The Parsons weekly blade., 1900-01-26
AFRICAN WAR NEWS.
A London Stock Exehange Rumor
Started BY the Bulls.
THE TOPOGRAPHY OF SPlONKOP.
The BrItIsh Losses Up 60 Dats-The Bosrs'
Positions West Of spssnksp Fusilladed
by Gen. WArren-ODinisn 81 Ger
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London, Jan. 25.-TAs extreme ten
sion caused by what may justly be
designated the most anxious pause
since the war began has not been re-
lieved by anything savs the stock ex-
change rumor, which happens to have
been started by the bulls, who assert
that Gen. Warren has captured
SpionlSop. Anxiety In regard to the
news is visible on all sides. It Is gen
orally recognized tha1 the Boer posi-
ton, if ever taken, can only be cap
tured at tremendous cost. The as
semblage in Pail Mall outside the war
Office and those privileged to wait in
the lobbies reluctantly dispersed at
midnight. after the dual word that
nothing more would be announced.
The morning papers want to press
with conjectures and forecasts Of all
sorts, striving to guess ont something
from Spionkop. Topography maps
show that Spionkop In the highest
part of . rocky plateau. Eastward
for eight miles are ths Boer positions
along the TugelA. Northwestward
from SpionkoP the plateau runs grad
ually up to q great spur Of the
DrakensburR. Gen. Bullsr's infantry
to reach the summit Of Spionkop
must cross a natural glacis three
quarters of q mile wide and climb 500
feet up a steep slope.
Nobody here seems 20 know, not
even the war office, what Lord Rob-
erts has done with his large reinforce
meuts. Six thousand troops awaited
his arrival at Cape Town and since
then 5000 others have reached there.
Military critics are all hoping that q
good share Of these $4,000 have goNe
to help Gen. Butler, and they argue
that few days wait may make him
strong enough to ovsrseme the dead
lock. There are 1900 troops ut sea
and this heavyweight on the British
side is expected to destroy the equili-
brium now existing On svsry field of
operations.
The British losses UP TO date in
killed, wounded and captured, accord
ing to Gen. Buller's last list, total,
s,216 men. +
FusIllAded the Bear Positions.
London, Jan. 25.-The Daily Tele-
graph publishes the following dis
patch from Spearman's Camp, dated
January %, $3.50 p. m: ION Monday
Sir Charles Warren's force cannon
AIDED and fusilladed the Boer positio, rs
west of Spionkop. near the Av con
Homes road. A lyddito battery CO.
operated With the other batteries and
Maxins. Certainly the FIRE was ef-
fective. causing the sneusy serious
losses. The BoeTA however, chung
desperately to their works from which
they are only being very slowly
driven. To-Day the saemy fired their
guns oftener, using axso the csntured
15-peunders with shyapnel. : Our cas-
ualties to-day were less than those of
yesterday. Fighting began about six
in the morning and cont tfnned until
dark, but there has been o+h;ng lile
a general engagement. r. naval bio
sunS assiseu rom Io.g kier's drift in
0s .ne noof posi" Sns."
London, Jan. 25.-A .nonao,+
of the Times at Mod 80 ~ 4a1a
graphing Tuesday, "Tha -.
ports OF deserters agr .ho+ 49, .,+-
uation of tho Beers q ,rorar.ton+a,n
is becoming unbs ~. Sscaus. The
camp is insani+ o. 80 a.
spreading and 90 won+,nn
Dr,.,aS @ 80" ~ and. the health Of the
-. aS satisfactory, although
- been exhausted by the
. tent and the trees have
Sus+ s.o-n.1 Sn BY insect pest and
Opinioy
Berlin,
60 +hat Utmost unanimously of opin
xo he situation Of the British
Ths R.rl,3 und Ladysmith Is desperate
saIs snac1 Ter TagebIatt prints q Brus
wor-anT al, claiming that Sir Charles
roi1;ta- has been agnally defeated.
80. "a writer for the Kreuz Zeituns
.n1;+h movement to relieve Lady
;sh H. has failed, rendering the Brit
q ~ rafrAaN dau0ArouN