The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-14

t.i.i-; "Il'e 10 let you know l am alive and
hlcklhs' though as you will have seen nv
ny papers, we have been twice in action
NV. ~ nrst nme at Belmont on the 23d
| -, Iul' we lett camp at about 8 a
H. ana marched about four miles in Mitch
darkness just as DAYLIGHT was break-
lus We opened out for the attack and
49, tHeh the enemy caught sight of us
/ AM opened fire. We had then an omen
/ sCace OF about 1900 yards to cross. and as
NE boeIs We're behind tremendous rocks
Oh succession of hills about 900 feet
liis" "hhe we had no cover at all, 1t
was not pleasant Well we cot across
nus an right, and went for their first DO
SHloh' winch was among some hills shaped
me a horseshoe. Here we lost our al =
JUlaht ana our colonel and two officers
wounded while the men were falling right
VI" IeI'' AS soon as we got to the top
| the Beers cleared out, as they hate cold
Stee-. We then saw they had occupied a
/ H'ucH stronger position on another very
p.ec,pltous NIL in the rear. We then form
! ca line again and went for them. 1t
was tremendous struggle TO get IN this
place as the side was like a wall, partly
made of loose boulders. and the bullets
| We're falling round us like hail You can
imagine the strength of the position when
! LORD Methuen said he gave us three weeks
10 take it in. But the Guards rushed At
| IN three hours of the hardest fighting ever
| seen one OF the war correspondents with
us says ne was at Dargai and that was
/ nothing to il. l had the luck to bring
IN TWO prisoners, and we captured all the
eh@mys ammunition and provisions. The
/ nght yesterday was pretty good, but did
not see much of if, as we were in the
reserves and only a few cannon shot fell
near US, doing US no damage"
An interesting letter has been received
! ny the parents of Private j. H. Owen Of
che Third Grenedier Guards serving UNI
der Gen. Lord Methuen in South Africa
| Under date Nov. %, he says:
l cannot describe to you my feelings
when nrst went into action but am glad
TO be able to tell you that l have come
through unframed. We started at 2
O'Clock in the morning in the direction of
the position held by the enemy in great
strength. We advanced to within some
500 yards, when the Beers opened fire We
were ordered to lay down, which we did
for about half an hour, the bullets all the
while whiSting over our heads. Then
Maj. KinlOck gave the order to advance
and addressed the men thus: Now, my
boys all together as hard as you can go;
and with silent prayer to heaven and a
thought of all at home, l dashed across
the bullet-swept zone The Beers, fight
ing from the right, drove US into another
party of the enemy firing from the left;
then we faced about and received yet
another terrific fire from the front. Thus
you see, we were exposed to a terrible on
slaught from three sides and up to this
we had not fired shot The Beers have
a horror of the bayOnet and, courageous
as they have proved themselves to De,
they cannot stand cold steel. So strongly
fortified was the position of the enemy
that they boosted of their power to hold it
indefinitely. Yesterday we had another
big battle (Graspan) and 1 am thankful
10 say 1 have come through safely again;
but steel best cold Sheffield, again as
serted its superior powers over the enemy
Just before starting yesterday Coattle of
Graspan) we had a biscuit divided between
four of US and a drink of coffee and did
not get another mouthful for twenty-six
hours I long for a good square meal
We shall be marching again tomorrow
| (Jonday) towards Kimberley and we are
expecting sharp work before we reach
! there"
From the Westminster Gazette.
An exciting bit of outpost work is de-
| scribed in a letter from Private Albert
James. serving with the mounted infan-
try:
"Anotber of our fellows who was out
scouting came across niger mindlng
some sheep, or pretending 10 pc, anyway
| and he had an Express rifle with him. 30
our chan loads his own rifle in the sad
die gallops up to him, dismounts ana Gov
ers him with it, makes him put his rifle
| down and then go back step or Two
! our chap then goes and picks 1t up ques-
! lions him on different things, and ne tens
| him there are no Beers knocking dpou''
| He is going TO take him prisoner, when
| ali of a sudden ne hears voices shouting
| mick, and Joe So he leaves his prisoner
and goes up toward the rocks until he Is
in spea king distance of them. Ihen ne
seas he has been led into trap, and
! he mounts again and rides Tor ms NE
| You can tell what shots they are 1nere
| were I'll swear, at least htly shots HiSu
\ fter him at random, and not one hit the
| mark
.0rba4 was the commencement of the fir
ing. and we had TO gallop and go as hard
as ever our horses could take US over
Ground YOU would scarcely believe horse
conld walk on. 1t was full of holes-some
like rabbit holes, and Jumps OF rocks ana
stones and one thing and another Tor at
| I.5aet ten or twelve miles. The colonel who
| is in charge of us wouldn't let us dlsmouht
and fire as he said We should all be cut
m. and they were too strong lot US as
we were only a small party-and he has
got q fine breast of medals-but, d them
| 80 gar IL over. A month to-day and it
| u,iu be a bit nearer / hope We chaps
were swearing like I o'clock when he
wouIdn't halt us. and let us have packet
at EN- but l expect we shall have an
| other pop at 'em yet.
private j. Madison Second Northamp-
ton Regiment, who holds medal and
| three bars for Dargai Somani and Tirah
| Valley writes:
1--WE have had two battles-one at Bel
mont and one at Enslin. We are having
# nrettv stiff. l can tell you. The Beers
nave some good rifles of German make
hut their shots all seem TO go over our
heads. At the battle of Belmont we cap
tured some biscuits from the enemy; they
were shared among the troops. In the
last fight we captured lot of horses, and
had one myself. l was about done up
I eame as the remainder, fighting about -FOUR
honrs on a drop of hot coffee. When we
col in camp we had to wait for the tram
20 come with our rations. Water is very
short out here The Guards are in the
rear as usual >.,.a.
Serst. Stockwin of the Northampton
shire Regiment. writing TO his brother
from the battlefield of Enslin, says:
ar this is warfare we have had about
enough. Three battles in one week ana
we have not shaved for fortnight or