The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-27
YULE,s CLOSE CALL.

LONDON, Oct 27-The official an
nouncement of the joining of Gen. White
and Gen. Yule has come as a great relief,
and all the more so that later dispatches
have shown that nothing but the inca
pacity Of the Intelligence department of
the Beers saved Gen. Yule's column from
destruction. 1t seems that on Friday
Dundee was full OF. alarms. Heavy firing
was heard at 1 o'clock and again at 4.
A severe thunderstorm soon afterward
stopped the Boer cennonade. Saturday
passed in the same, anxious manner, in
momentary expectation Of an attack. The
British finally evacuated, taking all they
could but leaving plenty behind for the
Beers to loot.
The appointments of the Boer hospital
at Dundee are described as very primitive
and inadequate, The Beers themselves,
In the absence of nursing staff, got only
escant attention. 1t is reported that Gen,
Sir William Penn Syuons died on
Wednesday, and not on Thursday, and
was buried at Dundee yesterday
Gen. Yules column had a Very exhaust
ing march, chiefly, it Is believed, by
night The reason for q night march is
! not given, but it was probably fear OF
Boer surprises. The heavy rain ard
mist hampered the march, but were, per-
haps, the means of saving Gen Yule from
mclestation. 1t took the column twenty
four hours to cover the last sixteen
miles
Tho only news this morning consists
of more detailed accounts Of the battles
already reported A correspondent who
visited the hospital at ladysmith, where
the Boers wounded at iGlandBlGagte, who
hot,
that Gen. Jan Kock, who was badly
wounded in the thigh and shoulder, said
that the advance of the patrol under
Commandant Pienar, without guns. was
simply with the object of cutting tho
railway, and that this body was subse-
quently reinforced without Gen. Joubert's
orders, Gen. Viljoen accompanying them.
The latter was killed early III the fight.
BIBLE IN BATTLE
According to another corr respondent, the
Roers say that Gen. KOck, during the
battle, read his Bible and prayed for
victory His brother. two sens and q
nephew were all wounded and taken pris-
oners. Col. Scniel of the German corps,
and Commandant Pretorius were both
severely wounded. Many prominent
Beers are yet unaccounted for.
Philip Kock said the Peers suffered
most from soldiers In little clothes half
men and half women" meaning the Cor
don Highlanders, and in the charge Of
the Fifth lancers. They also say that
two quick-firing guns captured by the
Devonshire regiment are those taken
from the Jameson raiders.
Col. Schiel assured the corre spondent
that nothing could stand against the ac-
curacy of the British field guns, which re-
peatedly drove the Transvaal gunners
from their embrasures. The British inIan-
try fire was also, he said. a complete
surprise to the Beers, who were nn-
dent Of their ability to master any in
fantry attack.
One Elandsaagte correspondent ex-
presses the belief that the British kill
fewer Beers than might have been eV-
pected, considering the heavy fire Of the
British artillery.
The bullet of the Boer Mauser, it ap-
pears, makes a clean, healthy wound
whore it passes out. No operations for
extraction have been necessary at TIE
Ladysmith hospital
With regard to the western frontier, 1t
is reported that President Steyn rec ntly
visited force of 1000 Roers encamped
ten miles south Of Kimberley.
The war Is having its natural erect in
Cape Colony. Everything is at famine
prices and horsefesh is at a tremendous
premium.
culated in the Rurghersdorp district ap-
pealing to the Dutch to stand shoulder
to shoulder against the "tyrant, who
never keeps faith"
'NDHOd S.TIQA MID
LONDON Oct 26.-The war office has
received the following dispatch from Gen.
White:
Ladysmith. Oct 26-Gen. Yule's col
umn has just marched in here after
very hard march during night of ex-
ceptionally heavy rain. The men, though
done up, are in good spirits and only
want a rest. The enemy did not molest
theCl.
Reports reached here today that Gen.
Pripsleo had swung column of Free
State troops between Ladysmith and tie
forces of White and Yule. The war office,
as usual refuses to affirm or deny the
report 1t is admitted, however, that the
Beers occupied ElandslaaSte and Reitfon-
tein as soon as the British forces with
drew after their victories, hence military
experts agree that the Boer army is
pressing close on the heels Of the re-
treating forces, if they have not been
surrounded.
ROMBARDMENT OF MAFEKING.
PRETORIA, Oct. A-(Via Lourenzo