The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-01
PROGRESS rs o
March OF Gen. Butler On Ladysmith-
Beers Contrasting Every Inch
of the Way.

London, Jan. 23.-The Daily Chron-
icle has received the following, dated
January 90, AIS p. m, from Spear
mans Camp:
9TH Beers admit 81 casualties during
Gen. Lyttieton's skirmish on Saturday.
Gen, Warren continues pushing. though
he is necessarily making very slow prog
ress, as the Beers are numerous and strong
ly entrenched. Our infantry are working
over parallel ridges. with Lord D%undonald's
cavalry lying well out on the left flank and
awaiting developments. The Beers con-
test every inch of the ground. This morn
ing Gen. Warren's artillery reopened fire,
but the Beers did not reply, and our fire
became less hot. The naval guns in front
here have been quiet. A Boer prisoner
who was brought In boosted that 1t would
take us three mouths to reach Lady,
smith,"
Pretoria. Jan. % (via Lourenzo
Marques. Jan. 24.)-According to Off
cial. dispatches received from The Boer
lager ear Colenso 10000 British made
u simultaneous attack Saturday on sew
eral positions of the Tugela river, with
the object of forcing the relief OF Lady
smith. A terrific battle ensured, and
fighting continued for GO hours. "A
frightful bombardment by 40 British
cannon opened the engagement. Then
came grand infantry attacks by the
force under Gems. Butler and Warren,
who We're three times repulsed, with
great losses.
London. Jan. 24.--The following ac-
count of the fighting is from Boer
sources:
l-.Rn1r. Head T q q onr r a ~ Fo~51,,
Jan. PA battle has been raging along the
O!fviers Hook road since Saturday between
the Beers, under Pretorius, and 5000 Brit
lsh. The fighting is in full swing at Spions
kop. The Beers under Botha and Cronje
have been sent thither. The British else
the Boer positions. President Steyn was
under fire at the foremost position of the
Free Staters. -
London. Jan. 25.-The Daily Tele-
graph publishes the following dispatch
from Spearman's Camp, dated Tues
day, January 20, $3.50 p. M:
o Monday Sir Charles Warren's force
~cannonaded and fusilladed the Boer posi-
tions west of Spion Kop, near the Acton
Homes road. A lyddite battery cooperated
with the other batteries and maxims Ger
tafnly the fire was effective, causing the
enemy serious losses. The Beers, however,
chung desperately to their works, from
which they are only being very slowly
driven. To-day the enemy fired their guns
%oftener, using also~the captured 15-pound-
ers with shrapnel. Our casualties to-day
were less than those of yesterday. Fight
ing began about six in the morning and
continued until dark, but there has been
nothing like a general engagement. The
big naval guns assisted from Potgieters
drift in shelling the Boer positions"
London, Jan. PA dispatch 10 the
Times from Spearman's Camp, dated
Tuesday, $3.50 p. M, says:
THE Beers to-day had more guns and
are prepared to fight almost interminably,
having entrenched their ridge, which
stretched in an almost unbroken line from
the Drakensburg many miles eastward.
Firing continued throughout the day. We
have not advanced any further, but we
threw up intrenchments during the night,
from behind which the musketry duel
continued from exactly the same position
as yesterday"
Berlin, Jan. 25.-German press tao
ticians are almost unanimously of
opinion that the situation of the Brit
ish forces around Ladysmith is des-
perate. The Berliner Tageblatt prints
a Brussels special claiming that Sir
Charles Warren has been signally de-
feated. A military writer for the
Kreuz Zeitung says the movement to
relieve Ladysmith has failed, render
ing the British line of retreat endan-
gered.