Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-14
|to,s Regiments Driven Back in
Charge After Charge
|rvrHUEN FORCED TO RETIRE
-, 10 send out 10000 More
u,u-Lookiug TO GEN. bu'ier
10 score u Victory

Roers we're intrenched at Ma
E,,dn four miles north OF Mod
liver Al dawn Monday the High
.,srs advancing across the veldt'
~ suddenly subjected to a murder
Are from the trenches about ZOo
a, IN front. The great part OF
I. ,,arfd loss Of the day was thus
',r.rsd IN a single minute
Startled and overwhelmed the bril-
=. retired quickly. but soon rallied
,stained their position This was
o ihe left, ,,s
"a, the right the guards brigade
.,,,,ced across the yeldt against 9th
,,snebes and fought an Invisible foe
d, fifteen hours.
AIN IN the morning the Highland
:, we're sent forward. The Beers al
"a Them TO pass one line of trenches
"a ,,sn enfladed them. We raked the
- ~. trenches with artillery through
:, me day. The fighting only ceased
mn nIghifall.' ,s a.
.'rSus Of Winchester major OF the
-.asS battalion Coldstream guards.
- vas killed. and Col. Downham OF
y. srst battalion Gordon Highlanders,
- was mortally wounded.
Whsn the Highlanders met the MUIR
a,,,is polnt blank fire OF the Beers,
.,,nt s00 were moved down. The
n.y. watch regiment on reforming
,,rs able TO muster only 100 men. The
fosr lost heavily In the trenches ana
10 In the wire arrangements when
nv cane into the open In an attempt
a make a aank attack on the British
ne terrific British artillery fire pro-
vks8 no response except from the
p,srs' rifles. until nearly 4 o'clock In
4, afternoon. when the Highlanders
timed 10 renew the attack on the In
r,pebed kopje. They advanced with
Ne utmost gallantry to attack the
per. close 10 the place where lay
,,,lr dead and wounded comrades Of
b. Highland brigade.
The enemy opened with a heavy
,.apnel fire as the British advanced,
ui il was found physlcally impossl-
N 10 take the Boer trenches. The
Brl;sh got within 200 yards, but could
M get nearer. II was here that Col
leWnham fell
The Beers had free recourse to
hrbed.wire entanglements, which Of
fred great obstacles, even after the
anage inflicted by the British artil-
I'M ere
his morning Tuesday, both sides
tSuped the positions they held before
n battle. The greatest bravery was
! displayed By both officers and men. The
rounded include Lieut. Col. A. Z. Cod
r.C,on and Capt Sterling, both OF the
trt battalion OF the Coldstream
guards.
detachment OF Beers posted among
Nne thick bushes to the east main
snsd a most destructive fire on our
right With the remarkable talent for
uhng cover which the B0er always
tsplays, they were. generally speak
~ virtually invisible, and, although
hs snemys artillery was practically
atncei, his rife fire was SO persistent
a. concentrated, as well as unusually
vel aimed, that 1t was absolutely i'm
lealble for the British infantry TO take
" position by assault.
Al the first advance Of the Highland.
~ TIE Boer shooting, probably owing
. ne darkness. was somewhat high.
issrslse the British losses would have
etn still heavier
TIE Associated Press understands
nay The war Office yesterday CWednes-
al decided, in consequence OF Lord
hshuens losses al Magersfonteln 10
Aooi'ize an eighth division In reserve
~ 70 send the seventh division TO
" cape. Certain foreign stations Will |
Noaby be garrlsoned with militia; |
% II necessary, volunteers VIII be |
.AeQ 70 take places OF the militia al |
zone It is also likely that the mi
"a reserve Will be sent out to Join |
l,r respective battalions.
special dispatch from Pretoria. by |
| ~ OF Lourenzo Marquee, says: while |
" naltle Of Magersfontein was pro-
stlng The Free State artillery en-
.see an armored train along the rail-
~ nne toward Belmont. Forty-one |
,nsohers, belonging to the first bat
Aon OF The Gordon Highlanders, have
~ rayersed Jacobsdal. In the last
s.ek on Surprise Hill. three leading |
Noria townsmen were killed and |
s'sfa others wounded, causing great
N'fov here
r.-SShaon, Dec. lS--Geenral Forester
s.Aef telegraphlng from Capetown