The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-11
Dewet Fell Upon Crewe's Command
and Inflicted a Heavy Loss.
.COLUMN WAS HARASSED
BY The Dutch Soldiers as II Rapidly Sought
Safer Ground.
CLAIM OF AN OVERWHELMING FORCE"
is Made by the British ms an Onset
to the Drubbing They Received
from the Beers.
CLAIM OF AN OVERWHELMING FORCE

East Tendon, Cape Colony, February
lo.-Details have been received hsre OF
severe lighting at Tabaksoerg Mountains.
forty miles east Of the railway AID about
midway between Smandeel and Bios M
fonte.n. Major Crewe. with a c>mpos tie
army sighted the mountain on he mora-
ing Ct January 81. He heard heavy fir ng
and knowing that Colonel Pitchers eel
umn was en- the other side of the noun
tain he concluded that this officer was
in action. Consequently he hurried ( r
ward, only o meet Beers streaming down
and evidently retiring from Colonel
Pitchers lyddite shells. Immed .ately,
Major Crewe brought the Founders and
e pompom to Bear on the Beers. who,
h,wever, were found to be so nunsroas
that it was impossible to head them.
Orders were given to return to camp,
about Two miles from the mountain. The
column rested until in The ofternoon.
when the march was resumei southwest
Major Crewe Was just touching the
southern point Of the mountain when a
terrific rife he opened from large
force CT Beers who were in ambush On
the mountain. The fight som became
general. The Boers outnumbeled the Brit-
ish five to enc and were attacking them
on both flanbs and the rear The Brtish
panpcm jammed and became useless.
Alldor Cyewe graiped the situ@ion aad
"a ,1-N-tAv
into safe position.
Between 7 and s in the evening, the
Beers charged the position and turned
beth fanAs. The British amnuni:ion te-
came exhausted ANA Major Ctewe was
Obliged to retire" ana abandon the pom
pom after THE advance party had endeaY-
ored to save it and had SUSTAINED seiere
lo-e.
A rear guard action was fought by
Major Crewe into the camp, where the
wagons had been laagered. IL PEI on
ally experimental the retirement me
Beers harrassinB him Throughout. Ea-
tienchmeats wers tA.awn up during the
night. When morning oame Msjor Crewe
started to join General Knox twelve
miles sctU.hwcgt. This Beers Immediately
rea:tacRed, compelling HIM to fight a
second rear guard ai1.ion for few miles
General Dewet personally c-nma5de
the Beers, numbering 25Oo. Major Cre%e's
force was only 100.
Eventually Major Crewe joined Genenal
KuoY and raturnn1 IN RI oomfnnt in L7r
Kitchener has highly ccmpl.mented Mai Z
Crewe upon the achievement.
Lond.n, February 1O.-The Capeib
correspondent Of the Tunes, wiring yes
tsrday ard Swing general oltl'ne c
the British Offensive operations says: Tn
British force di.eo, e1 aGaip,s. Cihrlgtial
De VETS commando, included command
undtu Knoy., HamIton, Maxwell, White
Pitcher ANA Crewe They hoped o fore
De Wet upon the British c1fps colcen
trated en- Orange river The Beers. n
der cover of detached commando, swunl
westward ana o1q-ured pomp-m IN
Major Crewe and by crossing the rail
H. ad buuae e1 stp'.uG- oU.9m AMI End u
,DIfs, twaded The BuAsh colceu- rat.Cn.
~ Wet Is now prcbsoly in the PnilloS
i-.!j Gilri,t and mig piooAoB &C -dnJ
ter tho nor ;nWsstcriy movement If tG
Fjoers in Cape C-lcay.
lhe latect p.ocl4matlcn lssued by d
WEI sEd 5Geyn clCstB thus; Il snail no.
c-ler O.cs Co,Sny to give the farmer
there taste CT what we have onrselVD
sunered thI ugh this war