El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-28
The Enemy's Main Posi-
tion At Pietre's
Hill
NAGNFCENTLY SWEPT
But He Finds That There
Still Seems To Be a Con-
siderable Number Of
Beers Left

LONDON, Feb. 28.-Buller reports
to the war office from his headquar-
ters on Hlangwane Plain, under date
of Feb. 28th, $3.50 q. M, as follows:
Finding the passage Of Langewach te
Spruit commanded by strong entrench-
nents, reconnoitered and found an
other Tueela passage below the
cataract which on Feb. 26 we began
approaching. Finding approach prac-
ticable, carried guns and baggage
back to the south side of the Tugela
and removed the pontoon bridge on the
night of February 26 to new drift,
During all this time the troops were
scattered, crouching under hasti-
Iy constructed small stone shel-
ters and exposed to CALLING shell and
rifle fire. However, they maintained
most excellent spirits.
On February 9th, General Barton
with two battalions of the Sixth brig
ade and the Royal Dublin Fusileers
crept about one and q half miles on the
river banks, and, ascending an almost
precipitous cliff 500 feet. assaulted and
to q certain extent, turned the enemy's
left. The Fourth brigade. under Col
oneI Northcott, and the Eleventh brig
ade, under Colonel Kitchener, with
the whole under General Warren, as
saulted the enemy's main position
which was msgnifcently carried by |
the South Lancashires about sunset.
We took about sixty prisoners and |
scattered the enemy in all directions. |
"There still seems to be considerable |
number of the enemy left on and un-
der Bulwana mountain.
Our losses, 1 hope, are not large.
They are certainly much less because of
the admirable manner in which the ar
tillery served, especially guns manned
val Volunteers.
ROBERTS'S NEXT STEP.
LONDON, Feb. 28.-The city is very
quiet after yesterdays outbreak of ju-
bilation, and it is like lull after
storm. Interest even in Buller's move
ments, despite his heavy losses, is at
low ebb. The feeling prevails that ill
luck still attends the Natal campaign.
The Manchester Guardian thinks
a good part of Cronie's army escaped
from Msgersfoutein with his sixty
guns. None of thehea vier guns which
effective work in holding Methuen
we're found in Cronje's lager, and the
balance of 5000 or 10, 900 men known to
have been at Msgersfontein are not
accounted for. This force, without
guns, is believed to have been drawn
of northward at the time of Roberts's
advance and has doubtless now joined
with Boer reinforcements in the vicin-
ity of Bloemfontein.
It ia the general impression that {
Roberts will now advance on Bloem-
fontein forthwith in order to clinch the I
moral effect of his victory over Cronje {
oy the occupation of the Free State I
capital. It is not known whether the \
Beers aim to give Roberts battle be-
ore the town. 1t is reported that they 1
ire concentrating at Asvogei, about
fifteen miles north of Bloemfontein,
md that the army which is being
gathered there is under the personal {
command of Joubert from Natal.
While the situation in the western
heatre of war appears now distinctly
avorable to the British, no one be-
ieves the issue was settled by Cropje's {
urrender of 1000 men and Gen. Rob-
rts will undoubtedly see some stiff
smpsigning before he can approach =
he borders of the Transvaal
CONGRATULATING THE QUEEN o
LONDON, Feb. 2S.-The Teleeraph's ]
erlin correspondent says he learns il
hat Emperor William has telegrsphed C
D Queen Victoria and the Prince of
Wales referring in generous friendly
erms to the British victory at Paarde- a
urg. A dispatch to the same paper C
.om Rome says that King Humbolt t