The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-01-11
General White Reports His Army
SurTOundered BY the Beers
in Great Number.
THE ENEMY'S ATTACK WAS REPULSED.
Communication From Ladysmith En-.
tirely Cut Off BY Failure of
the Sun Signals.
French Reports IA "SeriOus Accident
to the First suffolk Regiment
A Portion Attacked IN BOer
Position But Reiterated.

dated January 6 from Frcre Camp:
"The following message received
from Gen. White at l p. m. Sunday:
Attack continues and enemy has
been reinforced from the south
"The following was received at
O'Clock from Gen. White: 4 have
beaten enemy off at present, but they
arc still around me in great num-
bers, especially to the south, and l
think renewed attack very probable"
The sun has failed and l can not
get further information from Lady
smith until Tomorrow"
London, Jan. S.-Gen. Forester
Walker. telegraphing from Cape Town
says:
"There is no change in the situation
as regards Lord Methuen and Gen.
Gatacre.
'Rcierring to my earlier dispatch I
have to report that Gen. French re-
ports, under date of January 6, that
a medical officer has been sent out to
collect all the wounded to the north
east of Colesburg. The exact list of
persons missing French has not yet
ascertained. Probably about 20. The
first battalion of the Essex regiment
has been sent to replace the first bat
TALON of the Suffolk.
''The position of affairs. tactical and
strategic, is without alteration. A
Boer medical officer admits it was in
tended to leave Colcsburg. The enc
my's loss day by day from our fire
has been heavy
London. Jan. S.-A special dispatch
from Flere Camp, dated Saturday,
January 6, 7 p. m, says:
AT ? o'clock this afternoon the
whole OF Gen. Clery's division march
ed out of camp to attack Colenso.
Gen. Hillyard's brigade was on the
left and Gen. Barton's on the right.
with cavalry on the extreme right.
1.-The attack was slowly developed
and at 4:3o the British field guns ad-
vanced on the center and commenced
shelling the Boer position from the
fiat Land between Hlanwanc hill and
Fort Wy'ie.
about this time a heavy thunder
storm ragged over the enemy's posi-
tions.
SAT $50 our troops were still ad-
vancing and had reached a point very
near Co'enso. The naval and field
guns we've busy dropping shells into
the enelny's trenches along the river
and the forts of the enemy had made
no repl.j
Pretoria, Jan. 4.-Field Cornet
Wiser, under date of Tuesday, Janu-
airy 2, reports as follows from Kuru-
man. British Bcchuanland:
Il commenced a bombardment of
Kuruman yesterday, aiming at the
police ba, racks. The fight lasted un-
til in the evening, when the garri-
son surrendered, issuing from the
forts ami yielding up arms.
I'VE took 120 prisoners, including
Capt Bates and Capt. Dennison, Mr..
Hillyard the magistrate, and eight
other officers. We also captured 20
natives. together with a number of
rifles anG revolvers and a quantity of
ammunition"
Fifteen British were wounded.
They are being attended by us with
the help of DR.. Bearne, an English
physician. The horses, oxen. mealies
and -four taken from the prisoners
have been sent to Pretoria by way of
Nryburg
London. Jan. S-tien. Butler sends
the following from Frere Camp.
This from White, dated Saturday,
3:15 p. M: Attack renewed. Very
hard pressed
81 have absolutely no more news,
and there is no sun. There is a camp
b. Jnen a.
at this afternoon and took 400 pris-
Oners.
II sent all suitable troops yestsr-
day to make demonstration at CO.
lenso. Trenches there were all occu-
pied by the enemy"
Lourenzo Marques, Thursday, Jan.
"A dispatch from the Boer head
quarters near Dordrecht says:
THE British have been compelled
to retreat from Dordrecht. Fighting
continues around Colesberg, where
the British occupy some of the out
side koI ies. Bullets are dropping in
side the town"
London, Jan. S.-Gen. French re-
ports serious accident" to the 1st
Suffolk regiment. Four companies of
the regiment attacked Boer posi-
ton. Lieut.. Col. Watson. in COM
mand, was wounded and retreat
was ordered.
Three quarters of the British reach
ed their camp but the others were
overpowcred and compelled to sur
render. Seventy were taken prisoners
including seven officers.
Hand to Hand Fight.
Chicago, Jan. SIN hand to hand
fight between members of the Salva-
tion army and two men, Albert, Fred
and Peter Koopman, of the army,
were seriously cut. Emmett d. Craig
and another man got into a fight DUR
ing the srmy's meeting and both turn
ed ON msmbers of thc army who tried
to separate them, using knives.
Craig WIS arrested ,but the other man
escaped.
Big Blaze Mt Columbus, Miss.
Columbus, Miss, Jan. Fire early
Saturday morning did 100000 damage
to the Commercial hotel block in the
business part of the city. The heavi-
est losers are Donaghue .holesale
grocery, Teasdale --iusIc store. Cox