The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-19
Heavy Fighting at Ladysmith.

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LONDON. JAN. i9.--A special dispatch
from Durham. dated Wednesday. says;
"Advices from Potgieter's drift. dated
yesterday Tuesday say that Sir Charles
Warren has arrived within seventeen
miles OF I.adysmith and that the British
wounded are arriving at Moot river field
hospital by every train from the front,
indicating that there has already been
severe fighting Neither reprot has yet
been confirmed"
K1PLTNG GOES TO AFRICA
LONDON. JAN. 19.-Rudyard Kipling
and his family will sail for Cape Town
tomorrow Saturday.
BOERS ACTIVE.
STERK STROOM, JAN 1S-Yesterday
aho Beers blew up three culvert on the
Dordrecht line five miles beyond an out
post Of tho police camp. The command
at Dodrecht numbers thousand
ACROSS TUGELA RIVER.
sPBARNIAN'S FARM. NATAL. JAN.
$50 a. m.--Gcneral Lyttleton's brigade
with a howitzer battery crossed the Tu-
gola river at Potglcter's drift on Tuesday
January 18th The water rose above the
waists Of the men. The Beers fired two
shots and then recalled their forces to
the trenches, the passage being unlnter-
riipted
The British advanced IN sBirmish order
ana tho small kopjes on the SUBMITS were
o coupled by G;3o p m. During the night
II rained heavily
Yesterday wednesday, the Boer tren-
ches were vigorously shclled ip front o.
Mount Alyo, while the British remained
IN possession OF the kopies and plane
Heavy mist envelopcd the hills, but the
naval gums AMI the howitzers battery
made good practice thoroughly searching
the trenches. on the Beers right a
breech was made in q sand bag cmplace-
ment, where It. Is supposed Boer guns had
been placed.
The cannonade was heavy and continu-
Gus and the Beers were observed leaving
the trenches I'm small parties. The hill
favoring the position was sheIled next
General Warren has forced "a passage
OF the Tugela seven miles to the left.
GENERAL SITUATION.
MOUNT ALICE. NEAR POTGIETER' S
DRIFT NATAL MONDAY, JAN. 15.-
The forward movement of the relief Of
Iadysmlth began on Wednesday, January
TO- from Friere and Chieveley. Lord
Dundonald's mounted brigade with the
Fifth brigade under General Hart, COM
p romising the Dublins, the Connaughts.
the InnisldlIings and the Border regiment
proceeded northwesterly 10 Springfield.
The position has previously been thor
oughly reconnoitered, a few miles outside
of Frerc.
Lord Dundonald passed targets erected
by the Beers to represent force advanc-
ing in skirmishing order. Evidently tho
Beers had been firing at these from the
adjacent hills.
Lord Dundonald pushed on, and as tn
main column arrived it was noticed that
Springfield was not occupied by Beers
and that the Fifth brigade had taken
possession.
The British transport extended for
miles and Comprised some 5000 vehicles
The mounted brigade advanced rapidly,
not meeting with any opposition. The
British scouts had mlnutely searched all
the suspicious country. but there was No
sign OF the enemy, The column advanc-
ed No Mount Alice. facing the enemy's
mountain fortress
The Beers had been al Potgieter's drift
the previous day but body ofJsouth Az
rican horsemen swan the stream undei
fire and won over the point from tn,
Beers
The Beers were evidently surprised al
The appearance Of the British "A camI
camp could be seen on the Tugela heights
facing Mount Alice. but the enemy quick
ly struck camp and clearing ffinto th'
mountains buggy was seen leaving fo
the hills on the right presumably with
General Joubret.