Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-11-04
INDECISIyE BATTLE.
A Days Fighting at Lady
smith With Small Resulta
Two BRITISH BiTTaLIOSS MISSING.
nosrs Are In Great Nsweew- snd
Hsve Long Range Gu.s-G~a-
eraf BaIs~r snd seaa Have
Reached Cape Town.

Reached Cape rovs-.
LONDON. Oct 81. - General Sir
George Stewart White. In command q
ire British troops IN Natal has sent the
following cficiai report 20 the war cfnce
q the battle with the Beers AZ Lady.
smith. dated I-adysmith, Oct 80:
Il employed all the troops here yester-
day szcrpt those obligatory a. garrison
for the works. sent No. 10 mountain
battery. with the Irish tasiieers and the
CloBcestsrshirs regiment. 20 take up
position on the hills % clear the LEFT
nAnk.
The force moved q, IL last night. and
during the night hring - the battery the
mules stampcded with some % the suns.
which. however. I hope 60 RECOVER.
Two hattalionr have "a YET not 10
turned hut are eSpectea this evening.
FL detailed two brigade divisions oe
6cid artillery aud Eve hattalioua of infan-
try aided by cavalry. uuder command u
Gtneral Frcnch. 90 attack the position "a
which the enemy yesterday mounted
guns.
They found the position evacuated.
I but our force was attacked with cuusid-
erahle vigor hy what I believe to be Conn
I mandaut General Jouberr's troops.
They had many guns aud showed
]
/ .Our troops pushed the enemy hack
several miles. but did not succeed In
| reaching bis laagers-
/ "Our lossss are estimated AZ hctween
I ~ and leo. The enemy's loss must have
bccn much greater. the hre % our guns
| appearing o. be very effective.
AFTER being in action Tor several hours
withdrew my troops and returued un-
moic-tcd to the cantonments.
The enemy ARE in great numbers. and
their guns range farther than Our neid
guns
II now have some naval guns. whicA
have temporarily suenccd and. hope
. win permanently dominate the enemy a
best guns. with which b. has been torn-
hardinx the town AZ range 81 over o.uoo
. yards"
II Is believed that the naval brigade
which arrived Monday ~ f.nfyrmith cuE-
.szts of 100 u,en frera toe krttlsh eFat.S.
i,hllouael. with sotne ~ the fhiieneta =
!, Inch quick hrcrs. wifh a rsnee q ln'o<t
= rardn friss a ~ peanA she'll
Tho battery that was iost - pfotshi
one consisting OF six "a inch muHzie load
. ers aud td mules.
= A Dispatch from Cape Town announces
the arrival la Table bay ~ ths bunutta
Castle late last evening, with General ~
Its,ivers Butler and his stan. who are cx
= pected On land this morniur. They wi
a /
!, Town.
Y Ia h reported from Pretoria thar 30 q
| the British wounded from Dundee hav
= arrived there and have heen furnish'
q | accommodation in the state school bulk
-. ings.
ii The Cape Town correspondent q IN
.o Daily Mail savs he learns that Colon
- Raden- Powell. the British commander
y. Mafeklng has lnid railway in a co
i, plete circle around Mafcking and h. ru
~ nng armorci trains around The to~
80 ready 20 meet the Beers az any point
According O. a dispatch % The Dai
Mail from Durham. IA has been asccrtai
II that the Natal Dutch have been a
lively assisting the Beers By carrying
-, formation regarding the British NOV
- - ments. II seems that. although the lau
- ings and departures 0t the troops are
-. fected by night and the greatest secre
- | ia maintained. yet the enemy s0mehs
II gets Information despite the severe -
- sorShip. II II also believed In purb
- - that the Dutch have assisted the Bo'
- by pointing Oct British officers In
- battles.
The American womens fund has
ready reached f5.33O. Oders % medi
stores and professional services pour
frona all points Ia the greatest profusi
~. The war ofice viii grIns the Ameris
- ladies exceptional privileges In promos
,sn theiE project. even going so far as 60
a. cept American surgeons. nurses and
NJ derlies, the latter 60 act as aids 90
~. nursss. The only stipulation is that
halS head OF each department. shall be q Il
- ish soldier The minimum sQuipm
-. nxed By the war once Is four surges
- ave head nurses and 40 noneOmmiss
cond ed othcsrs and ordsriies.