Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-23
)cK AND PET JoUBERT TAKEN CAPTIVE
Former, Second in Command Of Transvaal
Army, Dies from Injuries.
BRITISH CASUALTY LIST is ALSO HEAVY
One Hundred and Fifty Are Said
to he Dead or woundcd-Bocrs
Occupy Rocky HilI, which
They Hold to the Last.

Copyright 1899. by Press Publishing Coz
CAPEToWN, Oct. 22-(New York World
Cablegram-Special Telegram )-Another big
engagement was fought yesterday at Glands
laagte, fifteen miles northeast of Lady
smith and about twenty miles southwest OF
Glencoe.
At a. m. the Natal field artillery, the
Imperial Light Horse and the Manchester
regiment left Ladysmith in armored
train to attempt to recover Elandslaagte sta
tion. 1t was the intention OF General Sir
George Stewart White. commanding the
British forces in Natal, to reopen the rail-
way to Glencoe and Dundee, which was cut
before the engagement of Friday, October
20. in which General Sir William Penn Sym
ons of General Whites subordnates, in
command was mortally wounded.
Yesterday the Beers were found in
highly intrcnched position and under the
heavy fire of their guns the train COM
PEELED to retire. British troops were then
constantly sent forward from Ladysmith and
in the afternoon having been reinforced by
the Devonshire regiment, part of the Gordon
Highlanders the Lancers and artillery, Gen
eral French led a general attack upon the
Boer position.
The Beers fought with the greatest brav-
cry and tenacity, but at p. m. their guns
were silenced by British shrapnel. The
Manchester regiment and tho Gordon High
landers outfanked the Boer left and at
p. m. the enemys position was carried by
a gallant charge.
1t was then dark and heavy rain was
falling. All the Beers fed on foot, the Brit
ish cavalry in full pursuit. The loss was
heavy on both sides 1t is reported that
1000 Beers were captured as well their
equipment wagons and many horses. The
Boer general, Jan Kock, second in COM
mand under General Joubert of the Trans
vaai forces, was captured and has died of
his wounds.
Advices from Cape Town.
,prrrnwN, OFT 90. My v~-l, world
Cabiegram-Sp Special Telegram. )-There was
much hard fighting at and around Glencoe
camp today and it still continues tonight.
The Transvaa main column from the
north, commanded by Commandant Joubert,
descended from the hills in the early morn
ing and attacked the strongly entrenched
position of the British. After fierce fighting
until 10 a. m. the Beers were repulsed with
heavy losses. Three of their cannon were
captured.
dispatch from Glencoe camp states that
the British cavalry pursuing the force OF
Beers defeated Friday were engaged with a
strong detachment Of the enemy on the main
north road. Firing was going on northwest
of the camp tonight.
A late dispatch says the Beers are she'll
ing Dundee, about six miles northeast oil
Glencoe, but the firing is at long rance an
ineffective.
The Boer loss in the fighting around Glen
coe on Friday is now estimated at 1000.
No Decisive Fight.
While some hot engagements have been
fought British military experts here think
no decisive fight has yet taken place. They
expect that the really decisive battles OF this
war will be fought at Kimberley, Cape Col
ony. where Cecil Rhodes is now surrounded
and at or near Laing's Mex, on the extreme
north frontier of Natal after the Beers shal
have been driven out of the colony into tht
Transvaal.
II is believed that the Beers will try tc
blow up the diamond mines at Kimberley
where the garrison, all told, numbers less
than 1000 men. The Beers are destroying
bridges over the Orange river south OF Kim
berley and ripping up the rails Vryburg' I
small town in Cape Colony near the borde
of the Transvaal, has been abandoned TO th'
Beers The Dutch have all left there. II Il
reported that the Beers have shot two prls
oners
News from Kimberley and points beyon
on the west reaches here very SLOWLY Al
the telegraph wires are cut and messages ar
carried by native runners. Ihe pehel gro"
that the Beers are afraid to attack an
nIace shat is nearly adequately defended
Their policy is to get the British anon
the mountains and, under cover, shoot ther
down. Already 500 Beers have been re
pulsed by sixty British in the open'
Adyices from MafehinE.
,,,ro,vN oct oo-(New York Worl
Cablegram-Special am)-colonei ba
den-Powell in command at Mafeking' wire
rpder date OF October 10 that hfty-thre
poers were killed and large numpe
sounded In the fight with his forces IL wa
renorted here that the explosion OF a iyduil
mine-fred by Colonel Baden-Poweil "he
he pretended to retreat and so lea the pu1 pan
suing enemy over the mine-hau hii'ea A'oO
poors and that General Cronje woula ho
he likely TO attack again, but might re'no'
MAFEKING Oct. 15.-(Via kurumai
Rechuanaland, Oct. n, and capeio"n' W
221-(New York World Cabiegrain,opeo'a
Telegram.)-The force OF Beers uiiuel uea
oral Cronie attacked the British outpos's
S,a,a,,Inc from the north early this morn
49, fOct 15l There was heavy hrlng iroi
a n,tiI II o'clock The enemy was heiu
cback NV one squadron of the protec'oia'
regiment and an armored tram hanne'
the British South African police ~.
The enemy never got within hve mlie
of the town. but after the seeonu sqaSutv ~
of the protectorate regiment got INTO M ~
engagement the Beers were repulseu, @
airy was needed to complete 'ne -,
mr. pritish casualties were two killed an
tweIva wounded. The Beers fire was some
times Wild. Probably under misapprehei
sion, they fred on the Red Cross The @ bo'
loss is not known. fresh attack IN iof'
from the south is expected shortly
Told by the Associated Press
LADYsMITH, Oct. 22.-Realizing that u
first attack on Glencoe was part OF gel
eral combined attack by three columns al
that the situation was still serious SO Iol
as the Beers held the railway al hiahu'
Iaagte seyering communications betwet
Ladysmith and Dundee. Sir George stewa