Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1900-02-02
THE TWO WARS.

The Record again uses It's heading
of ",Ehe Two Wars,'' although, as far
as the Philippines are concerned, there
isn't much going on that can rightly
be called war. There is very little re-
sistance nowadays, and the principal
work in hand seems to be the garrison
ing Of cities, the formulating of laws
for municipal government and other
steps for the protection Of the people
and the establishment sof law and Or
der.
But, in the South African war, the
events have been thrilling enough to
make up for the quiet in the Philip
pines. In his forward or, more prop
erly speaking, his sidswise or flanking
movement for the; relief Of Lady
smith, Gen Butler. found the republi-
cans. strongly intrenched across his
pathway, in q country abounding in
kops (hills) and q kopjes (little hiils)..
There was nothing to do but to give
battle. The Beers were seen in force
on a hill or mountain known as Spion
kop, and Gen. Warren, with several
Thousand men, made an attack upon
the works and, after, desperate fight
ing, captured the hill. But it proved
to be veritable death-trap, and the
London papers question whether it
was not part Of the plan of strategy
Of the Boer commander to allow the
capture Of the kop, knowing that it
would be converted into a slaughter
pen for the British. At any rate,
when the British got to the summit
Of the hill or small mountain, which
was quite steep on the side of their
ascent, they found that the top was a
table land Of considerable area, with
the mountain gently sloping to the
valley on the side occupied by the
Beers. The British also found every
| point Of vantage every protected place
occupied by lines of republican rifle
men and batteries, and perfect del
uge Of shrapnel shells and rifle bullets
met the attacking force. The dis
patches state that the English troops
were moved down by scores and hun
dreds. They stood their ground as
best they could until nightfall, when
fthey retreated. How great was the
disaster can be seen from the follow
ing language, used as 2 heading in the
Minneapolis Tribune:
ssDisaster to British - Terrible
Slaughter-BattaliOn After Battalion
of English TroQpe Are Moved Down
Gen. Butler Tells How Gen. Warren's
/ Men Were Driven by the Beers from
Spion KOp-Britons Forced by the En-
emy to Return to the South Side o1
the Tugela River"
A dispatch from Boer sources says
that 1.5OO British soldiers were killed
at Spion kop. No information from
British sources as to the loss had
reached London, and the newspaper
Of that city claim that SO large pro
Iportion OF men killed to the number
engaged in the battle is hardly pos
sible, and that the figures given ir
the Pretoria dispatch probably include
the wounded as well as the killed.
1 The Bismarck Tribune OF a day late
date than the Twin City and Fargo
papers has the following dispatch:
London, Jan. 80. Gen. Buller's lint
i Of retreat has been cut of at Chieve
Hey"
4 Dispatches from London also stat.
that Gen. Roberts believes that Lady
smith cannot be relieved by Gen. ~Bul
Her, and that Gen. White and his gar
rison will have to be left to their fate
while anew campaign Is begun by in
| yasion OF the Orange Free State.
The l.arkhuras Hotel ana Restau
1 Kant. :.