The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 22, 1900, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXVII—-NO. 53. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, JANUARY 22 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BRITONS AND BOERS BATTLE ON THE ROAD TO LADYSMITH THROUGHOUT THE SABBATH epublican Forces Slowly Be- ng Driven Back by Warren, but Are Comestmg Every Foot of the W a ile Opposing 1he Adva Hard-Pressed Deire 000969040 00e00de0e00sbe s ebebeie ance of Buller the Burghers Conduct a Vig- Bombardment of White’s Garri-| the Besieged Town. ( us ne 21 S‘)rmvu\s_g‘wxp .@:m“ ke b on their left, .mcing e sl . 1 has Berced | FX A continuous the & n. The poured into L gades are A The fire is very . i . : Lyttelton’s bri-| —General Buller a reconnoissance in heppeis il R L rendered it impossi- . ¢ n has besn en-ble f e Boers there to ride off 3 on his 15_‘ to the assistance of their hard- rward abouta| . . se ground is very | Pressed right. The British ho- | ing is all the to say ex- G000+ 0000000000 . & ns and field ar-| aked trenches, keep- 1e Boers in them through- gained, but * . v d ertain the | o B ’J : s Genera | £ SCARCHLICHT SIGNALLING T : 3 Tals ot ey | £ "ROLD THE F ORT “ BULLER . . [ i am e o o o e = e Sy S PP SN P S Y . . : ;I THREE HUNDRED BRITISH $ : WOUNDED ON SATURDAY, [ ] * * e $ 3 LONDON, Jan. 21.—The War Office has $ ¢ +|/® posted this dispatch from General Bul- 3 ! ® ler, dated January 21, 10 a. m.: S ! 1® “The following were wounded in the ¢ $ + % action near Ventors Spruit yesterday ; : . ,E “Officers—Staff, Colonel B. Hamilton § : I1/¢ and Major C. McGregor; Second Lanca- ¢ 3 b ::» shire Fusileers, Captain R. B. Blunt and g b 1% Second Lieutenants M. C. Crostan and E. 3 6 + $ J. Barrett; First Border Rifles, Captain ¢ ) {1/ C. D. Vaughn and Second Lieutenant §& ? 2 Musier; First York and Lancashires, Sec- § o * the ent Ine Britis day. anc 1 commander his }m\'c evidently engagement on Sat-| profited by tl lessons in war. to the west of | Tt ve been no desperate the shes over open ground, swept 1 by fire from Boer marksmen. There has been no marching in close formation within range of Boer volleys. From Ladysmith comes word t the Boers have placed in po- sition some new gunsy and that e bombardment has been vig- ly conducted during the last This apparently indi- at the Boers do not con- their prospects in Natal to be hopeless. yritish red moved forward position after the Boer right flanking Pos: Gen vr:} Warren seems to have himself at Acton n advance point, and, » behind the Boer po- only twenty miles . he ought to be position to push the 3oers back upon the besieged [ city, where General White ought ile the Boers werelto have, in spite of the ravages gave movement entirely successful. pse of the Boers’ right enable the British r to swing around and an ever narrow- dysmith in gO .41 N DRORONRONON HORONO HORONON CRONONON0e BOERS ACCUSED OF FIRING UPON A WOMEN'S LAAGER Jan. 10 (via Gabrones, via Lourenzo Marquez, Jan. 21.).— stinues the bombardment with field guns and an occasional They have again fired at the women's laager, but without CING, Jan. § (by runner to Moclendi, Jan. 14, via Lourenzo Mar- —We concentrated our artillery, consisting of a 7-pounder, a old ship’s gun, on January 3, emplacing during > enemy’s big siege gun. We carefully next afternoon, when, after the enemy had fired loose all our pleces, firing and loading as fast as nust have thrown the enemy’s siege gun out of posi- glasses we could see the Boers rapidly re- ey oceeded to drop shells regularly into Marquet Squhre. moved back their guns 700 yards. They emplaced a ar minds to stick it out, and -ave food for another garrison is enraged at the enemy for firing upon ARQUEZ, Jan. 21.