Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-01
mall Detachments of Eng fish and Germans Seen
 in Action.
7oRCE SURRENDER
hmall Watering and Grazing Station m British Line of Advance Has
 Been Occupied by Squadron, En-
 emy Having Apparently Retired.

ranetown. Oct. 31.-NamaqGaland
 ,os already seen some fierce fighting hotween small attachments of English End Germans. Two sduadrons of the rirst South African Mounted Rifles and section of Transvaal Horse Ar tillery were almost annihilated and fhe survivors forced to surrender.
 small watering and grazing sta lion. of importance as being on the British line of advance, was occupied hy a squadron, the enemy having ap- |narently retired, and showing no signs until night of being in force Tor making any counter move. A sec [tion of the Transvaal Horse Artillery land another squadron of mounter rifles was sent forward to reinforce 1.-the little garrison.
 The position was obviously danger ous to any small force but water vas essential to the British advance. The yaterhole is surrounded by kopjes }hills) and the advance to it is Through narrow defile. It is clear l that the Germans, realizing this, left l the trap empty and retired. No soon- CT had two guns outspanned than the German attack began, one gun coming ! into position on height dominating 1 the saucer-like basin in which the waterhole is situated.
 The British instantly replied, si- fencing the enemy for the moment, but the German attack developed rap Eidly. The defile commanding the road to the station was seized and no fewer than ten guns were brought into ac- ton by the besiegers.
 Shelled from every point the Brit ish gunners behaved with conspicu- ous gallantry. Every man of both gun crews was either killed or wounded, only the officer in command, Lieu,en- ant Adler, escaping.
 Midday was approaching and deter mined attempts were being made to relieve the little garrison. But the Germans, who numbered some 2,000, were disposed too effectively to per- init of any advance being made to the relief.
 Ammunition Exhausted.
 Shortly after noon the British gum ners, their ammunition exhausted ana their position untenable, set about rendering their guns useless under an increasing fire as the German gun nerc grasped their intentions. Our riflenen tried to keep down the ene- my's fire while everything that might be useful to the enemy was being destroyed, When at last all hope of rescue was abandoned the gallant lit- tie body raised the white flag.
 So impressed were the Germans and so heavy were their losses that the German general commanding compli- mented the British colonel on the gallant stand.
 First Aid to Wounded.
 The wounded were all treated and one man, Corporal Edwards, was per mitted to return in the British ambu- lance. The Germans buried the Eng fish dead before their own, according them all the honors of war.
 As darkness fell the last post was sounded. The British prisoners were permitted to attend the funeral.
 At the main camp the situation had been realized and every endeavor made for the relief of the force, but the enemy was too strong. Squadrons under Captains King and Davidson both sustained casualties by machine gun firG while attempting to force a second entrance to the valley.
 A guide named Burger, pushing ahead of the relieving force, was talk en prisoner. He was put in charge Of three Germans, one of whom was hit by the fire of the main body of our relieving force. The second German went for endorsements and Burger, taking advantage of the third man De- ing distracted by our attack, suddenly nit him over the head with large stone and escaped, making his way on foot over the desert to rejoin the