but it was 18 I apparent that they had been taken completely by surprise and their re resistance was desperate The crest of the hill bill u was s soon won and the infant infantry ry El crept along the top of the hill At daybreak however the Boers Boer from a high point on the extreme east eat sent a withering Ire flee among the tile Brit British BritIsh ish which momentarily staggered sta them The Boers had the range muge fixed to a nicety and aud their artillery sent several everal shells right to the top of the rest crest eSt forcing forcin the infantry to take lake cov cover cover er A Boer also ls was worked with great precision The British held the position a great odds At 10 strong rein reinforcements reinforcements were sent ent up the hill bill and anda advanced a in skeleton formation the enemy being driven hack to the extreme point BRITISH MOWED DOWN DOYN AS WITH Ar 1 SCYTHE Hoer Boer Headquarters Upper Tugela Tulle Wednesday Jan JaR JaRM W 1 Midnight M t via Lourenzo Lourenso Marquez Thursday Jan 26 iSome Some burghers from froen the outposts on o the highest hl he t hills of the group rushed into the laager saying that the kop hop was ws w lost Joet and that the th English had taken it Reinforcements were ordered up but nothing could be done e for ci some sometime Ine time tune the hill being enveloped in thick nd ft At dawn the Heidelberg and Carolina contingents centa supplemented from other commandos began the ascent of the hill bill Three ThIH spurs precipitous pr projections jec faced the Boer Boor positions lp Up these se the advance was a made The horses were left under the first terrace of or rocks Scaling the steep hill the Boers found that the had bad improved the op opportunity opportunity and entrenched heavily Be Between Between Between tween the lines of f trenches was an which had bad to be rushed rUBbed un u 1 r i 4 r a tt I 4 3 t tI t 4 wl jr t U 14 3 Ji Jit i i SYr 1 s J t 3 Rs ms DRAGGING A LoNG CL UP A ST STEP EP ASCE ASCENT 4 c t i 4 t 4 3 fr 9 j jS i 1 S N I Ii 1 i I a i i 4 S en Ft Aoe fr p 4 1 00 4 C 0 S ft A e t apR t t s 4 L J I rE T 1 J WRE IS 1 1 A 1 I 1 i A L 1 I A 1 4 1 L i i A A l 1 i 1 r A L A A A der de r a heavy fire not only from O 1 rifles rUle 1 but of f a 1 shrapnel from m field guns 11 I Three fw for forces es a ae the ue three th spurs coordinately under u r cov cover r of o 0 fire from r the Free State a Creusot and a abig i bi big I TR o rush tile Boers B with t felt but t their iq before o the Boer Boe rl g The rhe le Boer p ty advanced a n d i step by step until t j in the afternoon 1 when a 8 white nag flag fent lent ent up and ISO 50 men I In the front trenches surrendered be beIn beIng i ing In sent as prisoners to the head laager The Boer B r ad ce continued on the two kopjes east of Many j Boers were shot numerous were the burghers that the he gaps tilled auto automatically automatically Toward twilight they reached the summit of the second kopje but did not get further j The British Maxims belched flame fiame but a WK wll of Ore fire from held the English Engish back bak Their center under this pressure pressure gradually grad ally gave save way and broke brol e abandoning abando the position po The prisoners speak highly of the bravery of the burghers who despising despising despising ing cover stood against the skyline edges of the summit to shoot the Dub Dublin Dublin Dublin lin Fusiliers sheltered in the t e trenches Firing continued for some som time and then the fusiliers and the light horse hOr hOrse se serving as infantry threw up their arms and rushed out of the trenches I The effect of the abandonment of by the English h can hardly be I as yet but ft h t must mu t prove to be immense An unusually high proportion proportion tion of shells did not explode BOERS WILL NOT BE TO T SEEK PEACE I Berlin BernD Jan The Deutsche publishes be an interview today with Dr Leyds L s which represents him himas himas himas as having said Mid The war will certainly last a very velY longtime 10 long g tIme The Transvaal will decidedly not be the first to seek peace and will refuse any proposals on the t bestS basis of ot th the status quo London