The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-02-02
GEN. BU[LER'S DEFEAT
No Attempt to Relieve Ladysmith
Will Be Made for Two Weeks.
nritIsh Public AnxiousIy Awaiting
60 Learn what Lord Roberts IL
Going 60 Do-Boers Are stiii
Bombnrding Kimberley.

London, Jan. ga dispatch from
Gen. Butler gives details Of the attack,
capture and abandonment of Spion
Kop by Gen. Warren's forces. lie
saws that Spion kop was abandoned
| ON account of lack OF water, Inability
To bring artillery there and the heavy
Bocr fire. Gen. Butler gives no list Of
casualties. Ills whole force Withdrew
south Of the Tugcla river. with the
/ evident intention OF reaching Lady
smith by another route.
The Beers say that the British lost
500 killed Wednesday II Is bclicsed
here that this includes the wounded.
II Bocr reports are 20 bee accepted,
the abandonment Of Spion hop was
due 20 the inability of the British 90
resist the Beers; that the Beers ear
ried the first trenches and took i5C
prisoners.
As she afternoon newspapers are
commenting without full knowledge
Of the facts they arr not disposed 60
offer any apologies Tor Gen. Bullert
defeat. The 81 James Gazette sayss
The meaning Of the retreat n Oh
vious Ne have had TO recognize that
We can not force our way through
the encmy's lines 20 Lndysmith. Why.
we don't know. II the Boer position
is impregnable IL ought never 90 have
been attacked. II IL is capable Of be.
ing taken. We we're rcpulsed because
the Leadership was uad. and IL IL idle
20 attempt 10 conceal that the latter
h. far from incredible To start out
declaring there must be no turning
back il eminently foolish. When
swagger aud rant prevail. there u
commonly plentiful lack Of judgment
aud true resolution. IL requires So
rious effort not TO yield 20 gloomy
conviction that the intellectual and
moral qualities which make for sue.
cess have been replaced on our stan
hy words. words. words. The remedy
for south Africa j. not 20 add 10 ths
numbers. but 90 put the troops where
their force can come into play"
London. Jan. 80 History pauset
for time ga South Africa. II Il one
Of those unsatisfactory pauses that
are nearly as trying 20 - tish nerves
a. a sequence OF revcrscs- and appar.
entity IL viii terminate only when
Lord Roberts gives the word FOR the
forward movement Ina the Free State
which, according TO the most cheer.
ful view. he will be unable 20 do Tor q
fortnight.
Whether he will permit Gen. Butler
20 make another attempt % relieve
I.adysmith Is quite outside the knowi.
edge even Of those closely connected
wish the war ofise. With che troops
due 20 arrive next month. he may
think himself strong enough 20 try
two large operations. C8nhining the
forces under Gems. Mcthucu. French
and Gutacre. and adding 60 them the
arriving troops Lord Roberts would
have 10000 for the invasion Of the
Free state. with 10000 TO. 10000 guard
ing communications and 10000 trying
TO rescue Ladysmith
Twenty thousand two hundred ahd
twenty-five men and ti5 guns are az
sea. Eleven thousand infantry aud
1000 cavalry, including 5000 yeomen.
are practically ready TO embark.
Therefore the government. without
doing more. can place az the disposal
OF Lord Roberts 10000 additional men
and l55 guns.
Gen. Buffers operation has cost gi2
men 80 far officially reported within
10 days.
Applying TO the POO Spion Kop cas-
ualties which ne has reported the rule
of proportion, the losses OF officers In
dictate is that the 500 casualties that
POO is 500 casualties yet 20 come.
The total casualties Of the war COM
piled from official reports are g.523-
nearly "a division OF these. 2.4s6 are
killed, ASH wounded and the rest are
prisoners.
The aggregate British home troops
in South Africa number 10000. the
Natalians 7,i5s and Cape Colonials
p 900.
London. Jan. 30 The Times hns the
following heliogrupn message via
Modder river from Kimberley dafed
January 20: THE bombardment con.
tinues. II is now directed toward the
inhabited portions OF the town rather
than the Notifications. Between midi
night and p. m. yesterday lfj shells
were fired. They seem 10 have been of
Transvaal manufacture, not bursting
widely. One child was killed and four
people were injured"