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ANOTIIER DAY'S FI6IITIN6
FOR LADYS1IITII.
w Progress Being Made for
Gen. White's Relief,
BOERS PUTTING UP A STIFF DEFENCE
E
But the British Gradually Forcing
Their Way.
The Struggle May Last Some Days Yet ---•-But Not Much News Conning---
Dlapoettton of the Forces ---Report Thal Dundonald Has Reached Lady-
smith --Dublin& Fighting Gallantly --British Leases on Sunday—
Emperor William on the War ----Kruger Uneasy ---Gen. Rundle to
CoInmmnd the Eighth Division.
Spearman% Camp, Jan. 20, 7.10 p.m.
A party of picked shote from lethune'a
Mounted Infantry took a position close
to the river before dawn, and when It
became light Bred on Lite Boors, kill-
ing one and hitting three horses.
At the same time our front was nd-
teneing, using the balloon to disvuver
the Boer, and with ek(rtatahers in
front.
The naval guns and howitzers mean-
while t shelling the Boer positions.
At 4 Oea1. Wn.rren was still
h eh* running nt right
:lel*
l litnd Spe'erkup with shrepeel,
:Melt wag bursting right above the
Beer twitches.
A grain Bre ons burning between
the "'tithe, and Boer iwsltions.
During Lord lhndanald's engage -
Meat et Acton Humes It is retorted
that the Boers ridged a white flag.
Edison stood up and was hu-
tety fired on. Thereupon he
MID a Boer prisoner to the burghers
to say that unless their arms were
laid down and their hands thrown op
ne notice would be taken of white
, The Boers fired on the prleoncy
returning.
Doer prisoner* declare the the
Orange Free State and Trenevani
%Wghere are good friends, and have
IW tdaa of giving up the fight even
when defeated.
The Boer fired Maueer t ,IIiys and
need a Nordenfeldt gun tb la even-
ilan. Warren fought for twelve
hour today. He gained two itosIUons.
The British lose Is believed to Imre
been small.
Details of the Night.
tpearman's Camp, Jan. 20. -The op-
erations today cummeuee.i at dawn.
General Warren attacked Lite }Jeers,
who occupied a strong petition un
rigtrt,
British artDtery dellveref a
heavy shell fire, but the Doers did not
Until 2 o'efook.
the British concentrated the,
of their big guns on the enemy's
bey, while the Infantry advnneed
vetting a heavy rifle fire.
Boer, courageously and teem
held their position, but they
Wally forced lack and tits Brit.
trw'armed over the ridge, 6,
Thi Biters retiree in good order and
l p a second posltku. which war,
ed to it heavy bombardment
t}'ddite shells.
forced a second retreat, the
beteg closely prey n1 by Oen.
'e mea.
Merl', and Gen. Warren's rom•
then bh'ouacked on the ground
after heavily banhar.ling for
tams the enemy's main po Mete
foregoing was Generals Warren
Clery s work toward tate north -
Mole
Slendtaneoaelty Gen. Lyttfeton, with
view to relieving the pressare on
Warren, attacked] the enemy's
t, west of Potg:cter's drift. He
forward les Infantry, covered
yb tea+ bowttesrs and navel guns, Loth
otl the north bank of the river and
?iliTke Allen,
'dLa tufantry's further advance
forted the Boers to open Cee with their
Nordenfeldteleven-pounder, which was
atteueet by lyddlte ehelli In a quarter
of an hoer.
Holds the Paters.
London, Jan, 21.-:1 despatch to the
Central News, tinted Spearnan'c
Camp, Sunday night, *aye that the
Satire sten held the summit of the
ridge at Upton kop.
Iaerd Bentioaald completely holds the
appreaoh to the Tintwa, lk'ztedden.
hurt and Olivier Hoek peeves
thi' t the Drnkens1argeat.
Used Brittab Mttrepnel,
London, Jan. 22. -The Time; prints
tate following dem/Itch this morning
from Ite correspondent :
"8pearmann Camp, Sunday evening,
Jam 21, -All yesterday anti to -day
thmeral Warren has been attacking
the Boor,
'Their po*itkm le a long ridge, 4
nates northwest of Trlcitard'd drift,
nenebikez front the rites.
At down yesterday (Saturday) our
VOW
occupied a a Imola tet met ut dd
wT Tenemy's ckteame were Meetly
sensate extending forward and
the spur, making the to-
chealar.
pc1uek Generai Harter bra
'kneedi on the left, along a
s Oneeen Blur, into the earl-cir•
', Nike heavy fire, from three di•
advantage of all tamale
trecgta advanced to a point
yew at the enteny'* rlyhtt
bat ,bey did not advance be
the *ga of the coven'. There
U#' tem*bred Dani dart and b1
eounORad.
"In addition 10 M vineNo,den
hold tgF the mew tired ehtapaei rap
tt Osten o, 'their ft..re was in
t, aril wee always tempera
by our massed, batteries
t the 'susses', right wing
Its poldtion'
Key to Boer Position.
