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land is near the end of her military
resources.
DR.. Jameson is reported wounded
near Ladysmith.
The movements of General Kitchen
er are unknown.
The British are again moving tow
ard Bloemfontein.
General Butler has been down with
fever but has recovered.
| Count Leo Tolstoi hopes daily to
hear of British reverses.
The Fourth Cavalry Brigade has
been ordered to South Africa.
Lr Leyds is offering Germany COM
mercial and railway monopolies.
London papers urge that the navy
| be prepared for any emergency.
| The death rate in Ladysmith from
fever and other causes is enormous.
| Beers report a loss of fifty-three
killed and 120 wounded at Spion Kop.
| The overdue transport Manchester
Corporation has arrived at Capetown.
| General Woodgate who commanded
the forces on Spion Kop was wounded.
| An unusually large number of 1yd-
dite shells failed to explode at Spion
Kop.
The Beers charged the British tren-
ches at Spion Kop and captured 150
men.
Ladysmith reports that the city is
able to hold out for considerable
time.
DIR. Leyds will be again received by
Count Won Buelow in a secret inter-
view.
Beers state that there are very strong
evidences of desperate coup by the
Ladysmith garrison.
British subjects in Rhodesia have
been forced by the Beers to take UP
arms or go to prison.
The Hanover Courier denies that the
Kaiser has made unflattering remarks
about British Generals.
The British lost 600 in killed, wound
ed and captured at Spion Kop-40 pei
cent of the force engaged.
John Churchill, son of Lady Church
i'll, has received a commission in the
South African Light Horse.
| American Colt guns used by the
British in Dundonald's engagement a
Acton Homes did great work.
The total loss to the British since
the war commenced is 1858 men il
killed, wounded and captured.
The Prince of Wales inspected tn,
first lot of Yeomanry who left fol
South Africa on January 9th.
General Hector Macdonald arrived a
Modder River on January Gath and as
sumed command of the Highlanders.
The news of the complete collapse o
Buffers scheme to relieve Ladysmitl
was received in silence by the British
Potatoes are worth twenty-five cent
each and eggs $3.50 a dozen in Lady
smith. Whisky is quoted at $35 a bot
tie.
Spion Kop is like Majuba hill sur
rounded by higher elevations upol
which the better Boer artillery wa
!, lposted.
1t is said that Germany is preparing
| to demand indemnity from Englan,
on account of the seizure of German
vessels
A British force with artillery ha
occupied Prieska, west of Kimberley
, 100 miles from the Orange Free Stat
border.
: The failure of Buffers relief schem
, leaves the Ladysmith garrison the al
tentative of surrendering or fightin
it's way out.
, The Eighth Division of the Births
, army will not go to South Africa un
til the feet is in d position to guar
!, the home coasts.
The United States Committee o
Foreign Relations has postponed az
!. ton on the Mason resolution in tn
interests of the Beers.
/ General Buffers orders to his trooI
concluded with the stirring statemen
Our Generals will only give one o.
der, namely, Advance"
Spion Kop had to be abandoned b
General Warren, as they had an il
# sufficient force to hold what was tern
g ed the key to the Boer position.
General Butler stated that Spion KC
: was abandoned on account of the lac
: of water, and that the forces withdre
without the loss of man or a pound
/ stores.
/ General Edward R. Woodgate SUI
IL cumbed to the wounds he received
j the attack on Spion Kop. He hs
If served in Abyssinia, and in the Asian
l. and Zulu wars.
% The Ladysmith garrison were alb
ir to watch Buffers guns shell the Bo
y position during his advance, and it a
g peared to the beleagured troops tn
20 the fire was very effective.
v Montague White, the South Africs
p diplomat, now in the United State
20 says DR.. Leyds, the Minister Plenip
! Tertiary of the South African Repu
= lie, has been recognized by Russia, &c
. many, France, Holland, Belgium al
~ Portugal, and says England's claims
y suZerainty are false.
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