The sun., 1900-01-30

AIDS cavalry forces. which it was feared
were isolated by the Beers i'll the hills
in the neghborhood of Acton Homes
nre safe on the south bank of the Iugela
river.
If is learned from n reliable source
+bat Field Marshal Lord Roberts, now
in supreme command mt the cape, nus
advised the abandonment of l4adSsmllh
If Ladysmith is TO be abandoned ny the
army Of relief, it is hard to see what
Gaunrol White can do but surrender.
To c,lt his way ont would be, military
avnnrts saw, TO sacrifice his men aftef
most heroic stand of months against an
oyerpowering enemy. Still, there Is
wide section Of the public whlch pe-
lieyes that White will cut MS WHY
through the Beers at all costs, destroSihs
the guns and stores he cannot take WIN
him. 4ho+
T,adysmith has already surrendered ana
announces that very heavy ist Oh Gus
zalties will be issued at once.
Tbe latest reports from the hghtihs
: sroupd Spi0n kop show that 2,0u0 men
were killed in the assault on the hill by
}he British. and its recapture by the
Roeps. The Beers report that l,o0u bfit-
;ab dead were left on the field after SpioH
kop was abandoned.
,ihe ROer iosses too. were heavy, anu
conservative estimate OF their oeau ~
200 No pstimates OF the wounded have
come through. but the list a,ust be a ter
r;ble ene. Enough IL known to mafR
e.;cn kop as one of the bloodiest battle
fields ef recent wars.
The losses at SpioR koP make the tota
Bpieish killed, wounded and missing .na'
far in the war nulAber 10,26S. Of thi'
hasvx total t;.ysS were lost in the cana
raigr at liadysnith.
The Manchester Guardian ahaouHce
that when parliament meets a to.e
censure on the government win ne hiuve Wv,
from the front Opposition beheh. ~
will be done with the sanction ot th
sfticisi leaders of the Opposition.
story of the Retreat.
The following dispatch from Gener'
Sir Redvers Butler, announcing the =
sre,t Of General Warren's fanking GO
xmn across the Tugela, was received
the war office in London:
s..,rm,n,s Camp, Jan 27.--ou Jan. 90 as r
.ortrd General Warren drove back the enei'
- ,ht.in.d possession Of the southern cresfs
chs hieb tabieisnd extending from line at ACT.
uames and HougeFs Poort to the western Lan
smith hills From then to Jan. % he ren'aiheu
close contact with the enemy, VINO "eiu . ~ Il.
j. uositiop on the ridge of small koples stretcni
- nortbypst to southeast across the plate
som Acton lIo.nes through spion kop to the |
s,.l 4, the Tuge,a. The actual position held v
perfectly teasble but did not lend itself 70 an I,
vance. as the southern slopes were So steep -, y
NeHeral Warren could not get ehro.i.e - -
!. nos;,;on. and to supply his troops with wa
ysas diAicult. -. o...o,;ns ca;
L. J.n. "a | CONSENTED to his attacking sp
t.yy, which ia a large hil-indeed mountain ,
T. wh was evidently the Key o. .ne I p0sl.r@ subj -
S1rn IN. ,suth. On the night Of lan. - he g
ed sUios'sep, hut it vry ddieut to ,, hold ID
II. ncrmeter was too large, and water. wmch
h.d bsen led to believe existed, IN Ims eSs'
binary dsy sessoH was fosla very aen.es a.,
n Tze crats we're held all that day against ses
.tt,cs. mi Losvy shell fire. Our troops fou
M gits ryxat rsssntry. puld specially ment
II eepsuct Il tAs seooud csmeronans and
" KSrs Kisx's Royal rifles, whs supported at'a