Jan. ki.-The Deity Tele
L' $$5 the following dnpetob
troth i enet Ru,rieigb, dated iietur-
dny, leant 'pearman's Camp:
" Gen. r11'arren'' form* have fought
a ,lellb:r.ttely planned and suece slut
battle 'I'h:s important engagement to-
rutr.'1 to the west of Specht kop, and
pt:ttt tally testified in our securing
the. rough tableland which oonetStut-
util the keyOt the hoer plethora
"After a fierce cannonade hnd boon
directed agnivat the eneany's lines fur
sante time, the British troops assem-
bled near an eminence known as Three
tree hall, which forms the centre of
m -circle of crests, crowned with (lie
eitefitv's eco: ks, vl ll'1' some sax to'il's,
long.
'4teul.ly and with great dash the
British infantry 'Went forward in the
face otet heavy twilled*, from Maurer
"Our troops were cuspated eta fol-
low*: Mayr -Geon Wooig+ate'e brie
made or, the right, Major -Bien. Hart's
brigade in the ventre, and Major -Gem.
He: vee s brigade on the left. .
"Soon after mid-day the battle on
the hill became fierce, and from three
1n the afternoon until six tho fire from
loth ennnon and rifles was extremely
heavy. I'oint after point of the
enem,f'8 po@Ition was raised by the
British troops, and e,entually the
Boer right broke and ward forced Intek
toward Spon kap.
"our force Is bivouacking upon the
ground it captured soegttl antly. Dur-
ing t he action to -day the enemy
brought Into play new gam., one of
which wan a quick -firer. To -morrow
ought to settle the natter. e.,
"In toelny'e4ighting oar losss•WN'e -
trtfltug, heat the l'oers suffered heavily.
'• While (lettere{ Warren war fleeting
Id( engagement an effectual ddemon-
etration was proceeding at I'otgleter's
drift, the enemy's poeltloua near there
being tigoroaely shelled by the British
batteries."
---
Gen. Buller's feportti.
London, ,tan. 21. -The War Office
elortty after midnight posted the fol-
lowing despatch from Gen. Buller,
dated Speerman's ('amp, Jnu. 20111,
evening :
"Gen. fiery, with to part of Gen.
tVarren's force, hate been In action
from 0 u. un. till 7 p. m. to -day. lay'
a Judlolotta non of his artillery Ile has
fought 11s way up, capturing ridge af-
ter ridge, for about three mem.
"The troops are now bivouacking ott
the ground be has gained, but the
main position le still. in front of them.
"The eaeualtlee were not heavy.
About 11(1 t*ounded bad been brought
In by 8.80 p. m. The number of kilted
has not yet been as:ertsined."
A second despatch from tieileral But•
ler to the War Office is ts fellows;
" Sietirman's Camp, San, lit, 0.55
a. m. -1n order to relieve the prefigure
on Oen, Warren, and to amorists tie
strength of tiro enemy In the position
to front of Potgleter'c drift, Oen. Lyt•
tleton inade a reconnoleaanee in force
yesterday.
"This kept the enemy in thou
trenches in full strength, all day.
'Our tnasueltiew--Third Battalims
K(ng'g Royal P11tee-Two killed,, twelve
wounded, and two miming."
The following despatch (rom General
• Buller states that the wounded in flat•
urday's battle number 12 officers and
279 rank and file:
"epearwan's Camp, Jan. 21, 10
a.m.-The following were wounded in
action near Venter eprult yesterday:
"Officer:
"Staff -Col. B. Hamilton and Ma.
Joe C. McGregor.
"Peooad Lancashire Fuelllers-Capt.
11. 8. Blunt and Second-Lleute, M. G.
Crofton and E. .1. M. Barrett.
"First Border Bifida, -Capt. C. D.
Vaughan and /second -Lieut. Muriel*.
"Fleet York and Lancaeldres-iieo-
itfld-Ldeut. A. H. Keirrey.
"Second Lublin Fueillere-'-Capt. C.
1. Hensley (since dead), and Major'
1'. Engl)ch
'tfecusd Gordon.' -Second -Lieut 1'. D,
tttewart.
"Non-rommieehuned officers and matt,
279."
Late this evening the War Offloe
is ele.t the following later leap itch
frond Gen. Buller:
Spearman's Camp, Jett. 21, 9 pen,
-Gen. 11'arren has been engaged all
ditty, rh'efly on his left, which he ,las
swung forward nbout a couple of
miler.
"The ground hs very dfflieult, 'tad
R11 the fighting its all the While up
hili, it 1s difficult to any exactly low
much we have gaited, fat 1 think wo
ere mnk'ng enlsetantlal progress."
Position of the Forces.
anbant.
MYTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY JANUARY 24, 1900.