—A dispatch from Gabrones, undated, says: s worked down this far toward Mafeking with three arm- eving force. The bridge is being rebullt so that he a rel B OLIOROROROBONORO BOLON OBORO WAHROR ORORG SN SORAORGE DO DROROROIONG BORONCNON0 HORGLOe | rected P e eie@ of :I'\C'm‘ 9000 men ready at the bayonet’s point or lance point to turn the foe off to the north. This is one of the incidental advantages of General Buller’s ovement by the west, that it throws the Boers back on the the line of communica- tion to the Transvaal. This line is studded with fine positions that be It may be part of the role as- signed to General White's forces 1€ railway, 1 to prevent such a movement in| the direction of Helpmakaar and | Dundee. A P RIDGE AFTER RIDGE TAKEN BY BRITISH! Herald. Cop on Bennett. Re- is prohibited rigt pub Great” Bri LONDON, its Jan. 22.—These advices from pecial correspondent are published in the Daily Telegraph SPEARMAN CAMP, Saturday even- ing, Ja at portion of General Bul- which is under the command reral Warren has fought a deliber- nd successful battle. This important_engagement took place on the west of Splon nop and has practically resulted in our securing a rough table- land which constitutes the key to the Boer position. After a flerce cannonade had been di- gainst the enemy’s lines for some time, an eminence known as Three Tree Hill, which forms the center of a semi-circle of crests, crowned with the enemy’s works, which are some six miles long. Steadily and with great dash the Brit- h infantry went forward in the face of a heavy fusillade from Mauser rifles. Our troops were disposed as follows: Wood- gate's brigade on the right, Hart's bri- gade in the center and Hildyard's brigade on the left. Soon after midday the battle on the hills became furious. From 3 o'clock in the afternoon until 6 o'clock the fire of both cannon and rifles was extremely heavy. Point after point of the enemy’s posttions um seized by the British troops. ventually the Boer right broke and was forced hack toward Spion Kop. Our force is bivouacking upon the ground they have captured. During the fighting to-day the enemy brought into action a few guns, one of which was a quick-fire. To-morrow ought to settle the matter. In to-day’s fighting our losses were tri- filng, but the Boers suffered severely. ‘While General Warren was fighting his engagement an effectual demonstration was pmceedlng at Potgieters Drift, the enemy’s positions near there being shelled vigorously by the Britisn batteries. During last night there was occasional firing and this morning a heavy bombard- ment was opened on the Boers from the turned only from the east. | the British troops assembled near | @+ +0 4040400040000 0000003 004040034034 3400 B SO o . Second Lieutenant h b time Brit this place. At the| of Warren's force tteries at the guns same were heard. Four more slightly wounded, camp, twenty-thr who t into Roer have are | b making the total so far \umurn-dl brov L e FIGHTING THUS FAR AN I AFFAIR OF OUTPOSTS LONDON, Jan. 2L.—One account aturday’'s fighting says that the British | had few’ killed. Little reliance can be \;“.mx upon these reports, and, although | | the. main position of the Boers has not | been attacked and nothing is known | to its strength, turday's and Sunda fightin which ¢ hardly be desc XH‘I‘\‘ | as more than outpost affairs, evidently | entailed serious los: The Bocrs are following thelr old- time | g a show of T retreating in good order to- pre- | pared positions, and, as they are working from the interior of their lines, they may be able to bring strong forces to defend the main position. Nothing is heard regarding any counter attack by Sir George White from Lady- mith, and General Buller's “I think we | are making substantlal progr mains the word. This shc | there 1s stinl that yws some very hard work in front | of the British forces. | The Times has the following, dated Sun- | day evening, from Spearmans Camp. “All yesterday and to-day General War- | ren has been attacking the Boers. Their position is a long ridge