Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-10-25
COST OF THE VICTORY.
Thirty.One British Officers and
Men Killed.
AND $50 OTHERS ARE WOUNDED.


AND $50 OTHERS ARE WOUNDED.
The Battle Lasted for Eight Hours After
the Boer Guns Were siIenced the British
Infantry Charged Right Over the Hill
Shells Thrown Among the Flying Poe
--General Symons Believed To BE Nor
tally Wounded.
Cape Town, Oct. 21.-Glencoe camp
has been attacked by force of 1900
Beers who posted guns on hill over
looking the town and opened fire on
the camp.
London, Oct. PA special dispatch,
dated Glencoe, S:25 in the morning, an
nounced that the Boer position had
been captured after heavy fighting,
during which five guns were taken.
The war office received a report that
General Symons was wounded during
the engagement at Glencoe.
London, Oct. 23.-The war office an
nounces in the fighting between Glen
coe and Dundee, in Natal, thirty-one
n0n-commissioned officers and men
were killed and Isl wounded. A later
dispatch form Sir George Stewart
White says that Sir William Penn Sy-
mons is brighter, but that the doctor
can give no further opinion The
British casualties include besides Gen
eral SymOns, who is believed to be
MORALLY wounded, Colonel Beckett.
wounded seriously; Colonel Sherston,
killed; Colonel Adam, wounded seri.
ously; Majors Hammersly and Davi-
son, severely wounded. Some of the
cavalry are still chasing the Beers to
the eastward
Battle Lasted Eight Hours.
The earliest dispatches regarding
this battle conveyed the impression
that the whole affair was over in a
couple of hours, the British artillery
silencing the Boer guns and infantry
and then simply charging right over
the hill. According to the latest adj
vices, however, the battle lasted eight
hours and nearly seven hours elapsed
before the last Boer gun was put out
of action. The Irish fusileers and the
Kings rifles meanwhile had advanced
to the assault and were shooting their
way up the hill, driving the Beers
back from shelter to shelter, until the
final rush of the British carried them
to the summit.
Lull i'm the Firing.
1t was a bright, clear morning, which
enabled the operations to be followed
by the chief officers without difficulty.
A curious fact was that several times
a lull occurred in the firing on both
sides, the British infantry apparently
taking breathing space in the stiff
climb, and the Beers also holding back
their fire. The magnificent practice
of the British guns was an immense
help, and the success of the assault
was greatly due thereto. An enormous
quantity of ammunition was expended
Once the British bayonets showed on
top of KOpje the Beers retreated and
when on descending the other side they
found a British battery and British
cavalry Outfianking them, the retreat
became a rout.
Shelled the Flying Foe.
The British guns followed and, I'M
limbering from time to time threw
shells among the flying foe. The lat
ter did not wait to try conclusions with
the Hussars and mounted infantry,
who apparently seldom got near
enough to deliver effective vOlleys.
The pursuit was continued until dusk,
when the Beers were completely de-
moraliZed. A heavy rain began to fall
late in the afternoon which naturally
impeded artillery work 1t is a strik-
ing coincidence that the day was the
second anniversary of similar feat
of British arms in India, when the
Gordon highlanders stormed Dargai
heights.
Beers Utterly Demoralized.
The Outlook publishes dispatch
from Cape Town alleging that the
Beers are not likely to make any fur
Their considerable offensive move
ment. The correspondent says: "They
are utterly demoralized and the men
refuse to take risks. They are grow
ing to distrust the aged Joubert.. The
mixed mercenaries are proving trou-
blesome. The artillery is badly ham
died and the administrative depart
ment is revealing marked defects. Mr..
Schreiner, the Cape premier, is each
day being brought more into line with
the policy of Sir Alfred Miner, Brit
ish high commissioner in south At
RIGA and governor of Cape Colony; and
his resignation is not now desired, as
the premier's present attitude is con-
sidered safeguard against Dutch dis
affection"
News from Rhodesia.
The first news for long time from
RhOdesia comes in a telegram from
Tuh, dated Oct. 16. The dispatch saws:
"Major Prison from Rhodes Drift, with
fifty Beers, passed Pont Drift this
morning, shouting that they would
make the British sit up Another
body of Beers has crossed the river at
Bains Drift, and is marching on Mac
Loutsie, where the postmaster de-
clares that he thinks he can hold tho
Beers at bay. The garrison is throw
ing up entertainments"
This shows that the Beers have thug
far achieved nothing in the direction
of Rhodesia.
Basutos Are Loyal.
London, Oct. 23.-The paramount
chief of the Basutos. according to a
dispatch from Cape Town. has asked