The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-25

London, January 25, 1880 a. rn,--Shortly
after ~ o'clock the war Office announced
that nothing further in the way OF reports
would be given out during the night.
London January %, 4;l5 a, m.--Thc as
semhlage in Pail Mall outside the war
office and those privileged to wait in the
lobby reluctantly dispersed at midnight
after the final word that nothing more
would be announced. The morning papers
went to press with conieetures and fore
casts of all sorts striving to guess out
something from Spionkop. Topography
maps show that spionkop Is the highest
part of rocky plateau. Eastward for
eight miles are the greater positions along
the Tugela river Along northwestwari
from Spionkop the plateau runs gradually
up to great spur of the Drakenshorg.
General Buffers infantry, to reach tho
summit of Splonkop, must cross natural
glacier three quarters Of a m1e wide and
climb 500 feet up steep slope.
Nobody seems TO know. not even the
war office, what Lord Roberts has done
with his large endorsements. Six thou
sand troops awaited his arrival at Cape-
town and since then 5000 others have
reached there. Military critics arc hoping
that good share of these 1900 have gone
to help General Butler and they argue that
/ few days waiting may make him strong
enough TO overcome the deadlock. There
are 1900 troops at sea and this heavy
weight Oh the British side is expected to
/ destroy the equilibrium now existing on
every field of operations.
The British losses UP to date in killed,
wounded and captured according 10 Cen
eral Buffers last list, total S9l6 men.
London January ga Times dispatch
from spearman's Camp, dated Tuesday,
$3.50 p M, says; The Beers today had
more guns and are prepared to fight al
most Unfortunately, having entrenched
their ridges. which stretch in an almost
unbroken line from the DrakensboFg
many miles eastward. Firing continued
throughout the day. We have not ad-
vanced any further. but we throw up en-
trenchments during the night from behint
which the muslSets seemed exactly in tbs
same position as yesterday.
spearmans Camp, Tuesday, January Ok
$50 p. m.--The British field artillery am
howitzers shelled the enemy posted OIL
the crest of the ridge this morning. Tn,
!, infantry kept up a continual rife fire.
When retiring from kopje the Boer
coIt Ind al
on the slope OF the kopio. which they he'll
for hours.
This afternoon they ran across the ra
vine. The British artillery poured shrap
mel and lyddite into them and the iafantr
took the stone wall. The British casual
ties were small.
London, January 24.-The Daily Teie
graph publishes the following dispato
from spearman's Camp, dated Tuesda!
January %, $50 p. M;
Monday Sir Charles warrens force can
nonaded ard fusilladed the Boer position
west OF Spionkop. near the Acton Home
} road. lyddite battery co-operated wil
the other batteries and Maxims tn
enemy fred their guns oftener using al
the captured 15-pounders with shrapne
Our casualties today were less even thu
those of yesterday. Fighting began al
o'clock in the morning and lasted I'M
dark, but there has been nothing like
general engagement. The big naval gul
, assisted from Potgieters Drift in sheliI
~ Il,ar positions