The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-11-06
A VICTORY FOR TRENCH
British General Drives Out Beers
and Captures Their Camp,
BRITOEs BvAoUATB sTORMBGRG

BY order OF General Butler, and Il Is
said Two Other Towns Are to BE
Evacuated Lieutenant Egertou, Of
the Powerful. Dead at Ladvsmith.
London. Nov 6.-A special dispatch
from Ladysmith. describing Thursdays
fighting, says; The artillery duel at
dawn, in which the Beers guns were
silenced, was intended to occupy the
Beers and to enable Sir George Stew
art White to achieve his chief purpose
the capture of the Boer camp behind
Besters Hill For this purpose the
Lancers, Hussars, Natal Carbineers
and Natal Border Rifles started under
General French at sunrise and got
within striking distance before the
enemy was aware of their presence. A
field battery was also sent, and it Sc
cured good position commanding the
enemy's camp, which was a large one,
laagered with army wagons and other
vehicles.
Bester's Hill was well fortified ana
provided with good guns. At o'clock
the British opened fire the Beers re-
plying with spirit, but bad aim The
British quickly sent a 42-pound shell
into the camp, innicting terrible loss
and spreading panic among the enemy.
Our cavalry then stormed the position.
the Beers fleeing preciptately, leaving
many dead and wounded, as we'll as
the whole camp and equipment. i'm the
hands of the British. This success
will upset the plans of the Orange
State "a
Will prevent them giving the British
further trouble from the west.
The Daily Mail publishes the follow
ing dispatch from Burghersdorp dated
Nov. 2: The large British camp at
Stormberg Junction has been broken
up today by the order of Sir Redvers
Butler. Everything, including guns
stores, tents and the usual parapher-
MALTA of a camp is being removed to
Queenstown, about so miles southeast
of Stormberg An Orange Free State
force, about $500 strong, with several
guns, which for some time was con-
centrated just across the Orange river.
has crossed the bridge at Bethulie. de-
stroying portions of the railway on its
march. 1t is said that i'm addition to
Stormberg, ROsmead Junction and
NaauWpOOu are to be evacuated
General Butler, the British com
mander in South Africa. telegraphs
under date of Nov. 5: "Lieutenaut
Egerton, of the Powerful is dead at
Ladysmith. General Joubert sent in
Major G. S. Kinkaid, of the Royal
Irish Fusiliers, and nine wounded
prisoners. Eight Beers were sent out
in exchange, no others being fit to
travel. Colonel Brecklehurst with
cavalry, field artillery. the Imperial
Light Horse and the Natal mounted
volunteers, was enga red today with
the enemy to the southwest of Lady
smith. The fighting lasted several
hours. Our loss was very small. The
bombardment of Ladysmith continued
yesterday and today. many Boer shells
being pitched into the town"
The Dutch residents of Cape Town.
says a news dispatch, have received
news of sanguinary battle fought on
Saturday, probably between Ladysmith
and Colenso. A large number of the
Beers were killed, many being rela-
tives of Natal Dutch residing in Cape
Town. The English residents have no
knowledge of any engagement.
Transports have just been secured
for the Woolwich HOwitzer brigade.
which will be hurried to the cape. The
brigade has 10000 rounds of 5-inch
Lyddite shells awaiting it. According
to the estimates, a single shell, falling
into a compact body, will kill 300
men. 1t was demonstrated in the bat
tie of Omdurman, which destroyed the
army of Khalifa Abdullah that large
numbers of dervishes were killed by
sutfocation, while hundreds of vultures
and eagles fell upon the battlefield
from the same cause.
The general belief in London is that
the Beers are now waiting for more
guns from Pretoria before attacking
Ladysmith. The fact that Sir Redvers
Butler appears to have ordered a re-
tirement from Stormberg, and per-
haps from o. Ter places, relieves to
some extent the public mind. Conf
dence is felt in any measures that Cen |
eral Butler may deem desirable.
strike against ConvicS Stripes,
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was almost riot in the Santiago |
prison yesterday when the order was |
enforced respecting the use of the CON |
ventional convict uniform of stripes. |
with clipped hair and clean shaven |
faces. The prisoners fatty refused to |
comply and the prison officials were |