Warren sheaf., 1899-11-16
TROOPS KEPT BUSY
British Soldiers Given Plenty of
Fighting in the Transvaal.
NEWS OF TWO RECENT ENGAGEMENTS
Two Oncers KILLED Near Relmont-
Result of q sortie In the Victn.
ity of Kimberley About i
H "a Week Aso.

Result of q sortie In the Yicin-
ity of Kimberley About h h
II, s5 81 Week ASo.
London, Nov. The war Office
Sunday morning issued the following
dispatch from Cape Town, November.
12, noon: Col. Cough, at Orange
river, reports that during the recon
noissance of Is miles to point nine
miles west of Belmont on November
10 the officers Of the patrol first came
on Boer position taken upon great
micircular ridge standing out into
a plateau. They endeayored to make
the Beers develop their strength by
demonstrating with two squadrons of
the Ninth lanciers and field battery
on the left wing, with ~ companies
Of mounted infantry on the9right wing
and with artillery in the mid dle of the
plateau, out of the infantry fire. The
enemy began by firing at our cavalry
from gun at the north end. AS the
cavalry, in open order, began to circle
around them the hills seemed full of
sharpshooters. The mounted infan-
try endeavored to outfank the enemy's
left, in order to discover the laager,
coming under heavy and unexpect-
ed fire from few slsirmishers.
Col. G. E. Keith h-Falconer, Of the
Northum mberland fusileers, was killed.
Lieuts. Beran and Hall, of the same
regiment, and Lieut.. G. G. Wood and
two privates, Of the North Lancashire
regiment, were wounded. It is said
that Lieut.. Wood died of his wounds.
Our guns fired several apparently
effective shots, but the enemy did not
respond, having withdrawn with the
wounded. The enemy did not fire on
an ambulance. Col. Cough withdrew
his force after demonstration last
ing three hours and returned to camp
the same. afternoon near Orange river.
The guns and a few horses were
brought in by rail. The wounded were
sent to Orange river by rail imme-
diately after the action. The enemy's
strength appeared considerable, ap-
parently 700, with one gun, under
David Dibe and r. Van der Nerve.
Was Jefferson Davis Grandson.
Halifax, N. S., Nov. Lieut.. C. C..
Wood, Of the North Lancashire regi-
ment, reported fatally wounded at
Kimberley, and whose death was sub
sequently announced in Saturday
evenings cable message, was a grand
son of Jefferson Davis, president of
the southern confe eracy, and a great
grandson of President Zachary Tay-
lor. His father is Capt. J.. Taylor
Wood, who has resided in Halifax
since the close of the war between
the north and south. Capt. Wood fig
8ured with great distinction as naval
lieutenant and commander in that
war, his last command being the
cruiser Tallahassee. Lieut. Wood was
born in Halifax and educated in the
Canadian royal military college at
Kingston, Ont. He is the first gradu-
ate of that college to die in battle and
the first Canadian to fall in the pres
enta war in South Africa The young
man served in India before going to
South Africa. s55,.
Fighting Near arKimber1ey.ss39sl
Il London, Nov. 13.The war office is.
sued the following dispatch Sunday
evening from Gen. Sir Redyers Buller,s
dated Cape. Town, November IL, 1O:4O
p. M: II. . .s
...Col. Kekewich British commander at
Kimberley reports that the enemy were
very active on November 4, principally
with the object of driving off cattle. The
Orange Free State troops retired. ra pidly
before Col. Turner, without firing. At12:So
D. m. the TransvaaI troops advanced on
KenilWort1l Mai Peaknlan, with SQUAD.
ron Of the Kimberley light horse, was hid
ing in the bush and gave the enemy warm
reception. The Beers retired, firing COLI
Turner reinforced Maj. Peakman, and at
12:40 p. M the enemy opened fire with one
piece Of artillery al nearly 4, 1000 yards range.
Two guns of the Diamond Field artillery
were then. sent in support of Col Turner.
but the enemy,ss guns had ceased firing
after the fifth round. Consequently our.
guns did not come into action. The ene-
imy's artillery fire was not DANA ging, and
shooting was bad. sss % 81 2is 81
5tOur casualties in the Kenilworth ems
gagement were limited to Mai. sAyleff, Of
the Cape police. who was wounded I'M the
neck. He is expected to recover Later in
the day our pickets say the Beers carried
off six dead from one spot, prob bly, killed
by our maxim. The total Boer loss was
probably heavy, but had not been estimat-
ed by Col. sKekeWich. VS.
L al bout 5.3O p m. Col Turner was again
In contact with a new body of the enemy,
on the Schnest Drift road. From the con-
ming towera large number could be plain,
" seen about two miles to the north of the
Kimberley reservoir, and others held
walled enclosure on the right flank Col.
Turner opened with maxim and two
guns of the sDia mond Field artillery 5sentin
He He came into action at 81 p M,
and continued firing until dusk. r iSt''
Dur further casualties there were Pril
vate Lubb ,Sof the Cape police, who " as
sh9 tsthrongh the head, and who died on ar
living at the hospital. and Sergt Water
mage. Of the Kimberley division of the
Cape police, who was wounded, but is do
Ing we'll Col Kekewich is unablesto state
the enemy's loss, but believes it must
nave been severe, Judging from the pre-
:ipitate retreat of the Beers. SO if
Il ~ T. 10 p. m. the enemy opened fire with
one piece of illery from Hampers Dam
IN o. latt er being held h,, 3