Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-23
B0ER-BR|T|SH.
Anxiety as to the Safety of the
Eighteenth Hussars.
FIRST BATTLE OF DUNDEE.
Affecting Scenes at War Office When
List of Losses Was POsted-General
SymOns Reported Dead - Dis
patch From General Hunter.

London, Oct. 23.-The war Office is be-
sieged by anxious inquiries, but the OIL
| cials have no further news from Glencoe.
Some anxiety is beginning to be felt with
regard to the Eighteenth hussars, whose
return from their pursuit of the Beers
has not yet been officially notified to the
war office.
Lady Symons heard that her husband
was slightly better.
Reliable news from South Africa is
meager the wires being so overloaded
with official dispatches that others filter
through in the slowest possible manner.
The latest advices from Cape Town show
that all was well at Kimberley on Thurs
day. Although the usual water supply OF
the town was cut off, there was ample
water for the needs of the town. "A
small body of Beers approached Kimber-
lev on Wednesday, and Major Chamier
made a sortie with a accommodating par
ty and some guns on board an armOred
train, After a few shots had been ex-
changed the burghers fled preciptately.
There were no casualties on the British
side.
A special dispatch from Cape Town
states that a message has been received
there from Kimberley saying that Cecil
Rhodes has been urged to leave the town,
but refuses to do so. being determined to
see the thing through.
The police garrisons of Fourteen
Streams and Taungs have arrived at
Kimberley. Everything tends to con-
firm the statement that Colonel Baden
Powell temporarily worsted the Beers at
Mafeking, and it appears true that up
ward of 300 wounded Beers have arrived
at Johanncsburg The Beers, however,
appear to have reoccllped the scene of
the fighting. as an attempt to recover the
bodies of the British failed owing, it is
alleged, to the Beers refusing to recog-
nizc the Red Cross flag.
The news from Glencoe aroused i'm
mense enthusiasm among the British res
idcnts of Cape Colony, and this is rapid
ly spreading to Basutoland where, it is
feared. it will further inllame the desire
of the natives to participate in the opera
tfuns against the Beers.
General SymOns Reported Dead.
A late edition of The Pail Mall Gazette
announced the death of General Symons,
but this report has not been confirmed.
To a gentleman who, on behalf of Lady
Symons, inquired regarding The Pail
Mall Gazctte's announcement, a respon-
sible official of the war office stated that
no fresh news had been received since
the dispatch stating that General Sy
mons condition was slightly improved.
Many affecting scenes were witnessed
among the crowds which gathered at the
war office to read the names of the killed
and wounded in the engagement at Glen
coe which had been posted there. Some
women were quite overcome upon learn
ing of their losses.
In an incredibly short time after the
lists of the British losses were posted the
Hobbies of the building were crowded to
their utmost capacity. Many fervent
"Thank Cod" was uttered by those who
turned away without finding in the lists
the names they feared to see there. and
occasionally deep sob would escape
from some strong man, but otherwise the
silence of the impressive scene was I'M
broken.
A correspondent in Glencoe camp sends
the following dispatch under date of Oct.
20, morning:
"Daybreak disclosed the Dutch all
around Dundee. Soon they were in posi-
,
house, where they posted a cannon. Rife
fire became general, and to wake us they
put several shot and shell slap into the
camp, causing a speedy evacuation of the
tents and forming up of all the ranks
outside the camp. Our guns were soon in
action and replied with telling effect. The
whizzing of the enemys shots as they
passed over our heads had music in it,
yet beyond a natural lodging of heads
their effect was not disastrous. So effect
i've was our artillery fire that in ten min
utes the guns of the Beers were all but |
silenced. | could see from my position
how telling it was. l could see members |
of the staff going about their duties as
coolly as if the whole thing were a sham |
fight.
Splendid Artillery Practice.
Gas soon as the Boer fire slackened our |
artillery, which had been beautifully |
served, trotted into town and posted |
They soon compelled the en-
envy to retire, but yet they appeared like
SO many bees in groups on every place of
on the ridge which skirts the
town, while others were driven toward
the coal fields. Our guns continued to
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