Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-16
A NIGHT ATTACK
Made on the BOer Trenches
By the British.
WAS A BRITISH EXPLOIT
Captain FitZclarence With a Few Men
Surprised the Enemy and Bay0net-
ted Many of Them in Their Tents
Last Weeks Fighting Was Hard.

London, Nov. 16.-6 a. m.-The most
interesting and in fact the only news
OF the war comes from the western
frontier, of Colonel Baden-Powells brill
liant exploit at Mafeking. Trench work
is cutie novel in Boer tactics, and some
curiosity is evinced as to who may be
directing them and as to what is still to
be shown. Nevertheless both at Mafe-
king and Kimberley conditions seem al
together favorable. so far as Natal is
concerned the Briton must possess his
soul in patience and trust to General
iulier. Belated dispatches from Lady
smith. dated November I, tell of a Ian
suld bonibarlrlent and of Il native
rllrlor that the Basutos are on the war
path, which is supposed, according to
one correspondent, to have had the effect
OF inducing some Of the Orange Free
state troops to abandon the siege and
70 return to their oWn territory and also
TO be accountable for the slackness Of
the attempts on Ladysmith defenses.
The statement that the Beers are en-
tieicEed 50 closely to Ladysmith is held
in some quarters to indicate that they
are running short OF ammunition for
guns. All General Buffers arrange
ments for the advance from Durham, it
is rumored, are practically completed,
and news of it ma be expected in a few
DAYS, The war office has recaived sev-
eral dispatches dealing with military de-
tails, but it is not likely that these will
pc published. The whereabouts of Gen
eral Butler is not publicly known here.
but he is believed to be up-country
somewhere.
Colonel Plumer. II ~ thought has
abandoned the attempt to relieve MAIZE
king. The admiralty has engaged four
steamers To embark ina grea1er nart
If the Attn division ~ II 0no tronns 81
SOUTHAMPTON for H. GAM '0'V uoops -
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London. NOV. ia disnatch 70 the
Daily Mail from Mafakine sant ~ WV
Of Magalpie. because the runners sent
southwark were unable to averse ia
Roar lines oiyas ~ intaras+;ny acconnt
Of the fighting durinp tha Iact y-aak IN
October. the ~respond saws.
'.After the failure 10 r11sh Tia town
General Cronie had recourse to the tac-
ties EMPLOYED during tha sie~a II pot-
chefstroom in 1881. makins, M advance
10 the town by.a srccassion Of branches
in echelon S,,ch a move hod haa,, 49,
ticipated Nv rs for some tinoa aud -,
that reason there had haan sert o,t nar,
ties to worry the Roers incassan tlI Nv
night attacks. These tactics the enarny
Gid not like. but contented hin,sa1f ,rith
a daily shelling. which axnnsad hin, to
little personal risk Thap cn,nnal p.aoo'
Powell played his tr,,n7n card h., eardira
out Cantain Fitzclaranca's nartv re
worry the ~occupants If tho tran.hac
The little fnrca .tola oft eilan+1,, =, ~
ia TX No eho+ woe f;r,d 49, ~
mon with fyad hava,ats orNantna
rather than ualt;np alonr nnnaa 80
he CHIEF Roar nnsition 81 10 80
course. Then al thav cyasaa ~ +hasa
,tas . shrill scraech r. &c =; j.,
ence's whistle ana tha siana1 far - ~
slaileht 4 cbaar u,biob 10 ia ~ -
hack in the carnn n nh+ ~ a. - 80
anlx ranlr !, -. 70 40 ..S
,ranchas w. 49, nh - ~ ne
The attackinr forcns oatchinn lI5
%nnetina the Poars ,,ndac thn ~ ~.
where thay crn,,chad c,,.ino :, nu ana
~ least "a h.vonats mt"e = niet.s;
he havoc thev v.,o,,g II. voc Io orn;h, anu
..Enr . ,,n,,ant ia na, .eaiiuie.
atic return Gra Mr. tha, . ~ ~ s ha;i
STORM Of h,,llata nn,,raa !; r. fran, ~ ~
trenches to he raar Aa,in Eitnoa ane
.nce,s whist1a w,s so,naaa - a'aan+
GOA "a firing and scatte,. han,au. ri ; W.
british force sra+ts,aa oraan;na hanL
,,,dar tho furio,s 6rina -, ~ a 80 go
70 the annointed rendazvn,,e u.hara 49,
rn,, ,yas callad "Nte NV
aColonel palon-po,,o,l NOT o,a aa,
pratuiat.d cantain Eit,a,ar W., aiu ~.
men mon 1heir snlandia ,.n,t, "n nns
that II vas a haayy ,',iaa - 9