New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-22
KRUEGER'S PEACE TERMS.
Continued from first page.
also TO prevent a flank attack by the enemy in
the direction of Springfield.
THE RATTLE OLE NENTER,S SpRIrIT

THE BATTLE OF VENTER'S SPRUIT.
The battle of venter's spruit is described in
the press dispatches an assault upon the
Boer right. The Central News correspondent
stated that General Warren attacked from Ac-
ton Homes. II this be true, the bulk of War
ren's column must have advanced to the posi-
ton taken by LORD Dundonald on the kopjes
commanding the main road TO Ladysmith. This
would have been flank attack. The course of
Nenter's Spruit is not clearly indicated on the
maps General Clery conducted the battle al
though he is Warren's junior in rank. and he
hsd Harris brigade and possibly few other
battalions of his own division. portion of
Warren's division also engaged. One
count gives the number of positions taken from
the enemy two. and another several lines
Of kopjes. which first swept by an accu-
rate artillery fire. 1t uphill fight all the
way. and the top was not reached. The Dutch
were steadily driven back with heavy losses,
but retained possession of their main position
when the British soldiers bivouacked for the
night II this position Stein Kop or Black
Mountain, and not Spion Kop, previously re-
ported, the British had turned the enemy's line
of defences and cut off his retreat to Tintwa
Pass. A rumor that the road to Van Reenen's
Pass was closed seemed premature. They had
long line of communications of their own to
keep open through Wagon Drift and Spring
field. and they were the main road to Lady
smith, but they had not taken the enemys
stronghold. Stein Kop, Saturday night and
probably there were other positions eastward
10 be carried by storm before Whites men
could be relieved
General Buffers third bulletin gave the names
of eleven officers wounded. but the list was
probably incomplete. The number wounded of
the rank and file was 279. The list of killed has
not yet been received,
COMMENT IN LONDON CLUBS.
The British public needs TO be educated by
campaigns of manoeuvres before 1t can compre-
bend what is going on north of the Tugela.
Methuen's bulldog tactics straight in front
were easily understood. After half century
of warfare with inferior races the great stra-
tegic combination which requires cautious and
deliberate development and cannot be worked
out by single battle is beyond the range of
the in the street. The comment generally
heard in military service clubs is that General
Butler is not in hurry, and is thinking Of the
success of his movement whole, without
seeking to take strong positions with a rush
and up a terrible butchers bill. Experts
familiar with the history Of the American Civil
War assert that General Butler after failing to
force the Tugela by frontal attack at Colenso,
very much Burnside defeated at Freder-
icksburg. has attacked the enemy in the flank
and is executing encircling movement similar
TO the planned by Hooker at Chancellors-
Vile. They hasten to add that Hooker's STRAIT
egg would have succeeded If Lee had not shown
brilliant skill in counter attack and that Jou-
bert, even with Count Villebois de Mareuil and
other European advisers behind him, is not
likely TO thwart and paralyze Butler. They de-
scribe the present strategic combination as
western turning movement of the Dutch de-
Fences by which possession of Acton Homes
nd ha drOr IN a.
will be gained. It will then be converted into
an encircling movement, the Ladysmith garri-
son cooperating with Warren's and Clerys
forces in closing in upon the Dutch positions
around Colenso. The risks of counter stroke are
more serious than the military experts here are
prepared 10 admit, and the British have neglect
ed the useful precaution of intrenching i'm
portant positions like Springfield and Chieveley
Camp. which are exposed a Dutch attack.
The British army has learned already In this
campaign the utility of manoeuvring a large
scale. 1t may also become accustomed, to. the
idea Of using a spade freely and digging its
way UP TO such positions as Magersfontein If
the war lasts long as KRUGER and Eeyds say
that it will General Butler has gone far enough
70 prove mis- capacity for planning a strategic
movement Of exceptional hrilliance, and for car
rying it into execution, at least in its earliest
stages, with prudence and caution q, 5
The details of Saturdays engagement We're
meagre at midnight. but it was evident that the
successive lines of kopJes were taken for dis
lance Of three miles in a methodical and DELHI
crate way by gradual approaches under cover of
field artillery and without heavy losses on the
British side. The tactical use made of the guns
was excellent, and the scouting work was SO
efficient that the advancing battalions were Sc
cured against cross fire from trenches and con-
ceaied artillery. The mobility of the British
in a striking way by these maneuvres. A single
nights dispatches may refute premature con-
illusions. but this campaign on the upper TugeIa
so far as it has gone, does not indicate that the
Boer army possesses the mobility that can be
utilized for a counter attack. Such mobility as
* has is ability to shift commands rapidly
from one point to another of defensive line.
BRIEF BULLETINS FROM ROBERTS.
Lord Roberts's bulletins yesterday were brief
recording no change in the situation except Cen
eral French's demonstration of cavalry and guns
toward Hebron on Friday. There was a supple
mentary casualty list of the battle at Lady
smith. with the losses of the gallant provincial
forces.
General Roberts has issued a general order
forbidding lootng.
Large reinforcements have been received al
Cape Town. The American hospital ship Maine
has also arrived Inf.
SCENES AT THE RIVER DRIFTS.
London, Jan GA dispatch to 1.-THE Daily