Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-11-10

turned and then ordered out a large force
Of cavalry and infantry to advance upon
the Boer positions. Whites forces fol-
lowed up the supposed advantage, hut
soon found themselves face to face with
a large army of Beers. who We're all we'll
armed and full of fight. The fighting
ragged iercely until shortly before noon,
when White withdrew without having
forced the Beers within their laagers,
and with a heavy loss.
The column of troops. consisting of the
Irish Fusi.ecrs, the Tenth Mountain bat
terry and the Gloucester regiment, sent
against the Beers Sunday, was sent
rounded in the hills and after losing heay
lily. had to capitulate. A Boer orderly
came in to the British lines in the even
Ing under n flag OF truce with letters
from the survivors of the captured COL
mn, asking assistance to bury the dead.
Among those captured are Mai. Adye
OF Gen. Whites staff; the lieutenant col
on"i, the majors and all the captains and
iieiiten:,ntS of the Irish FuSileers: .le
majors. captains and lieutenants of the
Gloucester regiment; Maj. Bryant of the
Royal artillery, all the lieutenants of the
Mountain battery and also the chaplain
OF the irish Fusileers. May of the cap
tured officers and men We're wounded.
The Hoers in the meantime kent up
their artillery fire, and. besides p.ayins
havoc.with the British troops, stampedcd
about forty mules used for transporting
the heavy guns The british were so
busy using their small arms that they
were unable to look after the mules, with
the result that eight IL were lost.
Charge Upon Big Guns.
1t seems Gen. Whites first purpose
was to charge the positions of the Boer
batteries and capture, il possible, the
big guns, which played so important a
part ut Glencoe. The charge was con-
sidered successful at first, but upon their
arrival at the point where the Boer guns
had been located the British found them
gone. How JOubert managed to remove
the awkward, heavy weapons is a mys-
terry to the British. as they are said to
Weigh fully four tons zach with their
carriages.
one London newspaper, trying to ac-
count for the British retirement, SAWS
That presumably the Beers were driven
back until they reached strong positions,
which White naturally refused to attack.
Gen. White reports the stampede hap
pening during the night, as the result of
battery fighting. But the newspaper
accounts indicate the runaway occurred
during the days action.
England Is Startled.
All England was startled Mt the nrws
Of the first severe disaster to the British.
White. in what. was evidently an impor-
tant movement. almost lost 20 per cent
of his fighting force and eight of his fifty
guns at one crack. Monday he had ey-
cry. available man engaged against the
Beers, and reading between the lines of
the official report and the dispatches of
the English correspondents, he had NH no
could Go to get hack to his base Mt Lady.
smith after making his sortic. 1t is nm
parent that he had hoped to march ont
and strike u blow at one column of tho
enemy that would weaken the attack M
all sides and give him the upper hand. He
bst his left wing in attempting this plan,
Three extra battalions of foot and one
mountain battery, with reserves, will
leave England during the course of ten
days to make good the casualties. The
war office has ordered q second army
corps to be in readiness to he called out.
The military officials are determined to
have everything in readiness either for
q demonstration in Europe of Great
Britain's capabilities or for sending even
. larger force to the scene of action.