The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-31

that many Of the ATTACKING parry WV
wounded The dispatch ads tha' S"1ui
day morning Colonel Baden-Poweh ask
ed for an armistice IN order to oury lle
dead. General Cronje consented 20 this,
the Beers assisting in placing the oeAd
in the wagon returning to MateKlhs'
GENERAL BULLER ARRIVES.
LONDON, oct. d.-A dispatch from
Cape Town announces the arrival In Ia
bic Bay of the Dunottar Castle, late last
evening, with General Sir Redvers- Butler
and his staff. who are expected TO land
this morning. They will meet with a
tremendous ovation in Cape Town.
10 IS reported from Pretoria that 200 oi
the British wounded from Dundee arrived
there and have been furnished accommo-
dation I'm the State school building.
LONDON oct 31.-it is believed that
the naval brigade which arrived Monday
at Ladysmith consists OF hundred men
from the British cruiser Powerful. with
some of the Powerfuls f-inch quick hre
guns. with a range Of lo,oe9 yards hFins
a forty-fve pound shell.
The battery that was lost Is probably
one consisting OF six twO-and-a-half muz-
zle leaders and thirty-slx mules.
LONDON. Oct. IA special dispatch
from Lorenzo Marques says a strong
force of Portuguese troops has arrived
on the Transvaal border from Mosambique
territory. owing 10 fears regarding the
hostilitles between the British and Beers.
LONDON. Oct 30-The War office has
received "a dispatch which says General
White has fought an engagement pre-
sumably with General JOuberts force.
which was pushed back after several
hours fighting The British lost about
hours nehting. The British lost about
greater The Beers were In larger num-
bers and had better artillery.
THE BRITISH ADVANCE
LADYSAlIrH. Oct 3C-6 Z. M.-The ad-
vance was made al dawn with the object
oi sh'llins the Beers from the position
where yesterday they had mounted
number Of guns. On reaching tba SPOT
however. IL was found that they had
evacuated the position.
The British continued 10 advance, and
the movement developed into a recon
naissance in force. The enemy were
posted on a range Of hills having a front
age Of about sixteen miles. The British
force was disposed in the following or
der: On the right. three regiments OF
cavalry four batteries of the Royal Field
Artillery and five batallions OF infantry
occupying the centre; three batteries Of
Of cavalry and four infantry batalliOns.
and on the left the Royal Irish Fusilleers
the Gloucestershire Regiment and the
Tenth Mountain Battery
This force had been detailed 10 guard
our left flank at late hour last night.
General Whites plan Of operations was
as the movement developed the force con-
stitutng our centre which was disposed
under cover of n kopje about three miles
from the town. should throw itself upon
The enemy while the left flank was being
held blythe Fusileors and the Gloucesters.
, The scheme was well devised, but failed
in execution, owing t0 the fact that the
Boer position which formed our objective
was evacuated. We, however. quickly
reduced the volume of The enemy's fire.
but the attack delivered on our right
flank was the principal one and the
column was compelled TO change. The
Boer attack had been snenced for a time
and our infantry advanced, covered by
cavalry.
The enemy now began to develop a
heavy counter attack and as they were
in great numerical superiority General
White gave orders for the infantry TO
be gradually withdrawn. The movement
was carried out with great steadness and
deiiberation under cover OF our guns,
which made excellent practice
Some shells Were thrown into the town
from the enemy's forty-pOunders at a
range Of over six thousand yards. but
no damage was done The engagement
lasted several hours and resulted. on our
side, in casualties estimated az from
ninety 90 one hundred The B6er losses
must have largely exceeded this total
The attack was admirably delivered
by our right. and the Beers were fairly
driven out Of one Of their strongholds
near L0mbards Kopje. It was not pos
sibie, however. 10 push the success much
further. as beyond that point lay a long.
broken ridge. anordirg every kind OF
natural cover. OF this the enemy took
the fullest advantage. Our shells failed
10 dislodge the Beers. and as Our infan-
try moved forward I'm extended order
they came under a heavy and we,l-di-
rcctcd rifle fire. the effect of which was
soon apparent.
General White who was with the Gene
tre. seeing that the troops on the right
were somewhat pressed. sent to their as
sistance the whole centre column, with
the exception OF the Devonshire Regi-
mont
The battle had then lasted four hours
during Which the artillery ire on DO =
sides had been almost incessant The
naval brigade which landed az Durham
had arrived on the scene toward the end
Of the fight and Immediately brought their
heavy guns into play. Their practice
was magnificent. At the fourth shot
the enemys forty-pounders We're knock
cd out Of action.
The town IS now freeded from appre-
hanSiOn OF bOmbardmcnI. Throughout
the engagement the Beers held their
ground with courage and tenacity and,
considering the intensity Of our artillery
fire they must have suffered severely