| Show made desperate stand at gras pan pad but were fa routed I 1 I 1 LOSS WAS VERY HEAVY engagement was opened at six saturday RAGED FOR FOUR HOURS british batteries fired shrapnel un III the th heights were cleared then tho the infantry and naval brigade advanced to the assault and am ridge eld gabas was Storme Stormed dand suad carried boers compelled to on anthe tha line irine where the ninth lancers were placed to intercept thern them rive five hundred boers Atta attacked aked hear bear guard of the Bri Byi fans aria and A severe fight followed lit it is known that in the storming of the heights the boer loss was 31 lulled killed and 48 wounded I 1 london nov 26 this afternoon the neur office posted the following dispatch dated Capeto capetown mn 1410 1130 p nl in today from gen forester walker lord methuen reports that ho he moved yesterday saturday at a irl with the ninth brigade the mounted corps the naval brigade and two batteries the guards following edth ft ath the baggage near gies pan ilan about ten milis north 0 of belmont on the railway thin linn to briers boers with six gut cups and two machine guns gunst opposed hini him the action began at 6 ain our one batteries fired shrapnel very accurately until the he heights seemed cleat then the naval brigade and the infantry advanced to the as assault Soult tho the firing wa iva desperate until 10 a to alien hen the heights were carried BOERS boens RETREAT the boers retreated on the line duliere bierc the ninth lancers nere cre placed to intercept them the result was not known at the time of telegraphing thi the artillery took immediate advantage of the retirement BRITISH REAR GUARD rally bally in tire llie action boers at tacked lacked our read guard the brigada met this end and also the flanks the dalal brigade acted with tho th great ErceiL Lt st t gallantry cal lantry and suffered heavily but no known k nono CONTEST A STUBBORN ONE the clemy showed the greatest stubbornness and must have suffered eun ered gr greatly e ly twenty were burled buried it la IS known k n 0 t n that t b at thirty one were killed and forty eight mounded more than fifty horses were found dead in one place one battery fired alred SW rounds BRITONS MUST REST our force must halt bait one day at gras pan to rest ard replenish ammunition the force worked splendidly and Is prepared to overcome many the naval brigade br lande the royal marthea marl mart nea infantry and the first battalion of the elie north lancashire regiment distinguished themselves RESULT THURSDAYS TIGHT right lur thursdays debt eighty one doers killed are accounted for sly bliff ty ly four wagons were burned A large quantity of powder CO 60 rounds of 0 and abell were blown up ul commandant albrecht Albra clit chief of at the 01 range rree irey state artillery commanded the boer artillery geri benroe I 1 bee ay m as a in chief command casualties AT GRAS GRAB PAX PAN tile admiralty Is in receipt of the following dispatch front from rear admiral Hr harris ria dated Capet capetown oin november 1 eth 1 I deeply regret to report the following casualties in the action ut at gras pan yesterday KILLED commander Et helston of 0 the powerful major plumbs of the doris I 1 capt of the monarch WOUNDED fla flat g capt prothro cro of the doris severely jones of the tha corla capt guy sensor of the royal sia ala thies of u the monarch the other casualties aro are riot not yet known commander do de horsey capt jorgan and wilson all of tho the monarch have proceeded to join the naval brigade with lord methuen Met nuen |
