The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-08


Hold IL Against q stubborn Rcer
Assault "A General Forward
Movement of All the British Coll
umns Has Commenced aud Fight
ing IL Reported mt sscrk.srcom.
where the Bocrs Have Attacked
n Position Held by catacre-Heh-
erts Hca ding for Bioemsont~s~.
sPEARMANs CAMP. Feb. T. 8 p. M
Gen. Butler commenced the advance for
the relief of r.advsmith Monday. The
naval guns opened at IN the morning
and feint attack was made In front
of our position. Three battaiions ad-
vanced toward Brakfontein with six bat
teries. AT II O'Clock the Beers opened
with artillery fire and sent several shells
among the British infantry. who retired
one hour later.
vtxorou. Attack On the Right.
Meanwhile vigorous attack Was made
on the extreme right. where the cngi-
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Several pieces OF cannon. hidden among
the trees on Zwarts kop. bomhardsd
heavily The British Infantry advanced
and the Beers were entirely surprised.
uinh nm Captured.
At o'clock a high hiii. continuation
OF the Brakfontcin had been taken. The
operations were oxcellen,iy planned. The
name Of the hill taken Is krnntz kleaf.
The bombardment OF the Boer position
was resumed this yesterday morning.
The Beers worked disappearing cannon
from the high Doorm kioof range. on
the right OF the hin captured. hnt the
British shells exploded It's magazine and
the gun was put out Of action untii late
In the day.
po~r Attack Repaisea.
musketry are WAS intermittent until, ths
afternoon. when the Beers made a dater-
mined effort 90 retnke the hlil. REIN
foreements rushed np cheering: this Beers
we're repuised and the British advanced
along the ridge.
wsr Bstioou rsesui.
The. war balloon has proved a mos, use
fuj advantage. making nsccnis daily and
getting information ss 90 she ioer posi-
tons Tho Beers directed heavy shrapnet
are IA the endeayor 10 destroy the balloon
apparatus
The artillery behaved splendifly through
out. ably covering tho infantry retitemsn,
from the front attacking ia the face Of
heavy Hoer she'll sire.
Boers sauer~d Heavily.
II is said that the Beers suffered very
heavily, as their ambuiances we're hard at
work
The Boer Position.
The Beer position consists % lire ~
kopies strongly intrsnchei. extending
three rnlles from splon kep and rutvinx
sharply at the eastern and 10 the south.
about opposite zwartE kop. which r. a steep
hin south of the Turcia. that ,he fiFitish
occupied t4fore fhe seizure % Potgttsf-
afift. after the capture ~ Krsnssse kioof
the heavy toer nte prevented further
| advance Monday.
yiz.raa. Attempt 90 uersptwwe.
The next morning ths isosrs iniBised
IN long range shesl firrs. hat In fne afieF-
noon they made vigorous attempt tn
fseapture the position. Their aFasfsit was
made ufson the northern end 0f the kapts.
aud AZ FIRST n was succfssfni nstnfefee-
n,outs were. he@evsr. harrieA up Haa ths
British reearfled the position a. ths paint
of The .asaust and adssnena a}ssax ihs
ridge. As the British haye the larger fores
sf troops the 0atis,ak - hapefai
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