The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-10-27
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Reports OF Fighting Come From Pre-
toris Via Delsgos Bay.
LONDON, Oct. 27.-A batch Of de.
layed dispatches have arrived here via
Lorenzo Marquee. They are as follows
Pretoria, Oct. 21.-Friday's fight a,
Dundee started at 5 in the morning and
lasted until 2 in the afternoon. The
burghers, under General Lucas Meyer,
took up a strong position but were com
PEELED to retire to their lager afte,
capturing a Maxim. The fighting was
resumed at 10 this morning in the
neighborhood Of Glencoe and Dundee.
Several Boer forces We're engaged. The
firing was dictinctly heard at Daan.
hauser.
Pretoria. Oct. 81. Newcastle is under
martial law. The town is quiet. Farm
ers within a radius of three miles have
been called upon to give an inventory
OF their stock. in case it is required.
and the citizens have been ordered IL
give up their arms. About 800 com
piled. Guards are protecting property.
Pretoria. Oct. 2l.-President Steyn
of the Orange Free State. has issued a
proclamation to the Basuto nation, ex-
planning the reasons for the war and
also stating that Boer forces have been
placed near the Basutcland border. He
makes known that the republic is at
peace with the Basutos. and wishes 10
continue SO, adding that no injury will
be done to Basutos remaining quiet and
not assisting the British.
Pretoria. Oct. 2l.-The Johannes
burg Hollander corps has had a heavy
engagement at Elandslaagte. The bat
tie lasted IL hours against heavy odds.
Two hundred are missing and about 100
burghers are dead or wounded. 1t is
reported that Colonel Schiel and Field
Comets Pionar and Joubert were killed.
Pretoria, Oct. 22.-General Joubert
reports that General Cronje. command
ing the Free State and Winburg forces.
had an engagement yesterday with the
British at Elandslaagte. 1t started at 8
o'clock and lasted seven hours. Nine
burghers We're wounded and six were
killed. All the British retired to Lady.
smith.
Pretoria. Oct. 22.-The British pris.
oners captured Friday near Dundee
were e%ntrained at Dannhauser. They
filled ten trucks. The officers travelled
first class, and a separate a was pro-
vided for two wounded officers. An
enormous crowd assembled at the sta.
ton here to witness their arrival, but
there was no demonstration. When
they alighted the prisoners We're re.
ceived with funeral silence upon the
part Of the crowd. The greatest order
and decorum prevailed while they were
traverslng the streets. The wounded
were taken to a hospital while the
other officers and men were marched to
the race course, escorted by mounted
bnrghers and We're encamped on the
spot where Jameson's troopers were
confined. The officers lieutenant Col.
onel Moller, Major Greenville and Can.
tain Pollock Of the Eighteenth Hussars.
and Captain Lonsdale, Lieutenant
Lemesurier, Lieutenant Garvin, Lieu
tenant Grimshaw, Lieutenant Majendie
and Lieutenant Shore Of the Dublin
Fusileers) looked in good health. They
are quartered in a building apart from
the men. On giving their parole, they
will be allowed the freedom of the
whole enclosure. The men appear in.
different and spent most Of their time
smoking. They sleep on tho grand
stand.