Salt Lake Tribune | 1900-07-15 | Page 2 | Battle at Platkop

BATTLE AT PLATKOP i British and Boers Fight all Day op Saturday London July HA report from Platkop says that the British engaged the Boers all day long Scouts and mounted Infantry moving north located the Boers 1000 strong occupying the ridge from which they were driven yesterday yes-terday Col Thorneycrofts men held the ridge facing them Members of the l Slrathcona Horse were driven In tcm poi rhly by a heavy musket fire After a stubborn resistance the Boers forced I the British to bring the Howitzers Into action acton I Tho infantry deployed for a general I advance under Clerys command The Boers opened fire in all directions I shelling with the guns posted on the British right The mounted Infantry In the face of a severe fire attacked the Boer A gun posted on an in trenched kopjo l four miles to the east forced the Boers from a number of ridges detached parties rushing on the I center while 1 gun on the right was withdrawn through a ravine toward an Intrenched hill