Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-28

ternoon and camped five miles ahead.
AT daybreak on Thursday the Beers
fired from the hills, 1000 yards distant,
on the British advance force. Other
troops then pushed up and the engage
ment became general. The British ar
tillery silenced the Boer guns. Then
two battalions of the Grenadier Guards
and the Northumberland regiment
stormed the heights at the point of the
bayonet. The entire position was car
ried by 8 o'clock. The cavalry, con-
sisting of the Ninth Lancers and the
mounted infantry are pursuing the fly
ing. Beers. The Beers are estimated at
$500 men. Their loss is unknown.
Churchill May be Released.
Pretoria, Nov. 24.-By Associated
Press Ut is believed the government
will shortly release Winston Churchill
as non-combatant. The prisoners
from Mafeking and Lobatsi are mostly
railroad men. After they had taken
the oath not to fight against the
Transvaal they were sent to Delagoa
Bay.
Yesterdays Battle.
London, Nov. 24.-The secretary of
war has received the following dis
patch through General Forestier-Wal-
ker from General Methuen, dated Bel
mont, Nov. %:
ATTACKED the enemy at daybreak
this morning. He was in strong po-
sition. Three ridges were carried in
succession, the last attack being push
ed by shrapnel.
Infantry behaved splendidly and re-
ceived support from the naval brigade
and artillery.
THE enemy fought with courage
and skill. Had attacked later 1
should have had far heavier loss.
"Our victory was complete. Have
taken forty prisoners. Am burying a
good number of the Beers, but the
greater part of the enemy's Killed and
wounded were removed by their COM
rades. Have captured large number
of horses and cows and destroyed a
large quantity of ammunition.
"Brigadier General Fetherstonhaugh
was severely wounded in the should
err, and Lieutenant Colonel Crabbe, of
the Grenadier Guards, is reported
wounded.
sour other casualties are the follow
ing:
"Grenadier Guards, Third Battalion
Killed: Lieutenant Fryer, Wounded:
Lieutenant Blundell, dangerously.
"Grenadier Guards. Second Battalion
Wounded: Lieutenant Leslie, Lieu
tenant Vaughan, Lieutenant Gurdon-
Rebow and Lieutenant Russell. Re-
ported wounded, Lieutenants Lyon and
Cameron.
"Grenadier Guards, rank and file
Killed, 26; wounded, SO; missing, 10.
"Coldstream Guards, First Battalion
Wounded, Lieutenant Grant.
"Coldstream Guards, Second Batta-
lion-Wounded, Lieutenant Hon. C.
Willoughby and Lieutenant Burton,
the latter severely.
"Coldstream Guards, rank and file
Killed, s; wounded, 90; missing. s.
Scots Guards, First Battalion
Wounded, Major Hon. North Dalrym-
pie Hamilton, severely; Lieutenants
Buckley and Alexander.
"Scots Guards, rank and file-Killed,
9; wounded, "a.
northumberland Fusileers, First
Battalion-Killed, Captain Eagar and
Lieutenant Brine. Wounded, Major
Eastwood and Lieutenant Testing,
dangerously; Captain Sapte and Lieu
tenant Fishbourne, severely.
Northumberland Fusileers, rank
and file-Killed, IL; wounded, SO.
"Northamptonshire Regiment, Sec
ond Battalion-W Wounded, Captain Free.
land and Lieutenant Barton, severely,
South Yorkshire Regiment, Sec
ond Battalion, rank and file-Nound-
ed, g."