The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-04-24
STRONG BoER TRENCHES.
Bodies Of Dead Women Found ny
trrftssh aD tAe YugeIa

10 fllh iUR view iaNdfu iHf SbulH
was Of far greater interest than
the Dailorana with Bulwana as its
background. writes the Ladyslnlth cor
respondent Of The London Times un-
der date Of March i3. At my feet lay
the whole fbenier OF the stubborn light
ing of the last week~the lighting 10
which The ~LadssgDiih garrison owed
its freedom Rugged kopje succeeded
kopJe until tile plain of Ghipyeloy WAS
reached With the silver sirenk of the
Tugela winding "a ibe foot Of smaller
hills. looked and wondered won
leied that relief bad ver come. The
country was ~s1Ipendous. Every bill
WAS fortified. and eaeb crest line was
covered by ID succeeding line OF trench.
es or fiaDked by "a Superior %eminence.
Yet these very bills had been stofnled
aud carried by British infantry ear.
ried nj the D9gonet point ana The de-
Tenders slaughtered IN the rifle pits,
Such Infantry must be superbumnll,
The road down 10 the poDtooD bridge
across the TugeJD led through what
had been the main positions Of The en-
envy, Now their camping grounds
were alive With transport wagons ana
supply parks Fastening on 10 Lady
smith
But on every side were relics of the
recent lighting, Beers lay bali buried
IN the trenches la which they hnd been
%bayonoteJ. Rough ytslgeJ soldiers
were digging for Apom. pom shells
and hawking for sale articles ~ feiDnle
clothing, With which The deserted Ian
gers and eyeD the trenches hgd been
Uttered, There IN n0W 10 doubt thai
soule Ut the DutebbyoDlon accompanied
their husbands md soDs into The light
Ing line mad, Az ihpjr motbors and
gpDndm0ibops bad done before tbem IN
Kafir and Zulu wars aided them IN
batljo, An eyewitness Informed me
that da1d women were found Wild
three and four bDndoliops oyop tbelp
shoulders, They doubtless loadoJ The
maga2iUes ~ second rides for the
mnplsRnloD IN the trenches, one WON
DH was found, y child almost Of 10
yenPs, ~grjayously wounded, Before
she died she allowed lbli she Ind boon
delpiDed IN llo trenches after the mn
JoFjiy " the other women bad loft bp
eDHRp she WIS 80 pgDprl Wild u rife,
AeHpop tho river Wo eppe upon y
Group of Epplsblllpp fuslloors, They
were busy plDetpg hnlsblDg TOUCHES le
ihe gpaYps ~ iiyo officers and ihlply
odd mon who bad fallen Ia mpklpg M
assault for which ~ due lba Dlllon's
lhnpks, Tbp ~ yInllpiR ~ tho effort
which gDye lbo relieving force its ursI
ppal purchase norm ~ the Tugoll llo
together IN y MO llQvp grove Destipg
~ iho foot Of the blll FOR tle posses
sion ~ Which lhp spopiRpp was mlde,
Rough crosses bnd bppU plDpol above
Them ana soPr0Wlng comrades bad
Wppknd I'm Mem0rllWR nolAss ne
grave WIZ empty oQplPidgp pQsos,
Al lhn foot 0f llnngWNne DIV Wps
Qble FOR lbe lpsl llnp 10 understand
Tho ppnsOn NJ lhn aHemy's Inillnl snp'
pnssos dpplpg the carly WoyQWppis ~
relief column, The slopes ~ lhN
of This tUI wore one Wlss " piUp
pits, 81 llrai ~ y0u rode among lNolN
y0n Imagined lhQt lhny bad been WplA
NJ Wndom, Dflnp lho mnpnRr ~ I've
rifle trenches IN q lppylsh pdem,h bUl
pn closer oS0mlnpllmn yon fond lhAl
each tppnqh Ind boon pppplnlly selected
~ cover some particular neld ~ nre,
lhN uplppnl sl0pn ~ HE DIV
arranged llp pills W llors, Tho nypr'
lgo depth ~ Nlnh spp Wns nb0ut four
Fnei, Thpg wore bnpkpl IVY lhnlr own
lDrlb op sAn1lngs 20 ~ N glyn siN
feet " cover ~ lbp rllpmon The mn
lorlly were mnsknd WILD bolghs nnl
srpss, 30 llulI nniil y0u natlalB Mplpn
lpon lhom lhn PTS lnlnnhlpI mob
TINS thp lnmNlnA psa0ppa ne
artillery preparation md when ne
Iino pplnp for notion lhpg Wprn Nhln ~
loYpr lhnlr nnIl Wild \ fire from llpp ~
Ak Hers ~ lppnphpsl lfYpn " llspny
lrnl Tho lnplh ri those plls rendered
hem good cover from HhWpnpl w
ne p0lepso appeared lWppoRnph Die,
fool onnNdnnl I'M orr own infantry
lonld bold Tho positions ~ lhn VngnM
against Oynrwhplmlng odds,