The record-union., 1899-10-27

Field Comets Pionaar and Joubert were
killed.
PRETORIA, Oct 22.-General Jou-
bert reports that General Cronje, COM
manding the Free State and Winburg
forces, had an engagement yesterday
with the British at Glands Laagte. 1t
started at 3 o'clock and lasted seven
hours. Nine Burghers were wounded
and six were killed. All the British
retired to Ladysmith.
PRETORIA, Oct. 22-The British
| prisoners captured Friday near Dundee
| were entrained at Dannhauser. They
filled ten trucks. The officers Travelled
first class and separate van was pro-
vided for two wounded officers. An
enormous crowd assembled at the sta
ton here to witness the arrival, but
there was no demonstration. When they
alighted, the prisoners were received
with funereal silence on the part of the
! crowd. The greatest order and decor
um prevailed while they were travers-
| ing the streets.
| The wounded were taken to hospi-
tal While the other officers and men
were marched to the race course. es-
W
encamped on the spot where Jameson s
troopers were confined. The officers
Lieutenant Colonel Moller, Major Gre
vile and Captain Pollock of the Eigh-
teenth Hussars, and Captain Lonsdale,
Lieutenant l.. f. Meuseur, Lieutenant
GarV1no, Lieutenant Grimshaw, Lieu
tenant Major Ende and Lieutenant
Shore of the Dublin Fusileers) looked
In good health They are quartered in
a building apart from the men, On
given their parole, they will be allowed
the freedom of the whole enclosure. The
men appear Indifferent, and spend most
OF their time smoking. They sleep on
| the grand stand
Details of the fighting at Reitfontein
are coming in slowly. A special dis
patch from Ladysmith, dated October
Z4th, hled after the fight, says:
On discovery that the Beers were
massed to the westward of the main
road to Dundee, an attempt was made
by a train to recover the body of Col
onel Scott-Chisholm, killed at Glands
Laagte. The train was fired upon and
Obliged to retire, and General White
moved out to attack the Beers. be-
/ SnOulQ
| have joined the Transvaalers at Glands
Laagte. General White commanded
personally. The Fifth Lancers We're
placed on either flank. They first came
in touch with the Beers below Modder-
spruit, where / 800 Burghers occupied
a strong ridge whence they opened fire
at LOO yards. hitting several British.
In the meanwhile the Erdsars and Ma
tai Carbineers advanced unscathed
| through an opening in the ridge, under
the fire of a Boer gun, while the I'm
perial Light Horse took part of the
crest of the ridge, the Beers retiring
AT about 8 o'clock, however, a Boer
gun stationed on the crest of Mataw-
anaskop opened fire with great accu-
racy on the main force, which. in the
meantime had come up, but the shells
failed to explode and the British artil-
lery silenced the opposition. The whole
British force then advanced. and the
action became general A large body
of Beers occupied strong positions at
Matawanaskop and the precipitous
ridges surrounding it. The British guns
shelied the position and the infantry
advanced under the cover Of the fire
crossed
a fearful fire zone beneath Tuitanyoni
Hill, whence the Beers poured a with
erlng fire with such effect that thirty
OF the attackers dropped in a distance
OF 2OO yards. Seeing the peril of the
Devons and Gloucesters, General White
| dispatched the Carbineers and Liver
pools to take the enemy in the rear
A fierce rifle and artillery duel was
maintained for some time. The British
Maxims ratified, but the Beers, under
cover of the rocks, remained cool and
replied with an incessant rife fire. The
British artillery swept the face of the
/ Mills, and at length the shells became
SO destructive that the Beers retreated
to another ridge, whence they were dis
! lodged by the volunteers in the face of
a calling fire.
The Beers soon reformed. and took
up a position on another ridge. but the
volunteers dashed across the interven-
ing plateau, again rushed the Boer po-
sition and drove them back to the main
force, occupying Matawanaskop. The
British then shelled the latter until
clusters of Beers were seen leaving and
retreating westward, when the en-
gagement closed.'
A special dispatch from Glencoe
Camp, dated October 23d, says:
After the victory Friday, the British
imagined they were free from further
molestation for some days but they
soon found that the earlier reports of a
sweeping success were exaggerated.
The reported capture of all the Boer
guns was incorrect. The Burghers sue
ceeded in removing some of them before
the British carried the hill, leaving only
the rihemen behind to cover their re-
treat.
On Saturday news was received of
General Joubert's main column, threat
enlng Dundee. General Yule recog-
nlzed the impossibility of defending
ooth Dundee and Glencoe against such
superiority of numbers, sent word TO
Ladysmlth of his dangerous situation.
ana ordered the evacuation of Dundee.
whlch commenced with long range fir
ing oy the big guns at daybreak Sun
day. The Beers made excellent prac-
tlce and the shells from a forty-pounder
occupying the Impati Mountains drop
ped in and around the town. in the
meantime the British had reached
Glencoe in safety.
AT the same time General Yule was
informed that large force was wait
ing at Glands Laagte to assist his re-
tlrement. Glencoe Camp, accordingly.
was quietly evacuated. The precarious
position of the British was not known
| to the Beers.
A belated dispatch sent from Glen