The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 7, 1899, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, T ESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1899 5 WILL SEND TROOPS TO THE RELIEF OF WHITE General Redvers Buller Compelled to Change His Plan for the Invasion of the | Transvaal—Some Fighting Near Lady-| smith, but the British War Office With- holds Information. LONDON, Nov. 7.—The Daily Telegraph, speaking of at Britain’s naval preparations, says this morning : ““A particular service squadron, consisting of four of the swiftest cruisers in the navy, will be completed to-day, and after coaling it will await orders from the Admiralty. This squadron will probably make even more effective than at present the great patrol of the Gre ocean now being carried out by our warships along the | whole coast of Africa. The Channel squadron is at Gibraltar, while cruisers are at Las Palmas, St. Vin- cent and other points on the route tothe Cape. Brit- ish warships are continually passing and repassing through the Suez Canal.” is morning’s news carrles publie knowledge South Africa very little further than the rmberg. These movements, taken together that the public must not be disappointed the dates indicated in ssitated by the b as expect he army c would land T svaal through the Orange but the 1 diverted to Durban, Natal, whith ly expected Li r Redvers Buller will go within a w nd the Ad- that n movement through Delagoa Bay, 1y means, in all likelthood Stormberg was u ardest position to b Naauwpoort are General Buller's first bus seem to ve Sir e State now has ] tier. ate southern fro: which lie open nd Mole riday > Boers having e repo t raiiway ected a Ic com- h is seve about , Dr. Jam 1 of Ava, s0 n the hands of i on board W to Durbar e big gun with which Gene success. It is believed al Cronje to be a The recofl toland, that the Roer attempt to of peace Nat 1 ment of territory ce it in a posit rumors of another at the Germ out passengers : vatched by I ving em er Fearl arked thirty NEWS, BUT PLENTY OF THRILLING RUMORS he issue of nsvaal vernment NO n and ing with skep! Pri hours. rumors in a position 1o marque, as it nor harbc must, con y letters of ther ports eering possesscs Mrs atin from P, He 'he executive whole per: nurses United § the chief m X An_alli i will be opened in Parls Mr. r Drexel, Harges & Co. issued a call for a meet orm a c mittee. Lady dolph Churchill has him the following telegram: ‘“The ex tive committee you for your co- nay work as ef- here. wired In re- Crimea V. Portsmouth alls your cam the aign and that Crimean veterans proud of thelr younger com- v fighting in & Africa.” has r > follow- st ) 83 ] ree State force 2000 strong 5 farm, half between & themselves only telegraphs that varlous rumors are 3 ment, bave with here regarding Russian design: : e e eply ok upon Afghanistan. el several we that works Ladysmith for ¢ eded for the 4.7 re is no ment Ladysmith BOERS FIRE VELDT ; | » remarks in the dis-| LONDON, Nov. 7.—The Daily Mail pub- : > impending ;Tlr':'j:';l‘n:f lishes the X'llvva\!'E dlepatah Heom i P ; srley, dated Wed of Pope- f among Saturday, November 4. £ Sore “This morning the hogayz near Bronfie White's movements and | jay by the public, but in )t(_rflr! the veldt es from Kimber- 'y, and this afternoon the flames se: fire the smalle o O 3 D e = r of :‘hr- ?\\'lu] magazin ex- y % rloding the dynamite with a terrific re- 5 nent to Estcourt has | port. ~Fortunately no one was. injured, is intended | The veldt is still burning and it is f at the larger magazine, el court is the where there are c n the % “;;L_“ : (‘rm:hu 1 1200 cases of ']"L“”:'L'“ be ignited.” r 2 i,;‘!'{’fl»‘l‘ o F ”(’“‘m":r" LADYSMITH IS NOW & ittt s il COMPLETELY SURROUNDED DURBAN, Natal, Nov. 3. — Evening (Delayed In Transmission.)—It Is said that | the Colenso garrison saved all the stores, tents, kits, etc” The Boers numbered about 5000 men, comprising a fresh corps of the their sym- | Orange Free Staters. The armored trains a pla- | did splendid service, taking a detachment t fo a‘nrr;’l"’"l-;’”’j; | of the Dublin Fusileers to relleve an out- ) \-;r’;t';:“;}}di“ ;-“"y lying fort, garrisoned by volunteers. assuring reports ,'11."'2“ he retirement from | garding the position at Pletermaritzburg. Stormberg wever, will be fol- | LONDON, Nov. 6.