Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-01-25

London. Jan. 23.-The Times mas the
following. dated Sunday evening,
from Spearman's Camp:
"All Saturday and Sunday Gen.
Warren has been attacking the Beers.
Their position is on a long ridge, four
miles northwest of richards drift,
ascending from the river. At dawn
Saturday our guns occupied a kopje
on the East of the range. The enemy's
defenseS were chiefly stone sangars
extending forward and right along the
spur. making the position Semi-clrcu-
lar. At II o'clock Gen. Harris brigade
advanced on the left along a rocky,
uneven spur into the Semi-circle, I'M
der heavy fire from three directions.
Taking advantage of all possible cover
the troops advanced 10 a point within
500 yards of the enemy'S right wing
but they did not advance beyond the
edge of the cover. There they re-
manned until dark and bivouacked.
At night the enemy's right wing IVA
hated it's position"
HoerS Reiterated.
Spearman's Camp. Jan. %. - AFTER
ten hours of continuous II terrlnc
fire Generals Hart and Clery adj
vanced 1000 yards. The Beers main
tanned an irregular fire during the
night, but the British OutpOstS did no
reply. -
At daybreak the Beers opened IA stiff
ire. The British stood at the guns
where they had slept and the engage-
ment was renewed vigorously. The
field artillery poured Shrapnel into the
enemy'S trenches. y inc that
Lady smith had been relieved en-
liyeEed the British. who sent up a
finginc cheer. This was taken for an
advance. The first kopje was carried
at the point of the hayonet N the
Boers retrpated TO the next kop1e,
which. like most others. was stfewn
with immense bOulders snrmountea
hy. mounds on the summit. me
British advanced steadily and the
Beers relaxed slightly. The hitter did
not show such tpnacity as previously.
Their Nordenfeldts fired at long inter-
walls and fheir cannon fired but sci
dom. Arnarently the Beers were
short Of ammunition. All day the
roar Of musketry fire continued. Inc
British took three Boer positions on
the mountain and found shelter be-
hind the .bOulders.
substantial Progress.
London. Jan. 23.-Gen. Butler cables
as follows 10 the war office from
Spearman's Camp at Q p. m. last
hight:
Gen. Warren has been engaged all
day. chiefly ON his left, which he has
swung forward about two miles. Inc
ground is very difficult. II as. the
fighting is all the time uphill. II Is
difficult, to. say. exactly how, much we
have gained. but I think we are max
ing substantial progress ~
warren's successful Hattie.
London, Jan. %. - The Daily Tele-
graph has the following, dated 'satur-
day. from Suearman's Camp:
Gen. Warren's force have fought q
deliberately planned and successful
| battle. This engagement occurred to
the west of Spuyn kop,. and praeflcai-
ly resulted in our securing the south
%tableland which constituted b key
of the Boer position. After q lerce
cannonade had been directed against
the enemy's lines for some time tile
British troops assembled near an
eminence known as Three Tree Hill
which forms the center of 4 Semi
| circle of crests, crowned with the enc
my's works and some six miles long
Steadily and with great dash the Brit
ish infantry went forward in the fac'
of a heavy fusilade from MauseI
rifles. Soon after midday the battle
on the hill became furious. and from
3 in the afternoon until 9 in the even,
ing the fire from both cannon ant
rifles was extremely heavy. Point ar
ter point of the enemy's position were
seized by the British troops. an'
eventually the Boer right broke AM
was forced back toward Spuyn koP
In yesterdays lighting u losses wer'
trifiing, but the Beers suffered heay
lily.
Secrecy Is Essential.
London, Jan. 23.--The j~ustifable Sc
verify of the censorship at the prtsen
moment prevents the special CORES
pondents from giving additional in
formation to supplement Gen. Butler
latest dispatch. The success of tn
movement ufDtDhS htiiloSt htihN
upon how far he proves able TO out
m%aneuyer the Beers. whose availa5l,
forces are doubtless larger than hi
own. The chief difficulty lies in TN
ability of the Beers TO transport mel
stores and ammunition quickly and {
intrench new positions. Secrecy r.
garding Gen. Buffers progress. Their
fore. is essential, and the public pres
is quite content TO wait patiently.
Boers Are D~isheartened.
London. Jan. 23.-The correspondent
of the Times ut Lourei.Zo Marquee
telegraphing Saturday, says:
II learn from an absolutely unbiase
and trustworthy informant that II
Beers are disheartened. | also lear
that the British residents in the tw
republics would suffer severely ut Il
hands Of the burghers did not the la
ter fear the result TO the Beers a II
hands of the British"
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