Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-10-28
DUNDEE ABANDONED.
General Yule's Force In a
Tight Place.
LONDON is ANXIOUS FOR NEWS.
Furthsr Dispstehe- show the battle
81 EIRndsIsREte 60 Have Reea
Brilliant oae--Boers suf-
fered Terrible Loss.

LONDON. Oct. PA dispatch from /
LadySnlith. Natal. dated 4.l5 sunday
afternoon, has just been received. IL il
a literal repetition of Cape Towns Glen
coe odviccs Of Sunday. aud il l. regarded
as somewhat Onlinous that nothing has
sine been received respecting the result.
especially when viewed In the light OF
Lord Wolselcy's statement that General
Yulc's force felt IL necessary 90 retire
from Dundee 90 Glencoe Junction. Gen
Grad lule evidently II In a tight corner,
rs he now has or had 20 face the main
Boer army under General Jouhcrt. Cen
eral Sir George Stewart White. the Brit
iSh comniander in chief in Natal viii m
douttcdly dctach part OF the force which
was Victorious az Elandslaa gtc 60 his as
sistance. Such a detachment. however,
win leave Ladysmith poorly protected
against the threatened attack from the
west. as General Hunter ON Saturday
wiird that fhs departure 90 the force G.
Eiandslaartc lett him with only couple
ri battalionS of rcgular~. a mountain hui-
tery aud 500 Natal volunteers 60 dcfcnd
the town, which is the British military
hasc in north Natal Further news
Therefore II nnNiousiy awnited.
The Daily Mail publishes thc following
description of the battle Of n3~iaarte
from itS special war correspondent. Mr..
81. w. Sfecvens. filed at Ladysmith.
Tho battle was a brilliant. complete
success. The Boers numbered from .2Sl
10 1000 aul probably had about iOo
killed and t5o wounded.
Tho fght itself was like practical
illustration OF handbook tactics. each
arm represented doiu- It's proper work 10
perfection. The Gordon Iiighlandrrs IN
their attack advanced iu magnificent or
icr. Ihcy were immediately salutcd with
heavy ere. which told FROM the first.
''rhcir major fcu with a bullet Ia his
lex bui a. he lay where he fell he lit a
pips and smoked placidly while the al
vauce continued. As man after man
droppd supports were rushed into ths
Gring hne. our men darting from cover
o. cpver. splcndidly led and ever advanc-
inr
Yet aS ridge after ridge was won the
HR R4n1crs stu found new ridge CON
frcntius them. and thus they fought theti
bleeding way until the final ridge wai
neart,i. with nearly every oticrr down.
Then. aamming every available maI
into the firing line. Manchesters. ncvon
ana Light Horse all mixed. with hugio
chanting the advance. bagpipes kiul
AMI the battle q confused surge. our ucl
swept forward. AND the position was won
"Neauwh hile ,quadrons 90 lanccrs an'
ur1gouu~ lAppc-i round the beef i'i
. flank. catching the enemy as they retirH
A I'M disorder. goring and stamping them {
pieces And che commandu was mos.
A private message from Lndysmit
SAYS that messenger who has just al
= rived from Pretoria SAY, the wOme
4 there are weeping and wailing GA th
market place.
a Three trains have been dispatched froi
4 l[lerkSdorp 10 fetch the wounded froi
IN Mafrking.
70 { 3 estimated there are zoo killed an
wounded. and IL is stated AT Hrctor
. lat the British casualties are only Il.
The Daily Mail says il understands
message was received in London yeSte
l. day from Cecil Rhodes. dated at Kin
q berley, Oct. ~. declaring. in substanc
a that the inhabitants of Kimberley q
. sired to draw the attention Of the 20
erumcut 20 the need ~ speedily sendu
!. re-enforcements there. a. the town vi
being surrounded by increasing numbe
10 of TranSvaal and Free State Beers.
70 The Daily Telegraph has received q
J. following from I.adysmith, dated IA
- day. 2:l0 p m.
O. The Beers, reported 20 be- 5000 stro
4. and under command OF Commando