The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-02-03

the $50 men In the front trenches sur
rendered. being sent as prisoners to
the head lager. The Boer advance
continued on the two kopjes east OF
Spion kop. Many Beers were shot, but
so numerous were the burghers that
the gaps filled automatically. Toward
twilight they reached the summit OF
the second kopje, but did not get fur
| fher. The British maXims belched
| flame, but wall of fire from the
mausers held the English back. Their
center, under this pressure, gradually
gave way and broke, abandoning the
position.
The prisoners speak highly of the
bravery of the burghers, who, despis-
| ing cover, stood against the skyline
edges of the summit to shoot down
| the Dublin fusileers, sheltered in the
| trenches. Firing continued for some
time, and then the fusileers and the
| light horse, serving as infantry, threw
up their arms and rushed out of the
| trenches.
| The effect of the abandonment OF
Spion kop by the English can hardly
be gagged as yet, but it must prove to
| be immense.
Feeling of Deep Gloom.
London, Jan. 20, 4:15 q. m.-The
week has opened with the utmost gloom
| for the British public, and the reaction
| is all the stronger because of the high
hopes that were reposed in Gen. Buffers
| turning movement and of his announce
| ment that there would be mo turning
back" AT the very moment when DIR.
Leyds is being received as an honored
guest in the highest circles on the con-
tinent Great Britain has to face the
worst disaster in n campaign thus far
disastrous. Open talk is heard of the
absolute necessity OF abandoning Lady
smith to its fate, while Lord Roberts re-
verts to the original plan of an advance
over the Orange river upon Bloemfon-
| tein.
To Ladysmith thel disappointment
must be very bitter, a dispatch from
the Boer laager. near the town, dated
January ~, describes the garrison as
very evidently preparing desperate
coup in order to effect n junction with
| Gen. Buffers advancing army, 1t may
be regarded as certainty that, in the
| confident hope of early relief, Sir
George White has lately been issuing
extra rations, and this fact has given
| rise to an exaggerated idea as to the
length of time the provisions would last.
| Even should ii be decided to send Gen.
Butler reenforcements and to attempt
to reach Ladysmth by movement
| through the still more difficult country
| east of Colenso, it is extremely doubtful
whether the garrison could hold out
| long enough, as such a movement would
| occupy at least a month.
should Send More Troops.
All the editorials this morning
breathe the spirit of calm determine
ton. Not one will allow that any re-
verse could deter the country from the
| object it cas- set itself to attain. what
ever the sacrifices which may be in
volved. The Times says: Heavy or
light. the thing has to be done and the
government ought to prepare for the
immediate dispatch of $4,000 men and
to take steps to send yet another So
000.'i if these should be needed. The
hopeless attempts to carry on the
campaign with four widely separated
columns, each unequal to its task,
must be abandoned for concentra-
ton of force and of purpose,
Defeat Equal to Yorktown.
The Times says: 1.-The catastrophe
is almost without precedent lin our
| military history. and, indeed, without
parallel except the surrender of York
| town.
Very frank criticism of the govern
ment. however, is beginning to he
heard even in quarters" that lave
hitherto RETAINED. The Daily Mail
boldly throws all the blame upon Sir
Michael llicks-Beach, Lord Lands
downe and Lord Wolseley. 1t points
| to President Lincon's dismissal of
Simon Cameron from the post of sec.
rotary OF war as precedent for "ret-
| ting rid OF incompetent ministers"
BuIier's strength.
1t appears that Gen. Butler had alto
| gether five brigades wholly or partly en-
gagged. Gen. Cookies, Gen. Hildyard's,
| Gen. Harris, Gen. Woodgate's and Gen.
| Lyttleton's, and the - casualties al
| ready announced in Lyt.leton's brigade
are thus explained. Much mystery
still surrounds the retreat. 1t is pos
| sible that Gen. Butler has withdrawn
his whole forces. but it is generally as
sumed that Lytteton's brigade and
| Lord Dundonald's cavalry and other
| troops are still on the north side of
the Tugeia. Gen. Buffers confidence
| that the Beers did not modest his re-
| treat, because they had been taught to
respect the fighting powers of the Brit
| ish soldier, is not shared in London.
| 1t is thought rather that the Beers had
some other plan in store or did not
wish to waste their men.
VIII Not Seek Peace.
Berlin, Jan. 29.--The Deutsche Tapes
Ieitung publishes an interview with
DR.. Leyds which represents him as hav-
| ing said: THE war will certainly last