Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-22
THRILLING WAR Tales
Letters From South Africa Teen
With Incidents Of Bravery in
Battle.
Graphic Account and Explanation
Of the British Disaster at
Nicholson's Mex.
The Battlefield Of Elandslaagte With.
The Battlefield Of ElandslaagteWit
Its Horrors Described Winston
Churchill's Heroism.

ssh officers and soldiers fighting in the
Transvaal. and the lengthy desciip-
lions from war correspondents that FL
Ter into print through the mails teena
With thrilling and pathetic incidents.
The Times Correspondent gives al
graphic aceount and explanation Of the
British disaster at Nicholson's Mex,
where Carleton's column, consisting OF
jeers. four and a half companies Of the
Worcestershire regiment and No. 10
mountain battery, SURRENDERED.
Two hours before claybreak,' says
Jiis CORE pendent, while the column
sSas in AN iuc0sed country. either
sn0t was fired or 4 boulder rolled into
ne battery. The mules stalpneded and
easily broke away from their half
asleep drivers. They came back upon
he tiiourestershire regiment, he add
vance party Of whom shot into the
nlass. believing in the darkness hat i
w.iS an attack. This added z, the
chaos. the ranks ware broken by the
fl.erzied animals and they dashed
through the ranks of the rear quart
carrying the first and second reserve
ammunition animals With them. ] be-
eanie q hopeless panic. Flie animals,
Mid NTH the shouting and the tsirmoil,
i5re down he nuilah into he darkness,
and the las, that was heard Of them
iNas the sound of ammunition boxes
iiffd pa;liess as they We're sI'iritel'et.
lsas atiisst the bpulders The iui'bue OF
i5tlese few minutes WAS sufficient 70
l'have alarmed the erlayny The officers.
were forced 10 take advantage Of The
FIRST knpje as Bo.r seppts We're all.
l.ar9l;nd thein and tho day Was ushered3
With desultoly firing. i was g sorry
sitNatian which lhes had c:tisen, and
1.-The men We're Ia a sorry nlignt MI.
heir reserve ammunition Vas gone,
and ;ii9ugh they had SAVED pieces at'
! the screw guns. hey We're nst able q.
! paste il up Il single mounting. Ab9it z
s9slpck two strong farues o. mounted
foers had crowned the hills and opened
Ia heavy fire at short range right down
upon the plateau. The men made a
piueilv attempt 10 return this fire. bur
lit WAS impossible. They We're under a
er0ss mrs from two dtgfctions. flank and
lsrsslt Thetgv1 companies Of .;loucestel,-
shires ti0lalmg he st1f-ee.taiised ridge
.IsWefe driyen from ti1sir shelter, ana as
ESi3ev crossed The opsn on the low pia-
Is,esln w5ei'e terribly mauled he mon
trailing In sfnni3s They ware ai,so-
atsiy iisn,nea 81. and what had cam
q ,nencea as a slSirnaish seemed about g
become a hatchery The grim order was
EI4asseel around. ~el-fangh-a -hallaehs.
q fix your i,Styonets and die like illen
lI'here MAS the clatter IF steel. nla-
hnient of suspense ard then he seeasf
4 fra sounded, Again ard again II
SOUNDED. hut the Irish Fnsileers were
18TH 10 accept the cali and continued
firing for many nllnutes Then il vas
unc,nfiiiiaaal stsfent.s1, ard the men
lstfd down their arms.
IF The spprtief3. at LadHsrlith ri
th,. same paper, describing tbs battle
asIg II Observation-Disclosures writes: I'he
battlefie1d AZ II stood On sunday con-
ys~ed sufficient praaf of the severity o.
the fire The woundad had been re-
moved by Slaylissht but the burial par
FIXES had not arrived TO perform The las
duties to The dad. The rnen lay there
as they had fallen sad pathetic trlb.
ute Ia the courage Of The British sol
der We followed the tragic trail
'fIighlanders Manchesters and Not,in
tet.rs were indiseriminately grouped
Then the solitary figures unier tn
stones showed hew little the eoNer hat
ayafleels them There We're places wfier
&irts fen6es had ,ppeded tbs advance
Here the catnage had been great an,
one brave feil0w stopped in death GU
OF as ne strove 10 wrench post from
Us foundation ON the skyline Of tn
9 talieiand the dead lay thiokest thi
e 5eing tho main spot where the attacl
3 mad b@er checked but the White fla
Vas already there and strings Of eoolie
j we're digging the trench which so ofte
S The soldiers resting place.
z I'VE rode back to the Boer position
d The little kopje upon which Sciliel an
Q his twenty-tfiree men had made thei
! ,ast stand The bodies Of the fiftee
that had fallen ii this little ban
vera grouped rs death had taken then
some lay with heads sunken UPON thel
rifle stocks fighting to the erffu. Annir
4 ~ mad placed his hat upon a pronliner
stone. five yards away, and had die
i With MS fingers PRESSING a charge int
hiss Inagazlne They were Torn an
II burned. wagons splintered and over
. turned ard food stuff dead horses an
iexplosiees lay in wrecked profusion.
. There remained no doubt that OF
q shell FIRE had played upon the positio