Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-10-26
BOERSllN
BATTLE
Transvaal Forces Repulsed
in a Bloody En-
counter.
Attack British Force at
Glencoe Camp
Friday.
Driven From Dundee Hill
Light Hundred
Dead.

Dundee hill was carried by the Dublin
Fusileers and the kings rifles at 3
O'Clock Friday afternoon <unde. cover
of a well-served artillery fire by the
18th and 69th batteries The beers
who threatened the British rear have
retired The fight was an almost ex-
act counterpart of that Of Majuba hill
except that the positions OF the beers
and British forces was reversed. Gen
eral Symons was severely but not dan
gerously wounded. The battle was a
brilliant success. The beers got a re-
verse which may possibly, for time
at any rate check all aggressive action
The British artillery. practice in the
early part of the day decided the bat
tie. The seizure OF Dundee hill by the
beers was surprise for, although
pickets had been exchanging shots all
night, it was not until shell doomed
over the town into the camp that their
presence was discovered. Then the
shells came fast and the hill was pos
itively alive with swarming beers
sgiH the British artillery got to work
with magnificent energy ana precision
and after a quarter hours magnificent
firing, silenced the guns on the hill.
Inc dghdng ragged particularly hot in
the valley outside the town. Directly
the Doer guns ceased firing, General
Symons ordered the infantry to move
on their position. The firing of the
beers was not so deadly as might have
been expected from troops occupying
such an exalted position but
the infantry lost heavily
going up the hill and only the consum-
mately brilliant way in which General
Symons had trained them to fighting
saved them from being swept away.
The hill was almost inaccessible to a
storming party and any hesitation
would have lost the day The enemy
guns were all abandoned for the beers
had no time TO remove them. A
stream of fugitiyes poured down the
tie went on with no abatement Gen.
Symons was wounded early in the ac-
ton and the command then deyolved
on Maj Yule The enemy as they
fed We're followed by cavalry and
mounted infantry and artillery The
direction taken was to the eastward
At latest reports, the cavalry had no.
returned Some say four and some say
five guns were captured The British
losses were very severe but those Of the
beers were much heavier. One battery
of artillery, the 18th Hussars, and tie
mounted infantry, with part OF the Lie
cester regiment, got on the enemy S
flank and as the beers streamed wildly
down the hills, making for the main
road they found retreat had been cut
off. But they rallied for while ana
there was severe firing with consider
able loss to each side Many of The
enemy surrendered. Rough estimates
place the British loss at 250 killed or
wounded, that of the beers at 500.
Money and Troops Voted
London. oct 2l-The house Of com
mons voted 100000 pounds sterling
$50 000 O00-and the calling out OF
25.000 reserves for the boer war Friday,
the Irish and a few radical members
only voting in the negative. William
Redmond, Parneite member 70. East
Glare, persisted in interrupting the
proceedings saying That the money
should be spent in Ireland and cridciz-
ing the government and was ordered F..
to leave The house Mr. Balf".-.. read |
a message from Major Yule, dated F.
Glencoe Camp in which he said: II !
regret to report that Gen Symons Is /
m0rtally wounded. Other casualties I
viii follow The important success Of
today is due % Gen. Symons great
courage and fine geueralshlp and to the T.
Gallant example of confidence he gave f.
the troops under his command
Dynamited the Beers.
Cape Town. oct Dispatches dat
ed at MafeNns aSturday night and
carried 10y dispatch down the river via /
thurman ana luu.elskunl 20 Hook
Town state that COL BADEN Powell n-
aictel ? tremendous blow on the beers
nine miles north of MafeRiug Two
TRUCKS laden with dynamite which al
was judged unsafe 20 keen Ia NIafekiug
on account ot the risk ~ explosion
should the town be sheIled. were sent
by Baden Powell nine miles out In the
hone that the beers would she'll and