The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-20
BULLER WINS A FIGHT
SOUTH OF THE TUGELA.

SPECIAL. BY CABLE.
London. Tuesaav. Feb co-(Copyricht
1909, by the Now York Herald Company
The correspondent of the Daily News. with
Buffers .rIr,y. cables from Chievclry camp.
Monday. February 70:
We now occupy all the hills to the right
or east OF Col.nso. and south Of the rus;ia
River, including Hlanguana. which the
Borrs evacuated Sunday night
Cabling yesterday OIondayp from Pieter-
maritzburg. the correspondent Of the Daily
Mail says:
The capture Of Mount Hlauswana by
Buffers forces is of great Importance, If
true. as it enables him :" dominate the
Foer main position on Grobler's Klo1f. near
Colenso. The effect IF the big gun fire was
S.ycre
Large number Of Ere" Staters have left
for home to meet Robcrtss force. II is
a.so believed that a number Of the Eoer bis
guns have been taken back across the bor
der
The correspondent Of the same paper with
Buffers army. cabling Monday evening.
says:
"Ou Sunday morning th' attack on Monte
Cristo was continued. y heavy artillery
fire WAS concentrated on our objective and
the infantry deploypd up the rocky side,
checkmatirg the Boers AZ their own game
by taking advantage. cf rhs. cover afforded
hv rock.s and thorn bushes.
The Beers 'olted beforN our infantry
got within a chance of bdyou"tinG thvm.
our men pushed forward with rush and
a rhee er and gained the summit Of the hill.
This action drew u shrapnel IRE from
UIarc-vvln.t on the west and our men took
cover while our ordnance grappled with th,
adversary and i'm a short time sitsnced his
artillery.
our men then proceeded uuopposci
along the top OF he rids" to IN" left,
where they were Joined by another force
" hirh had assembled she hill at that point.
This combination Of forces was the sienal
for Iuzty chacr.ng. which was renewed
half an hour iattr. when a battery "f ar
tiIIery f.ined the stOrniuE PARTIES. In
lrenchinE h"Fap Immediately.
The Beers had excellent iutrenChmrnts
CA Monte Crisjo. In their flight toward
Colenso they left their tents standing and
abandoned quantity Of provisions
An earlier dispatch relating 20 ms. same
movement. has been received ~ the Daily
Telegraph from Eenne;; Burleish. dated
cNftL' t'a.,N- MI tf4lIt'ltE n says
without having Ia fight u serious battle
General Eu.lr~ to-day has carried Cingoio
Hiu which together with Monte Cris'o
C. mmautis Mount Hiancwaua and the Boer
position on The north of the Tug.la. This
range Of mountains runs in rorthwesteriy
direction. ard is 2."aa faar high
At daybl-ak on ThursIuy IN, caunonad-
:n-; - the Eoer p"sit. ns was resumed from
uJssar Hil. At o'clock in 49," morning
our infantry advanced. pressing tho enemy
spc,l the foothills under Mont" CriS,o across
rb, EIaauu Krdutz F;iy.r. 4 81. -.-ula
tinr. the supporting II OPS captured h.-h
ground. rhs colonial caralr, protecting their
right iagk and mogn'tuE rough hills %
the south.
'.'ihs l:aors gave W, rarini>. TT. "n-.lr
fred tIrir artillery with considerable heat
aI.i .,rsi>,aucy but our ssnuers. assisted
10y the 5-inch Houiiz"rs, succeeded il s.-
lenciuc ;he Boer cannon before midday
During the day the army advanced two
miles nearer Monte Cristo.
The batteries au Hussar Hin resumed Tho
next morning he cstnronace IF the eucmy's
works upon HIangwsna and Monte Crlsto-
soon after > o'clock General Lytt.eton
sent forward his force against Monte Gris.n
ana, .'incolo Hill. which is the eastern prr-
ton of the same range.
our Howitze.s a;.I fiva-inch siege surs
droprad ivddi;e shells along the Ec,r
trenches causing the enemy 10 drop their
rifles and scampe-. While this Cdnnondd.
proceeded the Beers Were replying ocCa-
sionally with shrapn"l shells from one Of
the captured guns, which We're bursting rc-
peatcdly near Butler. Tho infantry crossed
,iomha Stream and 2dvancef uQ the noun
tain slopes After proceeding a mile "r
more without meeting any opposition. the
troops Nrre recalled our trenches wer"
then advanced upon THE lower slopes FOR
half n:l2. Il was reported last night that
the Brers were moving back.
THE action resumed at 6 O'Clock
this morning by a heavy cannonade. To
which the Beers replied feebiy. Our intau-