The Wilmington daily Republican., 1900-01-30
.ENCLAND'SGREATA ARMY
More Men Must Be Sent to the
Front to Face Boer Bullets.
NEARLY A WHOLE DIVISION LOST

According to British omcial Reports,
Which Are Certainly Not Overesti-
mated, the Dead, Wounded and Pris-
oners Amount to 8,523,
London, Jan. 30.-History pauses for
q time in South Africa. 1t is one of
those unsatisfactory pauses that are
nearly as trying to British nerves as a
sequence OF reverses, and apparently il
will terminate only when Lord Rob-
erts gives the word for the forward
movement into the Free State, which,
according to the most cheerful view, he
VIII be unable to do for fortnight,
Whether he will permit General Bull.
Ter to make another attempt to relieve
Ladysmith is quite outside the knowl-
edge even Of those closely connected
with the war Office. With the troops
que to arrive next month he may think
nlmseif strong enough to try two large
operations. Combining the forces un-
der Generals Methuen, French and
Gatacre and adding to them the arriy-
Ing troops, Lord Roberts would have
10000 for the invasion of the Free
State, with 10000 to $4,000 guarding
communications, and 10000 trying to
rescue Ladysmith.
The thing on which everybody seems
agreed is that more men must 70 to
the front. There are now 22,2O2 men
and l56 guns at sea, and there are H.
600 infantry and 5000 cavalry, inc. ud-
ing 5000 yeomen, practically ready to
embark. Therefore the government,
without doing more, can place at the
disposal Of Lord Roberts 10000 addi-
tional men and 1856 guns. The further
purposes Of the war Office are supposed
to embrace somewhere in the neigh
borhood of $4,000 more men. As the
indication ts that candidates will be
rather scarce the war ONCE will issue
orders for those reservists who were
found unfit at the previous mobiliza-
tion examinations to report for fur
ther examination. Applicants for
cavalry service are still freely Offering
as yeomanry.
General buller's operation has cost
Sl2 men. so far officially reported,
within ten Gays. Applying to the 2OO
Spion kop casualties reported yester-
day the rule of proportion, the losses
OF officers indicate probably $40 casu-
alties yet to come. The total casual
ties Of the war, compiled from official
reports. are 9.523, nearly division.
Of these 2,4S6 are killed, 4,S11 wound
ed and the rest prisoners.
The aggregate British home troops
In South Africa number 10000, the
Natalians 7.158 and Cape Colonials
1000.
A special dispatch from Frere Camp,
lated Friday last, says regarding the.
repulse at Spion kop:
1.-THE ridge held by our men was
laced by a number of strong little
kopjes at all ranges, from which the
Beers sent concentrated fire from
heir rifles, supported by Maxim
and big long range gun.
What with the rifles, the machine
guns and the big gun, the summit was
into a perfect nell. The
'hells exploded continually In our
'anks, and the rife fire. from an abso-
utely unseen enemy, was perfectly ap-
FALLING. The unfinished trench on the
'ummit gave very questionable shell
er. as the enemy's machine guns were
10 accurately trained upon the place
hat 16 shells fell in the trench In a
Jingle minute. Mortal men could not
hold such position. Our
,allant fellows held it tenaciously for
a hours and then, taking advantage
Il the dark night, abandoned 1t to the
nemy."