The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-22
ADVANCED
POSITIONS
OCCUPIED
BY Che British as the Result Of
Heavy Fighting Yes
terday.
GEN ROBERTS ISSUED ORDERS
To Respect Rights of Nop-combat-
ants, Pay for Supplies, and
Stop Cumming"

ants, Fay ZOE supPnes' anu
Stop Cumming"
LONDON, Jan. 22-4sO a. m.-Ths
Times has the following, dated Sunday
evening, from spearman's cap:
"An day yesterday and to-day. Gem
cral Warren has been attacking the
Beers. Their position Is long ridge.
four. miles northwest of Richards Drift,
ascending from the river. At dawn
yesterday Saturday our guns occu-
pied a kopje on the east Of the range.
"The enemy's defenseS were chiefly
stone sangars, extending forward and
right along the spur, making the posi-
tlon seml-circular. Al II o'clock Gem
eraL Hart's brigade advanced on the left,
along a rocky, uneven spur, into the
semi-circle, under heavy fire from three
directions. Taking advantage Of all
possible cover, the troops advanced to a
point within 500 yards OF the enemy's
right wing, but they did not advance
beyond the edge of the cover. There
they remained until dark, and biv-
ouaeked
I'm addition to Maxim Nordenfeldts'
the enemy fired shrapnel, captured at
Colenso. Their fire was intermittent,
and was always temporarily silenced by
our masked batteries. At night the en-
emy's right wing evacuated its po-
sitiOn."
LONDON. Jan. 22.-The Daily Tele-
graph has the following despatch dated
Saturday from spearman's Camp:
Gen. warren's forces have fought a
deliberately planned and successful bat
tie. This important engagement oc-
CURED to the west Of spIon Kop and
practically resulted In our securing the
rough tableland, which constituted the
key of the Boee position.
After u fierce cannonade had been
directed against the enemy's lines for
SOME time the British troops assem-
bled near an emInencs known as Three
Trlll HIll which forms the center OF a
seni-circle Of crests crowned with the
enemy's works and some SIX miles long.
Steadily and with great dash the Brit
lsh infantry. went forward in the face
of a heavy fusllade from Mauser rides.
Our troops were disposed Is follows:
Major General woodgate's brigade on
the right, Major General Hart's brigade
in the center and Major General Hid
yards brigade on the left.
soon after midday the battle on
the hill became furious. and from 3
in the afternoon until the fire from
both cannon and rifles was extremely
heavy. Point after point of the enemy's
positions were seized by the British
troops. and eventually the Boer right
broke and was forced back toward
spIon Kop.
our force is blvOuacking upon the
ground 1t captured 80 CALAMITY. Dur
ing the action to-day the enemy
brought into play new guns, one of
which was qulck-hrer. Tomorrow
ought to settle the matter. In to-day's
fighting our losses were trIlIng, but
the Beers suffered heavily.
while Gen. Warren was fighting his
engagement an efectual demonstration
was proceeding at Potgieters Drift, the
enemy's positions near there being Wig
orously shelled by the British bat
terles."
LONDON. Jan. PA despatch to the
Daily News from PotgIeter's Drift
dated Friday, Jan. 10, says:
"The spirits of the troops are greatly
raised by the conviction that Gen. Bull
Ter now las a thorough grasp of the
situation. As the force has left the
railway transport difficulties are being
experienced. The rivers are often
flooded, and what were short time
ago trickl!ng streams are now deep tor
rents.
THE scenes at the drifts cannot be
easily forgotten. One sees perfect
pandemonlum OF OK wagons Some
times thirty oxen are yoked to a single
wagon. and the drivers make verI-
tIbIe babel Of noise, shouting in Dutch,
English and Zulu. They brandlsh their
long whips. and occasionally an upset
stops n whole train.
AT another point, or time. half a
regiment will drag cart and its mules
IN the river bank by main force. The
traction engines looked promising at
first, but since Cheveley 1 have seen
nothing of thom."
LONDON, Jan. 2o.-The Durham cor
respondent Of the Standard says:
1T is reported that ten volunteer
atyetcber bearers, on their arrival at
the front, walked deliberately across
into the Doer lines. The same thing
happened at the battle OF Colenso. 1t
Ia presumed they were spies who had
succeeded In enrolling themselves In
the ambulance corps.
ut is asserted that the Bocrs desc
Grated the convent at New Castle IN an
unacceptable manner"
LONDON, Jan. %, 12:l5 n. m.--Ycs,
terday was quite a record day at th'
war ONCE. As n anticipating import,
mt news, the authorities announced OF
Saturday, that the lobbles OF the wal
oWco would be open throughout Sun.
DIV and the knowledge that great
oruelal battle was proceeding brought a
curious stream Of In1uircrS Of all
classes.