IN THE EASTERN TRANSVAAL

Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 115, 12 November 1900, Page 5

IN THE EASTERN TRANSVAAL

ANOTHER BATTLE.A GALLANT CHARGE BY THE BOERS. LONDON, 11th November. Major-General Smith-Dorrien, with 250 cavalry and 900 of the Suffolk and Shropshire regiments, had two days' very hard fighting near the Komati river. The Suffolks and Canadian Mounted Infantry outflanked the Boers and compelled them to evacuate a strong position. Six British were killed and' twenty wounded, chiefly Shropshires, who fought splendidly. When strongly reinforced the Boers attempted to recover the abandoned position, but the Canadians, galloping tw r o miles, cleverly forestalled them. The Canadian Dragoons and Artillery showed devoted gallantry in protecting^ the infantry convoys. On tho afternoon of the 7th 200 Boers suddenly charged the British rearguard to within seventy yards, where they were stopped by the Canadian Dragoons. .Lord Roberts considers this Boer charge to be unprecedented. Sixteen Canadians who were captured were kindly treated and released. They were made to lie on their faces till the Boers removed their own dead and wounded. The British casualties on the 7th were two killed and twelve wounded, all Canadians.