Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-13
ANOTHER S0RTlE
BRILLIANT AND SUCCESSFUL SALLY
FROM LADYsMITH.
mgRS FEAR THE BRITISH BAYOKET.
They Flee, Is is Said, when Cold
steel is AnnOunced-Gatac In
plapation of His Defeat-Lady Will
son Exchanged.

LONDON. December 1S.-l:SO A. NJ
With The exception of the report OF
s,-tle ~ I.adysmith. which the morning
papers are unanimous in declaring
brilliant piece Of work. there are no fur
Their adylces from the seat Of war.
The War Ofice dispatches show that
MatAug was safe up to December 3D.
b., that the Beers had been sheliing the
town since November 9th.
Tho Beers fear the British bayonet.
This Sc illustrated IN the full accounts
uow arriving of previous sorties. II
seems that in Sir Archibald Hunters sally
from Ladysmith, TO capture the Boer
guns. the British did not carry bayonets.
While they were storming the hill, the
bcels. suddenly aroused from sleep, rush
Ell O. the edge and opened an indiscrimi-
nate fire upon thom. But just before the
British secured a footing on the top Of
,ho hil some one among them shouted
Fix bayonets and give them cold steel.
Al THIS the Beers turned and fled into
the darkness.
HEAVY LOSSES IN HORSES
Little mention is made in the War OF
Zee dispatches Of horses. but il is under
stood the losses IN this respect have been
exceedingly heavy. Among the officers
alone, from 20 TO 80 per cent OF their
mounts have been shot under them. the
B0er tactics being 10 shoot first al an
officers horse and then at the rider when
dismounted.
General Gatacre's disaster at Storm
berg has been blamed to lack of knowl-
edge OF the country. According 10 the
DAILY Telegraph, when the war began
there were no official maps available al
Cape Town, and therefore ii is probable
that General Gatacre is still without
them.
BOER GUN DESTROYED.
LONDON. December 1S.-The War Of
Gee publishes the following dispatch from
General Butler:
DISPATCH from General White. dated
Dsgsmber 1lth. says:
Last night Colonel Metcalfe and 800
o, the Second Rife Brigade sorted 10
eai,ure a BOer howitzer on nil. lhey
reached the crest without being discover
e. Grove or the enemy, and then &C.
suoyed the howitzer with gun-cotton'
when returning Metcalfe found ms
retirement barred By the Beers, but ne
forced his way through, using the bayo-
net freely. The Boer losses were con-
scelable. The British losses were the
following.
Lieutenant Ferguson and II men kill
cd. Captain Paley. Second-Lieutenant
Davenport, Second-LieUtenant Bond, and
a men wounded, men captured, who
had remained behind IN charge OF the
wounded"
LADY WILSON EXCHANGED.
LONDON, December ia special ais
Patch from Lourcnzo Marquee says
b9er telegram from Mateking announces
That Lady Sarah Wilson, aunt Of the
Duke OK Marlborough. VINO was captured
ly tle Beers while acting as "a corre-
-poudcnt OF the London Daily Mail, has
been exchanged for a BOer woman who
mas prisoner at Mafeking.
GATACRE's EXPLANATION.
LONDON. December l2.-The war Of
NeS has received the following from
Neleial Forester Walker:
cape Town. Monday, December H.
1etsyfe reports as follows:
he idea OF attacking StOrmherG
sesnee 10 promise certain success. but
'Ns Distance was under-esiimated by my
.,i and The local guides. policeman
sooA US around some miles. and conse-
<ssh,y We were marching from $3.50 i
u" A. NJ. and were landed In an
,x''sSiD'e position. 1 do not consider
~ eitor Intentional The Beers COM
i<~a firing from the top OF an unscal-