The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-30

Beers who also occupied heavy spur
parallel with the kop, where the enemy
was concealed In no fewer than Thirty
i've rifis pits and was thus enabled to
bring to bear uponEour men u damaging
crossdre. the only possible point for q
British attack being the southern side
with virtually sheer preoipioes on the left
and right. A narrow foot path admitting
men In single nle only to the summit
orens to n perfect table land probably
of three hundred square yards area upon
which the Beers had hastily commenced
to make a transverse trsnuh. Our men
were able to occupy the fur ther end OF
this table land where the ridge descended
oeeded by round, stony eminence held
by the Beers In great strength.
The ridge held by ur men was faced
by a number of strong little kopj,s at all
angles. whence the Beers sent concen
trsted fire from their rides, supported by
a Maxim N Nordenfeldt and = big long
range gun. What With the rifles and the
machine guns and the big gun, the sum
nit was converted into perfect hell.
Rsinforosments were hurried up by
Gen. Warren, but they had to cross a
stretch Of fiat ground which was literally
torn up by the flying lead Of the enemy.
The unfinished trench on the summit
gave very questionable shelter, as th g
eneiny's machine guns were 40 accurately
ranged upon the place that often sixtse II
shells fell In the trench In a single min
ute. Mortal men could not permanently
hold such n position. Our gallant fellows
held 1t tenaciously twenty -four hours and
then taking advantage OF the darkness,
abandoned 1t to ths nemy."
The Times has the following heliograph
message via Moidsr river from Kimber-
ley. dated January Goth;
"The bombardmsnt continues. 1t is
now directed toward the inhabited por
tlons OF the town rather than the fort!ti
cations. Between midnight and p. IN,
yesterday Is shells were fired. They seem
to have been of Transvaal make, not
bursting widely. One child was killed
and four psople Injured"
THE sPIoN KoP CASUALTIES.
London, January 29.-Gsneral Butler
wires from Spearman's Camp, January
20, tina. the casualties among the Off GERS
of the Fifth division and mounted brig
ade at Spion Kop, January "a. were:
Killed-StaT Captain NJ. Ii. Virtue,
Captain S III. Stewart, Lieutenants u.
r. MaIlook and Il. Braser, second Lam
oashre fusiliers; Captain O. Muriel,
Lieutenants W. LAwlsy and II. A. Will
son, second Middlesex; Major A. j. Ross,
Captain III. W. Kirk and Lieut.. A. IL.
Wade. second Lancaster regiment; Lieut..
Pipe W olfsrstan. second wing Scottish
Borderser; Captain q. q. Birch and
Lieut.. u. III. Rachael, first South Lam
casters; Lieut.. II. W. Garvey, first Bor-
dsrers; Captains the Honorable W. II.
Petre and q. b. N. Knox-GoTe, and
Lieuts. q. q. Grenfell, p. h. Newman,
p. s. MoCorquedale and Hili-Trevor,
Ihornyorofts, mounted infantry; Lieuts.
Randall and Knochsohaud. imperial
light infantry.
Wounded Col. Bloomfield (taken prison
er); Major W. y. Waller and Lieuts. r.
5. Wilson, and Leoharton, second Ian
oashire fusiliers; Major K. W. Scott-Mon
orieff and Captains q. w. Saville, X.
Deb Burton, q. W. Bsntly, second Mid
dlesex; Captain W. Sanbaoh and Lieuts.
A. Dykes. j. A. Nixon and u Il.
Stephens, second Lancashires; Gen. Wood
gate dangerously; Captain b. III. Carlton
aud Lieuts. A. W. Forster and J. W.
Baldwin of the staff; Captain h. A. Bet
tington and Lieut.. Howard. OF Thorny-
crofts mounted infantry; Captain Cole
man, imperial light infantry.
Nissing-Captains W. +. Elmslie, Hicks
and g. b French, second Lancashire
fusiliers; Major q. A. Carbon. second
Lancashires; Lieut.. PoweI-ElLs, Thorny-
crofts mounted infantry.
USUAL FROM WAR OFFICE.
London, January so.-le.4o q. m.-The
war once announces that no further
news has been received from South Az
rica. except report from Lord Roberts
that the situation Is unchanged.