Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-26
British Position is Ticklis one, as the Beers are on
the Aggressive--Successes Were Achieved at the
Cost OF Many Lives--Telegrams Received From
General White=-Prisoners Are Being Well Treated
--Squadrons Being Formed for Any Eventuaty--
Delayed Reports.

London, Oct. 26.-Dispatches sent from
dictory that it is difficult to outline the
situation with any degree of precision.
Three or four main facts, however, stand
out prominently.
General Symons' fight at Glencoe was
not anything like the decisive victory al
legged, and General Yule would in all
probability have been annihilated or
have met with the same fate as the cap
tured hussars if he had not retreated.
General Whites 'artllery duel'' at
Reitfontein was a very severe engage
ment, in which the rifle did great exc
cution and which success was also
achieved at distressing cost.
The bombardment of Mafeking has
commenced with unknown results, and
the Beers have got their hussar prison
ers safely to Pretoria.
Altogether. the campaign is being
pushed by the Beers SO strenuously and
on such sound strategetcal lines that
the situation of the British must in all
probability give them cause for anxiety
for some time to come. 1t is difficult to
see how the concentrated forces al Lady
smith will be able to take the aggressive
Immediately. Apart from fatigue regi-
ments, like the Gordon hgh!anders and
Royal rifles. they have been practically
without officers since the fights, and 135
additional officers have been ordered to
leave England as speedily as possible
The war office today received the fol-
! lowing kilograms from General White:
"Iadysmith, Oct. 25.-General Yule's
force has left Dundee with a view of
concentrating at Ladysmth. To avoid
risk of life which long march would
have entailed the wounded were left at
Dundee under medical supervision
An official British account of the fight
at Reitfontane, given out at Capetown,
says:
yesterday Sir George White, having
ascertained by previous reconnaissance
that the Free States forces had moved
east from Bester's station and We're at
tempting 10 gain the road from Lady,
smith to the north. moved out in the
direction of Elandsaagte with the Fif-
tieth lancers, Nineteenth hussars, I'M
perial light horse, Natal mounted volun-
teers two field batteries, one mounted
battery and brigade of infantry. The
enemy posted a battery three miles south
of Modderspruit and opened with an in
fantry fire at long range on the British
advance guard, consisting of the Nine
teenth hussars. This was followed by
an artillery fire directed with consider
able accuracy against the British guns.
After an action lasting six hours, ensued
at Reitzfontein Friday, the enemy We're
driven from the hills commanding the
roads. Sir George Whites object being
accomplished, the column returned to
Ladysmith. The enemy is believed to
have suffered. Several Beers own Off
cially that they lost over 100 killed at
Elandslaagt 800 prisoners, wounded and
unWounded, are in the hands of the Brit
ish, including several of high positions.
In the action al E,andslaagte Oct. q the
Johannesburg force with a detachment
of the German corps was completely
broken up. All was we'll at Mafeking
up to Oct. 81. All was we'll at Kimberly
up to Oct %. The defenders are in good
Spirits