Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-11-01
BRITISH DISASTER.
Further Details Of the Battle In
South Africa.
Guns Of British Naval Brigade ST.
lence the Boer Batteries.
German Peace Society Ask That the United
States Mediate Transvaai Trouble.
DIArn OF rx-eovsRsoR SANDERS.

Lonion, Nov. 1.-The British war office
TO day made public dispatch received
from G,n 'rsl White. describing opera.
tions on Monday, as follows:
Took out from Ladysmith q brigade Of |
mounted troops. two brigade divisions
Of the royal artillery, the Natal Geld bat.
terry and two brigsdes Of infantry. to re.
connoitre and force the enemys main
position to the north. aud II opportunity
should offer to capture hill behind
FsrQuhsr's farm. which had on the pre-
vious day been held in strength by the
enemy. 10 connection with this advance.
Q column consisting OF 1908 mounted
artillery. four and Q halt companies OF
Glouccsters. aud six companies OF the
Royal Irish Fusileers, the whole under
Lieutenant Colonel Carlton and Major
Adye. deputy assistant adjutant general,
was dispatched at II .. m. on the 10Th,
70 march by night up Bellspruit and
seize Nicholson's Mex or some position
near Nicholson's Mex. thus turning the
ensmy's right q INK. The main advance
was successfully carried out. the object.
i've Of attack being found evacuated. and
an artillery duel between our field bat
teries and the enemy's guns ensued and
our Msxims are understood to have
caused heavy loss to the enemy.
The reconnaissance forced the enemy
tn fully disclose his position and after
strong counter attack on our right, the
in!antry brigade and cavalry having
been repulsed, our troops we're slowly
withdrawn to camp. pickets being left
on observation. Late In the eng age
ment thu naval contingent under Cap.
tain Lsmbley. OF the Powerful. came
into action and silenced, with their ex.
tremsly accurate are, the enemy's guns
Of position.
Circumstances which attended the
movement Of Lieut.. Col. Cartons
column are not yet fully known, but
from reports received the column appears
to have carried out the night march IN
molested until within two miles OF
Nicholson's Neck. At this point big
bouldprs were rolled from a hill and q
few riffs shots stampeded the military
ammunition mules. The stampede spread
TO the battery mules, which broke looss
from their leaders and got away with
practically the whole Of the gun equip
msnt and the greater portion Of the regi
mental small arms ammunition. The re
serve was similarly lost. The infantry
battalions, however, fixed bayonets ant
accompanied by q personnel OF artillery
seized the hill on the left Of the road. tw,
miles from the Mex with but little Oppo
sition. There they remained unmoleste,
until dawn, the tims being occupied 10
organizing defense OF the hill, and con
structing stone ssngers and walls ~
cover from fire.
At dawn skirmishing attack on ou
position was commenced by the enemy
but they made no way until $3.50 q. IN.
when reinforcements enabled them {,
rush the attack with great energy. Thei
fire became very searching and two com
panies OF GlOucesters, In an advanced 20
sition, were order,d TO fall back. Tn
enemy then pressed to short range, tn
losses on our side becoming very numsr
Gus. At 3 p. m. our ammunition wa
practically exhausted, tie position wa
captured and the survivors Of the column
fell into the hands Of the enemy. Tn
enemy treated our wounded with human
ity, General Joubert at once dispatchin
q letter to me Offering safe conduct I
doctors and smbulances. to remove tn
wounded. A medical officer and psrtie
to render first aid TO the wounded wer
dispatched to the scene Of action fror
Lsdysmith last night and ambulancss q
dawn this morning. The want OF succes
OF the column was due to the misfortuu
Of the mules stsmpeding and the cons,
Quent loss OF guns and small ammun
tion Of the reserve. The security /,
Lsdysmith Is In no way affected"
BfSlEGlNG CITY OF LADYSMlrH.
London, Nov. | 1t WAS announc,
this morning in special dispatch fro
Ladysmith that the Beers had sgai
closed around the place on Monday nigh
sending shells into the British cam
Two guns landed from the British crus
Powerful opened 6re on the Beers
dawn on Tuesday. The Boer los mu
have been heavy. The Beers brought I
more guns but some OF them we
silenced. The garrison of Lsdysmith
described as being in good spirits al
confident, and the troops are said to
full OF fight. The artillery duel was st
In progress on Tuesday night.
slLENCED BoER BATTERIES.
Cape Town, Nov. THE guns OF II
British naval brigade have knocked
Boer forty-pound gun clean of it3 pli