The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-23
BOERS AGAIN Y
DRIVEN BACK
Gen. Francis Victory at Flands-
laagte Arouses Intense En-
thusiasm in England.
The LOSSES WERE HEAVY
The Beers Put Up a Determined Resist
ancs, but We're No Match for the
English Troops-A Native Uprising Is
Feared by the Boers-Aors Transports
Leave England for the Cape-Altwa
North Threatened. :

I London, Oct. 22.-The war Office pub
lished the following dispatch to-day:
II White, commander in Natal. to the
| secretary Of state for war: Filed Lady
smith. Oct. %, 1880 a. MIN the action
| ut Flandslaagte yesterday the troops
| engaged We're the following: Cavalry,
Fifth lancers. a squadron of the Fifth
dragon guards. the imperial light horse
and two squadrons of Natal carbineers;
| artillery, Twenty-first field battery
| Forty-second field battery and the Ma
| tai field battery; infantry, the Devon
| shire regiment, half battalion of the
ter regiment. The whole force was un-
der General French, with Colonel Ian
Hamilton commanding the infantry.
| II was present, in person from $3.50 to
$50 p. m, but did not assume direction
of the fight, which was left in the hands
of General French. Although desultory
| fighting took place earlier in the day
| while reinforcements, sent out later, on
ascertaining the enemy's strength, We're
arriving from Ladysmith, the real ac-
| ton did not begin until $3.50 p. m. At
| that hour the Beers held position OF
/, very exceptional length, consisting Of a
| rock hill about mile and a half south
| east of Flandslaagte station.
AT $3.50 p. m. our guns took position
on ride 400 yards from the Beers,
| whose guns at once opened fire. This
| fire was generally well directed, but
| somewhat i high This time. eoa3tary TO
previous experience, their shells burst
we'll. II y seei --4, .-.,.. Il. q +
| THE imperial light horse moved to-
| ward the left of the enemys position
and two squadrons of the Fifth lancers
| toward his right. During the artillery
duel mounted Beers pushed out from
their left and engaged the imperial
light horse. In few minutes the en-
emy's guns ceased firing and our artil-
lery was turned on the mounted Beers
who opposed the imperial light horse.
The latter at once fell back. After the
artillery preparations our infantry ad-
yanced to the attack, supported by our
guns In the second position. The Dew
| onshires held the enemy in front, while
the Manchester regiment and the Cor
don Highlanders turned his left flank.
The Boer guns, although often tenn
porarily silenced. invariably opened fire
again on the slightest opportunity and
were served with great courage. After
severe fighting, our infantry carried the
position. At $40 p. m. this was accom-
plished the enemy standing his ground
to the last with courage and tenacity.
the Fifth lancers and a squadron of
the Fifth dragon guards charged thres
times through the retreatins Beers in
the dark, doing considerable execution.
1--WE captured the Beer camp, with
tents, wagons horses and also two guns.
The Boer losses were very heavy, in
cluding a number Of wounded and un-
wounded prisoners. Among the former
are General Jankock and Pitjoubert,
nephew of Commander General Joubert.
"One goods train. with supplies for
Glencoe camp and nine English prison
ers, was recovered. Our loss, I regret
to say, was heavy. 1t is roughly COM
puted at 150 killed and wounded The
collection of the wounded over large
area in the dark and the arrangements
for sending them in has thus far oc-
cupied our time and attention. A full
list will go to you later.
Our wounded and those of the enemy
are now arriving by trains. Besides
Beers. we have many HoTlanders, Ger
mans and prisoners of mixed nationali-
ties. The behavior of our troops and
the colonial force was admira BILE"
The latest dispatches received to-day
do not indicate any incursio1 OF RCers
cs yet into Eechuanaland. Along the
Orange liver everything saems II lie
quiet. From Colesburs, Cape Colony,
it Is reported that all the ava:tahle
burgnerS OF the orange free otdte have
been sent north and wes-.
On the other hand. a ,ness arser from
.Al!wal North reports that 4 large ecdy
of Ecers is advancing toward the Or
ange river. Refugees are leaving that
town in great numbers daily. The
Beers have mounted Krupp gun on
bridge commanding the most thickly
populated part.
Advices from Cape Town say that a
wholesome fear of a rising in Basuto-
land prevents the Beers invading Cape
Colony, and that on the other hand
there is considerable excitement at
Masuru and other Basuto points aris-
ing from native apprehensions of Roer
attacks.
1t appears that colonial news is in
some mysterious way supplied to the
Beers and that their movements de-
pend upon intelligence communicated
through natives,