The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-11-24
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BATTLE AT BELMONT.
Blood Bought British Victory
Won by Colonel Methuen.
REPETITION OF ELANDsLAAeTE.
Hrenadier and Cold Stream Guards Bear
Brunt of Fikht-British Lose Upward Of
Fifty Officers and Men Killed, 1zO
Wounded and Eighteen Missing.

Wounded and Eighteen Missing.
LONDON, Nov. 24.-Before anxiety as
% the situation in Natal had been re.
heved there comes news Of great bat
Tie at Belmont. This has happened
sooner than was expected. Only tho
efacial account is yet to hand, but % far
- can be gathered the fighting appears
20 have been almost . repetition Of the
battle Of Elandslaagte A dispatch Of
The previous day estimated that the
Beers in that vicinity numbered 1000
and that they had five guns and judg-
ing from the absence Of any statement
20 the contrary in the official report 1t Il
believed the British were slightly super
lOr3in numbers. The Beers had chosen
position with their customary skill
and were strongly entrenched. The
British were obliged to carry three
ridges in succession. Apparently the
Guards bore the brunt in carrying the
last ridge by a bayonet charge after it's
defenders had been shaken by shrapnel
shells. Nothing is said as to whether
the positions SO gained were held and
the destruction of ammunition seems to
indicate that the contrary was the case.
While General Methuen can be congrat-
ulated on brilliant victory, it is again
at the cost Of a heavy loss Of officers and
men. The list shows upwards Of so Of
ficers and men killed, 140 or more
wounded and about IS missing.
The diary Of events at Mafeking, up
TO Nov. 10, has arrived. 1t gives little
that is new. At that date Colonel
Baden Powell had no idea Of being re-
Geved for 3 fortnight, or perhaps for q
month. Both Mafeking and Kimber-
ley, however, seem to be quiet.
Later details regarding the Arundel
reconnaissance say that the Beers there
1 were engaged in destroying the railway.
One account says that after the retire.
ment an ambulance train with doctors
was sent out from Naauwpoort If this
were so the British casualties must have
exceeded three.
situation In Natal.
The situation in Natal remains OBJ
scure. Fighting is reported at both EST
court and LaGysmith. It was at first
reported that heavy firing had been
heard in the direction Of Willow Grange,
leading to the belief that General Hill
yard had made sortie. Later advices
state that General White went from
Ladysmith and inflicted a defeat on the
/. Beers. It would be premature to give
full credence to either report. What is
quite certain, is that Eadysmith, Est
court and the Mooi river station are all
isolated, and the Beers seem able, after
detaching enough force to hold three
British forces, aggregating $1,000 men,
TO push on toward Pietermaritzburg
with some 1000 men.
A disquieting feature Of the whole
campaign is the fact that all the adj
vancing generals report meeting the
Beers in force. In view Of the brilliant
success Of General Joubert in partly
paralyzing the relieving columns the
question is being asked, what would
have happened had he at the outset of
the war, instead Of sitting down before
Ladysmith, pushed on to Pietermaritz
burg.
General Gatacre's report that the
Dutch are rising increases public anxi-
/, ETY., as it tends to confirm rumors that
have long been current. A special
dispatch from Durham announces that
q more big naval guns were landed
Wednesday and hurried to the front.
Prince Christian Victor left Mooi river
camp before it was invested, bearing
dispatches to Pietermaritzburg. Late
last evening it was asserted at Alder.
shot that The Sixth division, now
IN process Of mobilization, will ac.
tually be required for active serv.
Ice. It is reported that another brigade
Of horse artillery will be mobiized.