The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-30
BRITISH MORE DETERMINED,
LORD ROBERTS FORCE WILL BE
INCREASED AT ONCE.


saws spion Kop Was "a Perfect
HeII"-British Swept by Storm ot
Iend-BuIIer's Report of Casual
ties Among officers.
London. Jan. 30 4:15 a. m.-History
y8usts for a time in South Africa It is
one of those unsatisfactory pauses that
are nearly so trying TO British nerves as
sequence Of reverses, and apparently will
terminate only when Lord Roberts gives
Che word for the forward movement into
the Free state, which, according TO the
rost cheerful view, he will be unable to
do for "a fortnight.
Whether ne will permit Gen. Butler to
make another attempt to relieve Lady
smith is quite outside the knowledge even
of those closely connected with the war
Office. With the troops due TO arrive next
month. he may think himself strong
enough TO try two large operations.
Combining the forces under Gems.
1lethuen French and Gatacre, and ad ding
10 them the arriving troops, Lord Roberts
would have 10000 for the invasion of the
Free State, with 10000 to $1,000 guarding
communications and 10000 trying to rescue
Laiysmith.
The public sourns with impotence that
e5methirs should be DONE but there is
nothing TO do but wait on prepare tions
Oceans of ink are poured out in advice
Orators are at work in the provinces, tell
Ing the people that England has "set her
teeth in grim determination to see il
through"
TIE governments declarations in Par
lament the counter-suggestions of those
outside the government and the conse-
quent discussion in the press and on the
platform Will Immediately enthrall public
interest
More Men Must Go.
The thing on which everybody seems
agreed is that more men must go. Twenty
thousand, two hundred and twenty-five
men and 1856 guns are at sea. Eleven
thousand infantry and 5000 cavalry, in
cludng 5000 yeomen, are practically ready
to embark. Therefore the government,
without doing more. can place at the dis
posal al Lord Roberts 10000 additional men
and ljj guns
The further purposes of the war office
are supposed to embrace somewhere in
tha neghborhood of 10000 more men. As
The Indication is that candidates will be
rather scarce. the war office will issue
orders for those reservists who were found
unfit at the previous mobilization exami-
hauoIs TO report for further examination.
Applications for cavalry service are still
freely Offering as yeomanry.
Gen. Bullers operation has cost 9l2 men
s far officially reported within ten days.
Applying to the 206 Spion kop casualties
reported to-day the rule of Is)portiOn.
The losses Of officers indicate probably 800
casualties yet to come. The total casual
I4f
4 loLJs' are 3j23, nearly division. OF these
@ are kl1d, 4,S11 wounded and the
rest prisoners
IN aggregate British home troops in
20 III Africa number 116,0C0, the Natalians
"-'a and Cape Colonians 210OO.
Tint Fight at spion Kop.
specsl from Frere Camp, dated Fri
Gay Jan. %, $40 p m., says:
nave Just ridden in here, having left
zen Buffers forces in the new positions
fou'h OF the Tugela to which they retired
kop
The fighting, both before1 and after the
occupation of the mountain, was of des-
'e.o' character. Spion kop is a precipi-
o1S mountain overtopplng the whole lire
" A0ple7 along the Upper Tugela on
eIe eastern side the mountain faces
.io9nl Alice and Potgieter's Drift, stand
~ 'l tisAt angles to the Boer central po-
Sl.on and Lytuetons advanced position.
"r southern point descends in abrupt
S.eps 10 the lower line of kopies On the
''S.'.n side, opposite the right outposts
~ Nanefs forces, it is inaccessbly steep
S"A. fhe point where the mex joins the
@1p 'o lne main range. Then there is a
T,""e scope which allows easy access to-
'nt summit
Ine mex was strongly held by the
i'oeis Nho also occupied a heavy spur
oHcea'ed in no fewer than thirty-five
49," p'.S and was thus enambled to bring
+i upon our men a damaging cross
r ,Ae only possible point for a British
'e'ns the southern side, with virtu-
'"ref rrecipices on the left and right.
s-, narrow foot path, admitting men i'll
"' only to the summit, opens into
aa I'1'elN fat tableland, probably of
4 H. square yards area, upon which the
nm, gao hastily commenced to make
oo.. trench. Our men were able to
MI NE further end of this tableland,
v Ae ridge descended to another fiat.
8 sio,, vas aga succeeded by round,
a str Aihence held by the Beers in great
" VAS "Perfect He'll"
by ridge held by our men was faced
III sr ''Hler OF strong little kopies al
csrt. whence the Beers sent a con-
by s., Hre from their rifles, supported
U# ftrp. '%N'lhtbAtiuL ana a DIG long
MAJ H"N' What with the rifles, the
81 mi, suns and the big gun. the sum
slalI inverted into perfect he'll. The
and hoded continually in our ranks.
Seen .'ue fire, from an absolutely I'M
'RaaS' vas perfectly appalling
Cen ieenbents were hurried u3 by
a sre.. 'lren but they had to cross
toni Hat ground which was literally
Tho the flying lead of the enemy
# Ven, shed trench on the summit gave
S msot 1'Iohahle shelter. as the enemys
upon suns We're so accurately trainel
fe place that often sixteen shells
me trench In a single minute
Such ID men could not pc 'manently hoII
M n i,, ho9luon Our gallant ftl ows h Id
81 Then ousy for twenty-four hours and
atau lorNI advantage Of the dark night,
'' lt TO the enemy"
Many officers Killed.
sr' l'n' Jan 29.-Gen. Butler wires from
X mlH.. camp, Jan. 30 that the cas-
W Div ''nong the officers of the Fiftt1