Show BOERS THE BRITISH I Approach Within Seventy Yards of Rea Rear Guard HWU ED BY tar lr IU CUI torch tern MO Ild Hul l Nov ov tele teler r graphing IA from under elat date of november S I reports to te the war vace ag General Kio states thAt be lak takes no credit for the very vary sue lue euf engagement ot f November I 6 which wal was due In ha the first instance to th the determination of at L Le Gallais never tl to loose aith the enemy arid and p see aridly to Ihl the ahl able way a In which I Ie Gal isis handled th firing after Le ie and RI were woun wounded ed reports that the two days daYI fightIng mentioned was AI very har hard Ht Hi tore force consisted of ZO mounted troupe from th the Fifth lancer III Royal HII I aDlan dragoons all and mounted ritie two Ryal Royal Canadian artillery ry luna guns tour four guns runa ot of the and N shires ot of time Ibe ad and The Doers wre Were met soon loon after tart start starting ln ing fm from Belfast and hun hung on the front tanks end rear until the KomaU river w was reached where when they Ito stood at a very strong tl position From this they were to forced to retire b by a wide wid turning move movement meat ment by the and the Canadian mounted top troops around their fank thank ill 1 tie the first day Hier signal fires were lighted In 11 all dIrections and before morning We they were ee strongly reinforced Our casualties tho tl day were six IK kl killed d and twenty wounded chiefly ot of th the ho fought splendIdly The next d day tilt the Hoers Boer tried to lel the aU strong In the thc of lb the KomaU from which the they ter b ten out November t 6 but were ert prevented by Col Col EvaD Evans wih with the Canadian mounted and uel two ot of tie the guns galloping two IWo mit miles and aad seizing It lit In the pl nick alck ot of time The Thc rear on the return marh was wal defended by Col Col lo he iId sard with the Canadian dragoons and andt t two a Royal hoyat Canadian In guns under Lieu Lieutenant tenant pays ay no Ial Praise can be too high for the devoted gallantry Ihn troops showed In keepIng ofT the enemy nemy troP the Infantry convoys In fn the afternoon an dente denied In this war when Ime some 1 mounted Doers Boer charged the rear rard guard to within seventy venty yards I Iben when ben they Were 11 stopped by th the Cina Cana dlan dian dragoons During the fight sixteen Canadians fell Into the hands handl ot of the enemy wl who treated them kindly kludy and andUMa UMa Rr deed and wounded during which nera ra raton ton tion the tbt were comple compelled to tole le II on thIr their laces facH In order that th they might not see ee how ha heavily vly the d lute suffered Our casualties were two kie killed and wounded cen b ni mm 1 I a ii d hl rut s sSt St Johns N l P Nov ov corn com plate pol polls or of St Johns John Wet West In ha the colonial general election held beld this week show that three liberals have been elected by at an aggregate pluralIty ot of 18 u as against obtained d at the previous eleton election iii hi 81 St Johns Jat three liberals were also allu successful wih with pluralities aggregating re gating 1173 tie 1 against 11 at the torm er cr electIon This represents th the vanishing pint point of the all the three candidates losIng The today concede that Mr r besides sixteen men already to le be elete elected hi has secured seven levea oUn In Hudin Budin and the own seat t tIn In The Ibra liberals claim ho house thirty ot of the lat seats lii III tb the full I I ium In I Nov ov population ot of as aa Announce announced by the bureau I ii a as against 13 In 1 11 This ta ii an increase of 01 jia 71 or U r sent Tn Tim population of New ew Jersey I is I 1 Iu ue u as against IWI lu In lI This Ihl is II cei cent an t Increase Inca of or 1 03 er nt at Tome Navasota ata Tea Texas Nov serious 0 trouble I is fr feared at Andeson Over Vr the killing ot of three men 0 on a as the outcome ot of election troubles Sheriff Scot Scott and hi his friends heavIly ume armed still Ul bold the Jai Jail against an ared armed crowd of citizens Shots were al all day yesterday and continue Iloa today are do doIn doIng In Ing facton al iii the they cn can to 10 pacify the warring |