four miles north- | west of Richards Drift, ascending from the river. At dawn on Saturday our guns occupied a kopje on the east of the range. “The enemy's defenses stone sandgars extending forward and right along the spur, making the posi- tion semi-circular. At 11 o'clock General Hart's brigade advanced on the lefr, along a rocky, uneven spur, into the semi- circle until he could fire from three direc- were chiefly tions. Taking advantage of all possible | cover the troops advanced to a point | within 500 vards of the enemy's right | wing, but they did not advance beyond the edge of the cover. There they re- mained until dark and bivouacked. “In addition to Maxim-Nordenfeldts the enemy fired shrapnel captured at Colenso. Their fire was intermittent, and | was always temporarily silenced by our masked batteries. At night the enemy's right wing evacuated its position.” A despatch to the Daily News from Potgieters Drift, dated Friday, January 19, says: ““The spirits of the troops are greatly raised by the conviction that General Bui- ler now has a thorough grasp on the situ- | ation. - As the force has left the railway transport difficulties are being experi- | enced. The rivers are often flooded, and what were a short time ago trickling streams are now deep torrents. “The scenes at the drifts cannot easily be forgotten. One sees a perfect pande- monium of ox wagons. Sometimes thirty oxen are yoked to a single wagon, and ond Lieutenant A, H. Kierry; Second Fusil- eers, Captain C, A. Hensley (since dead) and Major F. English; Second Gordons, 279 non-commissioned officers and men.” | Zulu. | ot | s .0-0‘ooo«o-i»oew@o@obo&q i,o P. D. Stewart and (3 @ +0+04040404040404040404040404040+0 0000900 the drivers make a veritable babel of noise, shouting in Dutch, English and They. brandish their long whips, and occasionally an upset stops a whole train. At another point or time half a regiment will drag a cart and its mules up the river bank by main force. The traction engines looked promising at first, ut since Chieveley of thém.” The Durban corre: ard sends the following: “It ‘is reported that ten volunteer retcher-bearers, on their arrival at the front, walked deliberate! tcross into the Boer lines. The same thing happened at the battle of Colenso. It is presumed that they were spies who had succeeded in en- rolling _themselves - in the ambulan corps. It is a: it the Boers dese- crated the convent church at Newcastle ot in an indescribable man BURIAL OF STEVENS, CALL CORRESPONDENT ation of thi -\l‘ rights rlnmr\-‘l in th Great Bri LONDOY . 22—This dispatch from its spectal correspondent is published by the Daily Mail. LADYSMITH, via Zwartz Kop, Satur- day, Jan. 20.—At midnight on Monday we buried Stevens in the Ladysmith Ceme- tery. dark, but the Boer searchlight on Umbulwana played on the mourners who followed Stevens® body to the grave, adding a deep solem- nity to the scene. There were many peo- ple present, including a number of offi- cers. United States and _— - LATEST LIST OF THE LADYSMITH LOSSES LONDON, Jan. 2L.—A third supplement- y list ¢ the British casualties in (re attack upon Ladysmith, published by the W Offiee shows twenty-eight non- commlsalcned officers and men killed and five danger- ously wounded. This brings the total of casualties in that engagement to 488. i A RETREAT OF THE BOERS BEFORE WARREN'S MEN | DURBAN, Jan. Camp, dated yesterda: “General Warren's column attacked a | Boer position on the northern ridge at Spionkop. A heavy bombardment by a field battery preceded the advance. The Roers eventually replied with two guns, several machine guns and rifles. The Brit- ish responded similarly, and long-range firing became general and lasted until dark. “General Hildyard drew the Boers from Continued on Second Page. [ e e o e e e e e e e e e e e P — RED CRO85 AMBULANCE TRAIN M (\NITH SICK AND WOUN [ e i S S S . I have seen nothing | ndent of the Stand- | 21.