Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-01
But We're Later Rescued by
Their Comrades.
ONE OFFICER WOUNDED
And His Men Refused to Leave Him
The Success OF This Little Party
Raises the Hopes of the British
People.

London, Jan. Lowing to the lack or
news from important points, interest in
the war centers on the comparatively un-
important skirmishing near Dordrecht.
Captain Montmerency's sortie with pa
troll of 120 men of the Twenty-first Lane
ers and his retreat December Goth. were
followed the next day by successful
British engagement and the rescue of q,
small party supposed to be men Captain
Montmorency left behind him. Under
Captain Goldsworthy force of 125 men
with four guns accompanied by Captain
Montmorency's scouts sailed out Of
Dordrecht during the morning of De-
cember 31st, to relieve Lieutenant Turner
and twenty-seven men left over night at
Laonshagns. The Beers were driven back
and Lieutenant Turner's party was res
cued. Eight Beers and thirteen horses
are known to have been killed
The Times in its second edition pub
fishes dispatch from Sterkstrom, dated
December 81, which says:
Captain Montmorency's scouts are cut
off owing to their refused to leave
wounded officer, Lieutenant Warren. of
Brabantshorse. These men under Lieu
tenants Milford and Turner Of the from
tier mounted rifles defended themselves
most gallantly against the repeated at
tacks of some 800 Beers. The enemy re-
sorted to shipping during the night but
We're repused with loss. At 5:15 this
morning Captain Goldsworthy with the
Cape mounted rifles arrived and the enc
my fed to the hills, Turner's party, whose
ho6 No ~1V ,1l I,An y f~I
rescued. They displayed splendid pluck
and the brilliant manner in which Cap
tain Goldsworthy effected their relief on
his own responsibility is deserving of
the highest praise Our loss was two
men wounded. The Beers loss about
thirty men including eight men killed"
Another account says: 'The success of
this little party will arrest the progress
of the eneny's recruiting in that vicinity.
dispatch from the Modder river says
December 81 the naval guns planted a few
excellent shells without reply. The enc
my's position on the left is apparently
considerably weakened"
But neither Modder river nor the Frere
camps send any news tending to show an
impending change in the existing i'm
created by yesterdays dispatches that
General Butler meditated an immediate
forward movement.
Count Gleichen of the Grenad adier g,la rds
and distant relative of ueen Victoria,
who was wounded at the battle of Modder
river, has recovered from his wound ami
has left Capetown for the front.
A Capetown dispatch dated Sunday.
December 3lst, published in the second
edition of the Times says:
For the moment there is a general Iull
in active military operations pending the
arrival OF General Roberts. 1t is general
ly hoped THAT he will for some time at
least, direct the opera tons from here.
The absenc of General Butler, however.
unavoidably, has left the colony without
that central orsanizat ton and vigorous
control at headquarters essential to the
conduct of campaign along so vast a
frontier"
The same correspondent says: "In view
or the fact that Dr. Leyds and other Roer
agents seem able to cable freely to Pre-
ioria the British censorship will be even
stricter henceforth."
De Ear dispatch dated December
3lst. says mounted patrol has gone from
there and that other arrangements have
been made to prevent looting in that
neighborhoOd by small Boer forces.