The National tribune., 1900-02-15
BULLER'S EFFORTS.

The news from Buffers field of action be-
gan to arrive us to detail on Feb. &. 1t
seems that on Monday an attack was made
on the Boer position north of the Tugrla
which consisted of a line of kOpjes, strongly
iutrenched. extending from Spion kop
three miles east Of where its extremity
curves sharply southYard just opposite
Zwarts Kop, steep hill south of The river,
where the British batteries, consisting of
naval field. and mountain guns were
masGed East of the kopjes are the high
hills known as Doom KloOf.
A feint attack was made on the left by
Wynne's Brigade, supported by five bat
| while the main attack was made on the
| extreme right by Lyttleton's Brigade
Crossing bridge which the engineers
built under fire the British attacked and
took the southernmOst kopje. The Beers.
mounting guns on Doom KIoof, shelled
vance The men bivouacked where they
stood.
On Tuesday no further advance was
made. The Beers maintained long shell
fire. The positions of their guns were not
easy to discover In the afternoon the
end Of a kopje held by Lyttleton, and We're
at first successful, but reinforcements ar
riving the position was recarried at the
point of The bayonet.
Another account says:
"The movement was begun at an early
hour on Monday morning by way of Pot
gieter's Drift. The Eleventh Brigade,
forming part of the Fifth Division, under
Gen. Warren. made a feint attack upon the
kopjes Immediately on our front. The
assault was delivered at the outset under
cover of naval guns on Mount Alice. and
subsequently unJsr that of field batteries.
.'The infantry advanced steadily toward
the Boer intrenehed position at Brakfon-
tein and kept the enemy busily employed.
While this diversion was being made, the
remainder of the e.infantry told off for the
attack, who had bi youacked Sunday night
under Mount Alice, moved along at the foot
of Zwarts Kop, imtbe direction Of our right.
| "A pontoon bridge was thrown across
! the Tugela by thd engineers under the fire
of the enemy. The first battalion to move
across in the forenoon was the Durham
Light Infantry, of Gen. Lyttleton's bri-
gade. They advanced against Vaal
| krantZ, which lies on the most direct road
| to Ladysmith, and after two hours splen-
did work, theylg0t within charging dis
tance of the Losrs.9
The first of theakopjes was carried by
them at the pointiuf the baYonet with the
utmost gallantryc sAlmost simultaneously
the First Battalion Rifle Brigade cleared
the second kopje, and after moving along
the long ridge they bivouacked on the spot.
"rhe feint attack at Potgieter's Drift
having served its purpose in preventing
critical point, the Eleventh Brigade fell
back to the river. In the course of the
operation both the infantry and the artil-
iery had been subjected to severe shell
fire.
Yesterday Tuesday) at in the aft er-
noon, encouraged doubtless by their sue
cess at Spion Kop, the enemy endeavored
to recapture the position taken by us at
Vaal Krantz. They were beaten back
however, with loss.
'The enemy, as usual, fought with the
nuvering and the accuracy on the part of
the British artillery during the fighting on
Monday were beyond praise. Gen. Butler
cabled to the War Office that the approx