The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-10-28
BOTH LOST HEAVILY.
In the Bloody Battle at Glencoe Many
Soldiers Were Killed.
It Was n Triumph of British Arms, but at
a Great Sacrifice Of Life-Bosr Re-
treat Turned into o Rout-
Battle at Elandsiaagte.

London, Oct. 22.-The war Office an
Dounces in the fighting between
Glencoe and Dundee in Natal, 81 nom
commissioned officers and men were
killed and ISL wounded.
Gen. Symons was one Of the few who
escaped on that memorable January
morning at Isandula, when nearly the
whole of his regiment, the gallant
Twenty-fourth, perished. Thus there
is tragic completeness in his victory
near the scene of that massacre.
The earliest dispatches regarding the
Glencoe battle conveyed the impression
that the whole affair was over in a
couple of hours, the British artillery
silencing the Boer guns and infantry
and then simply charging right over
the hin. According to the latest ad-
vices, however, the battle lasted eight
hours, and nearly seven hours elapsed
before the last Boer gun was put out
| of action.
The Irish fusiliers and the Kings
rifles, meanwhile, had advanced to the
assault and were shooting their way
up the hill, driving the Beers back
from shelter TO shelter, until the final
rush of the British carried them to the
summit.
The magnificent practice Of the Brit
ish guns was an immense help and the
success of the assault was greatly due
thereto. Once the British bayonets
showed on top of Kopje, the Beers re-
treated, and when on descending the
other side they found British battery
and British cavalry outhanking them,
the retreat became rout The Brit
ish guns followed and, unlimbering
from time to time, threw shells among
the flying foe. The latter did not wait
to try conclusions with the hussars
and mounted infantry, who apparently
seldom got near enough to deliver eff
fective volleys. The pursuit was con
tinued until dusk, when the Beers were
completely demoralized.
The list of officers killed and wound
ed strikingly shows that although the
British victory was complete, it wa
bought at heavy price. In addition
to Sir William Penn Symons, who Il
mortally wounded, two colonels, thre'
captains and five lieutenants wer,
killed and colonel, three majors, si'
captains and ten lieutenants wer
wounded.
The Beers Attack Glencoe.
: London, Oct. 24-The Daily Tele
graph has received the following from
Ladysmith, dated Sunday at $40 p. m.
1.-THE Beers, reported TO be 5000 stronl
and under the command of Command
} ant General Joubert and Presiden
, Kruger in person, are to-day again al
taclsing Glencoe, Gen. Yule, command
ing our troops, has moved his cam
t back into better defensive position.
: Gen. Cronje Captured.
} London, Oct. 24.-The correspondent
of the Daily Mail at Durham, Nata
says: IAN official Of the Bonanz
: mine, who has just arrived from Pr
4 tfseA c6ai. adeaSfS@etAf,' fst n ''' tis hffiiis
commander at Mafeking, had capture
Gen, Cronje and 80 other Beers and ha
A killed 50O."
:, Kruger Wants to Surrender.
= London, Oct. GA special fro
A Cape Town dated Sunday says that a.
], vices received from Pretoria repo
a President Kruger as now being
favor OF unconditional surrender.
y is added that it is expected the exec
= tive council will meet to-day or Tue
y day to discuss the advisability of SUI
;. a step. The report, 1t is stated her
- must be accepted with reserve.
The battle at Elandslaagte was
veritable slaughter. After the Britt
It had carried the Boer position, a whi
d dag was raised, whereupon sever
N hundred Beers attempted to flee. TIL
m were pursued and most OF them p,
d. ished. The Boer loss is estimated
of 400 killed and thrice that numb
le wounded. The British lost 100 kill
Of and wounded.
)" During the course of the days pl
is ceedings in parliament Patrick o'Brit
III Parnellite member from Kilkenny eli
was suspended for declaring that
hands OF the British secretary Of stt
for the colonies, Mr.. Chamberlain, q
as much stained with blood as those
re any murderer who ever mounted
scatfold.