The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-24
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enei fire or Dundee yesterday. The fire
was continued tos5aT. The result IL not
knowH here.
Kruger Takes the Field tn Person
The Daily Telegraph has received the foi-
lowing from LsA-sYnish. dated Sunday ~
40 d H.: THE Beers. reported to Dc
300 strong. and unGsr the command OK
CcmmaBdanf Gen. Jouoert ard President
Kruger In person. are again To-Day at
lacking Glencoe. Gen. Yuie. Commanding
cur troops has moved MS camp p@cs Ii'o
q better defensive position
Gen. white Heard From.
LONDON, Oct zs~Taa war office re-
csiyed the following dispatch from yen
Gee. Stewart White. commander in Natal
dated at I-asysGnitb camp. s:i5 3. m to-
day:
Gen. Yuie telegraphed NE yesterday
evening tha, the xoumte3 at Dundee were
doing well
Tht. DISPATCH partly relieves the anxi-
e,v rsys riding G,encos AS tho British there
had svf4entiy not been attacked up u last
evening.
Hattie of Glands Laagte.
The Daily Mail publishes the following
dissertation Of the battle Of E,an5s iaaete
from iss special war correspondent. q. w.
Stevens. filed at Ladysmith:
D2tt!F was a bFhHAbt "ifH Npt'Et~N~
suee.s~ The Beers numbered from l.2"
10 a0c. and probably had abou; 100 killed
and i5o wounded.
THE fight itself was like q practical IL
iustration OF handbook tactics. each arm
represented doing its proper work to per-
lection The Gordon Highianders In their
attack advanced in magnificent order They
were immedia tsiy salutSd with a heavy
Are which told from the fret.
M tc- AL with "A bullet his leg.
but an he lay where ne fell. he III pipe
and smoked placidiy while the advance
continued. AS man after man dropped, sup
porte were rushed into the firing line. our
men darling from cover to cover, splen-
didiy led and ever advancing. Yet. as
ridge after ridge was wen. the Highlanders
still found new ridge confronting them,
and thus they fought their bleeding way
until. the final ridge was neared. with near-
ly ever officer down.
Then, slamming every available man
into the firing line, Manchester. Deyons
and light horse al! mixed. with bugies
chanting tho advance. bagpsDes shrieking
and the battle a confused surge. our men
swept. yelling forward. and the position
was won.
Meanwhile. squadrons OF lancers ard
dragons Tapped round the Boer left nank.
catching the enemy as they retired In or
der, goring and stampetitng them to pieces.
And the commando Was not"
Many Doer Prisoners.
DURHAM. Natal. Oct g, $50 p. m.-tDe-
layed In Transmission AN official dispatch
from Ladysmith says about 30 Boer pris-
oners have been marched into the town.
including Gen. Ben Vtljoen. Gen. Jan Kock
and Col! Sohiel.
Rejoicing Ina Cape Town.
CAPE TOWN. Oct. e3.-The capture of
Gen, Hen piIjoen IL "a cause of great salts
faction TO the outlanders. He IS the author
Of the violent pamphlets. virtually intend
ed TO incte the Dutch of the colony 10
rebellion and fl IL sincerely hoped that he
will BE- brought to trial and punished as
he deserves
]. Is difficult To gauge exactly the
arnosnt OF feeling excited among the Dutch
by the recent British victories Their be-
hayior. on the whole, is excellent cons;l
erfna the great amount OF sympathy they
feel Tor their kinsnsn in the Trannyaaj and
Grange Free State. The Rgitlshers receive
sih. news Of each success In Natal and ot
tie grand stand al Mafekinx with the
widest enthusiasm, but the Dutch are 81
lent Now ana then a few who are more
violent than the rest express their sorrow
openly but the ganeTal feeling is PERHAPS
one Of relief AZ the thought that British
success will not compel them IN face tho
possibility Of giving active support to the
enemy.
kiWhcrIcy Appeals for Ala.
The Daily Mall says II understands that
a message was received In London vester-
day from Cecil Rhodes. dated Kimberley
October Is declaring In substance that the
inhabitants OF Kimberley desired to draw
the attention of the government 10 the
need OF speedily sending rsinforeementa
"a a he ~ hgtY ya3
by increasing numbers OF Transvaas and
Free State Beers The matter according Ia
the Daily Mall has been submitted TO the
cabinet.
Further Successes ut Matching
LONDON. oct st--The correspondent
Of the Daily Mali at Durham. Natal SAYS,
An official 81 the bonanza mine who has
Just arrived from Pretoria declares tina;
While there ne heard that Col Baien Pow
ell. thu British commander a; Mafeking.
had captured Gen cron3e ami thirty Other
Beers ard had killed 81
The Bocr Account OF Fighting.
PRETORIA oct. delayed IN trans
mission Tho Transvaal government r,.-
eetved this morning the following dispatch
from Commandment GeG. FIT JoIhert:
''commanaar, Lucas Meyer has had an
engagement at ptinaes. He made a plan
Of campaign with Commandant Erasmus
by messenger. Erasmus however. failed
t. appear.
II, - estimated that the British los,
heavily. our forces Suffered. but cwsns,
To- the mist It has hsen iupoe sshle 10 get
all the details II Is reported that fen -
our soldiers ware killed and twenty five
wounded"
pr. Irsds Uiser~dit. stories
BRUSSELS oct - nr LsytS the 81
plomatt representative OF the Trsnsvaal
IN Europe. - quoted Us an Interview az
saving & * difficult ~ give an opin.an
on the battles fought az Glencoe and
Elsn's haEte. rs ,he dispatches ali esra-
nate from British sources. tie Is sail 10
have added
My e.n dispatches have nat arrived
probably 0~tre - the censnyahip In the
1nean while 81 nos consider .he situation
has sov 'he VoevS ~ tsa,fe out bv the
British tetegrar's which Ara iu.endsd fer
the English public and market ana are
hy far too 2p.}m.st}c Ttse fact that the
Beers retired 81 sFaer 90 fpf,n tAteT ssoes
noG imply Asfest That - cerl of their
tactics jnf 3ers n.t rfovr thar :Asy have
su1.resi exefaust4
deer ,a.aaiti~- at Lands tsass~.