Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-30
British Losses in the Meantime
Known to Be Over Seven
Hundred Men.
EVACUATION OF SPi0N K0P
Warren's Retreat Causes a De-
pressed Feeling Through
out England.
More Troops the One Sugges-
ton Made to Break BOer
Resistance.

LONDON, Jan. 2i.-SeVen days OF nGne
ing have left the main Boer positions
intact and General Buffers army FOG
weaker, according to tho official oasu-
atty lists, which seemingly do not III
clude Spion kop losses, as those last for
warded do not mention General Wood.
gates wounding.
England is possessed by i depressing
sense Of failure, although not u word in
criticism Of her generals and soldiers is
uttered. Not much effort is made to
place happy construction upon Cen
eral Buffers bare IS words telling Of
the retirement from Spion kop and there
is an uneasy impression that worse
news is yet to come.
At the military clubs tho statement
passed from one member to another
that the war office had received un un.
pleasant supplementary dispatch from
General Butler which WIS being held
up for 10 hours.
Spencer Wilkinson in Tho Morning
Post writes as follows of the Spion kop
loss:
Calls 1t u Serious Reverse.
'This is Il serious matter and an at
tempt will not here bo made to minimize
it, for no greater wrong can he done to
our people at homo thun to mislcnd
them about the Significance OF the
events of the war. Tho right way is to
tell the truth as far as we know it. But
facts from the ncighborhood OF the Tu-
gela arc scunticr than ever. The cen
sorsllip now is simply pi"hibitivc aud
something is wrong with tn. cables
More troops is the one suggestion
In the way to bro; -" Boor resistance.
, Mr. Wilkinson = IT. 5 th,.t General
Butler has not 2O,l co more men, tlecl,r-
Jung if they would not mako victory Ger
! tain his enterprise without them is
! hopeless. The Spectator, dealing with
the necessity Of large additional mill
tary preparations, says:
1T may be yet that VIC have another
cycle Of disasters in front Of US
! Tho morning papers editclially advise
confidence and u rcfraiuing from over.
estimating the gravity Of tho position.
The Times clitorially says:
| Butler May nn.c to Retire.
"The consequence Of this latest check
may be very serious to tho gallant Lady.
smith garrison. 1t is impossible to est.
mate tho next movement. 1t In,,y be
! that General Butler will 10 compelled to
retire from the ground he lately won,
but III amy event We may be sure that
the British people will not show them.
selves wanting in fortituhc and Stendi.
ness. The government would be we'll
advised to call ont immediately ull the
militia and to expedite the: dispatch of
the Eighth division and OF the Frnrth
cavalry brigade. no doubt Lord Rob
trta Will strain every nerve to enable
G,lni:'! Eu!i i +" 1'>I:. W the ntt,rlpt to
rr'r'N, !%rlN>nitl.'
nv" Standard l.. n!r".'g ihy>r y Inch
crn.':,"ntS upon lll" 80 l,Ill>hir" man
ncr IL Which. N"l!h .lf'l.' oNlllu,V, up
trr.,,r, v i't,:,! N''.l,u any :,pp.o-
cnl!' Jesuit, 1tli't goes Oh to /, Ter to
the r'!!tllr'ItAl .juirl:i;7"n and tn" pre-
dirtini:> i,@ilI'liu" General E'll,r's
ch, rN.
'Ihr editorial also nllud"S to the sig
nitirnIrr If DR.. J., v'!s' dpinyS in Paris.