Show WAR NEWS london feb 1 the supplemental lists of casualties fill two columns in nonpareil type in the morning papers making 1300 reported thus tar from gen operations north of the tugela the dally chronicle estimates that the total exceeds 2000 the 40 per cent at scion spion kop is greater than any british force ever suffered except pos at albuena albuera Albu era spain in 1811 accounts of the battle of scion spion kop continue to filter in all testify to the terrific boer fire several estimate that tho total losses of gen bullers turning movement ft amoun approximately to 1500 when reinforcements arrived the were much cramped on the top of scion spion kop preparations were made below to secure the position guns were on the way and engineers had been ordered up to strengthen the entrenchments trench ments col was not aware of this when he ordered tho retirement and he actually met the artillery coming up gen woodgate was wounded about 2 in the afternoon even then he protested that he was all right and had to be held down on the stretcher it is reported that the boer commander at first insisted on the release of some boer prisoners before he would permit the english to collect their wounded the correspondent of the times a lourenco marques telegraphing yesterday says information has been received here from the transvaal that the war department convinced that it would be useless to storm and that the bombardment will continue ineffective has decided upon a change of tactics huge quantities of timber and sand bags and hundreds of kaffits have been sent from johannesburg and pretoria tor the purpose of damming kilp river some miles below the idea being to flood the town and to diiro the soldiers and inhabitants out of the bombproof bomb proof caves so as to expose them to shell fire the portuguese authorities are at last exercising stricter surveillance the governor has notified the consuls that they must personally guarantee that applicants tor passports are not going to assist the boer army before passports will be granted it is rumored that he has also conveyed a hint to herr pott the transvaal consul 0 serious consequences if he continues to infringe the neutrality of the port spencer wilkinson in the post today discussing the military situation takes it tor granted that gen baller intends to make another attempt to relieve ladysmith Lady smith he seizes the occasion to express the greatest admiration for the dauntless spirit of the british army and n regret that the main thine is lacking namely proper leadership new york pen I 1 advises advices from armans camp say that gen warrens retreating force crossed the tugela river the loss of a single man but got away none too soon a boer 15 firing at the cavalry column as it was retiring the boers are mounting another alg gun to atre on men who were on the firing line at scion spion kop describe the fierceness of the boer attack and the terrific havoc wrought by the when the abera were first seen they were 1000 yards away they then descended into a hollow when it was possible to see them next they were 70 yards off and the foremost british line sought shelter behind the rocks at this stage the fai ht boer shell burst and the order was given for one regiment to retire to the edge of the kopie kopje where was more cover the order was misconstrued by some of tho foremost tr anches who fell back the boers seized this opportunity and rushed at the trenches capturing a few men this mistake was soon observed a bayonet mcharge followed and tha beers fled cwm of the boer maxim commenced to drop shells among the british doing terrible damage alo boer li flemen noticing he havoc wrought attempted to creep closer up on two occasions only to be driven back with los As they retreated they appealed to the british to surrender the response was a volley the formation of the hill top is lilie a table a milo long and a quarter of a mile broad the shorter side alone was available for rifle fire the firing party which responded to the boer attack was necessarily small the remainder of the british force was about seeking shelter cape town wednesday jan 31 A british force with artillery is reported to have occupied and is now encamped there eska is on the orange river one hundred miles below orange aher station and west of kim barley hoof laager tuesday jan 39 all Is quiet here the long tom occasionally fires on the deaths in ladysmith Lady smith from fever and other causes must be enormous aa wo can sec them burying corpses daily general joubort went to the upper tugela yc |