The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-22
ADVANCED
POSITIONS
OCCUPIED
By the British as the Result of
Heavy Fighting Yes
GEN ROBERTS ISSUED ORDERS
To Respect Rights of NOp-combat-
ants, Pay for Supplies, and
Stop Cumming"

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Stop cumming
LONDON. Jan. 22.--4;se. a. mine
Ttmea has the following, dated Sunday
evening, from spearmans cap;
'AIl day yesterday and to-day Cen
cral Warren has been attacking the
Beers. Their position Is a long ridge Ttse
ascending from the river. AT dawn
Yesterday Saturday our guns occu-
pied a kopje on the east of the range.
"The enemy's defenses were chiefly
stone sangars. extending forward and
right along the spur, making the posi-
tIon sennI-circular. Al Il o'clock GEN
eraL Hart's brigade advanced on the left,
along a rocky, uneven spur, Into the
semi.clrele, under heavy FIRE from three
directions. Taking advantage OF all
possible cover the troops advanced to a
polnt within 500 yards OF the enemy's
rlrA wing, but they did not advance
beyond the edge Of the cover There
they remained until dark, and blv-
ouaeked
In addition to Maxim Nordenfeldts.
the enemy fred shrapnel, captured at
Colenso. Their fire was intermittent,
and was always temporarily silenced by
our masked batteries. AT night the en-
emy's right wing evacuated Its po-
sition."
LONDON Jan. Fine Daily teie,
graph has the following despstch aateu
Saturday from spearmaTs Camp
Gen. Warren's forces nave tougnt d
deliberately planned and successful Dat
tie. This important engagement &C.
CURED to the west OF spion Aop anu
practically resulted In our securing tne
rough taolelana' when '0"S'i'N'eu s"'
key OF the BoeS position
After fierce cannonede had Deeh
directed against the enemy's lines lot
some time the British troops essen
bled near an eminence known as thtee
Trill Hin. which forms the center Oh I"
semi-circle Of crests crowned win the
enemy's works and some SIX miles long
Steadily and with great dash the BTU
ish infantry went forward In the race
Of heavy fusiIade SSom MenSeF riues'
Our troops we're disposed as tollows'
Major General Woodgate,s Drigace on
the right Major 1enetal tlart > UfI LS',S
in the center and Major General Hiio'
yards brigade on the lett.
Soon after midday the oattie On
the hill became furious ana from .
in the afternoon until the hre IRON
both cannon and rides was extremely
heavy. Point after point OF the enemy 8
positions were seized by the BRUSH
troops. and eventually the boer rlsnt
broke and was forced back toward
SpIon KoP'
our ioree 10 O.'ou"eNa"s upO'I - s
ground 1t captured 80 CALAMITY Dur
ing the action to-day the enemy
brought into play new guns one OIL
which was r quicksilver Tomorrow
ought to settle the matter. In to-day s
fighting our losses were trihing' put
the Beers suffered heavily
while Gen. warren was hghtng nus
engagement an ehectuaI demonstration
was proceeding at Potgieter $ DrltE' the
enemy's positions near there being Wig
orously sheIled by the British bat
teries."
LONDON. Jan. IA despatch to the
Daily News from Potsleters Dritt
dated Friday, Jan. 10, says;
THE spirits OF the troops are greatly
raised by the conviction that Gen. Bull
Ter now kas thorough grasp OF the
situation. As the force has left the
railway transport difficulties are being
experienced The rivers are often
flooded. and what were short time
ago trickltng streams are now deep tor
rents.
The scenes at the driits cannot pc
easily forgotten. one sees a perfect
pandemonium OF OK wagons some
wagon. and the drivers make verI-
tIble babel of noise. shouting in Dutch,
English and Zulu. They brandlsh their
long whips, and occasionally an upset
stops n,whole train.
AT another point, or time, half a
regiment will drag cart and its mules
up the river bank by main force. The
traction engines looked promising at
0rst but since ChieVeley I have seen