Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-27
GENERAL wooDdATI.

who Died from wounGs Recsivod at
spl Eop.
place Ia p construction upon Gen.
u. | .u.lel are eighteen words telling
OF che retirement from Spion Kop, and
there is au uueasy impression abroad
that worse news is vet TO come.
At one of the military clubs the state.
ment passed from one member to an
other that the war Office had received
an unpleasant supplementary dispatch
from General Butler which was being
held up for IL hours
Spencer Williamson, i'll The Morning
Post, writes as follows of the Spion kop
loss:
"This liz serious matter, and an Mt.
tempt will not here be made to mini
mize 1t. for no greater wrong can be
done to our people at home than to
mislead them about tho significance of
the events Of the war. The right way
Ia to tell the truth as far as we know
it,"
But facts from the neighborhood or
the Tugela are scantier than ever. The
censorship now is simply prohibitive,
and something is wrong with the cables.
"More troops" is the only suggestion
here as to the way to break the Boer re.
sistance.
General Butler reported that the Brit
ish casualties Jan. "a were:
Killed--Officers, q; non on.commissioned
officers and men, ,lS; wounded officers,
~; non-commissioned officers and men,
l42; missing. 81 men.
General Buffers dispatch was dated
spearman's Camp, Jan. 20, 1923 u. III,
The killed include Colonel Buchanan
Riddoil, Of the Kings Royal Rifles. He
served In the Niger war OF 1881. IL is
not clear whether the casualties include
those at Spion Kop or only those re.
sulting from the fighting prior to the
Spion Kop engagement.
Special dispatches from Durham said
the Boer losses on the Upper Tugela
during the fighting on Sunday last were
very great. General Warren's men
captured 100 prisoners ana 1870 Beers
We're found dead in one trench.
LONDON, Jan. 21.--Tho war Office
posted the following dispatch from
General Butler. dated Spearman 4 camp.
Thursday, Jan. 20, noon; "Gencral
Warren's garrison, am sorry 10 say.
find this morning, had in tho night
abandoned Spion's kop.'
LADysMrfH, Sunday, Jan. 2l-(By
runner. via Frero Camp, "Wednesday.
Jan. 2i.)-The garrison is watching
General Bullor's guns shelling hu
Beers. Their tire can be seen ut lnis
distance and appears to DO effective.
Tho movements of the Boers show tha.
they are evidently determined to stub.
bornly oppose the advance of the rcic.
column.
They show no signs Of removing their
guns snd have mounted now ones an 4
arc continually strengthening their for.
t,hratious. Onr ;pttiilcations have been
greatly strengthened sinco Jan. o, and
I-adytmith is now practically in,preg.
nable.
Owing to the fover the nuriber of
coDyalesconts returning from intombi
camp exceeds that of the paticnts being
sent there.
The supplies arc spinning out splcn.
didly. all the troops having suiiicicnt
wholesome food
The hoIt Is terrific, the thermometer
registering lOI degrees N tho shade.
Under other circumstances tho nows
from LrYsin!th. showing greatly i'm.
proved sanitary conditions, tho pcnti.
fuiness OF provisions and the strengthen.
ing OF the fortiilcations until tho place IL
regarded as IMPROBABLE, would have
inspired tho nation, but these good
ndings to tho BRUSH arc oyershadowed
by anxiety Rs to tho situation oil the
Upper Tugela, and that tho heavy losses
suffered during the struggle Tuesday
nign,, have couaTcd for naught.