The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-26
| BRAVE WORK
| OF 80 HUSSARS
Fought Their Way Out After
Being Cut Off by Beers.
UNDER FIRE. A LONG TIME.
Made Their Way Through the Passes and
Finally Reached Ladysmlth.
The B0eRS DEFEATED AT LAOYSMITH
Its Now Believed Thai Gen. yus Yas Effected
junction With Gen vhfs-Hoth Believed
10 fe SAFE Position.

London, oct. ga dispatch 10 the
Daily Telegraph from Ladysmith.
dated Monday. says: Thirty Of the
lSth Hussars, who were sent from
Glencoe 10 intercept the retreat OF
Beers from .llandslaagtew were cut off nv
the enemy. Under s.rgt. Baldrey they
brilliantly fought their way across the
BigsarsOerg The enemy pursuing and
hring at them AT a range OF 500 yards
along the passes They arrived here a
l O'Clock This morning. Three of the
troops are missing, owing to the break
down on their horses. The Beers used =
Maxim A lieutenant of the Hussars.
with party. was driven back to Glen
coe. The hussars We're fred at as far
down as Modderspru.t"
\ BOER REPULsE.
\ special dispatch from cape Town.
GATED $40, yesterday morning. saws
mere has been another battle at Lady
smith. ana that the Beers We're re-
The British casualties were placed al
four killed and seven wounded, all rank
and file.
isi$AA IN GAikhNESS.
With unconscious humor Cape
Town correspondent teleglaphed yester-
day: The censorship, which is always
a delicate matter is working smoothly
and without a hitch
This exactly hits off the state of af-
fairs today An ominous veil is still
drawn over the movements of Gen. Sir
George Stewart White and Gen. Yule.
Beyond belated Ladysmith dispatches
the Elandslaagte fight.
which are still altering in. the Br tish
public is left in complete darkness and
10 conjecture over cooked. war dis
patches. The officials OF the war office
last evening said that very few dis
patches had arrived. and that nothing
turther was 10 be expected until morn
ing,
since IL is practically certain ihat |
Gen. Yule has now effected a junction |
with Gen. White although tn s. was not !
brought about Tuesday night. as an |
nourced by the Daily Mail but some |
lime on Wednesday, and as both are |
now in a position Of safety. conjecture |
concerns itself chiefly With the manner |
II Gen. Yule's retreat.
YULE's RETREAT.
That il was hasty is eYldent. Was
I disorderly? Was any considerable
amp equlpage abandoned? Was there
my fighting on to- way? Such ques-
ions and others like them the public is
nXiousiy asking. Since the rece pit OF
zen. Whites curious first description
4 the Ladysmith fight in which. the
British lost a hundred men. little rer-
nee can be placed on the Official dis
atches. While the concealmeut OF the
acts regarding Gen. Yule's retreat can
e amply justified on the ground OF
eeping the intelligence from the Beers.
he hiding Of he news respecting the J
iussars and Fusliers who were ap-
arently captured in the ba tile at Glen
% is severely criticised. no ntima-
on even being given that the officers
ere missing.
THE BOERS GOOD SHOOTERS.
"he heavy loss Of the British troops
facing only some 5000 Beers are com
ented upon as what rife fire means
'day i'm the hands Of even undisci- =
med men who can shoot fairly
raight and stand their ground Com
lrisnns are made with the FIRST en-
oyment of the magazine rife in the
isFaffe-ztfrfrrirTfrr wrr, ami = Is con-
dered that the American losses at Ei ,
iney and San Juan would have been I
uch heavier II the Span.ards had /
ggedly stood their ground like the
)ers. 7