SUMMARY OF EVENTS FROM NOVEMBER 7th.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2293, 5 January 1900, Page 5

SUMMARY OF EVENTS FROM NOVEMBER 7th.

7. A heavy engagement took piace on ">Avp,nil>er 2 at Beaters. The. Boers after heavy losses m killed, wounded and prisoner-:, were driven back to their camp. They were again defeated on Friday {November 3 y with grcl^MehUr,

• The British gatigpon ol Colmmo,. fearing that they would Mfryrrmiffi..at Brar commando of MOD mefij"' WhSf to'Est--1 court with Ifcll thetestores.- *This enable] 1 the reinforcements which arrived, tcr take up a. strong position, Colenao being untenable. (Colenso, Has, since fceen retaken at the bayonet's point by the British.) November B.—Heavy bombardment ol Ladysmith by the enemy butwithout anj material damage.* Ey£-Witnesses of th< battle at Baiters 'report- "that* l the' Boers were caught' in the roan and that thej then raised the white nag and affcerwarcu firal on. the British at .close quartets This so enraged our .gpldiers that thej charged the Boers with the' bayonet .and slaughtered, them without compunction. November 9.—The report" in "the fcabU of the 7th instant that a battle had taken place north of Colenso turns out to be correct. It was a very severe one and many Boers were 'killed, A strong Boei commando took up a position at Qrobbler'i Kloop with the intention of shelling Ladysmith from the rear. . Information having been received at Ladysmith of the arrival of the commando which severed connection with Colons#, 1 " a' strong force wat dispatched to locate the enemy. The hill was then immediately shelled and carried by assault at ; the bayonet's point After a terrible struggle the Boers wen driven down to the plain below, where the British cavalry, which had skirted the hill, were drawn up. A fierce battle ther began on the plain ; the first brigade o] cavalry, guarded on the flanks by Lancen and Hdssars dashed into and cleared theii way through the Boerranks. The flanlrinc squadrons came on. "with terrific speed and cut and speared their way into the dense mass of Boers who had never dreamt ol the fearful power of 'a Britith cavalrj charge. The remnants,of .the commandc surrendered mfear.and dismay. Ovei 1000 Boers perished in the cavalry on slaught. Nov. 10.The bombardment of Ladysmith had been resumed from anothei quarter but it was again A detachment of Irish Fusileers entered Fori Wylie and captured four waggon-load ol shells. That the Boer losses must hav< been very heavy in the recfent severe er

gagements is proved by . trains loaded with their wounded arriving daily at Pretoria. At the sight of this President Kruger remains unmoved; placidly smoking his pipe. Nov.ll.—-Dr Leyds, the Transvaal agent in Paris, is spreading ridiculous stories of Boer victories, One of them is that Cecil Rhodes has been .captured. An additional 3,600 troops have arrived at the Cape in four transports. Half of them at once proceed to Durban. -November 12.—The Boer forces under Commandant Cronje hafi surrounded Kimberley, placing heavy artillery in position to bombard the town. Cronje then demanded the surrender of all within the city, but his answer was a defiant wave of the flag a»d a the garrison, and the bombardment commenced. The Boer fire proved hartnless. Colonel Gough had an engagement with7ooOrange State troops near Belmont.js the fighting -lasted for three hours when the Free Staters retreated. The bombardment of Ladysmith on the 9th was harmless and the British entrenchments-were being strengthened daily. " Durban, Novetaber 13.—General Buller expected to relieve Ladysmith before Saturday (18th) and for-that purpose 4000 men were expected to arrive at Estcourt on the 13th. The Boer force surrounding the erty ihimlrtrs 4fc,ooD faen: The cablegrams about thisiime became very contn^ictorv; this dueto the censorship established at all cable stations. Capetown. November li—Sir A. Milnerte proclamation had- fc salutory effefct on, all thp Boer ip ithe Cape Colony, The of their farmsS anS lands for. any overt act., againsttlie Crown of Great all half-? hearted wjfverer&

Over 7000 Boers surrounded -and made a general attack >on the town, but were defeated, with a Joss of 50 killed. Splendid trenches have been made in the town and a miict Wall capable of resisting 90-pounderß surrounds ther place. The Boers wasted -two hundred shells in one day. Colonel Baden-Powell announces that he will hold Mafeking till the last of its defenders isi'd&d. ' 1 At Kimberley; the - Loyal North Lancashire Regiment,.under Colonel Kekewich repulsed a Boer attack with heavy loss ; a Maxim gun killed six men on one spot Major-generals Lord Methuen and Sir W. Gatacre have arrived at the Cape. London, November 14.—Official news has been received that the Boers suffered severe losses in the bombardment of Ladysmith, also that they are in severe straits for want of food. •.As the rainy season is at its wont and the .Boers have no commissariat or tents, the exposure to a climate which is nearly tropical in its downpour must tell on 1 the 1 physical condition of the men. Colonel Schiel, a German, who had charge, of the goer artillery, and who was taken prisoner by the British, admits that the Boers, in spite of the arrival of the Indian contingent, intended to capture Maritzburg, and from there dictate the terms of peace. He said that he felt inclined to salute the uniform of the Gordon Highlanders whenever he saw it, they fought so grandly at Elandslaagte, and that the assault of the Talana Hill at Glencoe by the King's Royal Rifles and the • Royal Fusiliers was a magnificent spectacle. - (To be continued.)