The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-06-03
STORY OF THE BoER WAR.
summary of the Stirring History of
the Last Eight Months in South
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their utIluLdtuIil W. dayo adtCl
tbe British agent left Pretoria. Natal
and Cape Colony were invaded, and La
ms Mex was occupied Mafeking and
tinlberley were invested by the Beers
and an armored train with two guns was
centured near Mafeking within the next
Two days. A combined movement was di-
rected against the British force of 1000
men under Gen. Symons at Gler re. Com
nandant Lucas Meyer made the attack
on the goth. Gen. Symons, the British
commander, carried the hill on which the
Peers had established themselves, cap
tured their guns and drove them off but
he was himself MORALLY wounded and died
day or two afterward. A detachment
of Hussars wtis captured while pursuing
the retreating foe. Meanwhile the Beers
had seized the railway between Glencoe
and Ladysmith, and were only dislodged
after a stubborn fight al Elandslaagte on
the 21st. On this occasion Commandant
Viljoen was killed and two guns We're
taken by the British. The attempt to iso-
late the British force at Glencoe thus
failed, but as another attack was threat
ened the British force was compelled to
retire, and join the main body at Lady
smith, leaving the wounded at Dundee.
To cover his retreat Gen. Sir George
White had to fight again, at Rietfontein,
n on the 24th, and again the Beers were dis
i occasion was heavy. A little later Col
Baden-Powell inflicted some loss on Cron-
ieS command in a brilliant sortie and
bayonet charge at Mafeking. Meanwhile
4 Ladysmith was gradually being invested
by Gen. Joubert, and the British suffered
great loss on Oct. 80. On that day about
one thousand men, consisting of the Royal
Irish Fusilliers and the Gloucestershire
Regiment with No. 10 Mountain Battery
were surrounded at JNicholson's Mex and
forced 90 capitulate. They were overcome
otter they had lost their ammunition
through a stampede of the mule train.
The British troops at Colenso were on
Nov. 2, forced to retire over the Tugela
bridge, and all communication between
Ladysmith and the south was cut off
Also the bridges over the Orange river
into Cape Colony were seized. Aliwal
North. jamestown and Coiesberg were oc-
cupled on the 18th, and a considerable
number OF the Cape Colonists joined from
the south, and Lord Methuen commanding
a. orange river pushed on in an effort to
relieve Kimberley, to Belmont and on
Nov %. defeated a strong Boer force.
SlXty-four wagons were taken, and 50 900
rounds of ammunition, with $50 shells
were blown up. The British dealt another
severe blow to the Beers at Enslin ON the
18th. when the Beers fought under cover
Of white flag
Inc position of Kimberley had much an
"a ZIG pIOSIESS OF the Cecil
Khodes went to the town on Oct 70 ana
pronounced it "as safe as PiccadiIIv The
force under Lord Methuen five DAYS after
deteating the enemy at Belmont effected
the passage OF the Modder river in the
race of 5000 Beers in lone of the hardest
and most trying fights in the annals of
the British army"
Arrival of Butler at Durham
The arrival of Sir Redvers Butler al
l1Drhan a r4e.a,
smith campaign. The Beers after invast
ing that place, had continued to spread
south and toward the Tugela Before the
appearance of the British reinforcements.
Iney occupied Colenso, as well as Beacon
hill and the Mooi river Among the nrorn
lnent Incidents of the British advance
We're night attack on the Beers at VIII
10" erange and the armored train engage
iheht at Ch1eveley on Nov. Is. when Win
son churchill especially distinguished
LimseiI. Gen. Hildyard made an attack
from Estcourt on Beacon Hill and CIR
Joubert had to withdraw in the direction
OF Coleuso and Ladysmith. On the last day
OF November Ladysmith was effectively
snelled by the Beers from Lombsrd's Kop.
On Dec. the British stormed :.on-
oaros kop and captured Boer gun Two
Gays later Gen. Gatacre attemptad 10 si,r
prise the Boer position at Stormbers in
Nalal. The attempt resulted disastrously
us forces being raked by the Beers rifle
aau artillery fire, without a possibility of
replying. While the Boer loss in this en-
ssseinent was slight, the British lost 6S7
On the 18th Gen. Methuen, in attempting
70 IeheVe Kimberley, attacked the Boer
position in Magersfontein, north of the
Modder. The British We're forced to retire
wl'h heaVy losses, Gen. Wauchope and the
snarquls OF Worcester being killed Two
uays later the Beers, who were advancinc,
south in Cape Colony toward Naaurnpoort'
were drlVen back by Gen. French. with a
loss OF forty. On the 18th the British sus-
talnea another serious reverse. Gen. Bull
er' IN attempting 10 force passage Of
ne lugeia river at Colenso, was repulsed
win loss of 1907 officers and men and
Xtieven guns. Three days later the British
var once announced that Lord Roberts
I wouid be sent to command in South Ar
u Hea' with Lord Kitchener as chief of staff.
the front. ~
FOR nearly the whole of the following
loH'h the hostilites consisted chiefly In
~ occasional sortie and In more or less
iar'iless artillery warfare. But on jan 6
.ne Boers made desperate attempt 10
axe LAdysmith. AS early as 2:3O n M
by attacked two strong positions of the
r,I'ish at Caesars Camp and Wagon HILL
ne battle was fiercely fought on both
sues and the positions mentioned were
napIured and recaptured three times, the
oIlush at the end holding their
o"h and in1icting tremendous loss
,n the Beers. The attack con-
nnued until 7:sO p m. and at dark
I ne boers were driven out at the point of
.ne oayonet. The British losses were $50
nncers and men and those of the Beers
we're thought to have been very much
ueaVier On the same day Gen. French
eported SERIOUS accident at Coles
, ,'s1s a company of the Suffolk Regiment
"nn seven officers, was captured, and
~ oe man. score of officers and men
" we. Killed. On this day also Gems. Rob
I.s and Kitchener reached Cape Town.
me Advance Towards Ladysmfth.
IN January u the British army. under
y 81 warren and Lord Dundonald, prepar-
lor general advance from Colenso to
me- reiier OF Ladysmith. They crossed the
,risst ela az Potgieter's and Trichardt's
n r's and Lord Dundonald's mounted
toopS engaged in a successful action with
le boers near Acton Homes. On Jan. 20