The record-union., 1899-10-28


to be significant admissions in TIE
supposed Boer official kilograms
A dispatch from Utrecht, Transvaal,
says: THE fighting at Glencoe lasted
nine hours. The Burghers say that
they never witnessed such a fight. Gen
eral Meyers force of 1000 men, with
50 guns, was several times repulsed."
Belated dispatches from Tuli Fort,
partially elucidate the situation on the
Rhodesia border 1t appears that Col
onel Plumer ascertained that all the
Zoutpansburg Beers, numbering 700
men, mustered under Piet Joubert at
the Black River, and proceeded to
Limpopo, where they arrived October
10th, accompanied by a number of
armed Shangaan and Zoutpansburg
kaffirs, whom they had compelled to
take up arms. The British thereupon
captured three Kaffir Chiefs, who are
now held as hostages for the good be-
haVior of their tribes.
On October 10Th, accommodating pa
triots proceeding along the north bank
from the river in a westerly direction,
suddenly encountered party of Beers
In some dense brush on the Rhodesia
side of the Limpopo. The patrol retired
and the Beers fired, wounding a troop
er. subsequently Captain Chime, with
patrol, left Tuli with the object of
locating the Boer force.
On October 21st a strong Boer pa
troll was encountered at Rhodes Drift
in thick brush. A sharp skirmish was
the result. Two of the British were
killed and two wounded The Beers
had seven men killed and many wound
ed. The Beers retired to a strong po-
sition on a k0pje, at Points Drift Major
Pilsen, with an ambulance, proceeded
to fetch the dead and wounded. and
while placing the bodies on a cart, the
Beers opened fire, killing two horses,
but in spite of the sharp shooting, the
British succeeded in carrying away
their comrades.
The latest dispatch from Tuli. dated
October oath, says: A Boer patrol
crossed the river ten miles above
Rhodes Drift twice recently, carrying
native women and children. They shot
and looted
Great preparations are being made
to welcome the New South Wales Ian
GERS at Cape Town tomorrow
A special dispatch from Pietermaritz-
burg, Natal, dated October 24th, says:
Nine hundred and eighty-eight Boer
prisoners arrived here this morning
They include Captains Dewitt, Ham
mer, Forthus, Dorey, Van Logger and
Dottner
The Colonial Office has made public
the following telegram received from
Governor Hutchinson, dated PETER
maritzburg, October 18th: The follow
ing telegram has been received from
Greytown from d. Greig, a resident OF
Dundee, formerly in the telegraphic SER
vice:
" 1 left Dundee this morning. GEN
eral Symons died on Monday at ) p. M,
and was buried the following morning
close TO the English church by the Rev.
W. Daily. There was a firing party and
a few medical officers, and a few
civilians attended the funeral There
were no Beers. Colonel Eckett, Majors
Boultbee, Hammersley and Nugent and
also Crum, Johnstone and Ryan are
improving. The Beers occupied Dundee
Monday afternoon.
p" 'Commandant Zuderberg is in
charge. Stores were looted by individ-
uals who were unarmed. The hospital
was removed yesterday from the old
camp to houses surrounding the rail-
way station. The principal medical of
f1cers asked me to inform you that
everything was going WELL and that
every one was cheerful and confident -
| The Magistrate at Vryburg is re-
/ sponsible for the report made to Pre-
mier Schreiner at Cape Town that 5l3
Beers were killed at Mafeking.
! AN INTERESTING INCIDENT.
| DURBAN (NataD Oct. 27.-An inter-
esting incident in connection with the
Glands Laagte fight is reported here.
/ When the fire of the British guns be-
came too hot, eight. Beers ran forward
out of cover, and, standing together,
coolly opened fire at the Imperial Light
Horse, with the evident purpose of
drawing the latter's fire, while their
| comrades retired. Seven out of the
brave eight were killed
! After searching the Transvaal Ma
/ tional Bank yesterday, the blue jack,
/ cts and marines withdrew, and the
/ bank was reopened
| GLENCOE AND DUNDEE BATTLES
CAPE TOWN, Oct. 26.-Delayed in
transmission).-Two kilograms dated
Lorenzo Marquee, October 23d, have
been received here, and in view of the
fact that all Pretoria news is now com
ing via Lorenzo Marquee, the authori-
| ties are inclined TO believe they are
copies of official bulletins from Pre-
toria- The first evidently refers to the
! Glencoe battle, and says:
General Erasmus, as reported, was
compelled to retire his men and horses
being exhausted. General Erasmus ap-
pears to have been decoyed in the
wrong direction by the enemy, and the
British succeeded in capturing the
Utrecht and Vryheid forces. The num-
Der of killed is unknown, but the
Burghers suffered heavily"
The second telegram bears evidence
of being report of the same engage
ment by Commandant Trichard. Ii
says:
The Ermato Burghers in charge OF
the artillery apparently fed from Dun
dee. They We're reinforced by Pretoria
Burghers under General Erasmus. The
English opened a sharp fire, and De
Jaeger, with Krupp, yielded. Our
wounded were numerous, including
Commandant Grebeler. We also lost
243 prisoners"
The story of the retreat from Glencoe
and Dundee shows the British were
forced to move their camp twice in
order to get out of the range of the
excellent Boer practice. Just as they
mad decided to evacuate the second
camp shell killed two soldiers.
When General Yule heard of the bat
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