Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-01-09
BET ER R REELING
Depression il London Conside dera'
bly, Relieved by an o Official
81 Bulletin
Giving an Account Of the Repulse
Of the Beers at Lady dysmith
Saturday.

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Retaken Three Separate
Times.
LONDON, jan. 8. 1t was not until
the middle Of the afternoon that the
gloomy forebodings regarding the out
come Of the fighting at Ladysmith were
relieved by the official confirmation OF
the reports from Frere Camp
Of General Whites success at
Ladysmith. But at $40 p. m. the war
Office relieved the. extreme tension Of
the waiting crowds by posting the fol-
lowing dispatch from the front:
sFrere Camp, Natal, Jan. =. The
following is from White, dated 2 p. M,
Sunday: 6 u
Il. 4. An attack was commenced on my
position, but was chiefly against
Caesars camp and Wagon Hill. The
enemy was in great strength and has
pushed the attack with the greatest
courage and energy. Some of the en-
trenchments on Wagon Hill were three
times taken by the enemy and retaken5
by us The attack continued until 1880
p. M. One point in our position was
occupied by the enemy the whole day.
But at dusk, in q very heavy rain
storm, they were turned out Of this
position at the point Of the bayonet, in
q most gallant manner by the Devons,
led by Colonel Pava. Colonel Ian Ham
ilton commanded on Wagon Hill, and
rendered valuable service. The troops
have had very trying time and have
behaved excellently. They were elated
at the service they have rendered the
queen. ss III ny w
The enemy were repulsed every
where with heavy loss, greatly exceed.
ing that on my side, which will be res
ported as soon as the lists are COM
pleted. 3 y
Livened UP London.
Not since the day of General Buffers
reverse has such a crowd Of inqnirers
visited the war Office. AS the afternoon
progressed a rumor obtained currency
that Lad ysmith had surrendered, and
the depression il the lobbies had be-
come extreme, when an official ap-
peared and in a loud voice shouted:
Good news, 'and posted the dispatch
chronicling a brilliant victory for the
British troops Even the brief official
nouncement sent BY General White
seems to entitle his success to, the ad.
jective !, 'bril liant, Z SO often misused
during the present war. Reading be-
tween the lines Of General Whites dis
patch it is evident that there was a
desperate fight, the British entrench-I
ments being thrice taken and retaken,
and at dusk, the Devonshire regiment,
at the point Of the bayonet, drove out.
the Beers from another position which
they had occupied all day long. The
news spread with astonishing rapidity
all over London, and caused an instan-
taneous chang in the aspect of the me-
tropolis. Smiling faces were seen every
where, and even at the sedate foreign
Office and other departments Of the gov
Eernment, great elation was shown.
Explains Ralisr's Defeat.
The first account giving any adequate
explanation of General Buffers defeat
at the Tugela river comes by mail from
Bennett Burleigh The Daily Tele-
graphs correspond lent. IT appears that
the battle orders. drawn up BY General
Clery, provided for the effective sup
port of the artillery by Hart,s, Barton's
and Dnndonald's d's brigades. These were
never compl General Hart missed
his way, Lord Dnnd donald failed to sup
port and General Barton got part Of his
forces in an I'M ntenable position. Col
onel Long, with the artillery, outpaced
the escort Of the guns and they were
lost. Briefly, that seems to be the
story Of the Tugela river. But through
graphic columns, there ontinually re-
ours the discovery Of the unexpected
entertainments and awful fusilades
from hid den Beers, and gallantry such
as has seldom marked British battle
fields. ss9 ss5ss
kilograms from Rensburg say d Of
| ficers and so men Of the Snffolks were
killed and about so were captured.
General French's announcement that
the Essex regiment has besn sent to re-
place the Suffolks is more bitter to the
1atter's friends than the list Of casual
ties, as the only inference deducible
from this fact Is that the Suffolks dis.
graced themselves aud their Gag By
boiling and leaving a few Of their more
staunch comrades to fill the Pretoria
| jails.
Hastls os nIaEsrsfoDtein.
Lord Deiawar, in q graphic descrip-
tion Of the battle Of Magersfontein,
sayss
It is useless to disguise that large
percentage Of the troops are losing heart
for campaign composed Of d
| aion Of frontal attacks on VI.