THE BRITISH VICTORY AT GLENCOE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6623, 23 October 1899, Page 4

THE BRITISH VICTORY AT GLENCOE.

FURTHER DETAILS' OS THif <■ * • Splendid work of the ' ';. * artillery. BOER POSITION GALLANTLY" 1...-. . . .. STORMED: "... - COMPLETE; ROOT^ OF_TjEE. EijTEMY, ;- ;.,; ... • iTrie^^t^Cqipyrigiit. ' „/: .'a ./.. .*:^ i "( Received Oct. 23, 0..4Q a.m.) .::."•_."•■ .>'?; ; .-vi -a ■^^•^■DURB-^'o^-^zTn. * GwwrairWbi^ Lieutenant-Gwieral I"reich expelled 1 the enemy; from Eiasnds : > ■iaagtei "Where they had destroyed the rail•i»y.-- The L British captured their equip-' nwn't, horses and waggons. The cavalry arapttrAring the enemy : • Joubert's main" coliann, 7000 Btrong, with, its headquarters at Danhausen, sent out an advance 'body 2000 straog, but.theLeicestersnire 15th Battery checked their advance at Hattingsprnit.

On Thursday night 2000 Ere© Staters readied Actinhomes, Blaanbank arid Besters Itffo^mtjtr*ste3a and Van Reenatfs Pass.. _■ 3?&.;Na*al Ga^ineer^were eng^eduieariy.: «B- day -at- Beaters, and. Jiarrowly : esca^L djsaafcfctwit .^*^??^ c?erjgoe.>| r a(Ma3:im\ at EWdslaag'" already ihad "been destrciye<J 'by- a handful of Boer cavalry, in order" td> prevent Ladysmith assisting Glencoe.

'At -six o'clock on Friday, in clear weather, 4000 men with four guns, from Utrecht and, Dbjagersdrift, occupied Impati Hill, 800 it nigh, and three, miles east of Glencoe, and

also overlooking Dundee. The Boers then Itegaia to fire, aid plugged shells harmlessly into the British" camp. . General Jpuhert's plan was--for the Free Staters to attack General White's main body at Ladysmith, while the Utrecht force and the main columns attacked- Glencoe, but only the Utrecht force was engaged. Colonel. Symons . ordered the 13th, 67th and 69ith Batteries into action, and they made splendid shooting, practice, tf» majority of the Boer guns' being discounted -within an, hour, causing consternation in the ranks of the enemy- Many Boers descended the slopes, and the infantry ajki- cavalry were ordered forward, preventing these men from getting behind Glencoe, another section preventing the enemy's connection with the main column, at Danhausen. The 2nd Dublin Fusiliers, Ist King'B Royal Eifles and Ist Leicesters advanced tinder cover of the artillery, and, taking advantage of onyer, splendidly stormed the almost impregnable height, a marvellous feat, somewhat the counterpart of Majuba Hill and the storming of the heights of Spicheren by the Germans in the Franco-Prussian wax.

Advancing in waves of skirmishers, their difficulties began at the foot of the mountain. The Boer marksmen were well posted, and the Britifihert dropped fast. The enemy for a juumeut; were disposed to stand, but a section outflanked them, and. drove them wildly down the hill for the main road. The Boers fled precipitately, their guns being captured..