The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-27

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/ reports from Kimberley dated Tuesday.
state that Colonel Scott Turner with
30 men, proceeded northward ia Mac
Farlane's farm. AT g. o'clock a party
of Beers was seen ON the right flank
and was quickly scattered. Colonel
Scott Turner opening the fire on them
and several of the enemy being seen
/ TO fall. The enemy moved 70 a. sand
heap and opened fire Gil the British,
] which was returned.
Colonel Scott Turner attempted to
prevent the Beers advancing against
Colonel Murray, but was met with a
heavy fire from a dam wall 600 feet to
I the left. At Ill O'Clock Colonel Murray
ordered $50 men OF the Lancashire
regiment to'proeeed to the north
An armored train is already support
| ing Colonel Scott Turner. At midday
/ Colonel Murray started also with two
I field guns and two Maxisns and seventy
mounted men. One of the two British
guns opened suddenly upon the Beers,
who were in san unfayorabIe position.
/ The Boer artillery fire was brisk. An
other armored train was held in readi-
ness. At 2 o'clock the second train was
sent forward with additional afnInuni-
ton.
Commandment Both. and. many Beers
were killed. The British loss was three
killed and twenty-Gne wounded. The
/ engagement was a brilliant success for
the British forces.
General Yule Joins General White.
London, Oct. s7.-=The official an
nouncenaent of the joining Of General
White and General .yu3e has come as
a. great relief, and, all the more. so in
fsf4f n
have shown that only the fucapacity
Of the intelligence department. Of the
4 Beers saved General YuIe's column
! from a great disasters
1t seems that en- Friday night, Dun
dee was full of alarms Heavy firing
was heard at ] o'clock and again at 4.
A severe thunderstorm soon after
stopped the Boer cannonade- Saturday
passed in the same anxious manner
in rf1omentary expectation of an at
tack The British finally evacuated,
taking all that they could, but leaving
plenty behind for the Beers to Loot
The appointments of the Beers hes
pital at Dundee are described as very
inadequate and primitive. The Beers
themselves, in the absence of a nursing
staff. get only scant attention. 1T is
reported that General Sir William Penn
Syn1ons- died on Wednesday,. not on
Thursday, and was buried at Dundee
yesterday.
General Yule's column had q very
exhausting march chiefly 1t is be-
Iieved, by night, Tf7C' reason of q
night march is not given but il was
probably a fear 81 BOeTs surprises. TIE
heavy rains and mist hampered the
march hut were perhaps the means
Of saving General Infe from TTulesta~
tion. 1T took the column twenty -four
hours to cover the. last sixteen miles.
Prayed During the Fight.
The ONLY news this morning. consists
of more detailed account Of the bat
ties already reportcsl. A correspond
emit who visited the. hospital at Lady
smith where the Beers wouHded at
Elandslaagte who We're captured are
being tended, reports t1at General
Jan Kock. who Was badly wounded I'm
the thigh and Shoulder, said the a9-
vance of the patrol under Command
ant Pienar. without guns was simply
with the object Of cutting the railway,
and that this body was subsequently
reinforced without General J@uheftss
orders, General ViliQem accompanying
them The latter was kitled carly Id.
the fight.
According TO another correspondent
the Beers say that General Kgck, dun
ing the battle, read his Efhie and
prayed for victorys His brother, two
sons and a nephew were all wounded
the German corps. and GsouanTandant
Pretorius, were both severely wounded.
Many prominent B0ers are NOT set ac-
counted for. Philip IS0ck says the
Beers suffered most from Soldiers in
little ciothes-haif mem and half
women meaning Che Gordon High
Ianders and in tine charge Of the Fifth
lancerss They say also that the two
quick firing guns captured by the
pevonshire regiment are those that
were taken from the Jameson raiders.
Deadly British Field Guns,
Colonel schfel assuredsa correspond
ent that nothing could stand against
the accuracy of the British field guns.
which repeatedly drove tic TransVaal
gunners from their erflbFasures* The
British infantry fire was also. he
said, a complete surprise to- the Beers
who were confident of their ability. to
master any infantry attacks.
One ElanGslaagte eorrespondent eX-
presses the belief that the British killed
fewer Beers than might have been ex-
Epecteds considering the heavy. fire of
the British artillery The bullet Of the
Boer Mauserss III appearss makes a.
clean. healthy wound where IT. passes
#oIlfs Nc CperatiouS for eXtFacti0Il have
been necessary at the Ladysulfth hos=s
5pital
With regard to the WESTERN frontier
ii III reported that President Steyn re-
Gently visited force Of 2.00Gs Beers en-
camped ten miles south Of Kimberley.
The war is having its natural effect
in Cape Colony FsTerythiTg5 II at FAM
inc prices and horse flesh Isl az a trez
mendouss premium.
A Dutch circular is being secretly cir-
culated in the Burghsrs Dorp district.
Appealing TO the Dutch 70 stand shout
der to shoulder against tie grant who
f-.,.sr.es