New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-22
LONDON NANXIOUSFOR NEWS
GENERAL WARRENS LIST OF WOUNDED
CAUSES SOME FOREBoDINGS

CAUSES SOME FOREBODINGS
London, Jan. 22.-Yesterday was ori+a o -ao
ord day at the War Office AS if ant,c,nat,ns ~.
portant news, the authorities announced on Sat
urday that the lobbies Of the War Office would
be open throughout Sunday and the knov1ed,o
that a great. crucial battle was nrooeod,,o
brought continuous stream of inouirers or all
classes
Some gloomy forebodngs were caused by the
bulletin announcing that nearly three hundred
had been wounded but in general a cheerv con-
ndence was expressed in the success of General
Buffers movement On 1t being announced that
further official dispatches were improbable to-
night, the crowd dispersed. expressing disap
! pointment that the news was no better.
General Buffers last cable to the War Office
read as follows:
spearmans Camp. Jan. 81. p. m.-General
warren has been engaged all day, chiefly on his
OF miles The ground is very difficult, and as the
nghung is all the time uphill it is difficult to say
exactly how much have gained but think
we are making substantial progress.
The following dispatch from spearman's
Camp, January 21, 1920 p. M. is the latest
story of Sundays fighting:
After ten hours of continuous and terrible fire
yesterday Generals Hart and Clery advanced
one thousand yards. The Beers maintained an
irregular fire during the night, but the British
outposts did not reply.
This morning at daybreak the Beers opened
stiff fire. The British stood to the guns where
they had slept. and the engagement was re-
sumed vigorously. The field artillery poured
shrapnel into the enemy's trenches.
rumor that Ladysmith had been relieved
enlivened the British, who sent up a ringing
cheer. This was taken for an advance The
a 10 IA ~ he hay
onet, and the Beers retreated to the next kopje,
which, like most others, was strewn with i'm
mense powders, surmounted by mounds the
summit
The British advanced steadily. and the Beers
relaxed slightly. The latter did not show such
tenacity as previously. Their Nordenfeldts
fired at long intervals, and their cannon fired
but seldom. Apparently the Beers short
Of big ammunition.
All day the roar of musketry fire continued
The British took three Boer positions the
mountain and found shelter behind the bowl
ders.
The War Office also received the following
from General Butler. dated spearman's Camp.
January q, 6:55 a. M:
In order to relieve the pressure on General
Warren and to ascertain the strength of the
Drift General Lyttleton made a reconnaissance
in force yesterday. This kept the enemy in
their trenches in full strength all day
Our casualties: Third Battalion Kings Royal
Rifles two killed, twelve wounded and two
missing
The Times has the following. dated Sunday
evening from Spearman's Camp:
All yesterday and to-day General Warren has
been attacking the Beers Their position is a.
long ridge, four miles northwest of richards
Drift ascending from the river At dawn yester-
day Saturday our guns occupied a kopJe on the
east of the range. The enemy's defences were
chiefly stone sangars extending forward and
right along the spur, making the position semi
circular. At IL o'clock General Harts brigade
advanced the left, along a rocky, uneven
SPUR in to the semicircle, under a heavy fire
from three directions Taking advantage of all
possible cover, the troops advanced to a point
wing, but they did not advance beyond the edge
Of the There they remained until dark
and bivouacked
In addition to Maxim -Nordenfeldts, the
emy fired shrapnel captured at Colenso. Their
fire was intermittent and was always tempor-
arily silenced by masked batteries. AT
night the enemy's right wing evacuated its po-
sition.
Another dispatch from spearman's Camp
dated January 81 $50 a. M. says:
General Warren's engagement continues. He
has forced the enemy from three positions. The
Lancashire and Irish brtgades are advancing
steadily The fire Is very severe occasionally.
The publication of the fact that President
Kriiger is sending a private car to take Web
ster Davis from Lourenco Marques to Pretoria
is causing considerable speculation here to
whether 3Ir. Davis Notwithstanding the denials
from Washington has not some sort of official
mission.