The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-02-02


more men must go. Twenty thou
sand two hundred and twenty-five
men and 1j5 guns are at sea. Eleven
thousand infantry aud 5000 cavalry,
including 5000 yeomen, are practi
cally ready to embark. Therefore,
the government, without doing more,
can place at the disposal of Lord Rob
erts 10000 additional men and 1855
guns. The further purposes of the
war office officials are supposed to
embrace somewhere i'm the neighbor
hood of $4,000 more men.
Gen. Buffers operation has cost 912
men so far officially reported within
ten days. Applying to the 206 Spion-
kop casualties reported to-day the
rule of proportion, the losses of Off
GERS indicated is 500 casualties yet to
come. The total casualties of the
war, compiled from official reports,
are 9,523, nearly division. OF these
2, 4s6 are killed, 1911 wounded and
the rest are prisoners. The aggregate
British home troops i'm South Africa
number 10000. the Natalian 7,15S
and Cape Colonials $1,000.
Description OF the Battle Of Splonkop.
London, Jan. Ca special dispatch
from Frere camp, dated Friday, jan
uary 26, $40 p. m, says: 81 have just
ridden in here, having left Gen. Bull
ler's forces in the new possessions
south of the Tugela, to which they
retired in consequence of the reverse
at Spionkop. The fighting, both be
fore and after the occupation of the
mountain, was of Desperate charac-
ter. Spionkop is a PERCEPTIONS noun
tain, overlapping the whole line of
kopjes along the upper Tugela. The
Mex was strongly held by the Beers,
who also occupied heavy spur paral-
lei with the kopie where the enemy
was concealed in no fewer than 35
rifle pits and was thus enabled %
bring to bear upon men damaging
cross-fre, the only possible point for
a British attack being the southern
side, with virtually sheer Iprecipices
on the left and right. What with
the rifles, the machine guns and the
big gun, the summit was converted
into perfect hell. The shells en-
ploded continually in our ranks and
the rifle fire. from an absolutely un-
seen enemy, was perfectly appalling,
Rcinfcrcements were hurried up by
Gen. Warren, but they had TO cross IA
stretch of fiat ground which was lit
orally torn up by the flying lead of the
enemy. The unfinished trench on the
summit gave very questionable
shelter. as the cncmy's machine guns
were so accurately trained upon the
place that often l6 shells fell in the
trench in a single minute. Mortal
man could not permanently hold such
Il position. Our gallant fellows held
ii tcnaciously for "A hours and then
taking advantage sf the dark night,
abandoned il to the enemy
.HeHograph Message from Kimberley
London, Jan. 3O.-The Times has the
following Photograph message via
Moddrr river, dated January 20: "The
hombardment continues. 1t is now
directed toward the inhabited por.
tions of the town rather than the
Notifications. Between midnight and
four p. M. yesterday 1 10 shells were
fired. They seem to have been of
Transyaal manufacture, not bursting
widely. one child was killed and four
people were injured"
WEDNESDAY REPORT
London, Jan. 31.-lt is now known
that the cabinet devoted much of its
,Ifg,t,ggt,,,g .
Dilization of the fleet. Nothing was
settled except that, until further So
curity to the home coasts has been
obtained by naval preparations, the
Eighth division shall not be sent to
South Africa On Monday the admir-
atty issued orders that the Channel
squadron, instead of leaving Portland
this week for Gibraltar, as previous
ly directed, shall assemble on Feb
ruary of Eddystone and proceed TO
Bantry for a fortnipht's exercise of
the Irish coast, thus keeping i'm home
waters for a time.
The mobilization Of reserve war
ships, if such course shall be de-
termned upon, would he of the ut
most Importance. There is nothing
in the intelligence possessed by the
public to cause the cabinets pro
| longed discussion Of this matter and
the inference is that the fleet may be
modified as a general warning Ia
other countries to keep their hands
of the Transyaal situation, or the
ministry may have definite llnowl-
edge that the neutral powers purpose
to take some advantages elsewhere
while England is busy in South At
RIGA.
The natives report that three Boei
guns have been removed from Spyt
fontein to Kimberley. The Boers ar,
apparently making a special effort tC
reduce the place quickly. The Kim
berley garrison was safe last Sunday
The Military situation Reviewed
London, Jan. 3l.-Spencer Willin
son, reviewing the military situation
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