If the troops ott ICs right tweeter -
fully
eeeter-
fully advese°, and the right is fuelled
to the snmmtt, the Boers wilt really he
turn 1 and forced towanie Ladysmith,
when Gen. \Ville, commending the
trot)e there, 1 t'o)n Irl ' able t r wh i t be o
to
co-opernte, tarn'ug then learthward
where they will here the rnllway and
n. series of flue poattous.
Sang Dutch Hyats,
London, Jan. 21, - Tit's despatch
conte., from the Boer heatk unrters on
the Upper Tugeln, under date of Tues-
day :
It berme known to -day tient three
hundred English had crossed at Pont
drift over the Great Tugela, and were
on the federal aide. A display iu force
lural been made toward Colons°, and
another northward toward Oliver',
Hoek bridge, which wan blown up by
us n few days ago.
" Towards 5 o'clock the alarm was
given that the English were comhtg.
Tho lookouts observed long successive
Vines of Infantry moving down to the
new Br'tlslt potltton, it tett h•covered
chitin of hills known as Zwart'e kop.
Their Mere were tometlmei lost in
tho trees studding the river batik.
",it 0 o'clock they emerged In open
order and admired In two lines to the
bw kopjes on tate river ]tank. At halt- •
poet six thev took up n lw:ltton, amid
complete silent* on the Boer side ;
their horses were tethered where there
was the leant danger from elm nee
shells, anti the men prepared to make
London, Jan. 22. -There In aomo
doubt as to the exert distribute et of
the Britlatt forces, but it is prebnbly
at follows : 1
Gen. (9ery in the centre.
Gen. Lyttfeton on the right centre.
Gen. Warren on the left centre.
Lord Dundonald on the left.
There l'otgieter's drift t s Na' [Ighthag
- r:gi.t ha A, and .loot llumus the left,
- 1t Is for this .8115011 that Gen. Moroi
- men rel two (larking koplev that are
r- fairly behind and to the east of the
. Boers' position nt '.:reenter., but as
(len. Buller says, Otto fighting It etill
up h'.tl, It is clear that Oen. Warren
Lute not ,rot reached the eumm)t of
the Lndyemith road, which falls for
- four m'let to Clydesdale after five
'Mike up hill from Venter oprnit,
LIEUT; COL. '.L. PETERS.
Recently itppointe.l D, O. 1'. of No.
2 Military District, Toronto, in
eucceselon to Limit. -Col. Otter.
a night of It nt their meat
Night heti pow fallen. With the
gloom ennw, fitful Melte.' of lightning
naom, the thunder roods, which hat
been threatening oil (lay. The clouds
etentually separated, showang the
noon. S.multaoconsiy with the teme-
nte sky well-known Dutch hymns were
repeated from kopja to kopje, wail a
strattg.'ly we'rd e1Lx't, highly luept dt-
)ng loth to the grey'lcords anti the
Penniless youths.
"The battlefield itt full of hh'etorte
sign+(leans. 814011E0e tilt(, whence 1
am now writing, doe $1% t hour which
the Boer trekkers, atter redone; the
Drakeueberg moentnins, spied out the
then barbarle Natal and found it fair
lit their *yes." (Here tine despatch
otitis abruptly.)
Joubert's Birthday.
Cape Town, Jan. 20, 10 p. un.-To-
dny Is the sixty-eighth annirereary of
the birth of nen. I'iet Joubert, com-
mander of the Boer forces In the
Tranevnal.
Flghtlog at Hodder itiver.
Mohler River, Jan. 20, 1(1,5.; it. 10,-
Tle BrItPh eueee efully blew up and
rased, two butldinge, Including the
home formerly menet by Command-
ant Muller, outa►de their lines, this
morning.
Boer snipers had used these honer
at night, firing form them at the mart
dtvtetnt Britleh pickets up the. river.
Between diaylight and nine o'clock
this morning the enemy fired it dozen
Aiello from two gone, ono of which
wee behind the crest of a kopje. Their
tire did no damage.
Morse Opposed to (lataere.
London, Jan. 2.1.-A de.patch from
3terkstroom, dated Jan. 20, explains
Col. Brabant's email estimate of the
number of Boers (1,5001 at etormberg,
It says that a medienl-Ileuteaant, who
remained with the wounded after the
disaster ,to the British, Inas returned
to the camp.
He estimates the Boers at 5,000, but
they have establtehed a new camp
ny l'a.,
TnfA„;gip 4ii/1 1 r
ROBERTSON,
Who went to Kingston yesterday to
Joh, the contingent.
are confident of ultimate sueaes.
They declare that the Brtti.h art0•
fiery has done little harm. , , ,
Demoustrntton Toward Hebron.
London, Jan, 2L -The War Office
itas received the 1oliowtttg from Lord
Roberts, dated Capa Town, January
214:
"General Frettcit reports a demon•
etratton with cavalry roti two gutty
toward Hebron on Friday, but oth-
erwise his eltuattmn is unchanged,"
Stores and Munitions.
