The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-12-20
WAR IS HE'LL.
Some ofthe Horrors Of the War in
the Transyaal
SOERS GIVEN NO QUARTER.
Charge Of the Fifth Lancers on
the Disarmed and Defence
less Beers Was a Horri-
BILE Spectacle.

The frs: def0i:e charges Of British
massacre Of Beers who had thrown
Lown their arms aud asked for mercy
was mace BY correspondent OF the
AIeemein Aandelsblad, the leading
newspaper Of Amsterdam, written from
Elandslaagte, aud they were printed
on December i. He said
Never have | thought Eusiishu.en
to be such brutes. Imagine that about
90 men were behind korje when
300 laDcers attacked them.
The Bocrs had 70 surrender to such
overwhelming puubers aud threw down
their weapons III token Of submission.
But the captain Of the Lancers shouted:
= XIII the -. Whereupon a
tremendous massacre cnsued. Sousen-
tha:er the only prisoner among them,
was spared because he had remained fat
on the ground.
Private Dolau, of he Eii;h Lancers,
thus describes the same incident IN
letter printed in London, December /
As soon as they saw the laoces they
threw up their rifles aud ammunition
and cr;ed Friends but it was DO 90
for they fired on the Red Cross, and We
had no mercy for them.
An officer Of the Fifth Lancers wrote
letter describing the Elsndslaagtc
massacre, which was published Ia the
London Times of December9, in which
ne describes the cold blooded killing
most cheerfully and with rare humor,
thus:
After the enemy were driven ouL
one Of our sQuadrous pursued and got
right in among them in the twilight,
and most excellent big sticking ensued
for about ~ minutes, the bag being
about 90.
''One Of our men stuck his lance
through two, killing both at one thrust.
Had 1t not been getting dark we would
have killed many more.
An account told by dragoon cor
poral to correspondent OF the London
Chronicle was printed in tat news
paper on December s. He said;
The Beers fell off their horses and
rolled among the rocks, hiding their
heeds with their arms, calling for mercy,
calling to be shot-auYthing to escape
stab from those terrible lances
through their back and bowels. But
Dot many escaped. We just gave them
a good dig as they lay. Next day most
of the lances were bloody
Another lance trooper thus described
the affair:
"We got charge at them. They
throw up their arms and fell on their
knees for mercy, but VIC we're told not
to give them any, aud | can assure you
hey got none. We went along stick
ing our lances through them. 1t was
terrible thing.
J. H. Fox, an uitlander now at
L.dysulith, writes:
1T was sight to see the Lancers
charge. When they got within 100
yards the Beers threw up their arms
and begged for mercy. They jumped
off their horses and got on their knees
and prayed for mercy"
Here is contribution from one of
the Lancers:
''0ne Boer begged me very hard to
spare him, but my reply was: You
here's your mercy l shot him dead,
and did not take the trouble to lance
him
Private L. Thompson, First battalion
Kings Royal Rifles, thus described The
fight at Glencoe when General Symons
was mortally wounded:
with wild cheer, we were among
them Bayonets went to work, and
heads were smashed like pumpkins
They were sreechless with terror.
When they saw the line Of cold steel
coming at them they threw down their
arms and fed in confusion, only to be
cut into travellers samples when they
reached the bottom of our cavalry.
Henry Burgess, fireman on British
armored train, wrote
"Once the bayoret charge of the
Devons and Gordons began the Dutch
men fed precipitately. Meanwhile the
Laucers had been creeping up behind,
and as the Beers reached the bottom
the Lancers charged them at full gallop
The panic-stricken Beers threw down
their rifles and attempted to escape,
but it was utterly useless for with shouts
of 'Majuban the Lancers were upon
Shem aud the awful work commenced.
Very few Beers escaped.
Drummer Hearn, of Colonel Baden
Powell's Light Horse, describes the
first engagement Of Mafeking:
I'VE cleared the remainder at the
point of the bayonets. 1t was really
fine fun. You should have seen what
fuss the Beers made about being
prickcd. touched one and he jumped
four yards They don't like cold steel.
We showed them no mercy.
A private in the Kings Rifles
described the Eiandslaagtc slaughter:
In was great but terrible sight to
see those horsemen hew their way
through the Beers Three times they
rode right through, cutting, slashing,
hacking.
Some Of the Beers died 10 praying
attitude Many flung down their arms
as soon as they saw the fash of the
lances, clasping their hands abave their
heads, ard begged for mercy. But
they had shown no mercy to US, and