| Show DEWET ATTACKS Englishman Finally Succeeds in Joining General Generi Knox Feb 9 De Details East lx London Cape ape Colony tails tau have been received here of severe I at DiU ast of the railway about mid Wa Wal between Deel and Major Crewe with a composite traveling southwest sighted the mounta on the morning of Jan Tan 31 He Heard heard hard ard heavy beavy firing and ami knowing that Colonel hf rl column olumn was on the otherl other r rIde side l Ide te of oS the mountain m he h concluded this officer was in action Consequently be he hurried forward only to meet the n er streaming str eming down and evidently re retiring retiring tiring from Colonel shells bens Immediately ly Major Crewe brought three U e and a pompom to bear on th who however were found to he be so su 0 numerous that th t it ft was Im lm Impossible impossible to head them off of Orders Orde were given to return to camp amp about two miles mUes from the mountain The column rested until 4 in the afternoon a when whon the march much was resumed fumed Major Crewe wa va just ju t touching the southern point of the mountain when woe when a terrific rule rifle tire lire opened from a large force forre of Boors Boers in do on the mountain The fight tight soon oon became general the Boers Boer Boersing ing the British on both flanks and andar oar ar r The British pompom jammed 4 became useless Major Crewe grasped Jr the situation and by a brilliant move reeve got the convoy into Int a safe fe position Between 7 and 8 S o clod in the evening the Boers charged the position and turned both flanks The British ammunition be camo exhausted and Major Crewe was obliged to retire and abandon the pom pompom pompOm pom porn after the advance party had en endeavored m to save SR it and had sustained a severe lo loss Irn s Rear Riar gurd action was fought by hy Ei Crewe f into Hito the camp tamp where when the wagons wagon had wen een J Entrenchments km ts were ere thrown t wn up during I x I the night When morning came Major Crewe start started started I I 1 Ito I ed to joint General Genera Knox twelve tw l niiles ril r to the t tt J T s Joen Oera oer immediately I j attack at Mm tm him to fight a I lr nation for a few miles mUes I t General Gendral Gen raT D Dewet et i er D commanded the theT theer T er rd fj r they were estimated at 2500 Major Crewes Crewels force avs awas TOO Eventually the British officer joined General Knox and returned to Lord Kitchener Ki has Ims highly 1 complimented Major MajorI I I Crewe on the achievement ac iy m I |
