Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-29

east Of Spion Kop. Many Beers were
shot, but so numerous were the burgh-
ers that the gaps filled automatically
Toward twilight they reached the sum-
NIT Of the second kopje, but did not get
farther. The British maxims belched
flame, but wall Of fire from Mausers
held the English back. Their center un-
der this pressure gradually gave way
and broke, abandoning the position. The
prisoners speak highly of the bravery
of the burghers. who, despising cover,
stood against the skyline edges Of the
summit to shoot the Dublin Fusileers
sheltered in the trenches. The firing
continued some time, then the Fusileers
and light horse, serving as infantry,
threw up their arms and rushed out of
the trenches. The effect Of the abandon
ment Of Spion Kop by the English can
hardly be garged as yet, but it must
prove to be ssx-s nge, Asl unusually
high proportion Of lyddite shells did not
explode. 1t is reported here that as a
result of long toms" practice Monday
DR.. Jameson was wounded in the leg.
London, 1926 p. m.--Great anxiety has
been removed by an announcement that
Lord Dundonald's s cavalry forces, which
it was feared We're isolated among the
hills in the neighborhood of Acton
Homes, are safe on the south bank of
the Tugela river.
London, January 20, 2:17 p. m.-The
usual airy attempts to minimize the Sc
riousness of the situation in South AZ
RIGA are entirely lacking this afternoon
1t Is frankly acknowledged that the
most serious effort of the present war
has dismally failed. All hopes of the
speedy relief Of Ladysmith have been
abandoned, and the consensus of expert
opinion urges the immediate shifting Of
the theater of war from the rocky
kopjes Of Natal to the open veldt Of the
Free State. Another long pause is in
avitable unless the Beers assume the
offensive.
Berlin, January ga semi official
dispatch from Lisbon says the report
that the Beers crossed the Mozambique
frontier Is unfounded.
London, January 29.-The St. James
Gazette this afternoon publishes II
scathing criticism OF the language Of
Buffers reports. 1t says: "Buller's re-
aection on the terror he put into the
foe reminds us Of things we heard about
the Chinese mandarins."
Pretoria, january 26.-President
Steyn, of the Orange Free State, and A.
Fischer. of the executive council Of that
republic, arrived here this morning.
They were met by President Kruger and
other officials, and were cheered while
driving to the residence of the presl-
dent of the Transvaal.
The Volksstein, the official organ of
the Transvaal, in welcoming the guests
of the Free State, says: But for the
courageous attitude Of the Free State
the conditions Of the present struggle
would be changed. 1t would have been
impossible for the Transvaal to have
taken a course followed with such sue
cess"
London, January 2s.-TFhe war office
denies the report that IIadysmith has
surrendered, and announces a very
heavy list Of casualties will be issued
tonight.
New York, January ga special
from London to the Evening World
saws: 1t is learned from a reliable
source that Field Marshal Lord Rob-
erts has advised the abandonment of
Ladysmith. At the war Office, the dis
patch adds, no confirmation could be
obtained of the advice said to have
been given by Lord Roberts.