—The Natal Adver- | tiser has the following from Spearmans | ADE AT PRETORIA ED... Qe e e ededededetoetstedsitededeiesie® : DAVIS MAY 2| BEAR A NOTE | TO KRUGER London Officials Poadering Over | the Probable Mission of the i American Sent to | Pretoria‘ LOURENZO MARQUEZ, Jan. 21.—Web- ster Davi t tary of the on his way the Governor General, and called upon costa Fe courteot who gave a most convey a me President Mc T'mn aal ernment has »d Mr. Davis that | President carriage will convey | him to Pret LONDON the fact ti a pri er Davis (rum Lourenzo Marg considerab to Pretoris receive so s agitating the Continental paper: e inquir- ing through the London representatives whether the British Government has In- formation with regard to the. object of Mr. Dayis' They are reluctant to believe that one of President McKinley's assistant secretaries would take a vaca- tion in the Transvaal and be given leave | of absence from his duties for several | months without some spécial purpose. A recent dispatch from Washington pointed out that Mr. Davis had given up his proposed visit to the Transvaal owing to the possibility that it might be misia- terpreted. it. AT SR CONJECTURE AROUSED BY MACRUM’'S RETURN ROME, Jan. former United States C at Pretoria, who _arrived here yesterday, left to-d for Paris. Mr. Easton of the Washington Post, who accompanied Mr. said In the course of an interview at N. ples that the Boers know they must mately be defeated, but are determined to resist to the last. He praises the Boer ics and expresses admiration f of both armies. Jan. 22.—The Ma al of Mr. Macru —Charles F. Macrum, or the to the arri says the object of his mission is myste- | Al Q+r+deo s b eI rie@ |l ® £ * & . L 2 ‘ & e e e . ANNEXATION FCR PRESIDENT KRuGeR THE : RESIDENCY KURUMAN | ¢ In the British Territory |¢ Annexed by the Boers. e o e o S e e oy S S S S o G o S o o o 4 L o conn rival of Marquez rious, and asks if there be any tion with his return and the a | Webster Davis at Lourenzo from which point he Is to be taken to Pretoria in a special train sent by Presi- dent Kruger. The Matin thinks it very probable that President Kruger, having | { been cut off from telegraphic communi- cation with Dr. Leyds, Is resorting to the | good offices of the Americans in order to communicate with the rest of the worli, | and the paper concludes its observations by saying: “We shall soon know the meaning of these communications.” ted him to | ed here to-day | | consider. John Alvaro Da- | \ | | minds on the subject Macrum, | O i I sesesese® I 0@'\00«50@000@0 CANAL BILL WILL PASS AT THIS SESSION Poll of Congress Shows That It Has an Overwhelming Majority. CAREFUL CANVASS OF BOTH HOUSES Hepburn's Measure to Be Put Through Without Awaiting the Walker Commission’s Report. Spectal Dispa ALL HEADQU LINGTON HOT to The Cal. RTERS, WEI- L. WASHI taining gua canal. Foll In favor of action this session— Senators 62, Representatives 254. Total 316. In favor of delay—Senators 1, Rep- resentatives 29. Total 30. Non-committal or not canvassed— wing is the resuit Senators 23, Representatives 67. Total 80. The Hepburn-Morgan bill will be passed g t on the Henderson is prompt pro tempe by the enate and There is an overwhelming both houses of Congress in f pending bill of passing without waiting of the of the car Kkansas), Lindsay, ™ Netson, kins, Pettus, Platt cut), Plate York), Pritchard, Raw 3 bwv mon, S S Thurston, Turner, 'vnv. War- ren. made up 4 with wh ¢ Is immaterial Those who have not a judging from their talk Whether thera is act this on or not, are: . Carter, Chandler, Cullom, Deboe, , Gear, Hale, Hoar, McComas, Mo~ ., McMillan, n Penrose, Petti- Proctor, meed in his is Caffery of Loul- tion to the siana. The following Representatives are in favor of action on the bill at this ses- Acheson, Ada (Mississipp Texas) Bar Green, Greene, Grigss, Grosv A c’lARD MAG >TRATE L@e04-2-00 05000009