Show BRITISH VINI DBsperate Batte at Laly smith in which 1i Britons i are Victors ENGLAND TAKES HEARt Boers Repulsed Everywhere I with Heavy Loss I I THE FIGHTING I WAS TERRIFIC I I Somo of tho Intrenchmcnts on Wagon Hill were Three Times Taken by tho Burghers and Retaken Re-taken by the British News of the Brilliant Victory Caused an Instantaneous In-stantaneous Change in tho Aspect of the Metropolis of Great Britain Smiling Faces Seen Everywhere Newspapers all Jubilant Despite De-spite the Victory However the Situati < at Ladysmlth is Wore The Beleaguered Force is Getting Very Short of Ammunition Buller Apparently Unable to Help White London Jan STho War office has just published the following bulletin from Gen Duller Frere Camp Jan SThe following Is from White dated 2 p in yesterday yester-day An attack was commenced on my position but was chiefly against Caesars Cae-sars camp and Wagon hill The enemy was In great strength and has pushed the attack with tho greatest courage and energy SOle of the Intrench ments on Wagon hill were three times taken by the enemy and retaken by us Tho attack continued until 730 p m GALLANT BAYONET CHARGE One point In our position was occupied occu-pied by the enemy the whole day But at dusk In l very heavy rainstorm they were turned out of this position at the point of the bayonet In a most gallant manner by the Dcvons led by I Col Park Col Ian Hamilton commanded com-manded on Wagon hilt and rendered valuable service The troops have had n v pry trying time and have behaved excellently They are elated at the service ser-vice they have rendered the Queen BOERS REPULSED I Tho enemy were repulsed everywhere I every-where with heavy loss greatly exceeding exceed-ing that on my side which will be reported re-ported as soon as the lists are completed com-pleted Not since the day of Gen BoIlers reverse re-verse has such a crowd of Inquirers visited the War office As the afternoon progressed a rumor obtained currency that Lulysmlth had surrendered and the depression in the lobbies had become be-come extreme when an olllclal appeared ap-peared and in a loud voice shouted GOOD NEWS Good news and posted the dispatch chronicling a brilliant victory for the British troops Even the brief official announcement sent by 1 Gel White seems to entitle his success to the ad I jcctlvo brilliant ao often misused during dur-ing the present war WAS DESPERATE FIGHT Reading between the lines of Gen Whites dispatch It Is evident that there was mL desperate fight the British Intrenchmcnts being thrice taken and retaken and at dusk the Devonshire regiment at the point of the bayonet drove out the Boers from another position posi-tion which they had occupied all daylong day-long SMILING FACES SEEN The news spread with astonishing rapidity ra-pidity all over London and caused an Instantaneous change In tho aspect of the metropolis Smiling faces were seen everywhere and even ut the sedate Foreign office and other departments of the Government elation was shown The newspaper were all Jubilant The conservative Standard in big headlines head-lines announced a glorious victory at Ladysmlth SITUATION IS WORSE Gen White still holds out or did PO sixty hours ago when the Boers ou ted t-ed from their foothold Inside the works suspended their assault at nightfall England has taken heart The situation situa-tion however Is worse The beleaguered I be-leaguered force must have expended I large amounts of ammunition which cannot be replenished and must have lost a number of officers and men which Is rounterbalanced so far as the garrison is concerned by the greater great-er loss of the Boers NEEDS RELIEF Gen White still needs relief and the difficulties confronting Gen Duller areas are-as great as before The formers unadorned un-adorned sentences as read and reread re-read suggest eloquently the i > frll In which the town wasfor fourteen hours and how barely able bin 0000 men were to keep from being overcome SCARCE OF AMMUNITION Tho chief concern for Gen White Is In respect of ammunition Sixtyeight days ago at the beginning of the siege his small ammunition was vaguely described de-scribed as plenty His artillery then had SOO rounds per gun Some of the batteries have been in action frequently frequent-ly since then and all were probably engaged en-gaged last Saturday ills stock of shells consequently must be low and this will make it difficult for Gen White to cooperate In a movement by Gen Duller FULL RATIONS STILL SERVED The IntrenchrrentR at Ladysmlth us described In a message that left I day or two before the fight and has just come through are fortified hill well covered with rile pits and trenches coyerc down which the Infantry move In singh i sin-gh file to the various posts In ab olute psts wifely Full rations are still served I but no whisky or tobacco Mr Spencer Wilkinson in the Post I point out that there lone division only at Chievcley another at Frere and a third at Kustcourt As Chicvelcy is seven miles from Colenso the second division would have had to march twelve miles to get Into action and the I third division twentytwo miles Gen < Iullers 30000 men and seventy guns were therefore almost Inactive on Saturday Sat-urday and when Gen White hello graphed Gen Buller could really make no move but an ineffective demonstration demonstra-tion MEN AND GUNS FOR FRONT England Is preparing armaments and twentytwo transports will be on the way to South Africa during the present pres-ent month According to the pro gramme 25000 additional troops and seventytwo guns will soon be afloat The Government has ordered Vlckeros Sons Maxim limited to manufacture as many 47 inch and Glnch quickfir ers notified as can be turned out until otherwise |