The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-18

49, lame today made a determined
s tas W nanfure two positions. Caesars
~ IA wagon hill. The latter is
~ .,'ssrsnoe to the southwest, possession
~ ~ you'd have brought them within
n 49, lsn.s a. the town. Caesars camp
re - IS the First battalion of the Man
.s.sler regiment
nyitish Troops Surprised.
81. ro.Ition was separated from that
~. - Roers by a rocky ravine. In the
y ~ hourx Of the morning. under cover
$4,000 su the Heidelberg commando sue
49, a eyading our pickets. making
n 80 through the thornbusi and
w. 'ses,sv me foot Of the slope at 2;So, The
1872 vas raised by our sentries. but be-
\. ~ f,,ll extent Of the danger could be
Is.sS fhe outlying sangars had been
's.s.S ana their defenders slain.
| as,son,s Rush To Assistance.
=, Sesring the firing two companies Of
Z. 0rdon Highlanders went to the as
1,.s~ d the Manchesters. AT first 1t
- Nousht that the Beers were concen-
...,ss a The southern slope, where they
hi sjfeady secured a footing on the pla-
Isl. Hare. however, their advance was
+ x..tsd by the steady volleys Of our In
ssti5 and the deadly fire Of an automatic
n III Hunt-Grubbe went out to see II
"a. M were needed by the troops sta
~ a the ridge near the town. He
=, n aware that the enemy had al
~ captured the hreastworks, and
MI o,at 10 the sergeant. He received
" nm. Here I am, SIR and then he
.ss6enIy disappeared from sight. Capt.
m,us1;a suspecting ruse. ordered the
nscdons 10 IRE a volley and to charge.
~ enemy thereupon fell back, precipi-
IAN. having behind them the officer
sSosn they had captured with SO much
rslepcs Of mind. The lieutenant was
salts unhurt.
vi wAs now quite evident that the
ann Nsa being assailed on the left flank
"a "a the front. BY daybreak rein
ssrclsntnts Of the Gordon Highlanders
n & 'the rife brigade had been hurried
n d lie fighting line. Lieut.. Col. Dick
e1yneham, who was leading the Cor
5sns out of camp, fell mortally wounded,
hsirr lit by a stray bullet while still
elcss to the town. The Fifty-third batter,
ofnsli artillery, under Maj. Abby, crossed
the Klip river and shelled the ridge and
rsysrse slope Of the front position, where
tke enemy were lying among the thorn
bushes
The shfapnel, which few over our
heads did terrible execution. 1t effect
uslly held the Beers in check and rem
daed It impossible for them to send re-
lnforcsmcnts to their men through the
rsvins
noers Pressed Back.
The enemy fought throughout with
ihs mast stubborn courage, being evidently
determined to take the camp or die in the
attempt. Their s!x-inch gun on Umbul-
xano mountain. and its smaller satellites.
arW more than hundred shells at
ADDS battery, and at the troops on the
hn Our troops, however, were not less
gallant and resolved, and the enemy was
pressed back step by step until at length
hose who were left broke and fled in ut
Tar disorder
Terrific storm Burats.
"A terrific storm OF rain and hail, accom-
rnisd BY peals Of thunder, had burst over
camp during the fighting. This served
bMell the streams into raging torrents.
d their efforts to escape numbers of the
Enemy flung themselves into the current
md were swept away. The struggle in
hs part Of the field was now ended. and
ne finale was a terrific fusillade all along
Be lne the crash of which almost drown
q tie tacessant thunder above.
Exciting Fight ON Wagon Hill.
acanwhile, more exciting contest was
progress IN the direction OF Wagon hill.
~ o'clock a strong party, furnished by
To HaTismith commando, crept slowly
sM cautiously along doga in the val
ty which divides our posts from their
amp A few welI-aimed rife shots killed
I pckets. Taking advantage of every
Ma q cover, the Beers then gradually
reached tho crest of the height. Here
Woy q light horse was posted, but they
W. forced TO retire before the advance
Me Free 6taters, there being no breast
sGks Tor defense on the western Shout
Oa Of the hill With little to impede their
nssAee the enemy soon came to. an en-
p Meement, where they surprised working
nuss q the Gordon Highlanders and
W sixtieth rifles.
British Driven Out.
lssat Dnnby Jones, of the Royal en-
sase's, collected handful of men and
~ ~ gallant effort to hold the position.
" 'ne numbers were against. him. and
w stubborn resistance he was driven
s ~ sno the enemy got possession of the
,ss la Even then. however, the Free
ssseis were afraid to venture far or TO
~ we heavy fire from the sangar. Here
|. ~ n mat Lieut. McNaughton and thirty
:, Mo Gordons were captured, although
a. y, anlh every man among them was
POSITION BECOMES Critical.
a. 9 O'Clock Col, Edwards. will, two
~, v.sa'ons OF light horse arrived upon the
-, shu the Twenty-first battery of the
~ ~ aed artillery, under Maj Blewitt,
r,,S ,h.o action, preventing the storming
~. oeihg reinforced from the Boer camp.
- Me same time the Eighteenth hus-
M ~ and the Fifth lancers checked the
s AM from the Spruit on our right
~ .a- nevertheless our position at this
e., ,.s.s had become critical. Our men had
,s a,sa lof cover behind the northern slope,
N WI 'ne enemy had made their way into
sa@ oividing them from the hill.
!. TWO Officers Shot Down.
bs ~ bowen rallied few of the rifles,
A. "a while leading them to the charge.
i'll. Aalhpie was at once followed by
Az ioa' but the latter met the same
,r niiiant Charge by Gordons.
'ae enemy was making good the foot
~ ney had already secured In tho en-
= sment when Mai Miller Walnut call
~ scattered Gordons together. chars-
=. and drove them back. Hovine tbns
iopss 'he ground he joined Lieut.. Digby
ssaes IN newly prepared empIaeement on
western shoulder
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