The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-02-03
HAD TO FALL BACK.
Buller's Second Attempt to Relieve
Ladysmith Met with Disaster.
His Army witbd avs South of rugela River
losses EVidsntly Heavier Even Than
Those In the bloody Battle
of Colenso.

London. Jan. SJ.-Gen. BulleT ; us
match to the war Office states that
Spionkop was abandoned on account
of lack of water. inability to bring ar
tillerv there and the heavy Boer fire.
Gen. Ruller gives no list OF casualties.
I;s yybols force ,vithdrew south of 4
the Tugela river with the evident in
tention Of reaching Ladysmith by an
other route.
~. ,.,,.h to,. Heavily
IoDdon Ian qo-Gen. Buller saws
can yynrran,s troops have retreated
south Of tho Tugela river. The Beers
sav ,ha, tba prit;sh lost I. 800 killed
Wednasdov II is believed here that
,his ,ncludea tho wovnded. The Beers
aIso oI.i,r ihot ia of the English
,roons snrrendere1 at spionkop.
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hon',on' D"n' -, g..
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january - ~ -
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. une is now NO.
,,,;ad h,, ~, ur,,,sh ,,ho arc re
} noir,no tba railway .nd hridges IN,
: correspondant observes that this will
tacil;,ate commnnico,ion hetwee,
, Con Gntacre and Gen Kellv.Kennv
ro,., n,,u,, l,..a. IN p,,o
Tordor Ian % Tho ,otol ur;tis,
,osses IN ,be nresert war mn IN dnt,
number s514 The total forces plnce,
hv r,oIond In sonth Atrico tn dat,
run,her tt9 s6s men. 10 7sl horses a
mocbine ouns nnd oto aeld o1,ns IN,
, total now Mt sea ia 1z3OO men. t.14
horses four mncbine runs and os field
guns The total losses Of Buller'
. forces since the beginning of hi
gnnltino movement on January IL
nre, Sixty-seyen killed. $40 wounde,
. and GO missing.
Gen white NAV s,,,.nas,
;, Iondon. Inn. sO.--Tbc terrible ss
y Graf which tbe w.r office bas hoe
|. Guarding like a skeleton in n dnr
y closet since Friday Is revealed II
n catastronbo worse Than defcnt n
snion kop or Potcieter's drift. II