The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-21
THE BOERS ATTACK GLENCOE
They Are Swept Back by a Desperate
British Charge.
THE ENGLISH LOSE HEAVILY
Their General, William Penn Symon, Who Was in the
Thick of the Fight, Badly Wounded--Eng|ish Take
an Almost inaccessible Position Under Cow
er of Their ArtiIIery--General Sir Geo.
Stewart White Still Awaits Foe.
A Boer Defeat at Mafeking

unconfirmed report has been received
here that the Boer artillery is shelling
Dundee.
BRITISH FALL BACK FIGHTING.
Ladysmith. Oct. 19.-(Delayed in
Transmission)-The Carbineers and Bor-
der Mounted Rifles, who have been in
action with the enemy nearly all day,
returned this evening, failing back fight
ing, in the face of some 1000 Beers.
They were several times almost cut off,
but a Maxim gun held the Beers in
check.
1t is reported that sixteen Beers were
killed.
Several times the Beers came within
400 yards range but their shooting was
bad, and the Maxim rendered signal ser
vice in stopping their rushes
They have a large wagon train and
artillery.
1900 TROOPS TO GO AT ONCE.
Southampton, Oct. 20-The trans
port Yorkshire carrying the First Troops
of the special army corps for South
Africa, cast off this afternoon at 2:20
o'clock, the other transports following
at regular intervals. The public were
excluded from the docks during the en-
barkation, but immense throngs gather
cd outside, cheering and singing and bid
ding farewell to their friends as the
trains passed i'll.
Today and Monday 1900 men will
leave for South Africa.
As the Yorkshire departed the public
cheered vociferously, and the troops re-
sponded with vigor. The commander-in-
chef. General Lord Garnet Wolseley,
with his staff, was present at the embar-
kation. The United States Naval at
tache, Lieutenant j. c. Colwell, was an
interested spectator.
ORDERED TO GIBRALTAR.
London, Oct. 20.-The British channel
squadron has been ordered to proceed to
Gibraltar next Tuesday.
REPORTED CAPTURE OF GUNS.
London, Oct 20.-It was reported i'll
the House of Commons this evening
that the British had captured seventeen
guns at Glencoe and that the cavalry
were still pursuing the fleeing burghers.
A LOUD CALL TO ARMS.
Cane Town, Oct 20-Advices from the
Orange Free State announce that PresI-
dent Steyn has issued another procla-
nation calling upon the burghers to
man TO take arms and to fight against
an unscrupulous enemy. "We are tight
ing "a just war;" says the proclamation,
'and cannot be defeated as God is on
our side"
NEW FLYING SQUADRON.
London. October 20.-The afternoon
papers publish dispatches from Ports
mouth pointing to the forming of Il
new flying squadron.
MULES FOR THE BRITISH.
New Orleans. October 20.-The steam
er Montezuma cleared today for Cape
Town, South Africa, with 2,029 mules
for the British army, six thousand bush
els of oats, 800 tons of hay, and 80
tons of bran. Her commander, Captain
Owen, expects to make the run from
New Orleans to Cape Town i'll 26 days.
BRILLIANT BRITISH VICTORY.
Glencoe Camp, October 20.-( After
noon. THE battle today has been a bril-
liant success. The Beers got a reverse
which may possibly, for a time at any
rate, check all aggressive action.
The British artillery practice in the
early part of the day, decided the bat
tie The seizure of Dundee Hill by the
Beers was a surprise, for, although the
picl1ets had been exchanging shots all
night, it was not until a shell doomed
over the town into the camp that their
presence was discovered. Then the
shells came fast. The hill was posi-
lively alive with the swarming Beers.
Still the British artillery got to work
with magnificent energy and precision.
The batteries from the camp took up
positions to the south Of the town and
after quarter hours magnificent fir
ing silenced the guns on the hills.
The fighting ragged particularly hot at
the valley outside the town. Directly
the Boer guns ceased firing General
Symons ordered the infantry to move on
the position. The firing Of the Beers
was not so deadly as might have been
expected from troops occupying such al
excellent position, but the infantry losr
heavily going up the hill, and only the
consummately brilliant way in which
General Symons had trained them to
fighting Of this kind saved them from
being swept away. Indeed the hill was
almost inaccessible to the storming par
ty, and any hesitation would have lost
the day. The enemy's guns, SO far az
the correspondent could see, were all
abandoned. for the Beers had no time
to remove them. A stream of fugitives
poured down the hillside into the val
ley, where the battle went on with no
abatement.
General Symons was wounded early