The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-19
they burst over their heads, doing great

they burst over their heads, doing great
execution.
''The battle continued said the cor
respondent, "the. Beers removing their
dead and wounded, Wliile the mounted
battery silenced their artillery. It was on
the Spitz we suffered greatest loss. Col.
Falconer was reconoitering with small
party, and advanced within 500 yards be-
fore discovering their presence. They
suddenly opened fire. Col. Falcener was
the first to fall, shot through the chest.
Lieut.. Wood fell with bullet through
his head. Despite these losses the officers
and men never faltered, but retreated
coolly, covered by the cavalry. The
enemy made no attempt TO follow them.
On the whole, the Beers did not show any
stomach for fighting.
''The bodies of Col. Falconer and Lieut..
Wood were brought here ard have been
buried in a pretty spot. on kopje over
looking the camp Their resting place is
marked with a cairn of white stones"
--- INDIVIDUAL -GALLANTRY.
The latest armored train disaster has
brought into relief numDer of cases of
Individual gallantry. Among them is a
Black Watch veteran, named Bayong,
who continued firing until his trigger was
shot away. Another Black Watch vet
eran, named Smith, brave1" helped to
convey the wounded to the train. Amid
the hail of bullets Lieut.. Churchill turned
to him, shook his hand and called him .
brave old man. Another instance Is that
of a volunteer, who lay cooIly under the
hot fire, cracking jokes with every shot
thus keeping his comrades from becoming
flurried, while all the time he was suffer-
ing from a wound, his right ear having
been carried away. Corporal Dickie,
though wounded and lying on his back,
49, -1,o
'em beans, boys
From the Free State frontier comes
news that reinforcements are rapidly ar
irving at the Orange River camp, where
Lord Methuen is hurriedly preparing to
push a relief force on to Kimberley.
The Scots Guards arrived from Cape
Town on Thursday, and the relief force
ought now to be strong enough to tackle
the Beers besieging the town.
FRENCH OFFICER JOINS BoERs.
PARIS, Nov. 1s.-TheS Gaulofs saws
that Col. de Vile Boisemareuil, formerly
of the general staff, left France on Oct.
26, for South Africa on the invita- ton
of the Transvaal government, which Of
fered him a high rank in It's army.
ARMORED TRAIN VICTIMS.
ESTCOURT, Natal. Friday, Nov. IL
DR.. Br4scoe, who was in charge of the Red
Cross train sent TO bring irf the killed
and succor the wounded of the armored
train disaster, gives an interesting ac-
count Of a second interview which he had
with the Boer commandant who met DR..
Briscoe as soon as he left the train, car
rying a white flag. The commandant
replied to the doctors request for permis-
sion to remove the dead and wounded by
saying that there was no need to hand
over the dead, who had already been
buried, and that so far as the wounded
were concerned they were being well
cared for by the Boeri hospital corps.
The Boer commandant and Dr. Briscoe,
it is added, interchanged compliments on
the pluckiness exhibited on both sides
The commandant spoke English fiuently,
was of highly polished manners, ex-
pressed admiration for the British SOL
diers and promised to do his best to get
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