Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
WARREN FAILS BACK.

" AIKEN FALLS BACk.
British Troops Forced to Abandon
Spion kop.
GEN. BUTLER EXPRESSES SORROW.
War Office Receives List OF Casualties
Which Occurred Jan. 24. Combating of
Eighteen Killed. 154 Wounded and
Thirty-one Missing General Noodgate
Dies from tho Effects of His Wounds
Received at Spion Kop.
Lorenzo Marques, Jan. 29.-It is re-
ported on good Transvaal authority
that Mafeking was relieved Tuesday,
Jan. %.
Berlin, Jan. 29.-Some of the papers
here claim to have a telegram from
Pretoria saying that General Warren
was enticed to Spion kop, where the
Beers fell upon him; that seventeen Of
his cannon We're captured, and that
Buffers hasty retreat over the Tugela
river alone ean save him. The alleged
Pretoria telegram adds that the Brit
ish losses We're 500 men Killed and L.,
500 wounded. The dispatch comes
through Brussels and does; ROE receive
much credit in this city.
Berlin, Jan. Cot is reported that
the German foreign office has confirm
alton of the report that General War
ren's division has been crushed.
London. Jan, 26.-The war office
has just issued the following dispatch
from Spearman's camp, dated Jan. %,
l2:1Q morning: 3
General Warren's troops last night
occupied Spion kon, surprising the.
small garrison, who fed. 1t has been
held by us all day, though we were
heavily attacked, especially by very
annoying shell fire. fear our casual
ties are considerable and I have to in
form you, with regret, that, General
Woodgate was dangerously wounded.
General Warren is of the opinion that
ne mas rendered the enemy's position
untenable. The men are. splendid"
go .sgsl5
London. Jan. 27.-The war office has
just posted the following dispatch from
General Butler, dated. at Spearman's
Camp, Thursday. Jan. %, noon:
General Warren's garrison, 1 am
sorry to say, 1 find this morning, had
in the night abandoned Spion kop."
General Butler also reports that the
British casualties Jan. "a were: Killed
[0ficers, 6; non-commissioned off,
gers and men, 49,, Wounded-Officers,
u; non-commissioned officers and men,
l42; missing 81 men. Among the dead
IS General Woodgate, who was wound
ed at the capture of Spion kop.
l.. Warroa's Success Provisional.
In the words of an editorial in The
Westminster Gazette: 1.-THE Associat-
ed Press, said Warren's success was
proviiopal.'
The. Westminster Gazette's remark
cable to The Times saying: "The AS
sociated Press takes care that we shall
not oyer-estimate Warren's success
suggesting that it is only provisional
! and that there is the usual DISPOSE
ton of London to. exaggerate the i'm
portance of the peint scored"
The Westminster Gazette then pro-
ceeds to defend its own course. point
Ing out that it is not unpatriotic to
decline to. gloss over facts"
Raynlsion of Feeling.
GAS q, matter of fact. Great Brit
ain assumes that the point gained was
more conclusive than i. really was;
hence the extreme rerulsion of feel
ing caused by General Buffers an.
h aouncement of the abandonment OF
T Spion kop. Considering that the Beers
who held the position fled, that the
British casualties in retaining 1t dur
ing the subsequent attacks were
heavy, and that the strategical value
of the point had still to be demon
strated, there newer was any great rea-
son for throwing up hats, and until
further particulars arrive. 1t is impos-
sfble to estimate to what extent the
public disappointment is JUSTIFIED.
General Warren may have decided
II was unsafe to attempt to hold the
position any longer: or. perhaps, he is
seeking n more profitable ascent else
where. Whatever may be the explain
alton of the abandonment of Spion kop
by the British it will doubtless have
the same temporary moral effect as a
reverse. 1t appears to have been so
entirely unexpected at the war office
that General Buffers dispatch caused
something in the nature of consterna-
ton. The Hobbies were soon crowded
and there was evidence on all sides
that the news was keenly felt.