New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-11-29

Forces Under Gen. ethuen Defeat
a Smaller + orce Of Beers
at Belmont.
DRIVE THEM FROM STRONG POSITIONS.

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Losses on 10th Sides re Henv -.
Beers Retire In Good Order a ffers
the Engagement situation At.
Kimberley II UncOmfor table
hnement Telling ON the soIdiers.s
Cape Town, Nov. q From the few
details which have reached here OF
Gen. Methuen's fight with the Beers
Thursday it appears that Beers, from ON
Fincham's farm, sheHed an advance
body Of the British Wednesday, No
yember %, and the British artillery
was pushed forward and shelled g hill y
which the British subsequ ently occu-
pied, capturing two guns. he Boers
casualties were 80 men killed and
wounded.
The Boer main column left Finch
am farm during the afternoon and
camped five miles ahead. At day
break Thursday the Beers fired from
the hills, 1000 yards distant, on the
British advance force. Other troops
were then pushed up and the engage
ment became general. The British ar
tillery made excellent practice and si-.
fenced the Boer guns. Then two bat
talions Of the Grenadier guards and
the Northumbe rland egiment stormed
the heights at the point of the bayo-
net. Crossing the ire-zone amidst a
storm Of lead, the guards and North
umberlands pushed up the incline.
and reached the summit, doing great
execution with their bayonets,
and capturing the laage with
guns, equipment, prisoners, cattle and %.
sheep. The entire position was car
ried by eight o'cloclk, the cavalry, cons
sisting Of the Ninth lancers and
mounted infantry pursuing the flying
Beers
The Beers, tits estimated, numbered
$500 men. Their loss. is, IN known.
Pathetic scenes.
London, Nov. 25.The pathetic
scenes which marked the days fol-
lowing the engagements between the
British and Beers at Glencoe and
Nicholson's Mex found their counter
part at the war office here Friday.
Long before the doors Of the war of.
fee were opened the troubled and
anxious women and mensof all sta
ztions in life were assembled there,
and when the inquirers were finally
admitted, their anxious questions
showed they feared that. Thursday
evening S official bulletin, though black.
enough, had not recorded the full.
story of the losses at Belmont.
Methuen's Dispatch.
The dispatch received from Gen.
Methuen is as follows:5
Attacked the enemy at daybreak this
morning, He was in a strong position
Three ridges were carried in succession, the
last attack being prepared by shrapnel.
Infantry behaved splendidly andgreceived
support from the naval brigade and artil-
lery The enemy fought witt courage and
Skill Had attacked later should have
had far heavier loss. Our victory was COM
plete. Have taken 40 prisoners. Am bury
ing good number Of the Beers, but the
greater part of the enemy's killed and
wounded were removed by their comrades
Have captured aslarge number Of horses
and cows and destroyed a large quantity of
ammunition.
A Great Deal to BE Explained.
Up to noon the government officials
had issued no further dispatches, and
so the. nervous distrust of the public re-.
mains unalleviated. Gen. Methuen's@
message leaves a great deal to be ex-s
planned. According to all previous facts
obtainable as to the relative strength Of
the forces, the Beers must have been
IN decided minority, yet the total
British loss, 22o killed, wounded
and missing, proves the effective
ness of their resistance and ans
ply justifes Gen. Met huen's tribute to
the courage and skillswith which the
Sburghers fought. The fact that no guns
and only 40 prisoners were captured by
the Victors and that5the Beers carried
off their dead and wounded shows that
they retired in an orderly manner,
without preeip itati ton or confusion, and
that, probably, the Boer casualties were
not numerous, owing to the strength Of
their position. The destruction of the
Boer ammunition captured is taken as
an Indication that Gen. Methuen occu-
pied the captured position at Belmont.
and destroyed the Boer supplies in or
der not to- hamper the immediate adj
vance Of his flying olumn, which is
marching in the highest order.
The road is now presuma bly open to
the Boer position on the Modder river,
where hesguard who, apparently,
bore the brunt Of Thursday fighting,
viii, in all probability, have another
chance to getsat close quarters with the
bayonet.
Beers lin the Minority.
special dispatch received here
from Belmont says that Gen.
Methuen'a~ force mum bered i, 900 men
and the Beers had 5, GOO men. The lat
ter, it is added, held an exceedingly
strong position on a series of hills,
extending a dozen miles. They were
strongly entrenched and their cannon,
were posted strongly and were excel
.lently served. The battle began at
seven o'clock and ragged for several
hours. The Beers held their positions