Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1900-01-06
BOEBSATHACK BRITISH.
They Successfully Hold Coles.
BERG Against Gen. French.
Gen. Butler Gathering An Immense
Army 10 Relieve Ladysmiih.
Large British RsinfoFesmen,a Bsisg
Seat From cape Iswn.


berg has not Jet been occupied. The
3 Bars uuexpectedly attacked tue British
luft aahk II dAybreAk this morning, bat
were repulsed. They occupied the Mills
70 She north OF lhe town, but we're
eventually driven Out OF their pOsitiOns
affer an hours Smelling by our guns.
They stlll hold, however, the hills i'm
mediately surrounding the town, pre-
venting she British from advanciug <
along the railway. The British loss IN
to-dsys engagement WAS light, white
the bOeFa are reported 20 have lost 100.
including twent5 aFis9ners.
Toe bOrF attackers, numbered thOus-
and mep. Tbs llnis Kitten dragons
Gus their way through the Boer-. who
we're forced 10 retreat by the heavy
artillery aud musketry life.
MoLTENo AFFAIR.
London, Jan. 5.--Oen Gatacre's report
Of the hollenO affair confirms the Asso.
ctAted Pfeas dispatches, showing that it
was merely determined attack Ou a %.
liea outpost, which was successfully 70.
pelied. There we're no British CASUAL.
Ties.
EULUs REsTLHs
PieleimaTitsDurg, Jan. 5.-The rest.
leasuess VI the Il Zilus h increasing
Many sic on the verge 81 starvation aud
there have bsen several instances OF loot.
Ing ot stores Il h feared that the mag
istfates Will not BE- able 10 restrain the
warriors much longer Il IL asserted
that they aIe anxious 10 attack tbs Beers.
REINFORCEMENTs FOR GEN. FRENCH.
London, Jan. b.-The war Oflea this AZ.
ternOOn published dispatch from y ape
TOWn. dated January g. sAyibR that at
Gen. fteReh's special request the house.
hold rayAiTy, u battery OF ield artillery
aud ihe nfsl battalion o. the EsseE regl
inert ha1 bteu dispatched 10 reinforce
him temporarily.
B0ERs MAKING BRAVE DKrENsE.
London, Ian. 8 There IN still nG i'm
poftAot news ttum ths ffOat. out tue
silence which has descended on 6ennFaI
BallsT's huge force at tugaia river IL be-.
iieyed tO be- the lrrluds 10 another at
tempt " Teeeh Ladysmith. Meanwhile,
tue extraordinary tenacity the Blefs
are displaying around 'Olesburg, where
tbey even assume the offensive. tends 10
ds:rAes from the success General french
u SUPPOSED 70 have achieved.
Toe lat ~ news OF Colonel Pilcher's
Taid shows that some OF the 0rst accounts
c0nsideTHb exaggerated the effect on
ths Bjors sad sympalh,zsrs. While it is
tfne tbat he successfully drove couple
Of hundred Ut rebels from sunnyside.
killing kna Wounding thirty and capluf
ing forty three. Colonel Pitchers imme-
dtate evacuation Of Douglass seems 10
prove that he had information that there
was q Sufficient number OF Beers sn the
neighboThOod 90 make his position an
safe. lndefd, there IL reason 10 believe
that oniy the dispatch Of cavalry bri
gade from MOddeT river prevented the 800
men sent By General Cronle from at.
tacklng Pitchers column. aud ~ soon as
the cavalry returned 10 hOdieF river,
CgOnie's troops Fr0ecupied sunnyside.
According % adyices from SteFkstrOm,
the Bosrs completely retired from the
neighhoTh0Od OF h0iIenO, but General
GAiAcTe does not appear 10 have pprsund
tbem, A. the reinfufcementa from SteFk
Hlrom returned there.
ARRESTED
Csps Town. Jan. o --Tfansyaal's high
aheFin. white attempting to sail Tor
DslagOa Bay to-day. VIA arrested here.
He was subsequently, parOied.
RVMOR oP BoxR DEFEAT.
London, Jan. 5.--ll IL rumOTed at Cape
Town that Col. Baden Powell has again
uoANnAeu aHf hutfH NJ mhifhAnks
sTRAMkR RKLEAsED.
London. Jan. 6.--A dispatch fTom Cape
TowO, dated TO- day, says that the prize
cCdrt has released she British steamer
Aash0na. captured by the British gun
boat Partridge early Ia December, with
Ammiean 4 iur, said TO be intended for
the Bosre.Ou board, but ordered the cargo
kept al the warehouse pending the trial
of The case,
KILLED.
Lond0n, Jan. "a special from Rens.
bera says that Mai. Harvey, Tenth Hue
z4a, was killed, aud Nsl. Alexander
wounded. while the HuEEtrs were pnF.
suing the TctTeating Beers after tbs at
tsek on the British left, Jan. I. near
ColesbeFg,
col. PllCaER's FORCE
BeilemOnt, Cape Colony, Jan. 5.--Col.
Pitchers column with the Douglass
refugees returned 10 camp this morning.
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