London, Jau. 21.-A rpeelttt despatch
from Rome says: "Mr. Macrum, for
merly United States t'otteul at Pre-
toria, who arriverd here yesterday
(saturday), denies that he left ids poet
owing to a disagreement with l'reel-
dent Kruger rand State Secretary
Betts He say. lie has a letter from
President Kruger to I'resident Mc-
Kinley and abet a nnessage to Presi-
dent Loubet, but no Motion beyond
delivering then,.
"Regarding the war, Mr. Maerum
sold that while he believed the British
would ultimately be euoceafai, it
would take it long time to tontine* the
Republics that they must submit. Ile
said they heel ample stores and mord-
thine, and that there was the greatest
enthusiasm In Pretoria for the war,
and plane had been laid for it Tong
utruggie."
The Dublin.' Reply.
London, Jan. 21,-I'rior to the battle
of Cologne the Irish Brigade, serving
with tab Boers seat a letter to the
DUWitI troops saying Ug
tbat ticey wereto have►ey nn oppowere rtinlad•
Ity to wipe them trout tee face of
the earth,
The Dublin. tuuatvered, "We
walk through your brigade ne
dell walked through Athlon.,"
Leyds 'polka Again.
Brussels, Jun. ....At -Dr. IA.3 d1., the re.
premetttative an Europa' of the Trans -
vent Government, has Issued a state-
ment through the prase saying that
he W In receipt of ao many offers
from men who wished to volunteer for
terv9"e with the Boers that he le cow,
Pelted to tonouncn that he is nowise
authorized to enroll anybody In Eur-
ope, that everyone Melting to terve
In the war mast go to South Africa
itt their own risk and expense.
Mafeking ,111 Night.
London, ,Tun. 22.-Pespntelme Row
itlnteking state that as Ion. inn the
Boers were drupelets ehelir from their
6-poundere into the market square.
'rite town tuts three months' food,
The Boors were making an emplace-
ment for it big gun 700 yurdet lack of
their present po&Itlon. They were eo
occupied trying to .pence the !ORM
guns on Jan. 10th that their foro weal
diverted from the town,
aleevy rains have made the trenches
in front of the town scarcely habit -
able. The health ext the town ion fairly
gex). 'Che latest maw's received in
Meifelcarg wits reports et tite battle
of &fodder river. Whiskey I. running
short. The betting in it to 7 that the
t".tege will be raised by Jen 81st. On
Sunday, Jaw. 7th, there was an ex-
cellent programme of .pals, in wteoh
some of the garrison look part.
A deapateh front G.tbzrotu'r, dated
Jan. 14th, trays that Col. Plume/ made
a reWamalwanee Saturday morning,
sad discovered Beets a few miles
south of Crocodile pools station
A Beira despatch, dated Jan lath,
says tbat Col. Phrases advanced et
night towards Crocodile pools, bat the
flooded Met/levee pan checked his pro-
gress. The bridge three miles south of
Geberones wan discovered on Jan. 14111
to be bautiy damaged. It bee been re-
paired and the reLLtway le now pa-
trolled by en armored train.
Laudon, Jan. 28.-A despatch to
the Daily Chronicle from, filpearnt's
Camp, dated Jan, 22ud, 4.15 p. m.,
says:
"Oen. Warren continues pushing the
enemy, though necessarily he la
making very slow progress, the
Boers being numerous and strongly en•
trenched on the kop ea they hold.
" They have several good gone
mounted, but the granteat effect Is
produced by their S4xtme and rete,; -
'Our infantry le wbrkingover par:
aliel ridges, with Lord bundonnld'e
cavalry ly'i'ng well out on the lett
flank awaiting develo¢ments,
"Oen. Warren's artillery reopened
fire this morning. The Boers did tot
reedy, and our fire became less hot.
The nasal guns Mere have been
(inlet•
" A Boer prisoner here lute hearted
that 1t wgtid take ne three months
to reach Ladysmith."
May Last Some Days. •
seven milts beyond Sterkett'oom, where
at strong detachment wan left.
They had received) tea tionol guns,
which were served by German gutn-
ner0.
(Janata( Ih•inray, with reinforce-
ments, wart expected to arrive In a
'Meet time from the wart.
Old men anti boys were meeting ns
n te'nn guitri at Darglierntiurp,witere
'supplies were scanty. Some of the
boy's were only 14 year, old. The Borten
have the railway from Pretoria to
i5tormberg In working order.
The Free State Doers were ver,
kind to the prisoners, but the doloni i
rehebe were extremely hard.
Lnndrost Steyn, brother of the
Pr.eident of the Free State, weeniest
oosaldsrato to the British captives
The lieutenant mkt* that the Doers
will
the
artillery and the Devotieh'ra Regi.
mens,
At the Bayonet's Point.
etpeermaa's Camp, Jan. 21, 8.55 pan.
r sit a h
--Today there M nutu stubborn e
fight from dawn to dark, the British
slowly gaining ground. There has
been constant musketry firing to the
nor t host*
Tim British gained a position the
Boos were holding oe the rocky
grained bayond
The battle welch le progressing la
most difficult to describe, There 1s
fighting . In front, ani on both
flanks, covering a very wide range
of territory,'
Al,10 o'clock this morning the Dub-
lin Regiment earvie9 a vary strong
peret:on at the point of the bayonet.
