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GEN. BULLER FAILS To
PRESS BACK THE BOERS.
His Own Army Terribly Repulsed
Behind Tugela.
TERRIBLE STRAIN IN ENGLAND
AS WELL AS SOUTH AFRICA
CulIom BilI-Luzon War-Roberts Case-Cana
May Win-Osman Digna Taken
-Ruskin Dead.

on them But we are shelling the
enemy's position with our howitzers
and field artillery, placed on lower
ground behind infantry.
The enemy is replying with Creusot
and other artillery. In this duei the
advantage rests witl us, as we appear
to be searching his trenches, and his
artillery fire is not causing us much
loss.
An attempt will be made to seize
SpiOn KOp, the salient of which forms
the left of the enemy's position facing
richards Drift, and which divides Il
rom the position facing Potgieter's
Drift 1t has considerable command
over the .enemy's intrenchments."
Looking TO Warren.
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-(Afternoon
Ser ieol--A dispatch to the Tribune
from London says: General Butler
found it difficult on Sunday night to
claim any marked success in the Brit
ish assault upon the Boer westernmost
stronghold, and Pretoria dispatches in
dieated that the Dutch were satisfied
with their own work.
The only satisfactory feature was the
proof offered by the light casualty list
that the British soldiers were content.
under prudent leadership, to remain
under cover and to avoid reckless
charges. These lists were not large in
proportion to the number of troops en-
gagged. and a considerable percentage
Of the officers and men included in
them were slightly wounded. British
soldiers were learning to fight like
Beers among the kopjes and TO take
shelter behind the boulders.
An English South African, almost
unrivaled in experience and knowledge,
says that his hopes are centered I'm
General Warren rather than in Gener-
al Butler. He says that Warren has
long been known among the Dutch as
The General" For example, a friend
accompanying Cecil Rhodes through
the Barkly West district, during his
election tour in August, 1898, heard
constant references to the General"
and asked who he was. "Slr Charles
Warren, of course" was the inyariable
reply. Before Mr.. Rhodes had fore
seen and carried out the great scheme
Of expansion noTthward. General War
rem had been preaching It to deaf ears.
His expedition through Bechuanaland
in 1895, when the Beers were disputing
over war northward, was bloodless.
This was due to the dread which his
name inspired among the Transvaal
Dutch. He has had a greater expert
ence in South Africa than any other
British General. and his column Is the
only one that has attacked the enemy
IL the Boer way, among the boulders
and kopjes, and taken advantage Of the
cover offered by the rocks.
The plan on which the British troops
are now operating was not heard of
until Warren's arrival, and the compli-
ments so freely bestowed upon the the
oretical brilliancy of General Buffers
turning movement have been earned in
reality OF the General who is carrying
out the new method OF operations with
wariness and deliberation.
General Warren is described as
man OF military genius and as pro-
foundly religious, resembling in many
respects General Gordon, and having
a far-seeing mind. He has no social
qualities and 1t Is probable that his
aversion for drawing-rooms and tire
dislike of the Lord Wolseley gang for
4 stern, mystically- minded soldier of
the Gordon type have stood in the way
OF his promotion.
IL Warren succeeds il will be the
most brilliant feat of arms since the
Oeninsular campaign, and General Bui-
leT's victory will be followed by the
complete caving in of the Dutch forces
md the war will virtually be ended; II
he movement fails the fault will not
be Warren's. but the collapse Of Bul-
'er's campaign will be most disastrous.
Macrum's Mission.
NEW YORK. Jan. 24-(AfternOon