| Show SOUTH AFRICA IS ONE ONEAll I CREAT BATTLEFIELD All the ilic he British Forces On tile the Move Desperate Fighting at Tugela River Buller Drives the Boers Back Ba k and Captures a a Hill Heavy Loss of Life f I Lor t i L Feb Vb X IThe The Britten columns col a 5 aT putt Uti themselves them hi motion in all If f the thi South African war fleW jait 1111 i rL ned attack upon the Boers Beeva ap api ap l 1 i be in progress General B Rut i k L rained gained a footing on the plateau r rr r r the Tugela TUIL after alter two days n jari IT t I f far fa western border bord Lord Let Me MeU M Mt t U t begun a turning movement 1 t he iiI i Hoer i r right gh while wIe General y ola vi 1 d 1 threatens the tile seer Boer s rhu thu iving ing ng the on Lord Lordi i L ij hd n i ns it s front Ld who according accord to t en n a nin in fl close touch with the she war wari iio i i in n tho th lh middle of the ther theatre ii HI r ha haS gun to march oa on Bloem Bloom i Th IS haw have ha e taken the initiative against General Gatacre attacking iv WJ w of f his h hi position at t It really rally looks as aa though the general f a rd movement 0 o long talked of v iv r I in fl progress I II i I Bailers third attempt at re j irvng ng Ladysmith Lad attention Telegrams T rams of from to O w worda from trin a izen dolzen correspondents cO t have haTe hav been bS jm To i 1 by b the th enor who has haa aar H Pv p Iv l messages written on oil Monday or Tuesday to 10 Wednesday at atc c p m From these them It i ta ia clear clar that Buller up to Tuesday ay evening hai bajt taken ont one fl hill bill had bad repulsed a 1 r counter lUnter 0 attack a and aDd was holding i 11 h i I iii in against a aln t an enfilading fire firer from r m rn Spion K Kop KO p and Doo Klo f His Him HimI I l si as al IS mentioned by one tint 1 lit Ii are a ar fe 50 O OTI Th TI fly telegrams from om Boer Beer sources rt t that one of General Buller Bullers BuU at t to tA seize ize the fords failed but hut Butth th admit that he be has bu lodged force on onor or kopje Light on General Bullets P rat ions ceases aee here the war nn contributing any information TAKE T J HILL luLL IN L FA lE lEOF OF A TERRIBLE ini Camp Wednesday i Buller commenced com 1 n 1 advance for the tile relief of Lad Ly th J Monday In The naval guns opened pe peIn c in J the th morning and a feint tack attack i ruit t in front of our position pc 1 a Ii ns advanced toward t wald the their ir k Jn n ith six ix batteries At 11 k tho th t he Ro rs opened with artillery I 1 i i Id nl several shell Sheila among the die thet t ii t infant who retired one hour hoar J r J a rigorous attack was wa waT T f ki k on n the th extreme right where the 1 I fl s expeditiously a ani ai ni n i several pieces of cannon T amun the trees treon on Kop 1 TIU d 1 I h vily ily The British in IB iry r advanced a and the Boom Boer were WO ere erey y d 1 4 vuk Ik k a high hill bill a continua f I th h had baa been 1 The operations were excellent excelle t r The name of the hill taken Kruz h Li Z Tn n i j ail of the Boer Boor pos poss II t s f rum umed d this dale yesterday nir ne fi Tnt The Boers Boors worked a i C from froni the high h i f MI 1111 inz v on the right of the kill hill r Iota lut the British shells ex ox exi exma i magazine ma and aDd the gun p was waa wasU U 1 i f action altion until late in the thery V j r t k try ry fire lire was waa intermittent until fl i n when the Boers Boors made a aJ ar J r T effort fort to retake the MIL kill billU U nt rushed up cheering cheer the theS l S r d and the British S i anig ng the ridge HIIE BAC BACK A BATTLE I 1 F KI h s j The Standa has bas from Spearman Camp Campi i The force f under Gen Gem GemS S again agala advancing to the i 1 and ad after two fighting it may fairly made a good pod lust first step the 1 he besieged town nt was begun at an Monday morning by b rs Drift The Eleventh a part put of the Fifth General t Warren WaITeD made ix In on n the kopjes on our was delivered red at r 7 Over cover of naval guns gung and subsequently un unI I l batteries advanced ari aced steadily to te t position at ati i 1 kept the enemy y bus IMas hile this diversion waa w wa of the Sunday night t i 1 e moved along atthe at the K Iop p in the tile direction of was as thrown across acro t f be OP e engineers under the IIi The first battalion to ton n 1 the t h forenoon was the j infantry fantry of General I T of I try ry They advanced j K it which w ich lies on the I d i 11 t Ladysmith and at af h d Jo l l work ark they got stance of the Boon Boers the he kopjes was carried 1 1 iT 11 print of the bayonet n l Absent elm mim r y t ti tallon rifle rine brigade n kopje and after n 1 ho hi h long iong ridge they I 1 i 1 tf It spot pOt iLl 1 t i t tk k at hay har ha 1 ih i jUl in preventing the n of f i th r enemy at the die it h Eleventh brigade MS teU ur un t f the operation tion both try ry n j the K artillery had leen 1 oem een t a v tre re shell bell fl fire IY iv J at 4 I ta jn the af h I n J nomy encouraged d doubt demba r i 18 at Spion Kop en ea the ta 1 It VaaL aal Krantz Kran They k h wen were however wever t with loss loa k o f far ar haa t tire done The shell t poured In by the 0 n s r I remy severe but t sue r comparatively It ur infantry t at a l I few te prisoner