Jan Jait K The in corre correspondent oC the Daily Dally Mall MAn says Dr I Leyds is a n popular J lion here He is be being I ing lug welcomed med with an enthusiasm m ordinarily extended tended only to the moat favor favored favored ed d envoys s I have ascertained from I unimpeachable evidence that ho h in Is try tryIng tryIng I Ing to induce Germany to mediate on the basis of a guarantee of the inde independence independence of the Boer Doer republics which would be he granted some orne minor territorial I concessions but not Rot a port this latter latterI I being left for h future negotiation with a certain power having colonies in South Africa Dr Leyds is offering Germany GennaRY com corn commercial commer mercial mer lal railway and nd mining monopolies monopolies I lies as welt wall as other inducements If It Ithe he fails laila here he M will wiM try tr Washington n through Macrum l acrum and Mon Montagu Montagu Ion White Whit and aDd St S1 Petersburg by an envoy to Russia It Is fe not likely that he will wilt obtain n an aft audience of Emperor William During his reception r by hy Count von Buelow no political I matters I vere dere mentioned HOW HOY TilE BOERS FIRE IRE CHECKED THE BRITISH London Loudon Jan The Daily Dally News publishes he a dispatch dl dated camp CAmf Wednesday W afternoon but held back by the censor until Friday Frida Jan Jaa 24 II f 49 4 p m is The corre correspondent correspondent says ay Having gallantly taken a portion of 1 mountain during last Jast i night General Warrens troops are I II finding considerably difficulty In hold boId holdi holding i ing tn tt it There Thaw has b s been bet 7 fighting I I 1 today too y Th The Boer Beer shells ai ari a splendidly directed and In Lu the face of the tim 1 heavy fire the further advance of C our 1 S has been checked Again A aln and again attempts attempt have been made to dislodge the enemy e y and ana things had begun gun to look serious Determined 1 as had been Men their attacks however the Boers Beers R rs had not succeeded au in diE dis dislodging lodging them thom le the Kings I Royal Roya Rifles approaching from the Drift side of or the mountain range began the arduous ascent of C The Th at the place where they arrived were precipitous and their task as no light one They advanced however i n 04 apparently at first without knowledge of pt the Ute Boera Boers but before beCot fd r tj th they be bt onn t 11 enemy enem The last part Dart of the hill bill was 8 even mg n WU Jo a along alone I winch they had bade c e C u fellows fellow scrambled up little by little lIl sometimes on their hands and feet feel f sometimes crawling on their knees un tH l panting and they reached the top and ew themselves clOwn on the ground with a cheer It was grand grandly ly 10 accomplished r There Is still the difficulty of keep Ing this important point without artil artillery artillery artillery lery The position therefore th en COn Is te now that the British hold at the east end of the range The They aIm alse hold boil the west end The Boers are entrenched in the intermediate part besides Hold Holding Holding ing other entrenched on the adjoining which command the British positions po STOOD TR GROUND I F CE OF BOER FIRE London Jan Tan 29 A special dispatch from Camp dated Friday and supplying additional details of the operations of Wednesday says s The British made a most successful movement today They rhey deployed to General Warrens right flank and rein reinforced reinforced reinforced forced the troops in possession of Ta They Th were subjected to a heavy Boer shell sell fire but stood their ground nobly Part of General brigade extended an the plain lal in front of Mount Mice Alice and within two to hours horns scaled the height of under a heavy firs fire One rifleman rifleman WOO who reached the th summit before his comrades proudly on top Satisfied With the Mane Maine MacneI 1 I Cape Town Thursday Jan 25 Lord Roberts after visiting the hospital ship Maine over which he was conducted by Lady Randolph Churchill expressed his entire satisfaction with the arrange arrangements merits ments The Maine will sail for Durban Durham tomorrow |