| Show BRITISH RETIRE JUST iri IN TIME tho Tugela When the tho Boers Find It Out Situation tn In olon Ind stud natal Our II h 1 New IW York F Feb b from p ay that Gen War Vur runs rons rore force t the Tu Rolli gem river lo nf 1 a single Ingle mann hit got y none on a hoer 1 11 it at t the e Aull ca y airy column at atIt atit It was retiring The p floors r are mount mountIng mounting Ing smith another bIg gun r fre fire on Lady Ladysmith Mon Men who were on tl titi firing line Une nt at Kop Iop describe Ih e nf ot of the loer hoer attack the terrific havoc wrought U by the enemY s l When the Doers were Iro first rs 09 1 Were ere 1000 yards ards away awny They then Into R a hollow wa vae to IN see them next the Were 7 yArds of off and the foremost British 1 sought Bought shelter elicitor behind the rocks roCklA A At this stage singe te tile first Doer shel shell hurt burst and time the order wi wAs given for tor one regIment t to retire to te edge of the kopJe where there wits n Inore Clr cover The order oror Was as 1 by some lome of Ihl the foremost trenches vho ho tel fell bark The fibers Bons seized this t and ru rushed ht n at t tho trenches capturing a few tew men This mistake Wl tyas un uon observed a bayonet banet charge chare foll anti and the forts ted lied Two of the Doer Boer Maxim commenced to drop shells among time tho terrible ilam Rm age ThE The hoer Doer the tho havoc wrought wrought to cre creep p closer up on two oc st rS only to lie be driven back with Jh lo Ios s At ts tiey retreat retreated ed the the they appealed to to 10 cur sur surrender render the r response wb wAs I a volley ont The Tho formation or of the tho hi bill top Is like n a table tablea n a mie mile long and 1 a of a Ilc mile broad brond The Tho shorter aie was fr rilo rifle fi fIre e The frIng firing party which responded to t Boer atack attack was small mal Th ot of time tho British force was as about seek reck seeking Ing shelter Capetown Jan tore force wih wIth Ja is to ha have vo occupied and II Is no now encamped the there Is on n th the rge river one onehundred hundred mies miles uel below wr ge Rh r eta sta l Hoof Lager Jim Jan is IR quIet here The long iong Tome occasionally lre tire on n The Tho deaths In Ladysmith from fever and other causes must be enormous as ase we e can cea clearly y lee see them buryIng corpses dall daily Germ Oen Joubert went to the upper Tu gem yesterday New York Feb paper papers have news from South Arica Africa to toda today da day und anti there Is not much comfort In that 1 little le except that the lie belM ere ot of not despair when the they learned ot of Gen Oen I see ond reverse reene but mere 1111 stihi hopeful ali and The public does not nol believe I that Gsa Oen hullers army Is 18 ot of relieving so 10 the talk ot of n a afresh fresh doe does not Inspire he heI here hereit I it IK ii not true as hums hns b been n reported lint Oen ien Huler hu hiss ni all his troops south ot of tie Tugela Js Bis bIg guns ns Were still at Mount Alce Mice on Sun Run Sunday da day them wih with brigade covering According to the latest information the retirement from Iop was itt In When reinforcements and a afew few tew gone ns arrIved during the night the position sti still held b by the British tors forces was ll 10 so confined canOn that the various regI were huddled together anti I it was ns In the darkness to make proper to meet time tho storm of shell and bullets that the daylight would bring upon them Item The campaign In Capo Cape Colony Colon does not develop rapid rapidly The Doers at Col Colesburg bur and seem eem to be content it If they can keep the trolls troops In check while CronJe o operates ertel between Modder rier river nod and Kimberley holding Methuen quiet city the Don Boors bombard time tho diamond Dr Leyds popularity In teems seems to be worrying the London Ja pa pr pore He Is to hold another confer conter once ence with Cant Von on the O Gem r man foreign The alarm over or the alleged defense of the Isles The London Daily Dalh Telegraph publishes a from Portsmouth saying In tire na circles ot of Portsmouth there I is n stron strong Impression that be before tore fore long the wi will mobilize the tho re e Id and several cruIsers to ue be added to 10 it II ThIs I is brne borne the fact that tim officers who rho are uncut hac been untitled to hold them themselves selves iii readiness to proceed on active servIce at short notice Time The cork ork on Ihl s In Ports Portsmouth mouth I Is being tuh pushed 1 wih with 11 all sped speed On Only th the most necessary repairs on r erol now have hao been taken In hand That the tho channel s squadron should nl at th the las last moment have been retaIned In waters ot beIng sent direct to is also consIdered I a elm that corn nt step may be taken The remains for forten ten da days or n a fortnight at and nd then proceeds rocel to Suda hay or tar All this too at n a time when the ton tone of the continental press re 1 Is 18 not more hOto toward than I it hal has been for years ars when no against Fn I is heard In Russia or Ocr many or even en In Prance France Charles CharleA Pierce consul generl general for lor time the Orane Fre Free State says I believe that that man who went to 10 toone one OM or of the tho armories here In Manhat Manhattan tan IAn and said ald ht he hall hail sent 30 men front to the antI thAt lie he proposed to send 3 mor more from her here Is n a fakir p one ne hn has there from this country tn In mY in knowledge unless he e raId ald 11 his own on way war and ler left her here 1 na n a individual I that some JOme former army ry officers and lurr surgeons ons have gone ont because they have shown mo me tickets but I cann t tel tell you TOU their These are the statements statement I 1 make mak to nl nil Inquirers and there ore are oreman man uman ot of thorn them a nr person wishing t to 10 go to South Sooth AfrIca a must do so 10 8 as a private as aa there ther I Ii D o on one In this authorIze authorized to enlist or send el troll from the Unie United States to South Arl Sl Second nd no money lies hu been for the of oC to South Africa Third any person desirIng to go to Africa must do so at his own n ex penie The he cost rost from New York to II Is about I It would b bs for tor ever every rong out there to take tn an O or 1 0 I Ito to for tor any possible dos ther there that might arise after arrivIng the Orange Free State Stale cn con has no late Inte news front the Fe Free State government ns as Al all hRS has bOn been ot out CI oft sInce r W Al tow oL l those who liko to go goth 0 to th the tho ke je and veldt have hae UI WO tuly fully 1 ho hattie I t r ot of them will 1 remain at atho |