in the of their I charge cha TIle Tie Tl enemy enem as usual fought with I the Utmost most molt stubbornness The British maneuvering and the accuracy of aim aimon Ion t on the part of the British art artillery lery dur ma tag the fighting on Monday were be 00 beyo yo dl There is not the slightest tHat tat the Boors Boers will III succeed In dislodging us from the positions po wa wo w i have bave gained pined and the prospects of the relief ff of are decidedly hope hopa nil ful DOERS CLAIM THAT VICTORY WAS 11 AS THEIRS Boer Beer Head Laager Langer u th Feb c v yesterday the British with naval and and other guns PD have bombarded oar positions on the upper Tu The Tho I crossed the rI r at that point and drift with the object of or storming our positions At the tM former fonner 1 General Burgher Mat best them baa baca and they in great confusion lon The nt fighting continues at Koen drift with the derton and Johannesburg Joha commanders ers There were no z casualties on our Mr ourbe be cannonade was wan the fiercest yet experienced There was a 8 continuous roaring all day long lo This morning Jt recommenced with an increased number of t run rum Fura Further er reports rep rUl of ot yesterdays ye lug Inc at Upper Tugela river s show ov that th t the British lost st l heavily at Pont drift but took an aft Important position a email kopJe on on the Melon YO drift dr Tour row Boers Doers were killed The ken Ices is 18 unknown They are of at the t kopje and the big have bave ceased ADV J eE HAS BEEN BEEK CHECKED London FOb aA A special dispatch dl from camp dated We c y FH 7 Our further advance IB is at sf the moment prevented as tf tb Doers Boers edId u its lite on Spion Kop and t bur nr ur casualties although at a aft trifling considering C the tile great importance of the t movement m e nent just t con eOn I GOING TO THE TEB FRONT I L Lord rd Roberts and General Genen Kitchener Leave Gape Cape O pe Town London Feb 7 Interesting news comes in bt the announcement that Field Marshal Lord Lon Roberts chief of the British forces in South Af At Africa rica lies and a his chief of staff Major Gsa Gen General eral Lord Kitchener have left le t for the j I front As this information was WM held up for several hours by the censor it 1 I to indicate that an important move m ve is Ig on foot toot A dispatch from dated this morning announces a that the Boers Boors 11 are attacking General Gatacre from 1 two directions Firing was then pro IHO I by the outposts A delayed dispatch dated Monday Feb 5 says ys a body of troops left the camp Feb Fe 3 and that important developments were expected It is quite probable this explains e Lord Roberts Roberta departure and that the 1 chief wishes either to be present at or supervise the long intended movement by General Gatacre to join forces with General and thence i strongly General French Fre ch com coin ting the work at Co berg I and ud establishing without fear of serious I f opposition the advanced fn nr I I main movement Tins Tills of course is greatly supposition and it can an be confidently said that the departure of Lord Roberts and L rd t Kitchener for the front does not indi cate that the main advance has bas begun The commanders C will probably be back baek in Cape Town within a short abort time It is pointed out that the term going to the front must not be interpreted ted into the idea that a great movement upon ua Pretoria by way of has hall seriously commenced It will be a a month or perhaps much longer loncer before this can be brought about In the meanwhile the preliminary steps are likely to liven the campaign with sharp fighting and news from Il and is eagerly awaited When the dispatch announcing the fighting on the Upper Tugela was pub there was the usual scene cene of ex en on the streets The big DIg pla pia cards attracted newspaper per buyers buyer bU r and an d the news DeWS was waa discussed eagerly in all I quarters There was notable excitement in the I bouse of commons where in addition to the announcement that Buller Belier I had bad crossed the Tugela Monday and was advancing on Ladysmith a news agency pney telegram t was waa posted saying art that NO additional ambulance stretch et era en had been een sent to the front from Durban Dr Leyda Ley Is Displeased Berlin Feb Peb 8 Dr Leyds leave leavea Ber lin Un very much dissatisfied because of the refusal of ot Emperor to re receive ve ce buu his chagrin c n not being sea sen sensibly I sibly ted by y an invitation to din dinner dinsee I see ner from lerr err von wedel Vedel minister of or I the e royal myal He now no expects exp cam to go CO to St Petersburg when w en the weather moderates erate More fora Troops to Go Gix London Load Feb rob l 1 Three thousand mi ml lids H a have ave a ve been ordered to prepare for forThe T The e obsolete guns gnus at Ute Uie t various coast defenses deren M are being bel re replaced placed with modern m naval guns The Tb TheS S I government is preparing pr a plan to be De S submitted to for the con v of tre tte yeomanry volunteers and mintia ml tia into a welt well and ADd prop elly equipped army anny for home defense Fighting at t fue Town Feb 1 Fighting began thai th morning at Ster roem and te lcJ teJ I Iw j J pw w tn In n progress No 0 detail ai have ha been ed T |
