The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-08
BRILLIANT S0RT|ES ON THE PART
OF THE ENGLISH At LADYSM|TH
Force Of the Beers Was Caught in the Open and Cut
to Pieces by the Cavalry - Their
Camp Captured.
TREACHER0USLY RAISED A White FLAG AS A DECOY

London, Nov. 7.-To-night's welcome
dispatches from the front have rent the
veil of gloom enveloping Ladysmith,
showing the British garrison not merely
standing on the dogged defensive, but
executing a series of brilliant sorties.
Accounts from different sources agree
that the laconic official description or
| Thursdays engagement as IAN effective
shelling of the Boer lager was un-
duly modest. 1t appears that General
White sent a strong force Of cavalry
and infantry to attack the Beers at
Tatham's Farm. about 10 miles to the
northwest and apparently achieved a
surprise, the Beers being caught in the
open and cut to pieces, and their camp
captured. Encouraged by the success,
General White decided 20 risk an even
more important engagement on the
following day, which was again justified
by success.
Ladysmith has been isolated and a
Boer force has intercepted the railway
between Ladysmith and Colenso. This
force on Friday had descended upon
abandonment of Colenso and retire.
ment of the British to Estcourt.
General White had ascertained that
the Beers We're attacking Colenso, but
he was not aware of the British retire
ment. He had determined, therefore,
to attack the Beers in the rear, thus
hoping to achieve the double object of
drawing off an attack upon the weak
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opening communication southwark.
The Beers had advanced southwark
until they had occupied the hills north
of Tugela river, and dominating Co
lenso, on the other side of the stream.
The hills slope to a plain that reaches
to the banks of the Tugela.
General Whites division caught the,
Beers in the rear and after the hills
had been shelled the British infantry
stormed the position Meanwhile the
British cavalry swept around the Hills
and as the retreating enemy descended
into the plains with British bayonets
behind and the river in front of them
they were charged by the cavilry, and
seem to have perished almost to a man.
The British then returned to Lady,
smith without coming into touch with
the Colenso garrison, which had re-
tired to Estcourt.
Sundays dispatch from Estcourt
train had been sent back to Colenso
to repair the line, and the next news
may possibly be of the restoration OF
the communication with Ladysmith.
General Lord Wolseley, command
er-n-chief, has written to Lady RAN
dolph Churchill, thanking her for the
efforts of the American ladies' In Eng
land in fitting out hospital shio for
South African waters. The Maine
will sail for the Cape on Nov. 2j With
Lady Randolph Churchill OF board
1t is now virtually decided to send
another division of 10000 meE 10 South
Africa as speedily as possiole. Fer
this purpose second and third army
corps will be mobilized. The second
will consist of 10000 men. OF which
10000 will go to Africa the rest beng
concentrated at Aldershot in readiness
for emergencies The third corps will
number $4,000 men, who will lie used
for garrison purposes at home. Thus
the entire British army will be mofil-
lied. which will be an unprecedented
nocIIrrappe