Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-11-15
BLOODY BONES STORY
Fifty Britons Said To Have Made
A Night Sortie And Bayonetted
One Hundred Beers.
MAFEKING A HOT TOWN
The Beers Rain Shells Upon The Place And
The British Are Tired Out - Have
Plenty To Eat And Have Not
Lost Their Nerve.

Cape Town, November 10.-A dispatch
received here from Pretoria under date
of November says reports received
there from Ladysmith said heavy can
nonading started at daybreak, and that
some of the Boer forces We're within
1900 yards of the British when cannon
aiding ceased and rifle fire commenced.
A Pretoria dispatch also announces that
all is quiet at Mafeking and Kimberly.
Cape Town, November 15.-An undat-
ed dispatch from Mafeking, received by
runner via Magalapye November s,
says: To-day all is quiet We have been
bolnbarded pretty heavily all the week.
Lieutenant Swinburne, with squadron
of the protectorate regiment made a
magnificent bayonet charge upon the
Beers intrenchments, driving them
from their positions and bayoneting a
number of the Beers, who must have
lost very heavily. The party could not
hold the trenches, and lost six men
killed, two prisoners and nine wounded
in their retirement. We expect a gener-
al attack tomorrow. The lombard
ment has been most Intellectual. Every
one remains under a shell-proof cover.
SO far the shells have only wounded one
man, The enemy are using one a.
pound Howitzer and seven other guns,
from to IA FOUNDERS. The Beers are
intrenched on every side in great num-
J,,o 10,
the town Notifications. We are well off
for provisions and water, though tired
of lodging shells and fighting.
Quite on civilized lines, General Cron-
je always gives due notice of lombard
ment, and allowed an ambulance party
two hours Saturday to recover the
bodies of six dead left in the vicinity of
the Boer trenches.
Friday night Jan Botha, a well-known
Boer commandan't, told man with the
ambulance party their loss had been
very heavy, and his heart was very
sore. The wounded included Captain
Fitzclarence and Lieutenant SWIM
burne, both slightly. In a skirmish at
the outposts yesterday one trooper was
killed and nine wounded
Only fifty five men of squadron D
We're engaged in the attack, though
they We're assisted by the flanking fire
of the guns of the Cape police. The
Beers made a desperate attempt to
drive back the British. Their rear
trenches opened with terrific fire in
every direction, the flash of rifles light
ing up the entire position. A hail of
bullets ratified on the roofs Of houses in
town. Upon completing the circuit of
the Boer front and the line of trenches
the British Withdrew in independent
lines, the retreat covered by a flank fire
from the Cape police. The Beers con-
tinued to volley at intervals during the
night. The Boer loss is estimated at 100
killed and wounded.
London, November 15-It was official
ly announced this afternoon that the
British transport Koorkha, with the 1st
brigade staff, Sd battalion grenadiers,
and a detachment of engineers; the
transport Manila, with the I'd Devon
shires, and the transport Nomadic, with
their mounts, have arrived at Cape
Town. The transport Britannia, with |
the Royal Irish rifles, sailed from Cape
Town for East London.
A Paris paper to-day gleefully an
nounces the capture Of Ladysmith but
reports from this source no longer cause
a ripple of excitement. Nevertheless,
there will be considerable anxiety here
until the war office, or some independ |
emit version of the latest developments
at Ladysmith, is known.