The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-10
BOERS CUT TO PIECES
Two Fights Near Ladysmith in
Which the British Are
Victorious.
ENEMY CAUGHT OUT II TIE OPEN,
Surprised and Their Camp Captured in
the First Fight.

Surprised and Their Camp Captured in
the First Fight.
Driven from the Hills by n Storming Par
| ty in the Second Engagement.and Caught
| Between Bayonet and Saber on the Plain
! Below They Lose Terribly, Evidently
! Fighting to the Last-Boers Smelling the
Town. but Doing Little Damage.
London, Nov S.-Reports from va
rious sources state that another impor.
tant reconnaissance or engagement oc-
Cured on Saturday to the south of
Ladysmith and Cape Town newspa-
per reports that 1000 Beers were cap
tured there.
EstcOurt, Natal, Nov. 5, evening"
1t is now possible to furnish official
details of Fridays fighting around
Ladysmith. The Boer artillery fire
was accurate and we'll sustained, but
| ineffective. The British cavalry was
constantly out, the investment not be-
ing close enough to prevent this. Cav
| airy and artillery under Colonel Brock
| lehurst about noon drove the enemy
from all their positions with great
| slaughter. This attack was directed
against reported move of the enemy
toward Maritzburg. The artillery
shelled three Of the enemy's guns into
! silence. The British casualties were
slight. The Beers are now Smelling the
! town. Their artillery is we'll handled,
| but is doing little damage. The Beers
! prOfited by a flag of truce on Thurs
! day to send in a Transvaal artillery
! officer disguised as an ambulance
driver with the wounded to observe
! the action of the Boer artillery fire.
Beers Caught in the Open.
London, Nov. S.-Last nights well
/ come dispatches from the front rent
! the veil of gloom enveloping Lady
smith, showing the British garrison not.
merely standing on the logged defen-
sive but executing a series OF brilliant
! sorties. Accounts from different
| sources agree that the lacOnic official
description of thursdays engagement
as IAN effective Smelling of the Boer'
/ lager" was unduly modest. 1t ap-,
pears that General Sir George Stewart
| White sent strong force of cavalry
and infantry to attack the Beers at
Tatham's Farm, about ten miles to,
the northwest, near Bester'S and ap-,
parently achieved a surprise, the Beers
being caught on the open veldt and
cut to pieces and their camp captured.
| Encouraged by this success General
White decided to risk an even more
| important engagement on the follow
| ing day, which was again justified by
success.
! Purpose of the British Attach.
! Ladysmith had been isolated and ~
| BOer force had Intercepted the railway
between Ladysm~h and Colenso. This
| force on Friday had descended upon,
| COlenSO, and as shown by the dis
| patches from EstcOurt had compelled
a hurried abandonment of COlensO and
q retirement of the British to Estcourt..
General White had ascertained that
| the Beers were attacking COlenso, but
| lie was not aware of the British retire,
| ment. He determined, therefore, to-
| attack the Beers in the rear, thus hop.
| ing to achieve the double object Of
| drawing off an attack upon the weak
garrison of ColensO and possibly of re-
opening communication southwark.
British in Front and Rear.
The Beers had advanced southwark
until they had occupied the hills north
of Tugela river and dominating Co
lenso on the other side of the stream.
The hills slope to plain that reaches
to the banks of the Tugela. General
Whites division caught the Beers in
the rear, and after the hills had been
- Del. cI 60 H]r.xy e,f1 ,nnI
the position. Meanwhile the British
cavalry swept round the hills, and as
the retreating enemy descended into
the plains with the British bayonets
behind them and the river in front of
them they were charged by the cav
airy and seem to- have persisted almost
to a man. The British then returned
to Ladysmith without coming into
touch with the Colenso garrison, which
had retired to Estcourt.
Hope to Restore Communication.
Sundays dispatch from Estcourt,
however, showed that an armOred
train had been sent back to COlenso
to repair the line and the next news
may possibly be of the restoration of
the communication with Ladysmith.
While the British troops were thus en-
gagged in successful endeavOrs to wipe
out the NichOlson's Mex disaster the
situation inside Ladysmith, as shown
by an official dispatch from the general
at Estcourt, was most satisfactory,
encouraging a hope that General
Whites force may emerge triumphant
from the ordeal through which it is
now passing.
Hope Reed Cody Dead.
Chicago, Nov. Slope Reed Cody,
chairman of the board Of election COM