Show FIGHTING AT LOMBARDSKOP Unsuccessful Effort of the British to Draw Out the Enemy Cape Town Oct 2S Evening The Gordon Highlanders the Devonshire regiment the Manchester the Liver pools the Dublin Fusileers the Liverpool Liver-pool mounted infantry the lancers the dragoons the Seventh Hussars the Natal volunteers the Tenth mountain battery and the Thirteenth Twenty first Fortysecond and Fiftythird batteries proceeded to Lombardskop A squadron of the Eighteenth Hussars Hus-sars located the enemy who opened fire with shells and rifles Two ° horses were shot and a trooper was wounded The enemy occupied a strong position at De Was farm and the mounted infantry tried without success to draw them t As nothing was to be gained by a afternoon attack the column bivouacked biv-ouacked and at daylight the enemy retreated to Reitfontein |