Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-23
Beers Attack an ArmOred
Train Neaf EstcOurt.
SHELLED BY ARTILLERY.
The Train was Disabled at an
Early Stage of the Fight.
NINETY BRITONS MISSING.
News Comes Of Another Engageme=t
mt Ladysmith in Which the hoers
Were Deieated-K of gen. Jou-
ber''s Death Is Discredited.


Estcourt, Natal, Nov. l7-An ar
mored train. having on board a half
company OF the Durham volunteers
and half company of the Dublin fusi-
leers, steamed to Cheveley Tuesday
morning. On its return it was shelled
by the artillery OF the Beers, placed in
four positions. Two trucks in front
of the engine left the rails. topping
over. While the train was thus neIp-
less, the British troops faced the Beers
in sllirmishing order and the Eoers
poured shot and shell into the crippled
train. The derailed wagons we're
with great difficulty removed and the
line was cleared, when the engine and
tender steamed back.
During this iuncture, Lieut.. Winston
Churchill, of the Fourth hnssars and
son of the late Lord Randolph Church
i'll, displayed mach courage. as also
did the driver and fireman.
Seven of the DurDans have come in,
making % missing Only IL of the
Dublins have returned.
The naval 7-pounder, which was in
front of the truck. bad tired three
shots when it was shattered by the
Boer artillery.
The armored engine has many bull
let marks and its domoscover is
smashed, as also is its automatic eN-
haust-pipe and 2J-tOn screw lack.
The tender is also pitted with ballet
marks.
1t is rumored that Lieut.. Churchill
is prisoner.
Durham, Natal. Nov. 1.-THE Natal
Advertiser has a dispatch from Est
court which says: when part of
the arnOred train was overturned by
the Beers tearing up the rails, the
British alighted and exchanged volleys
with the Beers. The engine driver,
when the rails were replaced, seeing
the position was hopeless, steamed
back to Estcourt with a few of the
Dublins and Is of the Durbans. includ-
ing Capt. WNIie, who was wounded.
The tate of the remainder of the Dur
bans and DubIins and Lieut.. Church.
i'll is unknown"
A missionary, native but a reliable
man, who has arrived at Estcourt
from Ladysmith, reports that a big
fight took place there on November 10.
He says volunteers went out in the
early morning and drew the enemy
from its positions onto fiat, where
the regular troops under Gen. White
outmancuvered it by outtianking the
Bocrs, administering crushing de-
feat and intiicting great loss.
More than POO Kattrs, the mission
airy says. were employed by the Beers
TO bury their dead and the two trains,
each drawn by two engines, carried
away the wounded
London. Nov. l7.-Misfortune stead
fastlv pursues British employment of
armored trains, the fascination for
which has given the Beers their first
and latest victories. On this last oc-
casOn the British seem to have walked
into Il deliberate trap. with the result
that. according to the best accounts,
90 men are either killed, wounded or
missing. OF these the fusileers claim
50 and the Durham infantry 40 1t is
believed that few escaped and others
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