The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-18
|BoERS BRAVE,
80 ARB BRITONS
FIERCE FIGHTING IN VICINITY oH
MAFEKING, IN WHICH MANY
ARE KILLED
BOER CRAFTSMANSHIP MiGEIPIED
Is NOT NEARLY SO DEADLY AS HAD
BEEN RELATED PRIOR TO
THE WAR
SUFFER HEAVIEST LOSSES

oom PauPs Followers Said to Have
Lost Three Hundred in Killed.
While the British Loss Wa. Leg.
Than a score-Big Engagement at
Ladysmith Is Next I'm Order-po
Lament Proceedings Have Begun.
LONDON, Oct ia special dispatch
from Pretoria, dated Oct IA, by way OF
Delagoa bay, says:
"A cyclist dispatch was received from
Ottoshoep, near Malmant at o'clock
this evening, asserting that heavy fight
Ing had been IN progress all day long
north of Mafeking. The British troops
on board an armored train acted as a
COY ering force to military engineers en-
gagged in repairing the track. A Maxim
on the train kept up continuous fire.
Conspicuous bravery was displayed on
both sides; but 1t soon became apparent
that the rifles of the burghers were IN
effective against armored train. The
latter, however, was once forced to re-
treat before particularly strong assault,
but 1t soon returned, accompanied by g.
British mounted contingent, and the
fighting was renewed f1ercely
Fighting still continues, the Beers
holding their positions well. A dozen
Beers were killed or wounded, but the
British casualties cannot be ascertained.
Heavy firing can be heard south of
Mafeking, where Gen. Cronjes commando
is operating.
oH ont
engineers, former officers, has left Pre-
toria for the southwest borders, escorted
b. commando of picked Boer soldiers.
It is probably intended for large dyna-
hitting operations.
"a big engagement is expected shortly
in the vicinity of Ladysmith. The forces
of Commandant Piet Vys are encamped
on a mountain overlooking Dundee, from
which point they were able to observe
the movements of the British troops
special dispatch from Pretoria says
the Beers destroyed the Bechuanaiaho
railway during Friday night from Lee
batsi to Argal Kop.
The Standards Dundee correspondent
telegraphing Monday night says:
1.-The Beers have brought aruHery
from Newcastle and have destroyed the
al
proach of our armored train.
The correspondent OF the Daily Mail at
Glencoe saws that Gen. Symons says
there are only 5000 Beers in the neigh
borhood of I4adysmith, but there are
large numbers on the way Tne horses
of the Beers are q sorry-lookng lot, ana
the men look worn.
DOM PAUL DECLINED.
According to a dispatch from Pretoria
the Transvaal government received an "a
fer from wealthy European recently u
supply a fleet of completely equipped tor
pedo boats for the purpose of blowing
nm the British transports on arriving IN
South African waters. The ofter was
curtly rejected, President Kruger refusing
even to consider it. The originator OF
the scheme, who had been in Pretoria
only twenty-four hours, left Immediately.
BOERs SHOOT BADLY.
CAPE TOWN. Oct. Accommodation
with Belmont station, sixty miles south
of Kimberley, is still open.
The fight with the armOred train from
Kimberley, in which the beers lost more
men than they did at Majuba hill, IS
held to prove that their Shooting is not so
good as it is reputed to be. The general
belief here from intelligence received. is
that the Beers actually attacked Mafe-
king and were repulsed. The reports of
continued fighting there are regarded
proving that the Beers failed to score a
success
The crew of the armored train say the
Bcers fired thirteen shells, but their aim
was wretched. and not a shell struck the
train, which then made bold to approach
nearer and opened fire with the Maxims.
The burghers replied with heavy rifles,
again shooting wildly. Only three or four
bullets struck the train.
Subsequently the crew learned that five
Beers and two Boer horses were killed,
while several Beers and horses were
wounded. Not member of the British
force was so much as touched. The
Beers seized the telephone at Modder rlv-
er last evening and attempted to talk
with Kimberley. hoping to discover the
movement of British forces. The move
ment was discovered and frustra ed.
AMMUNITION FOR BOERs.
PORT SAID, Oct 1.-THE German
steamer Kaiser, from Hamburg is dis
embarking at the entrance of the Suez
canal 1900 pieces of ammunition con-
signed to the Transvaal This step IS
taken in order to avoid seizure in the
Red sea by British cruisers. The am
munition will probably be re-embarked
for Hamburg on board the steamer Her
zog, which is shortly expected here The
Kaiser was shadowed by the British
second class cruiser Thetis through the
Mediterranean. The Thetis passed into
the canal this morning
1t is reported several German officers
are ON board the Kaiser, bound for the
Transvaal.
BOERS REPULSED
COLESBURG, Oct 17.-H is persisteat-
ly reported from widely different sources
that large force Of Beers resoluteiy at
tackled Mafeking on Friday, and after
several hours fighting were repulsed with
heavy loss.
UPRISING OF NATIVES.
The Morning Posts Ladysmith corre-
spordent teegraphs that the Basutos
have risen against the Free State.