The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-31

G~1encoe-YuIe Greatly Harasse on
His Retreat by h Enemy.
Cape Town, October 27.-Offcial re-
ports from Kimberley dated Tuesday
state that Colonel Scott-Turner, with
go men, proceeded northward to Mac
Farlane's farm, where they unsaddled
their horses. At 9 o'clock a party of
Beers was seen on the right flank and
was quickly scattered, Colonel Scott
Turner opening fire on them and sew
eral Of the enemy being seen to fall.
The enemy moved TO a sand heap and
opened fire on the British, who return.
ed the fire.
Colonel Scott-Turner attempted to
prevent the Beers from advancing.
against Colonel Murray, but was met
with q heavy fire from a dam wall 500,
feet to the left. At II o'clock Colonel
Murray ordered $50 of the Lancashire
regiment to proceed to the north.
An armored train is already support
ing Colonel Scott-Turner. At midday
Colonel Murray started also, with two
field guns and two Maxims and seventy
men. One of the two English
guns opened suddenly upon the Beers,
who were in an unfavOrable position.
The Bocr artillery fire was brisk.
Another 2rmOred train was held in
readiness. At 2 o'clock the second
train was sent forward with additional
ammunition. The Lancanshire behav
ed spIendidIy and Colonel ScOtt-Turner.
highly commended them. COmmandant
Dotha and many Beers were killed. The
Iish loss was three killed and TWEEN
ty lone wounded. The engagement was
a brilliant success for the British
forces.
London, October pa dispatch from
Utrecht, T~ransvaal republic, says: The
fighting at Glencoe lasted nine hours.
The burghers say that they never wit
messed such a fight. General Lucas,
Meyers force of 5000 men, with eighty
six guns, was several times repulsed.
Durham, October 27.-An interesting
Incident in connection with the Eland-|
sla8gte fight is reported here. When the
fire of the British guns became too hot,
eight Beers ran forward out of cover
and, standing together, coOlly opened
fire at the Imperial horse, with the evil
dent purpose of drawing the latter's fire
while their comrades retired. SevenI
out Of the brave eight were killed.
FUNERAL OF GENERAL SYMONS.
London. October 27.-The colonial of
~ AA'N' AA'A'tN w. NiAN 'liC " Afo W
gram received from Governor Hutchi-|
son dated Pietermaritzburg, October
26th:
The following telegram has been re-
ceived from Greytown from d. Greig,
a resident of Dundee, formerly in the
telegraph service: Il left Dundee this
morning. General Symons died on
Monday at 5 o'clock p. m. and was
buried the following morning, close to-
the English church by the Rev. w.
Daily. There was a firing party and al
few medical officers and a few civiliansl
attended the funeral. There were no
Beers. Colonel Eckett. Majors BOuIt-
bee, Fammersley and Nugent, and also
Crum, tombstone and Ryan are imprOv-
ing. The Beers occupied Dundee Mon
don afternoon"
Cape Town. October 26.-(Delayed in
Enthusiastically story of the re-
treat from Glencoe and Dundee shows
the British We're forced to move their
camp twice in order to get out of the
range of the excellent BOer practice.
Just as they had decided to evacuated
the second camp a shell killed two SOL
dierS.
When General Yule heard of the bat
tie of Elandslaagte he sent a squad of
husSars, under Colonel Knox, and a
battery of artillery to intercept the
Beers at. Biggarsberg. The artillery
succeeded in Smelling the Beers as they
were retreating over the Umpati noun
tain, killing and wounded many; but
the artillerymen were forced to retire
by the rifle fire of the enemy.
Cape Town, October PA telegram
from BuluWayO, Rhodesia, dated Mon
day. says: "A Boer force is threat
ening Chief Khama and Chief Linchwe,
who are loyal to Great Britain. Their
country lies at the extreme northwest
of the Transvaal and includes Bechu-
analand. 1t seems a gross mistake for
the Beers to provoke war among the
natives. The probable explanation is
that the BOer force intends to de-
strOy the railway to B~uluowayo, which
runs through Khamd's country, and
thus prevent any attempt of Colonel
Plummer's Rhodesian force to go to
the relief of Mafeking. Already there
have been stories of a Rhodesian ar
mOred train engaging the Beers some
distance north of Mafeking."
4 LOurenzo, Marquee, October 27.-The
FOLLOWING dispatch has been received
2 here from Pretoria filed yesterday:
THE government has issued a procla-
nation declaring that no rents or in
terests on bonds can be claimed during
the continuance of martial law, nor
within n certain fixed period after the
repeal of the same.
The Beers at Vryburg have secured
q quantity of ammunition. Comman-
dant Schoeman has seized Krokodoile-
poOrt and destroyed the railway bridge
there
Durham, Natal. October "a. Delayed.)
Many spies have been arrested here
and some of them will be shot.
London, October 2S.-According to
the latest accounts Of the first battle
at Glencoe, the Boer army amounted
to 1000 men and about noon another ar
my, almost as large, under Command
ant General Joubert, advanced to with
in 5000 yards of Glencoe camp and then
retired. The Boer losses were very
heavy, fully 800.
NO LATE NEWS.
The war situation this morning pre-
sents no new features. 1t is presumed
in Natal that the Beers are recon
structing their plans and that the Eng
lish are resting, but kilograms from
Ladysmith at express rates, still occu-
Ply forty-eight hours in transmission to
London, and therefore it is not impos-
Sible that something is happening.