The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-21

guns were captured The Boer artillery
firing was weak. A lot of plugged shells
were used.
Although the enemy's position was car
rled soon after l o'clock scattered fight
ing went on almost all the afternoon.
LOSSES WERE HEAVY.
The British losses are very severe but
those of the Beers are much heavier.
The final rush was made with trium-
pnal yell, and as the British troops
charged to close quarters the enemy
turned and fed, leaving their guns BE-
hind them in their precipitate fight
while this was going on one battery of
the Eighteenth hussars, the Royal fu-
sileers and a part Of the Forty-seven.h
Leicestershire regiment got On the
enemy s flank, and as the Beers fed down
the hill they found their retreat cut off.
but they rallied fer "a wf'ile and there
was severe lighting, with considerable
loss to both sides A nLn.bsr of the
enemy surrendered.
~ rough estimate places the Bri ish
loss at 25O killed or wounded, and that of
the Beers at probably 500.
BOERs NoNPLUssED.
a newspaper correspondent stated tn 4
through his glasses during the fighting TO-
day he noticed now-much the Beers seem
ell to be nonplussed by the tactics of he
imperial troops, especially of the v ell
drilled. swift-moving horsemen The
enemy are STILL as of old, mob They
are without horses and forage, ard many
Of them rely for food upon what tney can
obtain by Iocting. Their animals are
mostly in a wretched condition. 1t is un-
derstood that before todays battle several
Beers had left their commanders and
gone nome to their farms ard many
others are now likely TO follow
The movements of the commanders in
Tie Utretcnt district are somewhat mys-
terious. 1t is supposed. they have scIne
:cea of getting around between this place
and LaGysmith. Many Beers are reported
TO be falling back On their old positions.
They have been raising a series OF foc,i-
fcations between Sandsprult and Damn
hauser their object being tc contest he
general advance of the imperial troops
Near Sandspruit they have & laager, with
a force Of artillery, and another at Volk-
druid. There are guns at Mountain Pul
overlooking Latng,s Mex, and In ogo
heights are fortified and earthworks have
been thrown up ard guns left ct arioUs
places the way south.
DIRECT FROM GLENCOE CAMP.
LONDON, Oct PA Glencoe camp cor
respondent telegraphing yesterday says:
"A force of 5000 Beers, led by Com
mandant Gen sJoubert, has been defeated
severely by force under Gen. Symons,
and the enemy at this moment is in full
retreat Nobody in camp, save Gen.
Symons and his staff, were aware that
the Beers intended to attack this morn
ing, and that he would get within three
miles of this position before making his
presence known to all concerned. 1t was
well known however, that the enemy was
advancing still further south, and pre-
cautions had been taken to guard against
a surprise during the night.
Just after dawn the Boer artillery
opened fire from Glencoe hill. The range
was ill-judged, and the quality of the
ammunition bad. During two hours and
a half scarcely half dozen shells burst
within our lines Our gunners, on the
contrary, made excellent practice. which
soon began. to tell upon the enemy. At
half-past-7 Gen. Symons ordered a gen.
eral advance of the infantry brigade,
winch he nlmSeu accompanied.
The Dublin fusileers were well in front,
with the Kings Royal Rifles on the right,
and the Leicestershire regiment on the
left. The men advanced smartly, taking
advantage of every bit of cover-tactics
in which they had been exercising for
weeks past.
1.-The advance was covered by a terrific
fire from our three batteries and sew
eral Boer guns were silenced before the
Fusileers began to climb the hill. BY the
time the Fusieers and Royal Rifles got
within a thousand yards of the crest, the
Boer batteries had been completely ST.
fenced, our own guns having pelted them
at a 2,500-yard rangs with crushing ef-
feet.
THE Beers, meantime, were keeping up
heavy, rifle fire, which thinned our
ranks considerably.
by 8 o'clock the Fusileers and Royal
Rifles had swarmed over the hill Mean
time the Eighteenth Hussars and all
the colonial mounted infantry and the
Leicestershire regiment had been moved
north and east thus practically cutting
off the Boer main line of retreat, and the
enemy, caught between two fires, lost
heavily
''At this moment fighting is still going
on. but the defeat of the enemy Is al
ready complete and crushing, and it looks
as though few would escape
OuI lOSSeS pIoodulS hlleu OT
wounded, and that of the Beers thrice as
many"
WAR OFFICE REPORT.
The war office has received the follow
ing official dispatch from Ladysmith filed
at half past this afternoon:
This from Glencoe: We were attack
ed this morning at daylight by a force
roughly estimated at 1900. They had
placed four or five guns in a position on
a HILL 5,400 yards east of our camp, and
they fired plugged shells. Their artillery
did no damage. Our infantry formed for
attack and we got our guns into position.
After the position of the enemy had been
revealed our infantry advanced to the
attack, and, after hard fight, lasting
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