Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-02
ROUTED BY BRITISH.
SHARP FIGHT WITH BOERs NEAR
KIMBERLEY.
Boer Position Brilliantly Carried
without Serious Loss to the Brit
ish-Enemy Completely Routed at
RivertOn With Heavy LOss-BOer
Force Threatening Two Native
Chiefs Who Are Friendly to Great
Britain-FreMch and Russian War
ships Are Reported to Have Been
Ordered to South Africa.


London. Oct. %. - During the mo-
comes news from the Western border
chief interest to the beleaguered Brit
ish force ut Kimberley The sharp
struggle there Tuesday appears to
have been the result Of sortie. with
the view of breaking the Gordon sur
rounding the place. The British, APP
Darantly 500 strong. met 100 Beers.
and, according to the official and other
accounts, routed them after severe
appear to have done valuable service.
seven miles northward. and the Brit
ish brilliantly carried the enemy's po-
stion without serious loss. 1t is said
white flag. Botha. who was among
the killed, was Il member OF the volkS-
raad and famous Dutch fighter.
A special from Cape Town gives de-
tails of the defeat of 100 Beers by the
British at Riverton. north of KIM
berley, Wednesday, i'll which the enc
IUy WAS CUlllDlSIClN IOulCu. WIN iSANS
loss. the British loss being three men
killed and twenty. including two Of
ficers, wounded. This is probably the
same fight referred to in the Cape
Town dispatch of yesterday. in which
it was said that official reports from
Kimberley. Tuesday, announced that
Col. Scott-Turner. with 27O men. had
an engagement with the Beers, during
l., :ai, :, of Of thn
Lancashire regiment distinguished it
self and the :Vrmored trains did good
service The light lasted four hours.
Before the sortie, Kimberley was ap-
parently in high spirits, as a dispatch
from there, dated Oct. %, says every
one was cheerful there at that time,
and that wedding was celebrated
there that day.
For Boer Prisoners.
Cape Town. Oct. 20. - A dispatch
from Simon's Town says the prison
ship Penelope is being fitted for the
reception of Boer prisoners. and that
the firstzclass cruiser Powerful is eX-
pected to leave Durham shortly, pre-
sumably to convey the prisoners to
Simon's Town. A dispatch from Bulo-
wayo, Matabrleland. reports an en-
gagement on Oct. II, when an ar
mored train was sent from Bulowayo
toward Mafeling and encountered a
party of Beers. In the fighting which
ensued the Beers lost eight killed, but
there were no casualties among the
trains crew.
Beers Threaten Natives.
Cape Town. Oct 30. - A telegram
from Bulowayo, dated Monday, says:
"a Boer force is threatening Chief
Kama and Chief Lienwa, who are
Ioyal to Great Britain. The two chiefs
country lies at the extreme northwest
of the Transvaal, and includes Bechu-
analand 1t seems gross mistake for
the Beers to provoke war among the
natives. The probable explanation is
that the Boer force intends to destroy
the railway at Bulowayo, which runs
through Kama's country. and thus pre-
vent any attempt of Col. Plummer's
column going to the relief Of Mafeking.
Already there is talk of RhOdesia ar
mored train encountering Beers some
distance north of Mafeking.
20:
Paris, Oct. 20. - A dispatch to the
Petit Journal from Toulon says: 1.-TWO
or three of the fastest cruisers have
been ordered to go to Delagoa bay and
Russian warships will follow Them
The Figaro, while pointing out the
contrary rumors on the subject from
Toulon of the dispatch of a fleet from
the southeast coast, says: sit is GER
tain the cruiser Cassard sailed from
Toulon for Port Said on the receipt OF
an important telegram enclosing sealed
ORDERS"
London. Oct. 90. = The government
has chartered the City of Rome rs q
hospital ship. According to a later
account of the first battle at Glencoe
the Boer army amounted to 1000 men,
and about noon another army. almost
as large, under Gen. JOubert, advanced
within 700 yards of Glencoe camp and
then retired. The Boer losses We're
very heavy, fully 300.
Cane Town. Oct. 29..Sir Alfred Mil
ner, governor Of Cape Colony. and w.
p. Schreiner. the premier. have issued
a proclamation declaring null and void
the proclamation of the Orange Free
State, asserting that portion of Cape
Colony is now Free State territory.
Sir Alfred Miners proclamation
warns all British subjects in the Col
ony Of their duty and obligations to
the queen.
A Miser Murdered.
E,ovyillo Tenn Oct 90 Leon