The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-27
BOER'S ADVANCE In NATAL.
vUIE,s RETRE< TING FORCE REA CHES
L1DYSMITH EIHAUSTED.


r.recd Marches Necessary to Save tho Lit
ii. Army-British Losses in Three "Vic-
tories, Gre ater Than Those OF the Beers
The Combined Force at Ladysmith in
+, Serious Position-Cronje Reported to
HIVE Begun the Smelling OF Mafeking,
and Grave Fears Are Felt For
raj Baden PoweIrs Small Force.
Sp,eisl Cable DeIpatcho to THE Sun
IovnoS Oct 27--It 10 no longer possible to
,.cspt the sangune English description OF the
three ssrlous engagements In Natal as Brit
,.h victoties" The battle at Glencoe. while 1t
IN. An exhibition OF tlne British general
,h,n and splendid British courage. merely
s.rved to save Gen. Yule's force from ami
huo,ion or capture and enabled Is to
ro,rs,t BY forced marches to the main army at
I,d,smith where it has just arrived In state
NJ conplete exhaustion. 1t will rankle long
4, priti,h breasts that the little army was
oomn.usd to abandon its wounded TO the
.r.n,. and that Cen Symons was left to die
amUr the Beers ~
Narrower. It is now clear that the British
losses in the three engagements we're
much heavier than those OF the Beers.
who are in nowise discouraged by IN"
present position The plain truth now Is
that Gen Whites army 10 closely De-
leaGuered By superior force, ana II Is impos-
,ibie to s.nd adequate endorsements to him
upd,ramonth. These appalling facts are still
bIipked at by the London press, but sober. in
tellieept Fnslishmen are beginning to under
,tand them, and the gravest anxiety is caused
thereby
Tn. British arms have already lost nearlya
thousand killed, wounde and prisoners and
the end is not yet There is a terrible story
soon coming from Nafeking. and 1t 10 concern
Ing this place that the keenest anxiety 10 now
felt Gen. White 10 Undoubtedly able to defend
himself at present. but ills difficult to see how
Col. Baden-Powell's little force OF 800 mon at
Mateking can survive the attack that tho Beers
are certain to make upon Thorn.
Tho Udiiv Netrs'S correspondent at Lady
.mith SAYS that he visited the Boer prisoners
and chatted with Gen. Jan kock. who Is badly
wounded IN the thigh and shoulder. Gen.
Rocks two brothers and his nephew. Philip.
were also wounded, and they too are prison.
ers The only mem Der OF the family present
at the fight and unaccounted for Is a son. who
is the youngest Judge in the Transvaal.
He H. reported to be missing. and 10
supposed to be dead. Commandant Piennar,
Comet Dorton and Cornet Cover were killed
Nearly all in the last stand made by the Beers
told the correspondent that they suffered most
from the soldiers In little skirts. half m on and
hall women" meaning tho Gordon High
lander. They also suffered from the charge
Of the Lnncers.
The two CAPTURED guns described the other
day prove TO DO those that were taken from
Jameson's raiders
The military critic OF the Morning Post
writes "a follows: Clearly the victory
at Duniee requires calculation. 1t
was MAGNIFICENT exhibition OF
daring. but as a victory 1t looks poorly. Tech.
nca!ly. no doubt, it was one. The position was
taken and the enemy ned. but fed. 1t appears.
with so little confusion that they captured all
who had the tsmsrity to pursue them. That
may be technical defeat. but from the Boer
point OF view. where techncalities are not con-
sidsred. 1t 10 practical good fortune"
The Times's war correspondent at Ladysm it'll
cables an interview had by him with Col.
schel. the wounded commander OF tho Germ n
contingent aiding tho Beers. who is now
a prisoner. Col. Schiel declared that
nothing could stand against the accuracy OF
the British field guns. which repeatedly drove
the Transvaal gunners from their embrAsures
at Elandslaagte. Tho Beers were also COM
rletely surprised by the British infantry Ore.
They thought they could easily master any
infantry attack.
LONDON. Oct. 26.-Gen. White telegraphs the
War once as follows:
"LADYsMITH. Oct. 90. 2:4o P. NJ
Gen Yule's column has Just marched in
after the hardest kind OF a march during a
night OF exceptionally heavy rain. The men
we're exhausted. but in good spirits. The
enemy did not modest the column"
The Boers are again massing near Eland-
saaRte and several thousand Orange Free
State burghers are at Bester's Station. Gen.
White has been strongly reinforced from
Petsrmaritzburg
Adespateh from Glencoe to the Central News
dated Oct. %, ! 80 P NJ says: After the VIC
tory Of Friday We imagined We were clear Of
our enemies for some days, but We were en-
urely mistaken. When thu troops returned
We found that the reported cap
ture OF all their guns was incorrect.
As matter OF fact the Boera took
thsm of bstore We stormsd the hills. Mean
WINE larger column under Commandant
ueh Joubert worked around and threat
ensd Dundee. 1t was impossible to protect
Dundee as the Glencoe force was facing fresh.
undaieated Beers, who vastly outnum bered us.
Al 1910 o'clock Sunday morning the Beers
began Smelling Dundee at long range. The
am OF the gunners was excellent. Gen. Joubert
apparently being DESTROYS OF getting the range
10 order to ascertain the resistance he was
likely to meet
Meanwhile the British camp was moved on
"AAday and all the mon were brought to Glen
voc On Monday we learned OF the victory at
hhandsaaRte and understood force was
awaiting us there. Accordingly we evacuated
u'eaeoe without the enemy observing GU
movements"
WHITES FI6HT AT RIETFONTEIS.