GENERAL BULLER'S DESPATCH.
VARIOUSLY INTERPRETED.
LONDON, January 27.
(Received Jan. 28, at 5 p.m.)
The text of General Bailor's' solitary despatch -with reference to the abandonment of Spion Kop, which reads "Warren's garrison, I am sorry to say, I find this morning had in the night abandoned Spion Kop," raises scores of interpretations. Many fear that General Warren, in occupying the position, fell into a trap, or the possibility that the garrison was driven out. Dr Leyds describes Spion Kop as a succession of hills behind each other. He expresses the opinion that General Warren seized a subordinate ridge, but found it un-
tenable.
Newspapers agree that the absence of maps descriptive of. the position is a great drawback.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11643, 29 January 1900, Page 5
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