The cortreeporotent viui,ted the field
httlspeal on the battlefield on Coven-
try's farm. The budding, were full
of wounded, about 200 'nen. None of
them le mruuniy woutuled.
An 'officer named Ilaniciton, attach-
ed to General Ciery'e nteft, Capt.
Vaughan, and Capt. Mutual are among
the thigh ly evouafied:
lien. Warren es con dent and care-
ful. He prefers taking five days to
netompi:4,h it`s obj�tet t ban to risk 'lle-
feat by attempting to make a too
feel advance,
I'he l)t ti sit rasuttlties to yesterday's
Gghttng were 279.
Boer Attack Repulsed.
London, Jan. 21, -The Daily Mull hats
the following, date -t Sunday night,
from Spearman', Camp;
"There has ,0011 hot fighting all day.
.1t dawn our attack wits retaumod
along the entire line, the brigades
takatg part. We cow saw that the
Boers still oecttltle.l the range of hills
In force, their lasitione being very
etroug. The range is intersected by
steep ravines, and many approaches
are very difflrult of acmes.
To -day, the Boer, who were dr:ren
from their trench's yesterday tet,k
cover iv dougae and behind tits rusks
whit tvhlrlt the Mile nee strewn. Tit. -
form therefore commence 1 tio task
of driving then, out, and set et work
wait good heart 111 the early morning.
" Much firing took Move, and oar
progress was chow, but gradually Bet -
pluck turd ire tale, end the et uty
fell lack to mother k,goj•. tc,
ewarnte.l on, and ee:milled it. anti then
the nttnck see mu,•nr - I w tit tit
utntodt gallantry.
"The country simply abounds in hills
11 tiwable to guerilin warfare, end our
tnek Is 1111 arduous one. N'verthelme,
t 1s being gradually accomplished.
Whenever any of tit, enemy were ob-
verted taking np it fresh podtion, our
yell batteries poured hi showers of
shrapnel, and the rapid movement of
the guns, lollawel by accurate 'shoot -
bag, mtrt have gre.ttly dtstre-sed
,[tem,
"Tho enemy were on the defensive
nlmott the entire day, save onee, when
they attempted, to outflank our left,
and were signally checkmated. They
relied altered entirely on dile rlre..1
few shells were fired] from tt heave
piece of ordnhnce, but Meer fell harm -
leas.
"We now oec'tpy the lower crest on
the left, and nee eonterging slowly
Mit surely to the Boer centre.
'The Boer boss Is unknown, but meet
linvc been heavy. Their killed] and
wounded are carried away to the rear
reel fly. Strout; rumors are to circuta-
tidt that the Boers are retiring.
"Tic battle will be resumed tomor-
row."
A Frontal Attack.
London, Jan. 28. -The Thetas pub-
lishes the following from From Camp,
dated yesterday (Mondry) afternoon:
'qui Friday Gen. Witmer' began a
long circuitous nati'ch from Trichttrd's
drift westward, TIM; was abtndoued,
owing to the fact that the long ridge
whish rune west from Sidon kop wits
occupied by thte enemy, who command-
ed the route, rendering the mainten-
ance of communications for transports
Impossible,
"He therefore returned and camped
for tit* night about two milers from
Trtchnrd's drift. Ott Saturday a
frontal attack on the Meet teas or•
dared."
The correspondent then describes
Sntnrluy's fleeting, already cabled,
and tud.ietee -
" The inert believed epletldtdhy un•
der neo incesetuit heavy ernes fire in
it hurting cut fur seven hours. Our
casualties were for the most part
eight. the proportion of killed to
wouudedl being extremely small.'
]iritish Losses Sunday.
Loudon, Jan. 28. -Nothing has been
allowed to trunepire officially con-
cerning the operations of Gen. Buller's
forces ye4terday. The only deepittch
front Gen. Bu11er Mute S.iuulay night
111 a preliminary Ilse of the catualtnee.
One or two eorreslondentt hare been
allowed by the censor to mention that
the artillery reopened fire Monday
morning, but all other reports treats.
netted 011 ,Monday refer W the situa-
tion on the previous day, and these
nonfirm the reports that the pro-
gress of the British Is very slow nand
difficult. 1 I
The telegrams, however, still leave
too mucic %msat.t to enable n realize.
tine of the precise disposition of the
Brittah forces. Whit is known hull.
cotes the probability that the Inc.
sent opernttons, If HU eeee Itti. will
Ittat several days yet, and the lnfer-
eetteat of roue Of th' critics that Gen.
Duller', ti'enoe protides an mummer?,
tweet of its success need not dnguge
' attenttan.
