Show THE BOERS Another Disaster for Iho Brit i General Colby Killed Mount Prospect Natal 27General Colley with six companies hal taken possession of Spltzkop a position to the < left Laicgsick FiriDI has been heard all the morning Newcastle Natal TiA revere engagement en-gagement took place today between tbe Boers and General Col leys force and the latter waa driven from its position posi-tion at Spitzkop There was great loss bn both tide A later telegram from Colleys camp 3iya all the wounded coming in agree reporting that General Colley has been killed and only 100 British escaped The Boers charged up the hill four times and were about retreating when tbe British ware forced to retire because them ammunition am-munition had not been taken to the extreme ex-treme summit L dcD21 midnight Gen Colley in a aispatch sent previous to the engagement engage-ment today says We occupied Majola Mountain on Saturday night It immediately im-mediately overlook the Boer position The Boers are fighting us from below Later he says The Boers are still firing heavily on the hill but have broken up their hanger and begun tom to-m away tioa war office has the following telegram tele-gram from Colonel Bond commanding at M < unt Prospect General Colley with twentytwo officers and 617 men infantry and naval brigade proceeded on Saturday night to occupy MojoIaMoun lain Ibe liters attacked him ut 7 on Sunday morning At 1 p m the firing ncreaaed at 220 it became evident from tho camp that we had lost the hill and our men were retiring under heavy fire There is no doubt that General Colley is killed General Wood telegraphs corroborat ng the above and say he will return to Sewcaetle on Monday The dispatch from Durbar states that two companies of Highlanders remained on the summit of bpitzkop after the retreat throwing tone down on the advancirg Boers and tubfequently received re-ceived them at the pointof tne bayonet The guns from Mount Prospect greatly checked the pursuit of the British The enemy was largely reinforced by Boers from Orange Free State TbeJBoers wore beaten off at Wakker troom after two hours fighting The British Ices wa ° slight I Another account of the fight at Spitz 1 kop says when the ammunition fai ed slaughter ws fearful Finally the British made a desperate but uneuccfS fun rush Tbe Sixtieth foot fought their way back to camp It is stated that only seven men of the Fiftyeignth fur vive Tho camp is being fortified at every point > A released Hottentot reports that the Boers expect 4000 men from Heidelnerg with three CUDS The statement is discredited credited Gen Colleys defeat cannot seriously fleet the military situation as the Brit eh main body was not involved in the fight Sir Evelyn Wood succeeded Gen Co Icy |