The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-10-28

According 60 British Dispatches the
Britons Repulsed superior Force
OF Beers, aud the Boer Commander,
Botha, was Among the Killed.
London oct. 2S.-The dispatches
from the seat of war in the Transvaal
are few and far between. II is pre-
sumed in Natal that the Beers are re-
constructing their plans and that the
English are resting. but kilograms
from Ladysmith at express rates still
occupy AS hours I'm transmission to
London, and therefore it is not inn
possible that something is happening
The special dispatches assert that
Colonel Baden-Powell, the British COM
mander at Mafeking. Is aware that
Pretoria has given General Cronje
orders TO stay his hand, as already
there is quite enough to employe the
Beers in Natal
During the momentary lull in the
fighting in Natal comes news from the
western border, which temporarily
shifts the scene of chief interest to
the beleaguered British force at KIM
berley. The sharp struggle there on
Tuesday appears to have been the re-
suit of a sortie with the view of break
ing the Gordon surrounding the place
The British, apparently 500 strong, met
700 Beers, and, according to the Off
cial and other accounts, routed them
after severe fighting, in which the ar
! 70 roI
liable service. The Beers we're en-
trenched strongly seven miles north
ward and the British brilliancy carried
the enemy's position without serious
| loss. 1t is said that the Beers twice
unfairly used a white flag. Botha, the
| Boer commander. who was among the
/ killed, was a member of the volksraad
and a famous Dutch fighter.
A special dispatch from Cape Town
! gives details of the defeat of 700 Beers
! by the British at Riverton, north OF
Kimberley, Wednesday, in which the
enemy was completely routed with
heavy loss, the British loss being three
men killed and twenty wounded, in
Guiding two officers wounded,
The Daily Telegraph has the follow.
!
| day: Our cavalry patrols have beer
fired on this forenoon and chased by
the enemy near the scene of the Reit
| fontein engagement. The Beers show
signs of becoming aggressive. We
learned of the capture of the Hus
sars in response to a military wire sen
to Commandant General Joubert.
The Cape Town correspondent o
The Daily Telegraph says he learns
that Colonel Schiel. the wounded anC
captured commander of the German
contingent of the Boer forces, is the
same individual who acted as Cete
wayo's military adviser in the ZulI
war, and who, after the battle o
Ulundi, offered e1,OOO as a reward fol
the capture of the fugitive chief.
According to the latest account o
the first battle at Glencoe the Boe
army amounted to 1000 men, anC
about noon another army, almost a
large, under Commandant Genera
Joubert, advanced within 5000 yards q
Glencoe camp and then retired Tn
Boer losses were very heavy, fully 800
Sir Alfred Miner, governor of Cap
Town, and W. p. Schreiner, the pre-
mier, have issued a proclamation de
claring null and void the proclamation
of the Orange Free State asserting
that portion of Cape Colony is nov
Free State territory. Sir Alfred Mil
ner's proclamation warns all Britisl
subjects in the colony of their dut,
and obligations to the queen.
A telegram from Buluwayo, Rhode
sia, dated Monday, says: A Boer fore
is threatening Chief Khama and Chic
Linchwe, who are loyal to Great Brit
ain. The two chiefs country lies at tn
extreme northwest of the Transvaa
and includes Bechuanaland. 1t seem
a gross mistake for the Beers to pro
woke war among the natives. The prob
able explanation is that the Boer fore
intends to destroy the railway to Bulu
wayo, and thus prevent any attemp
of Colonel Plummer's Rhodesian fore
to go to the relief of Mafeking.