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ed strikingly shows that, although the

ed strikingly shows that, although the
British victory was complete, it was
bought at heavy price In addition to
Sir William Penn Symons, who is NOR
tally wounded, two colonies, three cap
tains and five lieutenants were killed
and colonel, three majors, six cap
tains and ten lieutenants We're wound
ed.
This heavy loss among the officers
was due, as the latest dispatches from
the front show, to their valiant but in
sensate conduct in sticking to the ira
ditions of the British army, and refus-
availed themselves, in the storming of
the Boer position on the summit of the
kopje.
Beers Utterly Demoralized.
The Outlook publishes dispatch
from Cape Town, dated Friday, alleg-
ing that the Beers are not likely to
make any further considerable often
sive movement. The correspondent
says:
''They are utterly demoralized, and the
men refuse to take risks. They are grow
ing to distrust the aged Joubert. The
mixed mercenaries are proving trouble
some The artillery is badly handled and
the administrative department is revealing
NAKED defects.
MIR. Schreiner, the Cape premier, is each
day being brought more into line with the
policy of Sir Alfred Miner, British high
commissioner in South Africa and COVER
nor of Cape Colony; and his resignation is
not now desired, as the premier's present
attitude is considered safeguard against
Dutch disaffection."
Was a Long Battle.
The earliest dispatches regarding
Fridays battle conveyed the impression
that the whole affair was over in a
couple of hours, the British artillery 81
lencing the Boer guns and infantry and
then simply charging right over the
hill. According to the latest advices,
however, the battle lasted eight hours
and nearly seven hours elapsed before
the last Boer gun was put out of &C.
ton.
The Irish fusleers and the Kings
rifles, meanwhile had advanced to the
assault and were shooting their way
up the hill, driving the Beers back
from shelter to shelter, until the fina
rush of the British carried them to the
summit.
1t was a bright, clear morning, which
enabled the operations to be followed
by the staff officers without difficulty
A curious fact was that several times
lull occurred in the firing on both
sides, the British infantry apparently
taking breathing space in the stiff
climb, and the Beers also holding back
their fire.
The magnificent practice of the Brit.
ish guns was an immense help, and the
success OF the assault was greatly due
thereto. An enormous quantity of am
munition was expended.
Once the British bayonets showed or
topof the kopje, the Beers retreated, and
when on descending the other side
they found British battery and Brit
fish cavalry outflanking them, the re
treat became a rout. The British gun.
to time, threw shells among the flying
foe.
The latter did not wait to try conclu
sions with the hussars ard mounted in
fantry, who apparently seldom got neal
enough to deliver effective volleys. The
pursuit was continued until dusk, when
the Beers were completely demoral
lied. A heavy rain began to fall late
/. in the afternoon, which naturally i'm
peded artillery work.
1t is striking incident that Friday
was the second anniversary of a sim.
liar feat of British arms in India, when
the Gordon highlanders stormed Kar.
gal heights.
Beers Fear the Basutos.
The paramount chief Of the Basutos