The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-01-26
ENGLISH ARE ATTACKING
But Their Advance Against the
Beers is Stubb0rnIY Met.

But Their Advance Against the
Beers is StubbornIy Met.
Spearman's Camp, Jan. 2O.-A party
OF picked shots from MethGen's mount
ed Infantry took a position close to the
river before dawn and when it became
| light fired on the Beers, killing one and
hitting three horses.
The Suns correspondent was in a DO
sitiCn where he could watch General
| Warren advancing from Mount Alice.
At the same time our front was advanc-
| ing, using a balloon to locate the Beers
and with skirmishers in front. The
naval guns and hOwitzers of General
| White kept shelling the Boer positions.
| At 4 p. m. General Warren was still
shelling the high ridge running at right
angles behind SpeerkOp with shrapnel.
which was bursting right above the Boer
| trenches. A grass fire was burning be-
tween the British and BOer positions.
During Lord Dundonald's engagement
at Acton Homes it is reported that the
| Beers raised white flag Major Edison
stood up and was Immediately fired on.
| ThereupOn be sent a BOer prisoner to
the burghers to say that unless their
arms were laid down and their hands
| white flags. The Beers fred on the
| prisoner while returning.
The Enemy Are United.
Boer prisoners declare the Orange Free
State and Transvaal burghers are good
| friends and have no idea of giving I'D
the fight, even when defeated. The Beers
fred Mauser volleys and used q Norden-
feldt gun this evening.
General Warren fought for II hours
today. He gained two positions. The
British loss is believed to have been
small. Artillery was used for the pro-
lection of the infantry and the generals
had not been in hot haste, but had led
their men cautiously. Clery by judicious
use of field guns had fought his way
from ridge to ridge for a distance of
three miles. The main position was still
in front of them, but they had made a
good beginning and had not suffered
heavily.
Lord Dundonald's cavalry advance
guard is now in position to try to ad-
vance by the Dewdrop road through a
comparatively open country direct to
Ladysmith, or may try to cut off the
Boer retreat through Van Reenen's pass
by pushing on to Ladysmith along the
Harrismith railway. Lord DundOnald
must be governed by what is possible for
Warren. The former has been able to
get northwest Of the Beers entrenched
position, which must be thrust back or
turned by the troops across the Tugela.
Another Stubborn Fight.
Sherman's Camp, Jan. 21.- Today
there was another stubborn fight from
dawn to dark, the British slowly gain
ing ground. There has been constant
musketry firing to the northwest. The
British gained the position the Beers
we're holding on the rocky ground be-
yond. There is fighting in front and on
both fanks, covering a very wide range
of territory. At 10 o'clock this morn
ing the Dublin regiment carried a strong
position at the point of the bayonet
The correspondent of the Sun today
visited the field hospital on the battle
field on COventry's farm. The stretchers
we're full OF wounded, about 200 men.
None of them are seriously wounded.
Warren is confident and careful. He
prefers taking five days to accomplish
his object than to risk defeat by at.
tempting to make too fast an advance
British casualties in yesterdays fight
ing were 279. Captain Hensley of the
Dublin regiment, was shot in the fore
head and killed.
After 10 hours OF continuous and
terrible fire yesterday, Generals Hart
and Clery advanced 1000 yards. The
Beers maintained an irregular fire dur
ing the night, but the British outposts
did not reply.
Beers Make Stubborn Fight.
Snearman's CamD. Jan. 22-EarIv on
Sunday morning General Warren COM
menced fianking movement on the ex-
treme left of the Boer position. The in
, fantry advanced at 5 O'Clock in the
morning along the irregular Tabamy-
ANA mountain, which ends at Spionkop.
The artillery positions were behind and