Show BOfRS f1111tAftfSTH1 t Continued frcti page 1 are now arriving ors reconnoissan e In force by mounte 1rPS imper Iaor ScttTmer at Dawn on a ridge near Caters far whlrc the Bo rs were strongly entrenched Finding the Boer pickets asleep Major ScotTurner proceeded pro-ceeded along the ridge under cover and I rushed the Boer redoubts at 52 a min m-in the face of a hail of bullets Hoisted a White Flag The Doers hoisted a white flag and fIred at the British under its protection protec-tion before surrendering Owing pos sibly to the exhausUon o their ammunition ammu-nition the British were unible to follow fol-low up the attack and to seize a large Boer laager about 300 yards ahead especially es-pecially as Boer reinforcements were seen approachIng and the enemy was keeping up a heavy fire from the shelter shel-ter of the thick brush During the sort an armored train reconnoitered north and south while a considerable force of British with fed guns and Maxims adncel toward Sptfonten holding the Boors In cheek In that direction Ten guns were engaged simultneus ly and viewed from the conning tower an artillery uel seemed to be proceeding proceed-ing In every direction except toward Kelwrth the fuslade being terrific At 8 oclock having no force sufficient to hold the position he had store Major ScotTrer ben gradually retiring re-tiring his men He had a horse shot Ifrm under liiim and a bullet wet throUgh the fleshy part of his shoulder Several men had terrible wounds I Is alee that the Boer used Martinis and exploSive bullets and that they frequently fired at the Brtsh ambulance wagons The British captured cap-tured twentyeIght of the enemy Major Sot Turner Killed There appear to be some doubt as to whether t was the rcnnolssc in whIch acrlng to the announce merit of the war otce Major Scott Turner was killed 01 whether that of fleer met his fate in a subsequent sortie sor-tie Some of the special dispatches report re-port that he WS killed while leading the final attack on the Boor poiton on Nov 28 I this be correct it look thuen like a sortie concerted with Lord Me The Time prints a letter from a Americn citizen who left Johaes burg because he was liable t be im pressed and who had learned that the United State consul was unable to protect him He complains bitterly that the America fag was not respected re-spected in Pretoria that his passport was not recognized and that his position po-sition was practically unbearable I Is reported from Cape Town that the Transyaal government still refuses re-fuses to acknowledge the right of the United States to interfere regarding prisoners in Pretoria insisting that Great Britain must inquire through Commandant General Joubert A dispatch from Frere camp dated Dee U says The Boer are firing Into LadsHh I is rumored tat 6000 Free State troops have left Lady smith entertaining the gravest fears as to the safety of their own count L y |