Meantime, the ter,, no'fernte total
of the British casualties, au') the
small prorortdon of deaths, show a
tort' cilferent h'undRttg of tib. troops
comp.tred with many of the previous
eugngemcnts, It nitre furnlnhes proof
of the correspondents' etatettu nts
r acernluig the growing skill of the
Bill'eh Pointer's la ttvalttnq them.
selves of cover like tate Boers.
Atwcordtttg to the Dally mot -Beales.
correspoadent, the Beeps have two
civ -Latch (Yues:ot gotta, about four 15.
1.oumders and two mat4tine guns,
wltIeh is a moderate artillery Ferre
for the defame of n to 1Lima n•h:ch
14 'saki to extend several miles.
NIlotivm it to il'•st at tint the L., rn
neve as yet been unable to mount
more guns, or whether, as soma guess,
the pres-nt raatvtance Is were]) that
of the rear guar.] covering tit, wlth-
d',rnwai of the heavy guns as the re-
salt of the deliberate abandonment of
1 the ,lege of Lady-dtmitie It le lmpoe-
tible to say.
An Incident of Sundkty'tt fighting
was an attempt of Nle Boers to turn
the extreme British left. This man•
epottient of the Deily Mali sends this
despatch, dated Match's*, Wedgies.
daty, Jaa let:
"rho enemy have shelled au very
little since nor artillery attack on
Jam drd, when, accenting to the ns -
live reports, we killeal the Boers'
chef gamer and five ,;hers, and in-
jured finer guts:
"The Boars telt s.veral bie confer,
owes Len week. Ties Fres plate lead.
en. Eremite!, to report's.] to havesince
lett, taklaug its man with him. There
are fewer Boars tltibia now titan at
any Keaton arae eine° the thee be
gate Om estimate makee their forces
2,000;•
A ]lig (fun shade In Kimberley.
London, Ttteolay, Jan. 28.-.1 de•
ttateh to the Daily 'telegraph front
hlmberley, dated) Jan. 190t, nays
ihutt a 2R tti der gun has been mum
ufneturee bt the de Berra workeiop.
It was tented oa Friday and tired
accurately for 8.00 yar let. It lav
Nei chtkien "d "Long t'ro't:'
Heavy hoer Bombardment.
Kimberley (by hollogrataie Ween ,-
day, Ja'o. 17th, via Madder Weer, Jan,
21, -Native r:ports say that a pro -
London, Jan. 22 -Just before ma
night the War Office Issued the fol•
lowing despatch from Oct. Buller 1
Spearnan's Camp, Jan. 22, 9 p,m,
-The following ceutualtte' are re•
ported in Gel. Mart's Brigade as
the result of yeeterhty's fighting:
Killed) :
Captain Ryal, Yorkvillre Rig'.
neat.
Rook and file, 5.
Wounded '
Capt. McLachlan, Innisklllings.
Second Lieut. Andrews, Border Re
giment.
Lieut. Bartow, Yorkdalre ltegt.
meat.
Rank tali file, 75. e
Eight men are miming, Other
casualties will be furwurdied when
recei veil.
A Doubtful Durban Runtor.
Durban, Natal, Jan. 22. -The er:ate•
meet comes troth en excellent source
ion Pietermaritzburg tbat Lord Dun-
donald boa entered Ltadyens:ib with
1,800 meta
Thi'm in nut ooatirmed item any
other quaver, but it la known that
Lord Duelonald'e flying column hale
baeac aotent welt 10 the lett of the
eine of adeenee,
Burial of Steevon.
London, Jan, 22. -'chis despatch
from les npeclat corresponient is pub-
1:shei by the Daily Mail, dated Lady-
smith, via Bwart's Kop, Jan. 20th
"At m'afidgbt on Monday we buried
- Sleevents in Ladysmith cemetery. The
night was very dark, butt the Boer
sarchlight on t)'mbutwann played) on
lbs mounters who followed Steeven'
body to the grave, adding a deep sob
etnnl,ty to the scene,
" There were many people present,
114,1)Lag o humph o .d , (Fiore,."
To Transfer Native Regiments.
Ctalcutte, Jan. 2?, -'(he Gorerntnent
hue eel toll to transfer two native re.
gtmente now at Undoes to Colombo
ani eingepare. Tilde wool t enable the
Brttisln regiments at those two points
to be withdrawn for South Africa if
n.eewary.
Killed the Cktef (inner.
Landon, Jae, 21.--'Tbe epecisl corse•
oeutre wee defeated,, however, by the
e, /pie
.1.10011 (1'ItIELLY,
Ot va•taster, who pined the 1.011•
thtgont at Kingston yesterday.
clamatb1 has been 1 sued at Bark.
ly Wee; by Commandant Betthe, or.
Coring MI Briti'b subjects to quit be-
fore Jan. 'dual. Laces' are Ming sub
jectel to great intuits.
The Boars are watt very active,
tombarAng horn all poetio nit from
dawn till 8 a. me the fire being di.
roote.l cltt-fly against: the redoebtt.
