Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-20
FIGHT AT GLENCOE
Beers DTivenFrom Strong
Position.
ALL THEIR ARTILLERY TAKEN
British Gen. W. P. Symons
Severely Wounded.
ENGLISH LOSSES WERE HEAVY
Victory Won by Gallant Charge Of
Infantry.
ENGLISH LOSSES WERE HEAVY
YESTERDAYS FIGHTING G

LONDON, October 2o.-The war office has
received the following official dispatch from
Ladys1nith, filed at $50 this afternoon:
This from Glencoe: We were attacked
this morning at daylight by force rough
ly estimated at 1900. They had placed four
or five guns in position on hill 5 400 yards
east OF our camp, and they fred 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 shelled our infantry
advanced to the attack and after hard
fight, lasting until 30 pm, almost in
accessible position was taken. the enemy
retiring eastward. All the Boer guns have
been captured. We can see our soldiers at
the top Of the hill. Our cavalry and artil-
lery are still jut.
'' Cen. Symons is severely wounded. Our
losses are heavy. They will be telegraphed
as soon as possible
a special dispatch from Glencoe dated
S.25 this morning announced that the Boer
position had been captured after heavy
fighting. during which five guns were taken.
Beers Opened the Fight.
It appears that during the night the
Boer artillery occupied a hill commanding
the British camp and began dropping shells
at daybreak in the direction of the British
forces
The latter under Gen. Sir William Penn
Symons, promptly accepted the challenge
and moved to meet the invaders under
cover of the British artillery, which ap-
pears to have been worked with such ad-
vantage as to quickly silence the enemy's
batteries enabling the infantry to carry
the Boer position with rush, in which the
Dublin Fusileers and the Kings Royal
Said In SDRctally 6iStiD-
guished themselves, the fusileers captur-
ing the first guns of the enemy taken in
the present campaign.
Gen. Symons seemed to have been in
the thick of the fight. as might have been
expected. Confirmation of the report that
he was wounded has been received, but just
how seriously is not yet known here.
The war office has received the appended
dispatch from Ladysmith. filed at 1915 am.
today.
The following advices from Glencoe
camp, just at hand: The Kings Royal Ri
fies and the Dublin Fusileers are attacking
a hill occupied by Boer artillery. They
are within three hundred yards of the po-
siiion and are advancing under cover Of
our artillery, at about two thousand yards
range.
scouts report that 1900 Beers are ad-
yancing on Hating SpruIt. The 18th Battery
and The Leicester Regiment have gone TO
meet them
Dispatch From gen. White.
The war office also received the follow
ing dispatch from Gen. George Stewart
White dated yesterday evening. from La
dysmith:
THE Beers commenced descending the
western passes on Tuesday and came In
contact with our patrols yesterday. They
continued to advance. haIting for the night
with their left flank at Besters station,
their center at Bluebank and their right
more retired
AT Acton Homes, Lieut. Galway, of the
Natal Carbineers. is missing. and Trooper
Spencer, Of the Natal Carbineers was
slightly wounded
Il move my camp into a position 1 have
selected. with the object Of covering the
town of Ladysmith. and l hoped today that
the Beers might have been sufficiently near
me 10 strike a blow. Today however, the
enemy seems 10 have retired west. our pa
troIs getting in touch nowhere. except with
a comparatively small body at Besters sta
ton
Communication with Glencoe Junction
was cut off at EIandsiaagte, where they
captured goods train.
a BOer force is advancing over Beggars-
berg Mex. Communica ton by telegraph Is
still open via Greytown.'
Fortunately for the British. they are ap-
parently strong enough to withstand Boer
force nearly double their own, as, in view
of the fact that the railway was cut yester-
day at Elandslaagt, evidently in anticipa-
ton OF tOday's attack, 1t would have been
impossible to send reinforcements quickly
from Ladysmith.
General Sir William Penn Symons K. c.
B., entered the British army in 1863 and
served against Galekas in 1ST7-7s; in the
Zulu war, the Burmese expedition and sew.
eral other campaigns. He commanded tbs
I'd Brigade in the Tochi field force and the
1st Division of the Tirah expeditionar,
force in 1S97-9S. Sir William was decorated
a Knight Commander Of the Bath for sery
ices with the latter. He is the second IN
command under Major General Sir Georg,
Stewart White, who commands the British
forces in Natal.
BOERs CAPTURE A TRAIN