Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-02-02
ANOTHER BRITISH DISASTER
SpiOn KOp Abandoned and Blu irrs
Men Forced Back Across the Tugela


he"---b"Hor i"iN> OF A""'"'' nv
vance.
E,,I.rd racaiva3 a stunning blow Sun.
d.y syhen tbe war Office made public pa
,betic dssnatcb from Gen. Butler. In IL
H.. -.,.,r,.,5 =, ths esrlv onerati,ns aft,r
the massage If the Tuvela. when. on the
on,b 90, U.rrau drnva tha Rosrs hack
fr,,,, tho southarn edge Of the pl.teau ex.
,,,d;r,, from Ac,o, Homes and Hopgers
p.,.+ ., tho buls yyast of I,,dvsnith
IT. ~. fn,,,,J tho R,ars occunyiny "A
-. -. ,.arir,, ,teir ri,5t A.nk
- ,,, rro,,, ,,,rtb,yest IN southeast
a.ros, tL. nIats,u from Acton Home,
,hro,,,h Srin,, KIN IN tba left or northern
ha,,k ~ tho ru,,ais From the 2Otn 70 the
o5,L ba remained in close touch with the
,,,,..,,, L,,t tho,,,,b tho n, .itinu he held Nas
t'y'I-,. ,,asc.,,t,. ,ar,tIo ba ,,ssut,.
-. a.. ,h. slo,,s nm ,yhi,h he
Ed ,,,,shsd hi. d,y,s,nn ,yara so steep chat
,,,,,,J. Ill NO, ~. ,ot mn in suffic,eut num-
sun' e,,,,,rt III. tnC,rtry ,nJ i, addition
,,'.s ,o. ',rsa, d,f,icnItv -, kaepin, up the
s,,,.,,I,.,f -. fnr rho tro,n.
IEt5l,u,, a,,rara,tIy thai M nrogress
-. -, ID C.n RnIler consented Ia
80, o,,.ck bs;,,, ,nada nm the niybt of the
S9I ~, c., Knn ,.bicb IN his iudgment
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-, az ,,b,,,b co,ysvsr il more difficult on
- ,,r,b 81. ,bsr On tho north But
- - ii -, ,,',.-i.1 90 aIr.adv a.
80 A. a.; L., ,,,-,sa,,..d its.lf
"a, -, ~ 49,. ,,.,,,nt.into, ,yss TOO er.
- 80 he b.ld hy the forca that had
- n, ond tba sunpiv of water was def
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No., -, a,ta,Ls al has,,. s,..lI
eel t.',,, tbo ~ b.ttorias Of tbs r,n-
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- ,,i,b sat;sfa.t,on The general in
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ceP'S ene teIs,on % sne 80 go Suv y!
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upneu =! - I?.'' :, ~ -
lulAs usP''i t 'ia' Tou'uu ~ ~ a.
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ID N,'u Puo ~, D. i 80
mem II y" 49, So - H.. u 81
oS a seu1' a. " .''e ..'oS
suiiVn WIN ~ GU oTli' aues " as
III lIonS anu ''aU Vnel was " DC nv tuIu-
lug oaeA' nas eonaPseI III P''iauis i"I ml
anu eiea' 70 ~" na AZ
tnere was no Pursu.t oy .ne poers was III
corsor Na ~ .ne" !" Sii.iii"l
cases Uni uoue 'ue 'a%5nPalsn' Selvner
AZ Maee' sion'e'n n', No'enso ulu .ne!
issue from !he'r Vrenches III pursuit Oh the
broken anu ueiito y, 'l'%9I enemy anu no
uouuV Vne ''su "a r'n .;lenI =. IiN'siou
Ie0i I 9ae'u 'ne eA''
gencies ol Tue s'ua''on 81 lar as 'ne Doors
were IT., S ,"i'N r nvu' 30. ;.
"MnouV iuiieI ~, i % ~ uiilcu't
70 Grl'l T III IS'a' .hS oPera'Ions uescTlo'
eu py zen pEiler' anu IL may oe saia tnai
the oauhess Vi Tue maps VI All Ainus issued
since lne war oeeah mas rendered IL uliii-
cult properly W app eTla.e Vne descriptions
OF ehe movements Oh tue Two armies T one
thlug, however, Is clear anu that is thaI
an incredible lack of knowledge of the
country over which they were to operate,
and an inexcusable want of enterprise in
acquiring 1t after the operations began.
/ Whether the British soldiers have fought as
we'll as the Official reports state, or as in
differently as their detractors assert, is not
now of so much consequence as the strik-
ing fact that the general leadership and
staff work have been in ificient to the last
degree. The soldiers have, in any case,
been the undeserving victims of a system
which has been destroyed by the MauseI
rifles of handful of peasant farmers, led
by men, who, with one or two exceptions,
are totally deficient in prof, ssional military
training,
The British war Office does not give any
idea of the casualties in taking and holding
Spion Kop, but the report from the BoeI
headquarters near Ladysmith, via LourenzC
Marquee, to the effect that 1900 British