| Show ONLY AD VAN OED OVER FEW RIDGES Summary of BritIsh Pr Progress gress In Su days Fights t tI I VERY IlE I I I II I II Untie the e Dish fo Relief Reller or be Ix to End Camp Natal Jan 22 a mE on r Geli Warren commenced a flanking movement on the extreme left ot of the Doer position The Tho Infantry ry advanced at dye dve In the morning alo the mountain w which ends at Th The were behind anti and on the J in The carefully worked along the hills until within yards arda ot of a command commanding ing kopje Je on which th Veers ere concentrated concealed behind Ian bri morass mense boulders strewn kly over Oer the hill hili The artillery opened otene the attack i and the batteries worked pouring of among the theDoe Doe who devoted their attention to musketry firing on the British InCan try The hocus Joers tuck stuck to their rocky with the greatest tenacity and nt at the conclusion of th the day the BrItIsh had only cross Q a few tew ridges The Doers have Sow fow guns and the they did little damage Captain Honley of the flie Dublin fuel l bore tell fell mortally wo woUnded nd while lead leading ing his men to seize elze U Ii fresh trish ot of vantage antage London Jan 2 22 80 p 11 has been received thus tar today to In dionte that any conclusive result has haa been reached bythe the h forces In Inthe Inthe the region ot of the upper and the lack hack ot of information regarding what men and munitions the Boors have hae In reserve prevents determine tIon of the measure of rear real success at attending tending the two days das hard lighting fighting All AIl that can be said Is i the Uli seem seem to be doggedly advancing In face ot of an equally stubborn lT 1 At Atthe 1 the close of yesterdays fighting the re cc publicans had merely ea their line Une of defense to up another semicircular position a 0 distance In the rear recallIng the tho old burgher rUse rOse by which the Doers Doer hate haVo previous previously I ly to entice t the h Into t fatal tal traps Though there thero Is considerable anxiety ac to the tie immediate result of Ge Dul dash at which Indicate was en cn l R Roberts ltd v n now w iJ toU e c cn n elusion that the Jelle of Ladysmith Js Is only a mattert matter of a abort hort time Accord AccordIng According Ing to the war or officials official Idea It a doab to the relict of oC will quickly follo t the NII relief ot ot of Ladysmith and then without doubt a long welt of organization and perhaps three or four months 1 before betoN tho column or columns will have hao their tion In a fit at shapo shallo to advance with the tho certainty of meeting with no serious r rc re reverses verses c The Tha latter conditions are held helt by the he to be absolutely es before betor any Conard movement toward the tho Invasion of oC the tho Transvaal Is begun h hence nce there Is some Ity of the tho war sar endIng Inside of six she months from In South Africa this morning give trivial details of minor happenings and do not note malo the tho situation The Tho widow of Gen In M an open letter hotly denIes the story that the In any way Yay criticized Gen Methuen Sha saya Mr Gen last mention of G Gen n Methuen to her AB In n a letter ruin rom the Orange river dated Noem November r 2 29 as follows I expect Methuen halt at the Madder Q er river for somo samo days before befort I pushing forward ne lIe hn lies had n a hard time or of It and must ha be II a real gallant soul to shove along us as ho does doe Lord has hils also alo Issued II a do de donial nial ot of the report that the tho war Is In o ot of a 11 letter from Gen written the night before the battle of saying It IL would be the last letter he would I as he had been blen asked to perform ai Im Impossible possible he had either to obey orders or surrender his sor sword Berlin Jan A dIspatch received hero here train Durban aay the German Gennan bark Marie loaded with sulphur which was captured early In January Januar b by the tho British cruiser Fearless end and tall taken en to Port Elizabeth has been unconditionally ally |
