Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-01-31
BATTLE On SPIONKOP.
II Was a Fierce and Bloody All
Day Fight.
General Butler May Again Advance
on the Beers.
One Hsndred and Fifty American Scouts
Join the British.
HlnoeaArH DISPATCH FROM IApYsMTH.

New York, Jan. 3i.-winston Spencer
Churchill has cabled the Evening World
q copyrighted account OF the battle OF
spionkop The dispatch Is dated Spear
mans Cem!, January q, and says the
fight OH thr summit OF the k0p was one
OF the flercest aud most furious conflicts
In British military history. Guided by
Thornycroit. the troops surprised the
Beers there and carried the trenches with
the bay onet ut 3 o'clock In the morning.
There was little loss. AT once the troops
entrencAed hastily, but the ground was
broken 10y large rocks and nnsuited for
entertainments. At dawn heavy Boer
shelling bfg gan. General Woodgate was
seriously wounded at the beginning. Ur-
gent demands for reinforcements were
cent by the commander who succeeded
Woodgate. Beinforcements we're sent,
strengthening the defense. Thornycroft
was appointed brigadier commanding
the whole force on the top Of the hill A
bitter and bloody struggle followed
throughout the day. the Beers coDcen-
trsting every man and gun on the sum-
NIT and attacking 1t with the greatest
spirit.
The British artillery was unable to
cope with the superior long range Boer
guns and during the afternoon 1t be.
came evident that the infantry could not
endure another day. 1. was impossible
TO drag the Rnns TO the summit OF Spion-
kop without elaborate preparations or to
fortify the hill strongly enough TO pro-
tect the defenders from unassailed artil.
lery. ThorDycroit's decision to abandon
II was both wise and necessary, The
British troops were stubborn and for
midsble and marched back to their
camps In regular order. Every effort Is
being made to succor the wounded, OF
whom many still lie on the summit
The official lists will give the losses.
The defense OF the hill by the English
infantry. particularly the Lancashire
regiments, was q glorious episode. The
whole army is proud OF II.
The Boer positions before Ladysmith
are perhaps impregnable TO 25.00O men
but the troops ara resolved to have an
other try. The public must initiate thu
eQuanimity OF the troops. Sptonkop II
not q disaster. Neither guns were lost
nor wounded prisoners made. IL wa
simply bloody action, In which lodge
ment In the eDemy's entrenchments vert
effected but which proved untenable.
The Beers were some time within
thirty yards OF the British line; they alst
suffered. Their loss must he greater
compared TO their strength than ours.
AMERICAN SCOUTS
London, Jan. 3O.-A special from Cape
Town saws that $50 American scouts whit
arrived there "a muleteers have enlisted
with the British forces.
LADYSMITH HOLDING OUT.
Cape Town Tuesday, Jan. 30.-Genera
Butler still holds the Tugela Drifts, and
will possibly renew the attempt to f0rcs
his way through ths Boer defenses bef0r,
long, In any case, Ladysmith Is capsbl,
OF holding out considerable time.
NEWS FROM LADYsMITH.
Swart Zkop near Tugela river News o
tn prolongation OF the siege resulting
4 ON 6enersl Buffers failure, is received
with fortitude. We can hold on. Tn,
garrison, IL healthy, CHEEKY and c0nf
dent. Disease ia disappearing and ther,
IL no horse sickness. Rains give pient!
OF grass. We eau hear General Butler
guns still working. IL Ia rum0red II
camp that he IN advancing along anothe
line The B0er lasgers around are agail
iuit VI uru WIN uh'c ictu'uru l'Nm w
per Tngela Beers al hsye tax n up
new position OH the hills near COlens
where they 6re In great to'cs Reinforce
ments are apparently arriving fron
Trsnsvaal. Large boiies OF Beers a,
also visible between here AMI Potgieter'i
Drift.
HARD ON BRITISH SUBJECTS.
Cape Town, Jan, 81 Kimberley ha
hailAnFanhaA 70 hatNaF riyaF
25, that AL pritish subjects at Barkley
west district. had been ordered by tn
Beers TO take up arms for the republl
under penalty OF thirty-seyen pounds o
three months hard labor. About 800 mel
are affected by the order.
MORE TROOPS FOR AFRICA.
London. Jan. 3l.-Sudden orders wer
received at AldeTshot this afternoon 10