The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-01-13
THE BEORs MEET
DEFEAT Al LADySMITlIIHII
Fierce Engagement Fought, the
Burghers Being Repulsed
by Gen. White.
LOSSES SAID 10 Be VERY LARGE
BnrRhers Capture One British Po.
sttioa Three Times and Are as
Often Forced to Retire
--ltc,ievcs Suspense.

London, Jan. 0.-General Butler
transmits the following from White,
dated 2 p. M:
An attack was commenced on my
position. but chiefly against Caesars
camp and Wagon hill. The enemy
was in great strength and pushed the
attack with the greatest courage and
energy. soNac Of the entertainments
on Wagon hill We're three times taken
BY the enemy and retalSen by us. The
attack continued until 1880 p. IN. One
point on our position was occupied by
the enemy all day, but ut dusk, in a
very heavy rainstorm, they were
turned out of this position ut the point
of the bayonct in a most gallant man.
ner by the Devons, led by Colonel
Park. Colonel Ian Hamilton, colnman.
der On Wagon hill, rendered valuable
service. Troops have had a very try
ing time and have behaved excellent
ly. They are elated with the service
they have rendered the queen. The
enemy was repulsed everywhere with
very heavy loss, greatly exceeding that
on my side, which will be reported as
soon as the lists + completed"
Not until the middle of the after
noon was there official confirmation
forthcoming of the Frere camp ru-
mors OF Whites success at Ladysmith.
At $40 p. m. the war office relieved
the extreme tension of the waiting
crowds by FASTING Buffers dispatch
from White.
Not since the day of Buffers reverse
has such a crowd of inqnirers visited
the wal Office. AS the afternoon pro-
crossed the rumor obtained currency
that Ladysmith had surrendered, and
the depression in the Hobbies became
extreme, when an official appeared
and shouted good news and posted
the dispatch chronicling a brilliant
victory for the British troops. Even
the brief official announcement sent
by White seems to entitle his success
to the adjective brilliant" SO often
misused during the present war. Read
ing between the lines of Whites dis
patch, it is evident that there was a
desperate fight, the British entrench-
ments being thrice taken and rctaken,
and at dusk the Devonshire regiment,
at the point of the bayonet, drove out
the Beers from another position which
they occupied all day long.
The news spread with astonishing
rapidity all over London and caused
an instantaneous change in the aspect
of the metropolis. Smiling faces were
seen everywhere and even at the
sedate foreign Office and other depart
ments great citation was shown. The
newspapers were all .iubilant. The
Conservative Standard i'll big head
lines announced u "Glorious Victory
at Ladssmith."
Early Dispatches from White.
General Butler has wired the WI
office the following, dated January 6,
from Frere camp:
'The following message was re-
.ceived from General White at i y. M.
today:
January 6, II a. m.-Attack con-
tinnes and the enemy has been re-
inforced from the SOUTH"
The following was received at 4
o'clock this morning from General
White:
january G, 12:45 p. m.-Have beat
EN- the enemy off at present, but they
are still around me i'll great numbers,
especially to the south, and I think a
renewed attack is very probable.
"The sun has failed and / cannot
get further information from Lady
smith until tomorrow
General Butler sends the following
from Frere camp. dated yesterday:
''This from White, dated Saturday,
3:15 p IN: Attack renewed. Very
hard pressed"
General Forestier-Walker, tele-
graphing from Cape Town yesterday,
says:
There. is no change in the situation
as regards Lord Methuen and General
Gatacre.
Referring 10 my earlier dispatch
today, l have to report that General
French reports, under date of Janu-
AIRY 6, that a medical officer has been
sent out to collect all the wounded to
the northeast of Colesburg. The ex-
act list of persons missing French has
lot yet ascertained, probably about
seventy. The First battalion Of the
Essex, regiment has been sent to re-
place the First battalion of the Suf-
folk.
"l'he position Of affairs, tactical and
%strategical, is without alteration. A
1,oer medical officer ndmits it was in
tended to leave Colcsburg. The e
my's loss day by day from our fire
has been heavy" -,
A Especial dispatch from Frere Camp,
dated Saturday, January 6, s p. M.
says:
AT 2 o'clock this afternoon the
whole of General Clery's division
marched out of camp to attack Co.
lenso. General H%ildeynrd's brigade
was on the left, and General Barton
on the right, with cavalry on the cx-
IRENE right.
"The attack was slowly developed,
and at 4:3O the British field guns adj
vanced on the center and commenced
Smelling the Boer positions on the fiat
land between Hlanwane and Fort
Wylie.
about this time a heavy thunder
storm ragged Y e the enemy's posi-
tons.
AT $50 II troops were still adj
yancing and had reached n point very
near Colenso. The naval AZ and field
guns busily dropping shells into
the enemy's trenches along the river
and the forts of the enemy had made
reply"
Part of SuTDlks Captured.
The war Office publishes the follow
ing dispatch from General Forester
Walker, commanding at Cape Town:
General French reports under date
AMERICA AS MEDIATOR.