New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-11-29
VICTORY FOX TIE BRITISH
Forces Under Gen. Methuen Defeat
Smaller Force Of Beers
at Belmont.
DRIVE THEM FROM STRONG POSITIONS,
Losses on Both Sides Are HEAVY
Beers Retire in Good Order After
the Engagement - Situation at
Kimberley Is Observation-Disclosures
fnement Telling on the Soldiers.

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the Engagement - Situation at
Kimberley Is Observation-Disclosures
fnement Telling ON the Soldiers.
Cape Town, Nov. 25.-From the few
details which have reached here of
Gen. Methuen's fight with the Beers
Thursday it appears that Beers, from
Fincham's farm, shelled an advance
body of the British Wednesday, No.
vember %, and the British artillery
| was pushed forward and sheIed a hill
which the British subsequently occu-=
pied, capturing two guns. The Boer
casualties were 80 men killed and
wounded. ".s.. r..
The Boer main column left Finch
ANS 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 81
fenced the Boer guns. Then two bat
talions of the Grenadier guards and
| the Northumberland regiment stormed
the heights at the point of the bayo-
net. Crossing the fire-zone amidst a
storm of lead, the guards and North
understands pushed up the incline
and reached the summit, doing great
execution with their bayonets,
and capturing the laager, with
guns, equipment, prisoners, cattle and
sheep. The entire position was car
ried by eight o'clock, the cavalry, con-
sisting of the Ninth lancers and
mounted infantry, pursuing the flying
Beers. ..
The Beers, it is estimated, numbered
$500 men, Their loss is unknown
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
flee were opened the troubled and
anxious women and men of all sta
JlOIlS Ill lllV NCIc dSSC1l1OICO VACI 9,
and when the inquirers were finally
admitted, their anxious questions
showed they feared that. Thursday
evenings 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:
ATTACKED the enemy at daybreak this
morning. He was in strong position.
Three ridges were carried in succession, the
last attack being prepared by shrapnel.
Infantry behaved splendidly and received
support from the naval brigade and artil-
lery. The enemy fought with courage and
SKILL Had I attacked later I should have
had far heavier loss. Our victory was COM
piete. Have taken 40 prisoners. Am bury
ing a good number of the Beers, but the
greater part of the enemys killed and
Have captured a large 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-
planned. According to all previous facts
obtainable as to the relative strength of
the forces, the Beers must have been
in a decided min GRITTY, yet the total
British loss, 220 killed, wounded
and missing, proves the effective
ness of their resistance and am
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the courage and skill with which the
burghers fought. The fact that no guns
and only 40 prisoners were captured by
the victors and that the Beers carried
off their dead and wounded shows that
they retired in an orderly manner,
without precipitation or confusion, and
that, probably, the Boer casualties were
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 ad-
vance of his flying column, which is
marching in the lightest order.
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the Boer position on the Modder river,
where the guards, who,- apparently,
bore the brunt of Thursdays fighting,
will, in all probability, have another
chance to get at close quarters with the
bayonet.
Beers in the Minority. 4 =
A special dispatch received here
from Belmont says that Gen.
Methuen's. force numbered 1000 men
and the Beers had 5000 men. The lat
ter, it is added, held an exceedingly
strong position on series of hills,
extending 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