The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-24
VICTORY FOR THE BRITISH.
the BOERs FOUGHT HARD AND
SUFFERED SEVERE LOSS.
RcpuIsc OF free Statrrs Has fnr-
TALLY Opened the Nay {" Kim
hcrIN--Fipht Anticipated.

New York. November PA dispatch to
tho Tribune from London says; Ions AFTER
midnight an official dispatch WAS received
at she war office, bringing news OF hHi-
tic fought by General Lord Methnon AT
.no,nopt with the Free Ststers, the result
being complete victory for the N'W''F
lev relief column General Methuch lopha
the Beers strongly entrenchcd ana plo'
vidcd with plenty of guns, The GROUND
thcy chose to defend was olcverly selected
and In driving them from their position
the British troops had 70 carry three
rldres IN succession. which scems Hlmnst
repetition OF the battle OF Eiandssia'e'
The last ridge was carried nj tho poi9. oi
the hnyonct by the guards after the dc-
tenders had been driven out With hianre'
Tho British lossee, ak officially reporten'
wore three officers killed and twenty-five
wounded including General Feathera'ohe-
haugh, atty six men killed, $50 woahuea
and twenty two missing.
The Boers lost heavily and forty prison
crs were taken, besides great ahah' !!
of stores
This victory is OF special i'm ortaher
hccanse it is the first blow de1it w 80
British force acting purely on the Gelop
styc. and Is pal1 OF the deNelonmeal c,
the British plan of campaig1 u W'il
doubtless open up the road 10 hlmpetlfS
at nil events as far As the Moldsr iNsi
where the advance of the column WI
again probably be opposed. Farmer ue-
tails OF the fighting VIII be hhN,ohNis
awaited by the British public aithohs'
IL lis already clear that the Victory 10 oeT
cisiye.
4 dispatch is also al hand from General
Gatcacre. who, in reporting the latest CTS
positjons of the British troops. mdken
omiuous mention Of continued Dutch J -
lngs In the Broken Nall district. \ lafly
of armed Dutch is said 10 lave left rad
dock on the eastern line TO Port EiiHa-
beth to Join the Beers, taking armed ma
lives with them
moving east from DeAaar. has found the
poers holding a strong position 4 Aru1eel,
a few miles north of Naanwpoort me
British force withdrew with three wouhd'
ed,
There Is nn news from Estcou' bnt a
rumor has reached plctormuF''i (urB 'haV
General White made II successful s"ltie
from Ladysmith capturing some hff" fp'
sitlons with guns and material an" IN
nicting loss on the enemy
big battle" was placnrded In large let,
tiers on newspaper posters last night on'
It turned out To be one OF the OLD hlhd ~
The Soudan where $500 Dervishes hhn
been attacked by General Wyngate VIVA
an Egyptian force and utterly routed r.
ter sudden irresistible onslaught over
400 being killed The Anglo E8ypEin ltSH
Was three men wounded 10" ,iIl q 'oF 4
complete victory. This Is the canning
hs a
I Grafton In Iighting savage or semi'ci N'lzrd
/ foes, and IL has untitled them for tati'lnl
with the Beers who do not mass tbelr
/ forces and can not be rushed.
i The situation on Lower Natal olitis a
striking contrast TO all the conditions O
( warfare to which the English people are
( accustomed. The Dutch allies. after ~
vesting Ladysmith, have turned abou' e
deal with the British relief column piece
meal BY dividing their forces into mo-
bile bands OF raiders and cutting ~ he
/ tween Estcourt and the Mol river, and
/ threatening to dash In At HO@ick lct~eef
7 the Mooi and Pietermaritzburg they az
/ isolaiing one British detachment itt'r an
/ other by their superior mobility VIII on
making a decisive attack at any point o
concentrating their forces for a supreme
effort II is guerilla warfare With Ions
range guns and howitzers added for feep
ing the British at a distance, and Is va
ried by such diversions as horse sealing
cattle raiding and looling on a large h,ale
John Bull is naturally irritated by inca
irregular tactics, but he ought "a he
amazed by them, for General Jouberi,
during the war OF independence. dealsh y
precisely the same way with one fiiiis'
detachment after another and prevente'
union OF the various commands. lie ihtl
had the immense advantage OF sEpsrlorlt,
of numbers But conditions are now re
versed. for the British force In Lower
Natal will be $4,000 certainly, and posi-
bly, %, 900 when the last transport reachs
Durham. and General Whites garrison Q
? $4,000 troops Is still unframed In reserve
Moreover. Joubert, while blocking the ad
vance of the relief column by separation
the various links In the chain, !, Fcafer
ing his own forces without obtaining III
marked advantage
While the situation In Natal was mos
/, confusing, several points were clear
midnight The Iadysmith garrison re
J NAMED safe and cheerful AT the end q
last week. as shown by the Star special dis
r patch from capctown, based upon mes
sage brought by runner. General Hid
yard was not helpless at Estconrt, for
5 had made sortie and was engaging Ii
, enemy The bridge was resoliteiy lel
, bv Bsrion's battalions at the Moo rlNs
s after two days skirmishing md Their
, were guns 30 defend it, Pieterm irltAbui
/ was we'll garrisoned, and fresh iaf3nu.
: dragons and naval guns had bson pnt Q