Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-03
ST0RMED THE HEIGHTS.
Carleton's Column Made a Gal
liant Fight.
ABOUT 200 KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Position Maintained Until Ammunition
Run Out-Mules of Another Column
Stampeded-Boers' Fire Almost Harm
less GU Renewed Bombardment.

LONDON, Nov. S.-The Daily News
has dispatch from Ladysmith which
| gives the first independent account OF
the cutting off of Lieutenant Carleton s
| column i'll the engagement at Farqu-
har's farm. The correspondent says:
1.-The column was sent out Sunday
night, made wide detour and reached
the spurs of the Drakonsburg before
dawn. Colonel Carleton stormed the
heights with the bayonet and main.
tanned his position against great odds
| until his ammunition was exhausted
and surrender had become inevitable.
Nearly 200 had then been killed and
wounded"
A dispatch to The Daily Telegraph
from Ladysmith, giving a description
OF the battle, said in part:
ga similar mule stampede occurred
to Lieutenant Colonel Grimwood's coll
umn OH the Buiwan side. The ammuni-
ton was lost, but our infantry quite
held their own.
Special dispatches from Ladysmith
give further details regarding the re-
newal of the bonn bardment. The Beers
having reoccupied their old positions,
remounted big guns. Their firing was
accurate, but almost harmless. Some of
the troops were slightly injured by
splinters.
Lieutenant +. G. Egerton, and his
men from the Powerful, did splendid
work and quickly silenced the Boer
guns.
the Beers acknowledge having suf-
tered heavy losses in men and horses in
the previous baJtle.
General Jan Il. M. Kock, who was
second Ill command in the Transvaal
forces and who was wounded in the bat.
tie OF Elandsiaagte, died III the hospital
at Ladysmith.
Little light is thrown on the actual
situation by the news at hand. The
magnitude OF Mondays fight, however,
Is more than ever evident. Virtually
three actions were raging simultaneous
ly. but it is obvious that the intention
to roll back the Orange Free State
troops was not achieved.
The correspondent OF The Daily News
at Ladysmith. telegraphing Tuesday,
said:
''Dr. Hornebrook, while searching for
the body OF Lieutenant CIapham, on
Umbulwen's hill, which was i'll possess
sion of the enemy, met many Beers.
On stating the object of his quest, he
was kindly received. The concensus of
opinion among the Beers, he thinks, is
that they are sick of fighting and would
like to throw up the sponge. They said
their loss yesterday was heavy and due
chiefly to our artillery fire."
ALI was quiet at Buluwayo, i'll Rho
desia, according to dispatches received,
up to Oct. ~. There has been some
sklrmishing on the border. Apparently
extensive preparations are in progress
at De Aar, Cape Colony, for the concan-
tratiou of Lieutenant General Bulie-'s
army. Thousands of mules are cor
rallied in that neighborhood. and trans
port material is being hurried up from
the south.
According to another dispatch, the
naval brigade at Ladysmith has mounted
four more guns from Durham.
The report comes from Rome that
Portugal will permit the landing of
British troops ut LourenZo Marques.
This comedies with the view, strongly
prevalent in some quarters here, THAT
the British invasion OF the Transyaal
will be made from that point.
The morning papers are divided Ill
OPINION as to whether sir George Stew
art Whites latest list of casualties in
cludes the losses of Lieutenant C;lrle-
tons column before its surrender. The
prepOnderance OF opinion lncllnes that
these are not included, since, If they
were, General White would probably
have menuOned the fact.