The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-10-21
ENGLAND'S TROOPS
VIA II Hard Fought Battle
Beers Pursued for Miles.

A1Okb y uIbutu IUT hlItS.
t.>ndon oct. 2V-,The war office has
trcs{ved the following official dispatch
fr'ln Iadysmith at half past three this
afternoon. This from Glencoe:
We were attacked this morning at
Il -Yiight 10y a force rJughly estimated
~ 1000. They had placed four or five
grius IN position on a hill g. 400 yards
ensc oc our camp and they fired plug
ed shells Their artillery did no dam
age. Our infantry formed for attack
and We got our guns in position. After
5lfs poSitiOn of the enemy had been
Aieiled, our infantry advanced to meet
Sle attack and after a hard fight, last
lug unth about 1880 p. IN. an almost
'HtDSreSStble position was taken, the
enemy retiring eastward. All the Boer
guns have been captured We can see
'eIr soldiers at the top of the hill Our
c-lvalry and artillery are still out.
General Symons Is severely wound
al Our loss heavy. They will be ,ele-
;sTSphed as soon as possible"
Glencoe Camp, oct. 20 Morning
General Symons was shot through the
thigh but no bones were broken. he
= cheerful
The battle today has been a brilliant
b1ccess. The Beers got a reverse
which may possibly for a time at any
'ate. check all aggressive action.
'Me British artillery practice in the
carly part of the day dcolded the bat
ale The seizure of Dundee Hin by the
BoerS was "a surprise, for although the
packets mad been exchanging shots all
might, n was not until a shell doomed
over the town into the camp that their
presence was discovered. Then the
Gheiis came fast. The Hill was posi-
lively alive with the swarming Beers.
6till the British artillery got to work
with magnificent energy and precls-
Son
Ihc batteries from the camp took up
Positions TO the south of the town,
and after a quarter OF an hour % ~-ag-
nhcent firing, silenced the guns or ;he
hills
The correspondent could see sa.'is.
dropping among the Boer pieces with
remarkable accuracy ana lopg ire
lnendouS execution for Ire enemy were
present IN very large numbers ana in
places considerably exposed
by this time the enemy held the
whole OF the hill behind Smiths farm
ond the Dundee Kopje right away 20
the south. in which direction the Brit
''l infantry ana cavalry moved at
3uNe.
ihe ighting ragged particularly hot
. the valley outside OF the town. Di- |
'-'uy the Boer guns ceased firing.
Ben Symons ordered the infantry 10
move on the positions. The infantry
charge was magnificent. The way the
kings royal rifles and the Dublin fus-
" 'eS Stormed the positions was one of
the most splendid sights ever seen.
tNe firing Of the Beers was not so
Aoadly us might have been expected
H0m troops occupying such excellent
y'diuons. but the infantry lost heavily
Eong up 1he hEll and only the consul
niHeiy brilliant way in which Gen.
Gy'nons had trained them 10 lighting
80 the kind saved them from being
swept away. Indeed the hlll was al
most inaccessible to the storming par
- and any hesitation would have lost
te day The enemy's guns 50 far as
the correspondent could see, were all
abandoned, for the Beers had nc time
- remove them. 4 stream of fugitives
Pdured down the hillside into the val
i"y, where tine battle went on with no
abatement.
zen. Symons was wounded early in
the action and the command then de-
VOWED on Mai Vule
The enemy as they fled. were fol-
lowed by the cavalry, mounted infan-
ty and alrillery. The direction taken
was 20 the eastward. At~the latest re-
ports the cavalry had not returned
'iOme say there We're four and some
f~ty there We're five guns captured. The
")~r artillery firms was weak a lot