Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-12-29
HAD ANOTHER FIGHT.
British and Beers Do Battle at
Ladysmith.
An ENGAGEMENT ON LAST FRIDAY.
Nine British Omcers and Men Killed
and Ten Wounded-Gen. Joubert
Receivers Sufficiently to AS
sumo Command.

London, Dec. 27.-Dispatches from
South Africa are still greatly delayed.
But they are arriving more freely,
which shows that the censorship has
been relaxed. There appears to be no
great change in the situation. A dis
patch from Lourenzo Marques, dated
Thursday, December 81, gives the fol
lowing from the Boer head lager,
dated Tuesday, December 10: "'The
British naval guns at Colenso have
been cannonading Bulwer bridge, over
the Tugela river, with view of smash
ing it. The bombardment of Lady
smith is proceeding slowly. Gen. Jou-
bert has arrived here and been accorded
hearty welcome. He addressed the
| burghers on December 49,"
Another sortie.
A dispatch to the Daily News from
Ladysmith, dated Friday, December Is,
by Telegraph. says: another sortie
last night. Gen. Hunter, with 500 vol
unteers, destroyed one six-inch creusot
gun, one howitzer and one maxim. One
Briton killed. The Boer gunners fed
| There is an idea in some quarters
1 here that Gen. Buffers destruction of
1 the Tugela bridge heralds an attempt
Ito cut off the Beers now south of the
I river, but the general opinion is<that
the British will not make any serious
move pending the arrival of Lord Rob.
Eerts.
| IN Engagement mt Ladysmith.
Il M e
patch from Pietermaritzburg, Natal,
| dated Sunday, December "a, announc-
! ing that in an engagement at Lady
smith December 90 Maj. A. c. King,
| Capts. Wathen and Cakes and Lieut..
Hulse and Lieut.. Col. Fawcett We're
wounded and that nine noncomlnis-
| stoned officers and men were killed
and ten wounded.
This engagement had not been re-
| corded before this.
The Beers heavily bombarded Lady
smith for couple of hours Deem
Der 16, the day after the battle of
Tugela river, but little damage was
done. They killed one man and
| wounded two men of the garrison.
In TiGht-Place.
Advices from Cape Town say the
/ New Zealanders with Gen. French at
Naauwpoort were in tight corner
December IS. They were nearly sur
rounded by Beers and retired under
hail of bullets fired at short range,
but sustained only little loss.
Among the Beers killed at Storm
berg were many of that locality VINO
had joined the Orange Free State
| forces.
Several newspaper correspondents
have returned to Cape Town from the
Modder river, apparently confirming
the belief that an immediate advance
of the British is projected.
Methuen Well Entrenched.-
The war office has received the fol-
lowing dispatch from Cape Town.
dated December rs, saying:
"There is no change IA the situation al
Modder river. Gen. Methuen is well In
| trenched and the Beers have not disturbed
him.
| Gen. Gatacre reports that force of Isl
| police have occupied Dordrecht, the Beers
retreating with no loss"
| Joubert Again in Command.
Pretoria, Dec. is. - Gen. Joubert has
recovered and returned to the front to.
day.
There were special services yester.
day in the different laagers as thanks
giving for the victories of Colenso
Stormberg and Modder river.