Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-24

BocrH from advancing The Beers fred
cannon. ana the British artillery ar
rived on the scene and alloncod tho
Doors IRE. At s o'clock In the morning
the guards brigade moved steadily for
ward to a hill q few miles east o. BEL
mont station. Tho Scots and grcnndicrs
advanced to within nfty yards Of tho
base. when the Beers poured In u
scathlng FIRE. staggering III. guards
momontariiy, But quickly recovering
they returned the deadly hail 10 the
Bocrs The duel was continued for half
an hour
when the artillery commenced the
Beers evacuated their front position
and the scots guards rushed the hill
with the bayonct amid lus,y cheers.
''The ninth brigade then novel for
ward In EXTENDED order. and the Beers
started terrible cross.frc from the
surrounding hills. The coldstrcams.
supported by the Scots Ercnadlors.
Northumberland and Northamptons.
Htormcd the second position In the face
of n constant ana effective Bocr IRE.
The ninth brigade then advanced. the
artillery In the meantime maintaining
excellent practice. The British In
fantry never waVered. and when a tre-
mcndous cheer notified them VI the
charge the Beers lied and succeeded In
gaining a range Of hills In the rear. In
spite Of the lanccrs' thanking move
ment. The infantry again calamity
faced the IRE. and the naval brigade
came into action for the first time at
range Of $500 yards. The Infantry
was well supported by the artiilory.a and
the Boer. unable to withstand the
death dealing volleys, retired and were
again forced to abandon some minor
positions. The British cavalry charged
the Beers and pursued them for ave
miles.
Possession was taken Of the Docr
laagor and the Door stores were do.
atroycd.
THE Beers hoistcd white nag over
their second position. whercupon Lieut.
| Wllloughby ~ the Coldstrcam guards
stood up and was Immediately shot
down
"rhc Beers twice repeated the same
tactics"
The queen has sent Gen. Methucn her
congratulations ON the brilliant ao.
ton Of my guards. the naval brigade
and the other brave soldiers"
Mooi River. Natal. Nov. gi.--Thc
Beers have only sent an occasional
shell Into the British camp since this
| morning. Tile range OF the British
guns Is not sufficient for them to be cf.
| lectlyc.
| An official native runner oorrobor.
atos the report that heavy nrlng has
occurred northward, The runner. who
IL from Estcuurt, says he was cap
tured by the Beers who lnfest the coun.
try northward. lie adds they searched
him but failed TO discover the dis
| patches.
The Boers are In strong force under
the cover of the hlll on which are two
guns. when the british opened IRE
the runner escaped In the confusion.
The same runner was at Ladysmlth
last week. lie rclterates that heavy
| lighting occurred there. The BO"ra, he
claims, made several attempts TO cap
turc the British camp, but were re-
| pulsed with heavy loss. The native
explained the failure Of the assault
saying that every time the Beers app
preached the British set the whole
country ablaze, killing every one with
In reach.
Magalaple, Cape Colony Sunday, No.
vember. ia dispatch received here
from Mafeklng. dated Wednesday, No
vcmber 18Th, says
"rhe garrison IL cheerful but the
position il dams growing more difficult.
The Beers are always drawing their
| entertainments closer and pcrslstently
plying the British with artillery and
musketry nro, The garrison " living
almost entirely In underground shell
terra and the health OF the troops 10
suffering
Pretoria, Nov. N.-it is believed the
government VIII soon reyasc winston
Churchill as -combatant
The prisoners from Mafeklng and
Lohatsi are mostly railroad men. AZ
ter they had taken the oath not TO hght
against the Transyaal they were sent
to Delagoa Bay.
Capetown, Nov. ei-Unconfrmed re-
ports continue 10 arrive here to the ef-
feet that Gen. White recently caught
the Beers In trap AT l.ndysmith. In
duclng attachments Of the belcaguer-
lns force to venture into the open eoun-
try, when sortlu parties from the
British camp captured them.
II IN difficult. however, TO believe that
news OF such importance would not
have been officially announced, ana II
~ held the affair described VIII prob.
ably turn out 10 be the sortles reporter
from the lloer headquarters November
22nd
Three sauadrons Of African Hight
horse have gone northwnrd.
Late arrivals from Pretoria estimate
the Bocr casualties at LOCO men, hall
OF whom were killed. They also say
the race course there Is being prepared
| o.. In In ha .yQul of a hlORC.