The Irish standard., 1900-01-27
PROGRESS is SLOW.
March "r Gen. susirr on 1.sdysmith-
NOers G"nse~iins Every Inch
of the Nay.

London, Jan. 23.-The Daily Mail
has the following, dated Sunday night.
from Spearman's Camp:
"There has been no, fighting all day.
At dawn our attack was resumed along
the entire line. all the brigades taking part
We soon discovered that the Beers Still
occupied the range Of hills in force, their
position being very strong. The range is
intersected by steep ravines and many ap-
proaches very difficult of access. To-day
the Roers who were driven from their
trenches yesterday took cover in dongas
and behind the rocks with which the hills
are strewn. The forces. therefore, COM
menced the task of driving them out, and
set to work with good hear, in the early
morning. Much firing took place. and our
progress was slow. but gradually British
pluck lold It's tale. and the enemy fell back
to another kopje. We swarmed on and
occupied 1t. and then the attack recon-
menced With the utmost gallantry.
1.-The country simply abounds In hills
favorable to guerrilla warfare. and our
task Is an arduous one Nevertheless. 1t
:. being gradually accomplished. When
ever any of the enemy were observed
| taking up fresh position our field batter
les poured in showers of shrapnel, and the
rapid movement of the guns. followed by
accurate shooting. must have greatly dis
.ressed them. The enemy were on the de-
fnsive almost the entire day. save once,
when they attempted to outtlank our left
and were signally checkmated. They re-
lied almost entirely on rifle fire. A few
shells were fired from y heavy piece of
ordnance. but these fell harmless.
I'VE now occupy the lower crest on the
left, and are conVerging slowly but surely
to the Boer center The Boer loss is I'M
known. but must have been heavy. The
killed and wounded are carried away 10
| %HA
In circulation that the Beers are retiring
The battle will be resumed Tomorrow"
London, Jun. 23.-Just before mid
night the war office issued the fol-
lowing dispatch from Gen. Butler:
"spearman's Camp. Jan. 22-The follow
Ing casualties are reported In Gen. Harris
brigade as the result of Yesterdays fight
ing: Kil!ed-Capt. Ryan. Yorkshire regi-
ment. and five men. Wounded = Second
Lieut.. Andrews. Border regiment Capt
MacLaushlnn, lnniskillings: Lieut.. Bur
low. Yorkshire regiment and IS men. Miss
ing-eight men. Other casualties win be
forwarded when received"
The foregoing WAS all the war Office
bad issued up to midnight. Nothing
therefore, is known here as yet re-
garding Mondays operations.
! London, Jan. 23.-The Daily Chron-
icle has received the following, dated
January 90, ISIS p. M. from Spear
mans Camp:
The Beers admit 81 casualties during
Gen. Lyttleton's skirmish ON Saturday
Gen. Warren continues pushing though
h" is necessarily making very slow prog.
ress, as the Beers are numerous and strong
| ly enlrcnched our infantry are workinr
over parallel ridges with Lord Dundonald'.
cavalry lying we'll out on the left flank and
awaiting developments, Thu Beers con
test every inch Of the ground This morn.
Ing Gen. Warrens ARTILLERY roupened fire
but the Beers did not reply. and our fire
| became less hot. The naval gums in front
here have been quiet. y Boer prisoner
who was brought in boosted that II would
| take us three months to reach Lady
| smith"