The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-24


ler's headquarters, Chieveley Camp,
Monday nlght:
scope OF recent operations
1 understand the scope and mean-
ing OF the recent operations here 1t IS
necessary to study the map OF the en-
Nlrons OF Colenso. Inc shortest road
TO Ladysmith !les through Colenso,
U1eters II Nelthorpe.
Advancing by this an army secures
railway communication Moreover, the
water question presents little dlftcul
W.
'en' suffers Intentions
when Gen builer determined to
hreak OH the attack on the Boer posi-
tons beyond Potgieter : drift, he fully
lhteHueu 10 hiike IL iresh attempt, anu
he preferred to run h risk and put
the matter TO a decisive test as near
Ladysmith ana as near railway com
'nunications as possible, although this
road runs through "A dl'hcult country,
beginning with the. almost Impregna-
BILE Colanso position, and further OBJ
structed by. other strong POSITIONS IN
the rear OF Colenso.
The POSITION Dcscrihed.
The position spreads in a wide horse
shoe around ChleVeiey. The western
half lies on steep. often precipito'Is
bluffs near Groplers kloof, and among
the low hills, kopJes and scrub around
Colepso village.
Against this position part of the at
tack OF December -, was directed.
beci'cd y" the eastern Hail.
Gen. Butler has low decided to try
the eastern half, which lies on the
south side of the Tugela river, run
ming over Hlwana hill. along the green
hills resting on the high ridges OF
Monte Cristo, and beyond it lngola
kop and the mex between he two lat
ter.
HUssar hill was seized by cavalry
anu occupied by the army the 18th
wednesdays On the 18th CThursday)
batteries were established on this po-
sitioh, and heavy siege and naval guns,
all well i~ntrenched.
A sp"s"""ic
On the 10th (fr1day) a spasmodic
b~ombardment was kept up, but the
Beers were well concealed, and onl.y
replied with long-range guns, causing
few casualties.
Vi the nth Saturday Gen. Bull
LEI attacked the extreme Boer left ON
Cingola kop with two divisions and
cavalry, holding their right and CEN
ter with a formidable line of field and
siege artillery Action began at SIX
O'Clock. The infantry, covered by the
guns. advanced rough broken, scrub
by country, across Gomba strea n,
upon Clngola kop, continually reach
ing out to eastward to find the true
Beer flank.
o"|"irS ""de " De'"ur'
Inc cavalr brigade under Lord Jun
dcrald, made a detour OF ten miles,
and climbed the eastern end of Cling )ia
kop through IN edense slope, n 'rr
almost p~recipi'ious Slope II arrived
at the summit at ten o'clock.
After a nrief skirmish with the Bo-r
pickets' MAJ. dought regiment grad
usily cleared the whole ridge. The
Queen iahcers, VINO now arrived IN
inc extreme rlght OF n infantry at
TACK, supported them IN holding the
MT wnich mad peen
DUCTS eur" ohoer fire'
II Iioers lost several killed n
len horses were captured.
ii f'oers retlred under heavy ire
across the mex 10 monte Cr1sto.
n cavalry theh crossing Clngola
kop, reached out 10 the Iugela river
ana the south African hight horse ad-
Nahced on the pam beyond the ridge
ievei with the infantry.
The Beers had now been driven from
angola, nut stu occupied Monte
'rlsto strongly The mex between
was commanded by the fire of both
comoatan's, the road across it being
available TO neither.
The Boers' Left Turned
AT right angles to Monte Cristo
ridge runs a long spur to the Tugela