The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-22

stuff dead horses and explosives lay in
wrecked profusion. There remained no
doubt that our shell fire had played upon
the position with full effect, and one
could marvel that the Beers had stood to
their guns so long. But, as one OF the
wounded prisoners told me later In the
day, there was no room to retreat, the
extended files Of the Manchester regiment
overlapping the reserve of the kopja,
sweeping the northern foot path, while
the rain Of shrapnel destroyed every
living thing on the western slopes. And
the scene at the farm house nesting at
the foot OF the ridge on the far side bore
out this statement 1T was here that the
Beers had brought their led horses for
cover, and carcasses lay piled on every
side. The slaughter among the horses
must have been almost as heavy as that
Of the men," ,..e....
NAVAL SQUAD COOL.
Bennett Burleigh. the Daily Tele-
graphs war correspondent, supplies
full account Of the annihilation of the
armored train contingent at Chieveley,
when Winston Churchill was captured.
The train, 1t appears, with the exception
of the engine, tender and Two trucks,
was badly wrecked by the removal of
fish plates. and the Saventy-two men of
the Dublin fusileers and the ninety-ive
men of the Durham light infantry. to say
nothing of the FIVE bluejackets from the
Tartar, were thrown out. Capt. Haldane,
Of the Gordon Highanders, who com-
manded the party, rallied his bruised and
shaken men, and amid a hail Of bulIets
from- the Beers began TO clear the line,
While otheAs were pouring deadly volleys
into the almost unseen Beers, hidden be-
hind the rocks about l ,0G0 yards off. The
bHuejackets, bravely commanded by their
flNa ir1.Aa ion Of
coolness-got their seven-pounder into
action. They sent III two, If not three.
well aimed shells at the Beers several
hundred of whom lined the hills. But
Just then shell from the enemys three
FOUNDER or field gun hit the small naval
FOUNDER, knocked gun and carriage
onto the veldt, and wounded several of
the seamen. But the men were not
beaten.
CHURCHILL A HERO.
The Pail Mall Gazette's correspondent
describes Winston Ghurchilrs conduct on
this occasion as follows:
"a party of volunteers, consisting
chiefly OF pIatelayers, led ny Winston
Churchill, who behaved throughout with
most heroic courage, succeeded in re-
placing the rails. Mr.. Churchill had pre-
ViouSly assisted in carrying in 10 less
than twenty men under a terrible fire.
Some idea of the accuracy of the enc
my's fire and of Mr.. Churchill's courage
may be obtained by narrating the fact
that a Boer shell burst in front OF Mr..
Churchill killing two men on each side
of him. Our wounded We're nov on the
Veldt on each side. The rifle gun and
the weird sound OF the quicll-tirers all
added to the scene. At last the line was
cleared, and the train was enabled to re-
turn at O'Clock, leaving Capt. Haldane's
party fierceiy engaged. The Beers gave
it q passing salvo of shells, hitting the
tender and nearly derailing the train
second time
The Daily Graphic's correspondent, de-
scribing visit to the hulk Penelope, at
Somers Bay, where the Boer prisoners
are confined. undertaken in the company
of Col. Stowe. the United States consul
general; writes:
The majority of the prisoners are
sleek, contented and indifferent. They
told me they thought the war would be
a picnic; that they would -rusfIsN Natal
before the imperial troops arrived that
England would be involved in foreign
complications, and that they would be
able to dictate terms from Pie%ermaritz-
burg and Durham. They thought to view
the Cape peninsula as conquerors; not
from prison ship. Col. Schiei sleeps
with difficulty. His wound In the thigh
is nearly healed, bat he still requires the
use of a stick. Schiel is q typical soldier
of fortune, grizzly gray hair, cropped
close, aggressive military mustache,
shrewd gray-blue eyes. thick neck, G.
figure still Enthusiastically active, but tend
ing to Stoutness. AS to bearing he is a.
genial man of the world. He introduced
us to some of his brother officers, In
Guiding Capt. van Lego, a benevolent,
gCod-lOolIing cosmopolitan, of kindly ex-
preston and modest mien, who told US
he was born in Holland, educated in Ger
many, and had sister in St. Louis"