Swarms of teocusts.
reterkstroom, San. 22,-Affulre Imre
continue yui t Trmrneoui swat mi of
tomtit aro passing over the British
camp in a northerly direction, and are
Destroying the grit., on the veldt.
commandant "Maier threatens to de
tale ns prisoners of war any newspa-
per eorrm:pendent captured by Ids
toroth.,
TIi.,. Standr.
TN L4IGDT lilnWiPAP>flt
tit KUDOS COUNTY.
NO 23.
that* I saw during the previous forty
years of my life. Why should we
punish Kruger? That man bar oolwxl
a problem which every utateeman had
found uneoiveble,
.1 would bntlld a monument to
President Kroger or the Om of R.
Paul's Cathedral, patting him under
it, and I would write aerates it, ' To
tate memory of the man who federated
the British Empire_'"
Doers Were *termed.
London, Jan. 28. -Thu Daily Tele-
graph publisltts the following despatch
delayed by the eases from Romberg,
dated Sunday afternoon :
"Last evening about U o'clock the=
Mere began firing furlously- ail along
their main position. Three tient of
rl'la fire were t lylble, The n:lag lasted
three-quarters of an hour. The renew
for the alarm Is not known stere."
Emperor on the War.
Berlin, Jau, 22. -It is tinted titat rat
a recent rt relation of the Preaitlents of
the erliegen lluunteresur il-
llam discussed the Soouthh stere: or
in the most Impartial manner He
praised the enceeeefui Witte.* of the
Deere, who, without 'words br tay-
onate and reit leg solely 011 their rifles
had done so well.
At the sante time Hie Melody ex -
'reseed the deepest regret thttt so
many of the beet Engllwa families were
mourning the heroic tleatlts of bite
bands, father, and a,/:ts.
The Emperor deplired the attitude,
of the German press, which rendered
It most difficult bit' Mtn to avoid trio -
Mon with England, Ile recalled Prince
Blemarek's rent irk: "We must pay for
the windows 'token by our press."
Prefers GM('olentitle.
London, Ian. 28. -The War Office
has decided not to tend the 17th
Lancers 8th Itussarr, and 7t11 Dra-
goon h Guard*,
tot, &oath Africa, nl-
titdsq(,
It Is mndtrstttod that Lord Robert's
door not sec it way t0 get Mader for
the Fngl Isle chargee.
More than that, the English cavalry'
are taw heavy for work on the veldt,
LORD 'RADON 11.x'
Who In t,t.conumutd nt ,nu"'f '''1pe11/e1
11utler'a columnh.,w i„ g tot'
the,rellef of i, I with.
. and Lord Rolerty etp,•rIt to tuecol-
ouLal conk.% iu tc, l
Kruger U's,rtea Timothy.
London, .tan. :::t. -Mr. Alfred M.
Austin, tit' it l laureate, nttd Dr. ('o-
nnn Both. 11,. tloVellat, were the
guests of tee ,uthinrg' Club Inst night.
In response to a toast to Ins health,
Dr, 1k,yle s.tld that he wawa nlwnt t0
go to th' front, not with a rifle, bit
with a t.tctbostopv', which many wool
regard ug a more dangerous weapon
'Thin war,' he continued, "mark
a turning „ nt In the life of (Arent
Britain. '`+„e eight months apt
took the chair at a peace meeting, bar
1 whit now to mead teat error.
have low more primitive Virtue in fid
country during the last few months
THE EIGHTH DIVISION.
The eighth div tion will be com•
nutielal by Malordlen. Rundle. Prin-
cely Louise opened the Artiste' War
Fund Exhibition at the Clued Hall
Yesterday, In the preserve of tt dia•1lt
tingued compannyy.
McJor-(fett. Sir Henry Mat'teod Lae
lie K, C. tit, C. M. (1., D. 8.
0., R. A', has been Adjutant -General
of the lestyptlau army since 1808.
He was horn at Newton Abbot. De-
voe, Fog., and It 44 years of age.
lie enteed the Royal Artillery bit
18T0. and served Zulu
the Zul
war of 1870, retelling the medal
and clasp. Hbr other war ',cords
are as foRowe : Transvaal, 1881,
wounded in the defence of Potshot -
Aroma menttottedl In tiesedtol/±tg1
Egypt, 1882, medal and clasp,
Maga star awl promotion to
talo; Nee expeeltimi, 1684
tenets and promotion to Maps; Una•
on
d. 1885 to 1891, clasp, third -clam
*Mae, promotion to Colosiel
&menta expedition. 1806, as chief
Malt, att, mentioned in despateltes,
promotion to Ma)on•Getteral, and
clasp; Nile expedition. 1697, mea•
tinned ht despatcher and clasp;
Khartoum expedition, 1898, cote -
mending line of communications.
mentioned in despatches, clasp and
decoration IC. P. Bt He received the
decoration of D. 8. 0. In 1887, and
C. 51. (1( In 1806. -
In Northern ('ape colony.
ill jar -Gen,. French hoe been rdin-
force 1 ew.1 if; ung Lyddittt shells free-
ly, '1'h:'re urn u*aoftiria4 11:111111:1111111111:11111111010411dict General Roberta' Dart work
bac the clearance of the northern front
truer by ale sfxth &vist ed, wheels a ne-
inforcing Major -Gen. Froth end
Major -Gem Gataetrte. Gen. Methuen's
army remelt*ldk.
