Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1899 — WIN AT GREAT COST. [ARTICLE]

WIN AT GREAT COST.

British Killed and Wounded at Elandslaagte Number 150. Official and unofficial dispatches show that the capture of Elandslaagte by the British Saturday was a brilliant feat of arms, although accomplished only with great loss. The British killed an(Twounded numbered about 150, according to the report sent to the war office in London by Gen. Sir George Stewart White. That of the Boers is placed at a much higher figure, while many were captured. The force of the Boers approximated 1,200, while the British had a much larger number. The burghers were strongly intrenched and in many respects the battle was like that at Dundee Hill. Remarkable bravery was shown by the Boers, especially in repeatedly returning to their guns after they had been silenced by the British artillery. Gen. Viljoen, second in command of the Boers, is among the killed. Gen. Koch, who led them, was seriously wounded and is a prisoner. His son, Piet, is among the killed. An important prisoner taken by the British is Schiel, a former German army officer. So closely were the Boers pressed that they were forced to abandon a number of standards, which fell into the hands of the victors. The eastern and western Boer columns are entirely dispersed.