The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-12-28

LONDON, Dec. 16.-The following
dispatch has been received by the War
Olilce from Lord Kitchener:
PRETORIA. Dec. 15.-Five officers
and 3lG men, Magaliesbers prisoners,
have Leen released
The Beers surrounded and captured
12O of Brabant's Horse in deilie in
zastron district.
Colonel Bloomfield, moving on Vry-
held defeated the Beers with heavy
loss. driving them from Scheeper Mex
and capturing quantity OF arms. The
Scheeper's Mex movement occurred
December 18th.
The Beers who attacked Vryheid
December 10th, lost 100 killed and
fighting lasted all day, the enemy
drawing off at 1880 p. m. The British
loss was killed 10 wounded and 80
missing. Our casualties include two
officers, who died of their wounds.
DETAILS OF FIGHT.
LONDON, Dec 1.-THE Magalies-
berg affair is described as follows in
spatch to the Standard from Reit-
foL ,ein. THE scene of the engage
ment was horseshoe-shaped depres-
sion. The NOrthumberlands occupied
tho center. General Clements camp
WIS pitched 1000 yards lower down at
tho eastern point OF the horseshoe and
Colonel Legge's camp was about 800
yards distant.
General Delarey's 900 men, against
whom General Clements had fought
repeated actions, were suddenly, un
known to General Clements, re-enforc-
ed by 5000 from Warm Baths under
COmmandant Boyers. Al daybreak
Colonel Legge's pickets deserted what
seemed to be fresh force of British
troops thirty yards distant. The
strangers were challenged They re-
piled with a volley, revealing 400
heavy and the noise aroused Colonel
Legge's troops, who arrived just in
time TO save the outposts from capture.
A furious engagement ensued. Artil-
lery was brought up and compelled the
Beers to retire Colonel Legge followed
up the withdrawal, but was shot dead
by a buuet through the head.
General Clements and his staff soon
arrived. The staff suffered severely,
but General Clements appeared to have
a charmed life. While mounted men
were driving the enemy back along a
slope thickly covered with dead Beers,
a deafening rifle fire suddenly broke
out on the plateau above. The sig
nallers photographed that the North
were being attacked. Cen
eral Clements. convinced that they
would easily hold their own, deposed
the remainder of his forces on the
hanks and rear of his two camps.
AT 4:30 a. m. a heliograph from the
western peak announced that the
3oers were about to overwhelm the
'usileers. General Clements was una
Die to send adequate help, but dis |
patched Geomanry to climb the hill |
side and create a diversion. Before |
he Yeomanry could come into action |
he Beers had overlapped the North /
and were in possession of
he entire horseshoe, flying down on
he Teomanry, entangled by the BUSH :,
IS and powders. The Northumber- (
ands made a magnificent defense as
ong as their ammunition lasted. Ac- 3
,ording to Boer accounts, many, even
when resistance was hopeless, died
lighting. !
General Clements, now left with 700
men, made superhuman efforts against
he bullets from the Beers pouring
over the peaks and managed to save
MS guns and camp equipment. He re- I
.ired in splendid order and at 4 p. m. !
started to march to Reitfontein, fight |,
ng rear-guard action all the way,
md arriving the next day at a. m
Lord Methuen, according to another
lispatch from Lord Kitchener, dated
attacked and captured n
5oer laager near Lichtenberg, Decem
er 14th, securing large supplies of
attle and sheep and considerable
uantity of ammunition.
A further dispatch from Lord Kitch-
ner, dated Pretoria, December 10th,
ays that Lord Methuen has officially
ontirmed the report of the death of
ieneral Lemmer, the Boer commander.
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