Pretoria is Much Perturbed.
Lesion, Jan, 10. -The Neel priors
the following despatch this morning
from (1* aolredpoeflent :
"Lorene Marques, Jen. 22.-\etss
front the Republics la exeeedisngly mea-
gre, but it is reported. that Pretoria in
ntutdt perturbed. Thin hi co'rtirmed
Ryan diateJrettt netrcew, eat ib -deny it is
evert h,'utted that the Berns xreabout
10 ante C it peace. Thinla improbable
lWee have played timer tfUmp
card im the shone oft an sppea�,lor In-
ieryenllu
I1 ifs an undettbted fart that they
are b)tterly Moped:teed at the no.
parent apathy of the eontanentni
temente
Join Burgher's.
Lott:oe. Jan. lee -The hurban tor.
respondeat of the Standard say's: "It
it repoMod fiat ten volunteer etratelt.
er•1xewrere, o:t Nn .r arrival at the
float, walker) deliberately sorties in-
to the Boer Rupe. The tame thing
temente! at the battle of Colima It
1', prt,umed they were apses wholtad
smeared h1 enrolling. t.hamselvet
mlain
the atlance corps.
"ft tt asserted that lite Boers deemtrate:i the cuovent cherish at New-
el/Ole In an dndetertbable manner.”
London Subwrlptlon for Boers.
Loudon, Jan. 2:1 -At the anneal
banquet of theAl+aoe-Lerralae Eo•
ttety last Maid a subscription was
raked for the benefit of the fleeter.Haled of the Jibe* Watch.
Loudon, Jan. 22, -The War Office le
tulv(ned from Pretoria that 86 men
of the "BlackWatett" Itegtnteat,who
had been heretofore reported nit,.iMt.
were buried by the Boer gera
at Ma-
foutele.
Some of Buller', Troubles. ' e
Louden, Jan. 22.-A despatch to the
Dally News from I'otgleter'a drift,
dated, Friday, Jan. 19111, toys:
"The spieler o[ the troops are great-
ly raise(' by the conviction that even.
Buller now has n thorough grasp of
the eituution.
"Aa the force has left the railway,
transport duffioultles are beteg experi-
enced. The rivers are often floosies',
and what were a sltort time ago tri'k-
ling streams are now deep torrt'nts.
'"Tice tomes nt the (Witte cannot be
easily forgotten. One sees a perfect
pandemonium of ox -wagons. Some-
times tb'.rty ox.i ere yokel to a din-
gle wagon, and the drivers make a
veritable babel of noise, ehouthtg ht
Dutch, English, and Zulu, They 'WW1-
dlkh their long whips, and oaxaslon-
lltly an upset stops a whole trate.
"At another point, or time, halt
regiment will drag tt cart and its
mules np the river bank by Halt 0.".,
The traction engines looked Itroatlsing
at filet, but @trade ('h(eccle> I have
s'e'en nothing of them."
JOHNRt'8KIN PL•:.1D.
The (treat Author-.trtist Joins the
Silent Majority'.
London, Jan. 2i). -John Rtt*4I fad
this lattermost of influents, aged 81
yeere.
John Ru"tin was bora In London lit
February, 1,119, and eduoated pri-
vately Heid at Chalet Church, Oxford.
He detotel lthnneif to painting under
l'oph'y raiding and J. D. Harding. Hie
first literary effort was a pamphlet
lid ekr.vno of Tun.et' and the English
"nidal of landreape are. It being itf-
terward enlarged into the well-known
' „ort "Modern PaMttetw.' Ills works
halo had a wide celebrity and are
to be found all over the English speak-
ing world. For some rears he haul
been in declining health, and lute
rarely appeared on the lecture plat-
; forms. He was a man of an
many eoo-
tricitfes and ,narked gothic. The s
lady who was hie wife subsequently
married Sir John MRlale, Ruskin fa.
cllitittitrg the dlasolutica of Ids mar-
riage bonds, having found that the
had fallen bit love with the yoeng
painter.
Pulled the Gun Toward Him.
Kingston. Jan. 19. -Early on Tues•
day roomiest Merman Melton, of
d Petewn towueliip, County of Rem
. brew, Ont., went to the bolt lemma
/4 pnn,v with another man to follow up
Hume deer tracks whish Meirott bad
I ,sell the day previous. Whale pailbtg
t his gnu mit of a thicket where he
1 had it cemented, it went off
s shot haat in the Mead, killing blur
scantly.