Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-25

regret. that Gen. Woodgate was dan
gerously wounded.
"Gen. Warren is OF the opinion that
he has rendered the enemys position
untenable. The men are splendid"
New York, Jan. 25.--Dispatches from
London describe the terrible anxiety
all Wednesday while the people waited
for news Of the promised night assault
on the Boer stronghold Of spion Kop.
The news printed In this mornings
London papers is OF indeclsiye fighting
on Tuesday. The correspondents latest
dispatches describe the Boer position
as almost impregnable. When no news
came from Butler last night the most
hopeful people in the London streets
and clubs decided that the general must
have reeonsldered his purpose 10 at
tack Spion kop Tuesday night. II he
had made the assault and won. the
news OF his success would have been
given out promptly.
Brussels had a report that Butler had
been defeated and this report found ere
dence In Berlin, where the military ex-
perts say the British army Is In a bad
way. Putting the best face on the mat
ter for the British, the Beers seem TO
have brought Butler TO a standstill
again, and there Is small chance that
the Salisbury ministry can face parlia-
ment next Tuesday with a victory TO
England's credit
The London Morning Post expert dis
cusses plans that could be adopted in
the event OF Buffers defeat. The des-
perate situation Of Ladysmith. whose
garrison is perlshing OF disease. makes
It imperative 10 continue relief efforts.
The London morning papers do not at
tempt to minimize the gravity OF the
situation. The Daily Telegraph says:
in every direction the Beers have
checked our army upon our own soil.
II Is only the weakness and isolation
OF the enemy which have saved us from
positive and perhaps fatal disasters"
The Daily Mail says;
"As TO the proba billy Of success at
Spion Kop We cannot speak here. Let
US hope for the best and prepare for the
worst. The operation is one of great
difficulty and hazard. Fourteen hun
dred yards Of steepy sloping ground
has to be covered before the Boer POSI-
tions are reached. Entanglements OF
the kind employed at Magersfonteln
will no doubt be found Immediately In
front Of the enemys works.
III failure follows. It may become
necessary to give notice that no foreign
Intervention will be ,permitted, and the
necessary steps to support warning
Of this kind should be taken without de-
lay"
Kimberley il again heavily lombard
ed. Gen. Methuen and Gen. French re-
port unlmportant movements.
London. Jan. 25.-The Pail Mall Ca
zette announces that the South African
company has placed large orders for
rifles and saddles for use in South Afrl-
ca, 10 be delivered Immediately.
The government stlll declines to make
any public statement as to Gen. Sir
Frederick Carringtons orders or under
what auspices he Is going TO South
Africa
Representatives OF this British Char
tered company are equally reticent.
The military critic OF the Morning
Leader writes:
General Darlington will not so to the
Cape either as divisional general OF
brigade or a general commanding yeo-
manry or mounted infantry. But he Is
going.
The radical newspapers are clamor-
ing TO know why and for what purpose
Darlington is going out"
II Is semi-oiilclally announced that
the government has intlmated 10 the
heads Of the royal Irish constabulary
that II will accept a picked corps from
that body for service In South Africa,
and that volunteers will be called for.
The British losses up to date In killed.
wounded and captured, according 10
Gen. Buffers last list. totals S,2l6 men.
The Daily Telegraph publishes the fol-
lowing dispatch from Spearman's farm,
dated Tuesday, January 23rd, $50 pm.
ION Monday Sir Charles Warren's
guns cannonaded and fusiladed the
Boer position west OF Spion Kop, near
the Action Homes road. A lyddite bat
terry co-operated with the other batter
les and Maxlms. The fire was heavy,
the enemy serious losses.
"The Beers, however, clung desper-
ately TO their works from which they
are only being very slowly driven. To-
day the enemy fired their guns oftener.
using also the captured fifteen
Founders with shrapnel. Our casualties
today were less than those OF yesterday.
began about In the morning
and continued until dark. but there has
been nothing like aEeneral engagement.
The naval big guns assisted from Pot
gleter's drift In Smelling the Boer posi-
tons"
A dispatch to the Times from Spear
mans Camp, dated Tuesday. $3.50 p. m,
says: THE Beers today had more
guns and are preparing TO fight almost
having intrenched their
ridges. which stretch In an almost
inbroken line from the Drakensburg,
many miles eastward. Firing continued
throughout the day. We have not adj
ranced any further. but we threw up
during the night. from |
behind which the musketry duel con-
.inued from exactly the same position
Is yesterday"
Another dispatch from spearman's
camp. dated Tuesday. January 2srd.
$50 .. m. says: "The British field ar |
illery and howitzers shelled the enemy |
losted on the crest Of the ridge this |
morning. The infantry. under excel !
ent cover, kent up an effective rifle |
Ire. The Beers resigned q kopie, OF |
which the British infantry took possess |
ion When retiring the enemy shell |
cred themselves behind a stone wall |
m the slope Of the kopie, which they
leld for hours. This afternoon they |
an across the ravlne. The British ar
illery poured shrapnel and iyddite In |
O them, and the Infantry took the
tone wall The British casualty list
vas small.
London, Jan. 2i--John Morley. adj
lressing his constituents at rorfar,