Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-10-26
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GALLANT CHARGE UP a HILL B0ERS
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EARLY SURRENDER PR09DDIAIDD|L RR9DDIIDLE
Many BoeF and British Officers KiIIed--A
Harvest OF Guns and Ammunition.

GLENCOE CAMP, 80 UTII AFRICA, Oct0-
Der 23.--An attack mado by tho Boers OH
tho British position Saturday enabled
tho British to secure n signal success.
The Boor column was driven poll mell
oyor tho plains, losing 800 in killed and
wounded. In addition tho British cap
turcd several huhdrod horses, and ma 10
many prisoners. .: ~, f.. ,
THE BoER CASUALTIES. p. -
LONDON, October 23.--An Ofliclal dis
patch from Ladysmith gives the list of
casualties among tho Doors at tho baltic
of Glands Laagte, among whom arc:
Gen. WILTON, killed.; Con. Koole, wound
cd and captured, since died; Gen. Kocle's
son killed; Col. Schiol, a German officer
commanding tho artillery, wounded and
u prisoner; Commander Protorius,
wounded and prisoner. Several Bocr
standards wero captured. ..
THE BRITISH LOSSES.
Tho official list of tho British casual
tics at tho samo battlo shows: Col. Scott
Chisolm killed, and ono colonel, ono
major, eight callHins and eleven liouton-
ants wounded; thirty sovon non-c COM
misSioncd officers and privatcs killed and
130 wounded.
VALOR OF THE BOENS.
The British victories in tho Natal, fol-
lowing each other in quick succession,
bear striking testimony to tho valor of
tho vanquishcd Bocrs. Fuller accounts
of Saturdays battle at Glands Laagte
emphasize tho splendid gallantry oxhib-
tied on both sides and tho superiority of
tho British in pitched battle.
A FIELD DAY PARADE.
The British Infantry formed for an at
tack in extended order bchind tho brow
of a hill. Tho Devonshircs wcro on tho
left with four companies of the Man
chcstcrs and some of tho Gordons on tho
right. At o'clock tho infantry ad-
vanccd through tho valley as steadily as
on field day. Half way down tho slope
thcy met with terrific infantry and AZ
tillcry fire. Tho mon fell rapidly and
the wounded were carried to tho rear.
But in spite of the Bocr guns and sharp
shooters concealed behind rocks, tho in
crcasing fire Of tho advancing British in
fantry gradually gained tho upper hand
and the Manchcstors and Gordons, edg-
ing toward the right, gained tho top of
tho ridge, outflanlling tho encmy's left.
"CIIARGEn' AND THEY SWEPT AHEAD.
At o'clock the buglcs sounded
"chargo" and tho British swept ahead.
Tho Beers fought to the last, only at
tempting to escape when further fight
ing was hopeless. In tho meantime the
Dcvonshircs, pressing steadily up the
ia ctrnnrlu nnnncnl Of l,o
camp, and from the thanking hills, but
carried both at Il charge, with wild
cheers and bugle blasts
By O'Clock the British had gained
the position and 'ccasc firing" was
sounded. Three /! FOUNDER Nordcn-
fcldts wcro captured with largo quanti-
tics Of ammunition. The Hocr dead and
wounded among the rocks wero thon at
tended to.
Gen. French thanked the troops on
tho field, especially Col. ;Iamilton's
splendid handling of tho inin'try. The
British bivouackcd on the captured posi-
ton Sunday night. Some estimates
place the Bocr losses at 800 men, but
that is probably exaggerated. Col. Scott
Chisolm was the only British officer
killed.
BURGER WANTS TO SURRENDER.
LONDON, October pa special dis
paLcn from cape IOWn, dated Sunday,
says that ndviccs received from Pretoria
report President Kurgcr as being in
favor of an unconditional surrcrdcr. 1t
is expected that the executive council
will meet Monday or Tuesday to discuss
the adviSabilitS Of such a step. The re-
port must be accepted with reserve.
During the winter of 1897 Mr.. James
Reed, one OF the leading citizens and
merchants Of Clay, Clay county, w. Va,
struck his leg against a cake of icc in
such a manner as to bruisc it severely.
1t became very much swollen and panied
him so badly that he could not walk
without the aid of crutches. lie was
treated by physicians, also used several
kinds Of linimcnt and two and a half gal
Ions Of whiskcy in bathing it, but moth
ing gave any relief until he began using
Chambcrlain's Pain Balm. This brought
almost n complete cure in weeks time
and he believes that had he not used this
remedy his leg would have had to been
amputatcd. Pain Balm is uncqualcd for
sprains, bruises and rheumatism. For
sale by j. w. Bell, Walhalla; w. j. Lun-
ncy, Seneca; II. Is. Zimmerman, West
muster.