Show HARD BOERS BOBES SHOW GREAT DASH DASK AND ANDIE I ENERGY IE nr BATTLE I Canadians Canadian Soldiers Are Taken Prisoners in the Two Days En Engagement Engagement Near Hear ear Belfast London Nov Nor 18 1 Lord Roberts tele telegraphing graphing from Johannesburg under date dat of Nov Nv N I f reports port to the war office o Ice as a fol follows lows lowe General Knox states stat that be he betake betak takes take no credit for the very successful engagement of Nov K II which was due in inthe Inthe the first instance to the determination of ofLe ofLe Le Je never to lose touch witti vidi the enemy and JI secondly to the able way wY in which Le handled bandied the tiring after alter Le Gallais and Ross Roa were wounded reports that the two twoS S days day fighting m tUon d was very hard HIS Hit force consisted of ot O mounted troops from fro the Fifth lancers has hag royal Ca Canadian Canadian nadian dragoons and mounted rifles rines two royal Canadian OIl n artillery arun ery guns four guns of the battery and infantry ot the and hir s The Boers Seers were ere met soon after atter starting I from Belfast and hung bung on the front trout hunks Hanks and rear until the river was reached where they hey stood at a very strong position From Fron this they were forced to retire r tre by a wide turning move movement moat ment nL by the and the Canadian CanadianS S mounted troops t around their flank All Alt the first diy dy Boer Beer signal fires w were re lighted in j i all a directions and before belore mor ing jog were ere s i iy reinforced In the che afternoon an event unprecedented ed in hi this war occurred when some gome 00 S mounted Hoer r suddenly charged the rear rearguard guard to within seventy yards when they ther were stopped by the Canadian dragoons c t the tight fight sixteen Canadians fell fellS i S into the UK hands of the enemy enem w who ho treated m o 11 i diy and an air released them after fter re removing removing moving their own dead and wounded dur ur uruP uP Ip walen operation the toe Canadians were ere compelled to He on their faces facea in order they Hy might not see sea Ii ee how heavily h vily the Boors bad suffered BuTtered Our casualties casu were two killed and andS I S twelve wounded |