The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-01-11
General White Reports His Army
Surrendered BY the Beers
in Great Number.
TIE ENEMY'S ATTACK WAS REPULSED.
Communication From Ladysmith En-
tirely Cut off by Failure OF
the Sun Signals.
French Reports n "Serious Accident"
to the First Suffolk Regiment
A Portion Attacked n Boer
Position But Reiterated.

Position hut Retrented.
Londo3, Jan. S.-Gen. Butler has
wired the war Office the following
dated January from Frere Camp:
THE following message received
from Gea. White at l p. IN. Sunday:
Attack continues and enemy has
been reinforced from the south
"The following was received at 4
o'clock from Gen. White: Il have
beaten enemy off at present, but they
arc still around me in great num-
bers, especially TO the south, and L
think renewed attack very probable.
The sun has failed and | can not
get further information from Lady
smith until Tomorrow"
London, Jan. S.-Gen. Forester
Walker. tclegraphing from Cape Town
says:
"There is no change in the situation
ns regards Lord Methucn and Gen.
Gatacre.
"Referring to my earlier dispatch
have to report that Gen. French re-
ports. under date of January 6, that
medical officer has been sent out to
collect all the wounded to the north
east OF Colesburg. The exact list OF
persons missing French has not yet
asccrtained. Probably about 10. The
first battalion Of the Essex regiment
has been sent to replace the first bat
TALON of the Suffolk.
"Thc position of affairs. tactical and
strategic, Is without alteration. A
Boer medical officer admits it was in
tended to leave Colesburg. The enc
my's loss day by day from our fire
has been heavy"
London. Jan. S.-A special dispatch
from Frere Camp, dated Saturday,
January 6, 7 p. M, says:
at 2 o'clock this afternoon the
whole OF Gen. Clery's division march
ed out of camp to attack Colenso.
Gen. HilIynrds brigade was on the
left and Gen. Barton's on the right,
with cavalry on the extreme right.
1.-THE attack was slowly developed
and at 43O the British field guns ad-
vanced on the center and commenced
shelling the Boer position from the
fat LAND between Hlanwane hill and
Fort Wyie.
about this time a heavy thunder
storm rnged over the enemy's posi-
tions.
at $3.50 our troops were still ad-
vancing and had reached point very
near Colenso. The naval and field
guns were busy dropping shells into
the eneny's trenches along the river
and the forts of the enemy had made
no reply"
Pretoria. Jan. 4.-Field Cornet
Wiser, under date of Tuesday, Janu-
ary 2, reports as follows from Kuru-
man, British Bechuanland:
IL commenced q bombardment OF
Kuruman yesterday, aiming at the
police ba, racks. The fight lasted un-
til in the evening. when the garri-
son surrendered, issuing from the
forts ami yielding up arms.
1--WE took 120 prisoners, including
Capt Bates and Capt. Dennison, Mr..
IIillyard the magistrate, and eight
other officers. We also captured 20
natives, together with a number of
rifles and revolvers and "a quantity of
ammunition"
"Fiftern British were wounded.
They arc being attended by us with
the help of DR.. Bearne, an English
physician. The horses, oxen, mealies
and -four taken from the prisoners
have been sent to Pretoria by way of
Nryburg
London, Jan. 8-Gen. Butler sends
the following from Frere Camp.
"This from White, dated Saturday,
3:15 p. H.: Attack renewed. Very
hard pressed
IL have absolutely no more news,
md there is no sun. There is a camp
rumor that White defeated the enemy
at this afternoon and took 400 pris-
Oners.
IL sent all suitable troops yester-
day to make q demonstration at CO.
lenso. Trenches there were all occu-
pied by the enemy"
Lourenzo Marques, Thursday, Jan.
"A dispatch from the Boer head
quarters near Dordrecht says:
THE British have been compelled
to retreat from Dordrecht. Fighting
continues around Colesberg, where
the British occupy some of the out
side koLjes. Bullets are dropping in
side the town."
London, Jan. S.-Gen. French re-
ports serious accident" to the 1st
Suffolk regiment. Four companies of
the regiment attacked Boer posi-
tion. Lieut.. Col. Watson, in COM
mand, was wounded and retreat
was ordered.
Three quarters of the British reach
ed their camp but the others were
overpowered and compelled to sur
render. Seventy were taken prisoners
including seven officers.
Hand to Hand Fight.
Chicago, Jan. SIN a hand TO hand
fight between members of the Saliva.
tIon army and two men, Albert, Fred