The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-27
WARREN FELL
BACK FROM
SPION KOP
Position Proved Untenable, and Was
Abandoned the Night After
Its Capture.
BRITISH ADVANCES CHECKED
sosr Forces Have Started Heavy
Bombardment Of Kimberley
and Iadysmith.

LONDON, Jan. 27.-4 a. m,-seven
days Of lighting have left the main
Roer nosltlona intact, and General Bull
ler's army is 700 weaker, according TO
the official casualty lists, which SEEM
ingly do not include the spIOn Kop
losses, as those last forwarded do not
mention General woodsate's wounding,
England 10 POSSESSED of depressing
sense Of failure. although not word Of
criticism of her generals and her SOL
diers IL uttered. Not much effort Is
made to place happy construction up
on General Buffers bare eighteen words,
telling OF the retirement from splon
Kop, and there is an uneasy impression
abroad that worse news is yet to come.
AT one OF the military clubs tonight
the statement passed from one member
TO another that the war office had re-
ceIved an unpleasant supplementary
dispatch from General Butler, which
was being held up for twelve hours
Spencer Wilkinson, In the Morning
Post, writes as follows of the spion Kop
loss:
This Is serious mistake, and an at
tempt will not here be made to min
tmize It, for no greater wrong can be
done 20 our people at home than to mis-
lead them about the significance OF the
events Of the war. The right way is to
tell the truth as far as we know it
But facts from the neIghborhood OF
the Tugela are scantler than ever. The
censorship now Is simply prohibltlye,
and something is wrong with the ca
bles. The break on the east coast lines
has been repaired, but the cable between
San Thome and Loanda, on the west
coast, is now interrupted
More troops" is the only suggestion
here as to the way to break the Boer
resistance. Mr.. Wilkinson regrets that
General Butler has not 10000 more men,
declaring that, II they would not make
victory certain, his enterprise without
them is hopeles. The Spectator, dealing
with the necessity OF large additional
military preparations, says: ut may be
that we have yet another cycle of dlsas-
ters in front Of u.s."
LONDON. ian. gs, 11:1O a. m.-The
war ofice mas just posted the following
dispatch from General Butler, dated
spearman's Camp;
Thursday, Jan. %, noon.
General warren's garrison, am sor-
ry to say. find this morning. had In
the night abandoned splon kOp."
LADYsMlTH. Sunday, Jan. 2l.-(By
runner, via Frere Camp, Wednesday,
Jan. 24.)-The garrison is watching Gen.
Buffers guns shelIing the Beers. Their
fire can he seen at this distance and
appears TO be effective. The move
ments of the Beers show that they are
evidently determined to stubbornly op-
pose the advance of the relief column,
They show no signs Of removing their
guns and have mounted new ones, and
are continually Strengthening their for
tiacatlons. Our fortIhcatIons have been
greatly strengthened since January 6,
and LadysmIth is now practically I'M
pregnable.
owing to the decrease of the fever,
tho number OF convaIescents returning
from Intombi camp exceeds thai OF the
patients being sent there.
The supplies are spinning out splen.
didly. all the troops having sufficient
wholesome food.
The heat is terrific, the thermometer
registering 1O7 in the shade.
LONDON, Jan. 26.-The Pail Mall Ga
zrtte expects that "the advance will
again continue as 1t began. with SER
les OF rushes. A kapje taken here, halt
Il mile gain there. and that we snail
have, in short. to fight our way to The
rescue by hardly won degrees. Lady
smith, nevertheless. viii be saved"
The Globe says 1t Is assured that the
country will face the situation calmly
and braveiy, with the Arm determine
lion 10 press forward unAlnchIngIy in
spite OF all obstacles"
Special dispatches from Durham say
the Boer losses ON the Upper Tugela
during the hghtlng on Sunday last.were
very great. General warren's men cap
tured laO prisoners and l3O Beers were
found dead In one trench.