The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-09

London, Jan. She war Office has
just published the following bulletin
from General Butler:
"Frere Camp. Jan. S.-The following
is from White. dated p. m. yesterday;
An attack was commenced on my
position, but was chiefly against Cae-
sar's camp and Wagon hill. The enemy
was in great strength and pushed the
attack with the greatest courage and
energy. Some of the Entertainments
on Wagon hill were three times taken
by the enemy and retaken by US. The
attack continued until 1870 p. m
" One point in our position was Oc
cupied by the enemy the whole day.
But at dusk, in a very hedVN rain
storm. they were turned out Of this
position at the point of the bayOnet in
a most gallant manner by the DevOns,
led by Colonel Park. Colonel Ian Ham
iltOn commanded on Wagon hill and
rendered valuable service. The troops
have had a very trying time and have
behaved eXcellen1ly. They are elaCed
at the service they have rendered the
queen.
Enemy Were Rspulsed.
The enemy were repulsed every
where WifE heavy loss, greatly exceed
ing that on my side which VIII be re-
ported as soon as the lists are COM
pleted' "
This official confirmation Of Frere
Camp rumors OF General Whites sue
cess at Ladysmith relieved the ex-
IRENE tension OF the waiting crowds.
kilograms from RensbeTg say seven
officers ant thirty men Of the SuffOlks
were killed and that about fifty We're
captured. General French's announce
1nent that the Essex regiment has been
sent TO replace the SuffOlkS is more
bitter TO the latter's friends than the
list of casualties, as the only inference
deduetible from this fact is that the
Sufolks disgraced themselves and
their flag by boiling and leaving a few
of their more staGnch comrades to NIL
the Pretoria jails.
Lord DalWare. in a graphic CssCrip-
ton Of the battle Of MagersfOltein,
says: 1T IS useless to disguise that a
large percentage Of the troops are los
ing heart for a campaign comprised of
a succession Of frontal attacks on an
invisible foe. securely entrenched and
unavoidable.
Men Fought Bravely.
"Our men fought admirably, but
they were asked to perform miracles.
Don't blame them, and don't blame
the gallant general, who was the first
victim of the terrible disaster which
OveTcame the chief Highland brigade.
They marched in quarter column to
their doom. General WauchOpe's last
words, For Gods sake. men, do not
blame me for this VIII gladden. the
hearts Of his nUmberless friends.
There was no accord between General
Methuen and General Wauehope in re-
gard TO the best method of attack.
General AIethuen's plan prevailed, and
the mistake lost 200 men,"
A private Of the irish rifles who
fought at StOTmberg. in letter to his
home. says that when General GataCTe
saw the position the guide had led the
troops into. he shot the guide dead
with his own revolver,
Not since the day of General Butler
reverse has such a crowd of inquirers
visited the war office. As the after
noon progressed, a rumOr obtained cur
rency that Ladysnith had surrendered
and the depression in the Hobbies haC
become extreme when an official ap-
peared and. in a loud voice, shouted:
coed news" and posted the dispatch
chrOnicling a brilliant victory for thC
British troops.
Was Desperate Fight.
Even the brief official announcement
cent by General White seems TO entitls
his success to the adjective brilliant,
Sc often misused during the present
war Reading between the lines Of Gen
eral Whites dispatch, it IS evident tha
there was a desperate fight, the British
entertainments being thrice taken anl
retaken. and at dusk the Devonshir'
regiment. at the point of the bayonet
drove out the Beers from another 20
sition which they had occupied all dal
long.
The news spread with astonishing ia
pidity all over London, ana caused al
instantaneous change in the aspect o
tie metropolis. Smiling faces were eeel
everywhere, and even at the eedau
foreign Office and other departments o
the government elation was shown.
The newspapers were ali 5ubilapt, tn
conservative Standard, in big hea'
lines, announced glorious victory
I4adysmith."