The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-11-02
GENERAL WHITE
STILL BESIEGED

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smith that the Beers again closed around
that place ON Monday night. sending
shells into tho British camp. The two
gums landed from the British cruiser
Powerful opened fire on the beers at
dawn Tuesday.
The Beers brought up more guns, but
some OF them were silcnccd. IL IS added
that the Beers loss must have been LeaVy
The garrison Of Ladysmitn is described
as being in good irits and cOnioent ana
the troops are said 20 be full Of night
The artillery duel was still in progress
Tuesday night
BOER GUNS S1LENCED.
CAPE TOWN. oct. 3l-Guns OF the
British naval brigade have knocked the
Boer forty-pounder clean on ITS platform
and have silcnccl the Boer guns ou Hep
worth HuL near Ladysmith. The Beers
abandoned thcir position.
GEN. WHITE s. DISPATCH.
LONDON. N0v1-The British War Of
fee to-day made public a dispatch re-
ueiyed from Cen White. describing me
operations OF Monday. il was as follows.
LADYSMlTH, october 1.-'.o' a.
M took out from Lady smith
O. brigade OF mounted troops two bri-
cadc divisions OF the Royal Artillery me
Natal Field battery and two hrigades
of infantry 20 rcconnOitre ana force lAt
ercmy's main position to The north. and
IL tie opportunity should offer 10 capture
the hin behind Tarsuhars Farm. whlch
had ou the previous day been held ln
etronrfh bv the enemy. I'm connection
with this advance "a column. consisting Of
the Tenth Mountain Artillery. four half
companies OF the Glouccsters and SIX
companies of the Royal Irish fusiecrs,
the whole under Lieut. Col Charlton ana
Major Adye. Deputy Assistant Adiutant
General was dispatched at II =. NJ, on
the twenty-ninth. 90 march by nirht up
Belspuit and seize Nicholson's Mex or
some position near Nlcholson's Mex, thus
turning the enomy's right flank
CAUSED HEAVY LOSS.
'T'he main advance was successfully
carried out tho objective OF the attack
being found evacuated and an artillery
duel between our field batteries and the
rnemys guns ot the position and MaNims
IL understood 10 have caused heavy loss
60 the enemy.
The reconnaissance forced the enemy 70
fully disclose DIS position and after
strong counter attack on our right me
infantry brigade and cavalry had been
reuulsel the troops We're slowly With
drawn tl camp pickcts being left ON
observation. Late in the engagement the
naval contingent under captain Lambtcn.
of IA. VI. S. Powerful. came into action
end sucnced with their extremely ace
curate nre. the cncmy's guns OF position.
"The circumstances which attended the
movements OF Idcutcn0nt-Coloncl Car
lef0n's column are NOT vet fully known
but from reports received tho column APP
pears TO have carried ont the night march
unmolestod until within two miles Of
Nicholsou's Mex At this point two boul-
ders rolled from the hin and a few rife
shots stampoded the infantry ammunition
mules The stampede spread 20 the bat
terry mules. which broke loose from their
leaders and got away with practically the
whole of the gun equipment and the
greater portion OF the regimcntal small
arm ammunition.
"The reserve was similarly lost.
HEAVY LOSSES.
"Thc infantry battallons. however, fix
ed bayOnets and accompanied by the per
sonnet of the artillery. seized hin on the
left OF the road. two miles from the Mex
with but little opposition. There they re-
mained unmolestCd till dawn. the time
being occupied i'm organizing the defense
OF the HIN and constructing stone san
gars and walls as cover from fire. Al
dawn a skirmishing attack on our posi-
tion was commenced by the enemy. but
made no way until $3.50 A. NJ when
strong reinforcements enabled them TO
rush 90 the attack with great energy
Their FIRE became very searching and two
companies of the Gloucester. in an ad-
vance position. We're ordered 20 fail back
The eucmy then pressed 20 short range.
the losses on our side becoming very nu-
merous.
KIND TREATMENT.
AT r. VI. our ammunition was prac-
ucauy exhausted the position was cap
tured and The survivors Of the column fen
into tine cnemy's hands. The enemy
treated our wounded with humanity. gen.
Jouhort az once dispatched letter TO
me. offering "a safe conduct 10 doctors and
ambulances 90 relieve the wounded A
medical officer and parties to render FIRST
ava 90 the wounded were disnatcbed ~
the scene OF action from Iadysmith last
night and the ambulance at dawn This
morning.
1.-THE want OF success Of the column
was due 10 the misfortune OF tbe rnuiee
stampoding and the CONSEQUENT loss ~
The guns and small arms ammunition re-
serve
"The OFFICIAL list Of casualties and prls.
oners VIII bee reported shortly. The lat
ter are understood TO have been sent by
rail TO pretoria.
''The security Of Iadysmlth Is I'm M
way affected"
A BRAVE STAND.
The gloom caused by me British disaster
al Labyrinth was IN a measure relieved
by to-days story giving an account ~ the
heroc stand made By the decimatcd battal.
Ions uniil their last cartridge was gone.
Tho British nerve was momentarily shak-
en- by General Whites use OF the word
"capliulate" IN his lrst telegram, but
now that Il Is known that the Gloucesters
and Fus,liers fought against overwhel-
ming odds and upheld the best traditions
Of the British army the tension has been