The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-08
Fighting
ACROSS I! |; I.UGELA. |! I|.:.|.. \
The Advance 4 d Began at an.
Early Hour u I'M Monday. on;
AT POINT OF BAY0N.E|.T'][
The Durham Light Infantry Carried
the First Kopje.
THE SECOND WAS CLEARED
Ey the First Battalion lsine Brigade.
Fcint Attack ut Potgicter's Drift.
Bocrs Fought With the Utmost
Stubbornncss-Prosp for
the Relief of Indysmita
Cons;dcred Hopeful.
| j =
AT POINT OF BAYONET
THE SECOND WAS CLEARED

spEAR,IAN.s CAMP, Wednesday,
FEB. 10 P. M.-Genecai Butler com
menced the advance for the relief OF
,.,dvsmiti, Monday. The naval guns
o,e,ad ut seven in the morning and
te.nt attack was made in front OF out
nosition. Three battalions advanced to-
ward the Brakefonteln with SIN Oal-
teries. .;,,o,,
fire and sent several shells among the
british infantry, who retired an hour
later.
Meanwhile a vigorous attack was made
on the extreme right, where the en-
sineers expeditously constructed pos
ton. Several pieces OF cannon. hldoen
among the trees on Swarts kop, bonn
b,r1ed heayiiy. The British infantry
advanced and the Beers were entirely
surprised.
EXCELLpNTLY PLANNED.
At q, clock high hill, named the
| K,ontz Kloof, q continuation OF the
| Rrakefonteir,. had been taken. The
| operations were eNcelensly planned.
| The bomba rdment of the Boer position
| was resumed this yesterday morning.
| The Beers worked 4 disappearing cannon
| from the high Doorm kloof range. on
| the right of the captured hill. but the
| British shells exploded its magazine, and
| the gun was put out Of action until late
| in the day.
| A1usketry fire was intermittent until the
! afternoon, when the Beers made ae-
| termned effort to re-take the hill
Reinforcements rushed up cheering: the
| Beers were repulsed and the British ad-
| yancd along the ridge.
RELIEF OF LADYSMITH.
LONDON. Feb. The Standard has
| the following from Spearman's Camp
| dated February I:
| ..,rhe force under General Butler is
again advancing to the relief OF Lady
smith, and after two days OF severe fight
! ing it may fairly be said to have made
| a good fair start on the road to the
! besieged town.
| The movement was begun at an early
| hour on Monday morning by way OF
Potgieter's Drift. The Eleventh Brigade
forming a part of the Fifth Division
| under General Warren. made Il feint at
| tack upon the kopjes Immediately in our
| front. The assault was delivered at the
| outset under cover of naval guns or
| Mount Alice and subsequently under thai
| of field batteries.
The infantry advanced steadily to-
| ward the Boer entrenohed position a
| BraRe1OnGeln anu Kept liic euSAJ oo'Ais
| employed While this diversion was be
| ing made the remainder of the infantry
| told off for the attack, who bfvouacked
| Sunday night under Mount Alice, moved
| along at the foot of Zwarts kop In the
| direction of our right
| BRIDGE UNDER FIRE.
"a pontoon bridge was thrown across
| the Tugela by the engineers under tht
| fire of the enemy The first battalion tc
. | tbr,, ,,.nS he
| ham Light Infantry. of General Lyttle
| tons Brigade. They advanced against
! yaal Kranz. which lies on the most direct
road to Ladysrnith. and after two hours
| splendid work they got within charging
distance of the Beers.
| .The first of the kopjes was carried by
them at the point of the bayonet with the
| utmost gallantry Almost simultaneously
the First Battalion Rifle Brigade cleared
the second llopje, and after moving along
the long ridge they bivouacked on the
spot.
! "The feint attack at Potgieter's Drift
having served its purpose in preventing
the concentration of the enemy at the
critical point, the Eleventh Brigade fei
back to the river.
'In the course of the operation boti
the infantry and the artillery had beer
subjected to a severe shell fire
BEATEN BACK WITH LOSS.
Yesterday (Tuesday) at 4 in the after
noon, encouraged. doubtless, by their
success at Spion kop, the Beers endear,
1 ored to recapture the position taken by
US at Vaal Kranz: they were beaten
back. however, with loss.
.The work accomplished so far ma:
/ been magnificently done. The she'll ant
Maxim fire poured in by the Beers has
5een extremely severe, but our losses
1T f.k
Durham Light Infantry took few pris
oners in the course of their charge.
..The enemy. as usual, fought with the
utmost stubbornness The British ma.
noeuyerina and the accuracy on the par
of the British artillery during the fight
1 ing on Monday were beyond praise There
is not the slightest likelihood that The
Eoers will succeed In dislods!rg US fro!r
the positions we have gained. and tht
prospects of the relief OF &Ladysmltn arr
decidedly hopeful
OPENED WITH SHELL
LONDON, Feb. THE Daily Tele,
graphs correspondent at Spearman'.
Camp. in dispatch dated Monday
night. says:
"Under the personal direction of Gen.
! eral Butler the attack on the Boer posi-
= tions was begun this morning by nearly
i the whole OF cur batteries-seventy-tw
i guns-shelling the ridges where the enem.
4 have their trenches and retioubtsS on tn
Brakefontein and the low crest facin:
Il tPotgieter's Drift.
4 .Tfe enemy suffered severely. severa
q hills were smoking like volcanoes fror
4 the effects of the bombardment. Wi'ic
Il set on1tirc their stores and the grass.
while the Third Pontoon bridge wa
4 being constructed under fire rlsarsSchie
(skiet y Drift, the Eleventh Brigade, noy
4 under the command of Colonel w ynne
I made demonstration against the Brake
fontein ridge. marching across the me. mea
y 5doWs with the support OF seven batterie
4 OF artiIler
Z AcCOAIPANsIEDrBY NUsKETRY Y.ss
q At II o'clock the enemy opened &
heavy cannonad de- OF shrapneI. commo
j shell and pompon shells. chiefly from
4 tsspion Kop.a This was accom- panieds by
q Ira r. ,tn. fl re-