Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-17
ARM0RED TRAIN
Used by the British Was
Attacked By Beers.
AND IT WAS DERAlLED
It Was a Veitable Trap That the
British Ran Into And Their Loss in
Killed, Wounded and Missing Was
Very Large.

London, Nov. II, 5 a. m.-Misfortune
steadfastly pursues British employment
Of armored trains, the fascination for
which has given the Beers their first
and latest victories. On this last oc-
casion, the British seem TO haVe walked
into a deliberate trap, with the result
that, according to the best accounts, 80
men are either killed, wounded or miss
Ing. OF these the fusileers claim 50
and the Durham infantry 40. 1t is be-
lived that a few escaped and the 9TH
ers are prisoners in the hands of the
Beers. Many of the wounded We're
brought back on the locomotive and
tender Of the ar1nored train. Captain
Haldane, Of the Gordon highlanders.
was attached to the fusileers ana other
officers We're with them. The list Of
casualties is awaited with great ankle
ty. In time of trouble Lieutenant Wins
ton Churchill has proved himself more
a soldier than a correspondent and his
~sallantry is highly praised on all sides.
The rumor Of the death Of General
JouHDer is discredited. It is under
stood that the war Office has news that
he is still directing affairs. 1t is also
rulnored from Pietermarl'Zbrrg that
the Boer losses at Ladyslnith on Thurs
day We're heavy and included General
Lucas Meyer, VINO vas either killed o.
wounded. The report as to General
Joubert probably arose from the fact
that his Wife has left the Boer camp at
Ladysmith for the Free State.
According to the Pietermaritzburg
correspondent of the London Outlook,
rumors are current in the Natal capital
that the Beers contemplate a retreat.
It is needless, however, to attach i'm
portance to such reports, which are
spread in all probability in the hope of
Turing General White, if possible. to
abandon his defensive attitude. Similar
runlors are current regarding the Beers
at Mafeking and are spread industri-
usly by native spies.
Special dispatches from Lorenzo
Marques say that the Transvaal COVE
I'm is exercising a severe censor
ship over al war news and Will not al
newspapers to leave the country.
One correspondent says the Beers are
hurrying new cOmmandos to Ladysmith
and the declaring that the place must
speedily in order to liberate their
forces 50 that these may go to meet
General Buffers advance.
The latest dispatches from Estcourt
regarding the armored train engagement
say that the train was capsized by an
explosion. presumably dynamite. The
entire train returned to Estcourt With two
dead fusileers and the following wound
ed: Captain Wylie, three n~on-cimnis-
i'AA1 DAti@Ni oANi iAiA4N l'itNt XII l.
longing to the Durham volunteers. An
other Estcourt correspondent says a
Boer contingent of 300 men came south
of Frere on Wednesday and two COM
panies of mounted troops, imperial light
horse and Natal carbineers engaged
them eight miles from E.stcourt. The
Beers occupied a strong position on a
kopje. The carbineers worked around
on their right and drove the enemy
back, Whereupon the imperial light horse
,Nl,,n n ytrl E-a- - . ,,nl.. 49,
killing several. One man of the imper-
ial light horse was wounded.
The West Yorkshire regiment, the
Prince of Wales Own, commanded by
Colonel Kitchener, brother Of Lord Lit
Of Khartoum, has arrived at Est
court from Durham. The troops there
''sleep in their boots and the utmost
vigilance is maintained and it is rum
ored that some important movement is
imminent.
According to a special dispatch from
Lorenzo Marques. General Lucas Meyer
has gone to Pretoria for his health.
However, a difference in opinion exists
among the commanders. The Boer mil
itary council wants the army moved
elsewhere. but General Jouhert inists
that Ladysmith must fall first.
The postal authorities at Durham open
and inspect all letters from Delagoa
bay.
EStcOurt, Natal, Nov. 16.-An arnlOred
train having on board half a
of Durham volunteers and half a COM
pany of Dublin fusiieers steamed to Chi
velle early this morning. On it's return
it was shelled by Boer artillery placed in
ed: Captain Wylie, three non-conmis-
four positions. Two truck in front
over. While the train was thus helpless
the Durbans and Dublins faced the
Beers in skirmishing order and the Beers
poured shot and shell into the crippled
train. The derailed trucks We're with
great difficulty removed and the line was
cleared when the engine and tender
steamed back. During his %juncture
Lieutenant Winston Churchill of the
fourth hussars. son of the late Lord
Randolph Churchill, displayed much
courage as also did the driver and fire.
man. It is feared the Dublins and Dur
bans Jared badly. The Red Cross party
has gone out. foregoing is the same
affair to which z special dispatch from
Pietermaritzburg refers.)
Durham. Natal, Nov. 1e.-The Natal
Mercury, describing the engagement
says: The enemy apparently opened
ers, getting the range accurately. The
fire was so evere that telegraph wires
and poles were destroyed. Their runs
were posted on a kopje covered with
brushwood, and their sharpshooters
We're hidden behind boulders. The Dub
Inns and volunteers. fighting an equal
battle, thrice drove the enemy back.
but the fierceness of the rife and big
gun fire was too much for the brave
little party, which was weakened at the