Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-01-29
BATTLE III SP.ONKJP.
Gen. Bull.r Gives Account Of The
British Retreat,
Army Safely Cross to South Of
Tugela River.
Boers Give Graphic Account Of Their
Signal victory.
SPLENDID BRAVERY OF THE BUTCHERS

London, Jan. 20 The following dis
patch from General BuIrT, received Oh
Sunday, IL uaged Syearmau's camp,
Saturday, January q. $3.50 v. N: ia
January % Warren drove back tn
enemy aud obtained possession % tue
southern crests VI high table iaud tx
tending from the hne Oi Ac.Ou dome
and HOngefspOOrt " the western Lady
smith hllis. From then 80 January %
he remained iu close cOntac. witu tur
enemy. The enemy held "a strong posi-
tiOn on range Of small kJpl q stretch
Ing from the northwest 10 thB southeast
plateau ftJm Acton Homes, thgousu
Spionkop TO tue left bank Ut tho Tugeia.
The actual position held was perfectly
tenable, but did not lend Itself 10 All
vance ~ the southern siOles we're 80
steep. Warren could not gut tif1cI.yo
artillery posl.iOL, and Na.er suppu,s
were diiicult
"0n Jsbuagy %. assen'ed to his at
tackiDg epic hoy, large hill, indeed, u
mountain, viii Ia was evidently the key
to the position, but Was tar more acCrs-
sible from the north than from the
south.
On the night OF January 90 he attacked
Spionkop, but found II very difficult to
hold, rs Il was zoo large, aud tGe water,
which H. had b-en lsl to believe existed
In this extraordinary dry eeBsOn, Was
found VeTy deficient 1he cTtsts
were held all that day agAintt ,-yers
attacks aud heavy shell lire. Oar men
fought with great gahanty. wIuid
especially mention tbs cJGduc Ut "a
Second CgmsrOliaus aud tuild kiIg'-
rifles, who suppO ted the attack Ul the
mountain from Ihe -teepest side aud ia
- 10 Ia. g..
and the Second Lancashire kusliepTs and
Second Middlssex, who msgniilCently
maintained the best traditions OF the
British army throughout the trying day
Of January "a, and ThOrnycroff- mount
ed infantry who fought through the dai
equally well alongside them.
General WOodgB,e. who was In com
mand at lhe summit, having been
wounded, the officer VINO succeeded him
decided ON the night OF January "a 10
abandon the position, ana did 80 before
dawn OF January 20.
II reached WaIren's camp ut a. m q,
January 20, and decided that Il second ~
tack upon spionkop was useless and that
the enemy'5 right WIS too strong TO al
low me TO force it. Accordingly de
cided to Withdrew tho force t. the south
OF Tugela At q IA. m, va commenced
withdrawing the train and by s q. NJ ,
January 27, WsrfrV's forc' WAS colcrn
trsted south OF Ia ella without loss OF
man or pourd II -tOres.
"The fact that tha force should with
draw from actual touch-in some caspe
the linel ~ vra H.. \ thar a thousand yRrdr
ap4rt-Sith the enemy In the maLber II
did H. thins, sutii;.eut evidences OF the
mOral- Of tn troops, aud IA va were
sfrtf b. D.
aud mule transports across the river
eighty lya yards brCat with twenty root
banks aud vsFy swift current, unmu-
Tested, IL, .hinE proof that the enemy
has been taught 70 respect our soldiers
fighting iOwers."
BOER ACCOUNT,
BOer Il sGQ4agteH., MOtdpr spFuit, Up.
per Tuge.R, Dan "a, Midnight, vi Lo-
renZ) Ma q11s, 4au, day, luiry 20
Some W. kci IN ghrr- from out osts on
the hishD-t htiis ot the s1ionKop group
rushed into thn Jaeger, 4ryiug that the
kop WIS s. d hat the Il gii7h h,d
taken IL. kHat &c maut4 wHre ord -rpi
up, but nCtbug cOu'd be done for some
time, tho hll being puyel0ped m q thick
mist. Al dawn tie Heidelberg aud Caro-
linss, surp,amt uted from other com
msndO7, bcgsD the ascent OF the hill.
Three s!urs PERCEPTIONS projections,
faced the Boere' position Up these the
advance was made. Horses were left
under the first terrace Of rocks. Sealing
the steep hill IN boys found tha English
had improved the opportunity aud In
trenchAd .etWtrn the ines OF tTp' ches
was sn ope ytidt hich had to ba ru he'd
under hesvy ire, not oUly from rides bu
OF lyddite an Hhlduuel from held gum
Three force GsCgndpd three spurs under
cover OF Or rom the Free State Krupps,
Creusot aui bR Maxim. The English
tried to rush the Beers with the bayOner,
but their infantry went down before the
Boer rifle fire as before scythe. the