—The officials of the lowed dot rocla- | British War Office, when shown the dis- ch from Durban of November 3, said had no further news re arding the military situation in Natal, but thought no undue significance should be attached They could not to Ladysmith | was intact, but they admitted that Lady- counter pr the Dutch sive than e n of the arrival | RS > of the whole British he moro or | SMith 1s now completely surrounded. Jess distant future The British 1 papers publish a HM' Republicans should see to it that e o any ® Ao arrive at Cape | 8an Francisco starts the new era un- o m ng to this i S some 20,000 1x *h mLF- cape by | der a Republican administration. e BOERS ARE CLAIMING the admiralty st evening to poointment must by if the transpc Bpdfi‘nol amriv 20 the etk SSHRTE | A NUMBER OF VICTORIES dates, which the War Office says, arc “based in many cases upon too sanguine expectations.’ CAPE TOWN, Nov. 6.—A dispatch from he French press has been cheerfully | Maseru, Basutoland, dated Friday even- B S i g T fem | were b nd Burghersdorp. The ] : there for the arrival of 000 reinforcements from Rouxville and ontein before moving on Storm- There is a third Free State force at | - The g In the Boer | plainly visible from here last Petersburg correspondent of the | AND MAGAZINES EXPLODE | LG 20 an 2n on n SaCR SR ot R . o RMARITZBURG, v afternoon, Nov. commanding the munication with Marit his staff with aphic communic north | of Estcourt is stopped. The na- report that the Boers received a blow at Ladysmith Thursday. ved. ning)—The British forces and tw did great fon with bayonets, the Gorc anders carrying the principal Boer yers lost heav 1s of the n was decided upon cut off the British Joer: This structure, the largest and most important | § where the road from De Aar on the Cape Town-IKimberley road comes in. Its destruc S ot “officially confirmed, but it is at a on n )sition at the point of the bayonet. The in killed and wounded . 3.—Colenso 1Is S = SR SRS | The Dur Infantry tenant Molineaux and a force of Dublin Fusileers were sent to the relief of the outposts and a brisk fight ensued. The ers we: wenty rs st repulsed, leaving twelve de: oer horses were killed and peded The chief motive for the withdrawal, however, was that the long range of the Boers, had made the position untenable. orders were recetved for retirement While retirement was In progress the Natal volunteers at Fort Wylie had great difficu n getting their ni pounder n the dark. were advised gun, but were exceedingly his, resolving to make 1 effort to take it with them. ey were running the on its carriage down a hill the ror oke ana carr rushed on, the latter shed at the bottom of the in- thing daunted, the plucky fel- s undertook to carry the weapon it- 1f, which had mot been damaged, and ing, says that since Magistrate warning that their interference Basutos would cause an uprising Basutoland. The natives or, continued to compls howe: authorities. t the British suffered a re nith. It has been expla - regard t. It was thought better that every should ki the dispatch adds and Basutos, who have ith in the Imperial Government."” The repulse of the Free State forces Oc- | Gazette in a study with the the < have been letting the Basutos cross n that they {ng robbed of their savings by the There is no dlsguising from a | communicating with the B of it as insignifi- t follow the republic’s methods of both from the Euro- implicit Boers also assert that General White was | | killed and that certain documents were | found on his bod, 1 Certatn residents of Colesburg are freely | the river. |LITTLE HOPE OF PEACE AFTER THE WAR LONDON, Nov. under Lieu- 27 is claimed by the Boers to have a brilliant victory, and they say at inds Laagte the British fied and that dysmith the Boers retired because | had expended their ammunition. The :r force across 6.—The Westminster of the situation re- | Every effort was made to remove sus- | on the whole Midland Railroad system, is 320 miles from Port Elizabeth and 50 mi Buller’'s fon will greatly impede Sir Redv D S S S D B D D D DD D S0 W P DS they got it here safely. Th Boers shelled Colenso camp at dawn to-day. g apparently unaware of the evacuat They looted the stores, ‘but did not harm the bridge aying tha y would want the railway thems 4 women and children here are crowd- ing the trains bound for Pietermaritzburg and Durb: - — HEAVY FIGHTING NEAR LADYSWMITH ESTCOURT, Natal, Saturday, Nov. 4, p. m.—It reported that the Boers los $00 in killed and wounded and captured in Thurs battle on Tatham’'s farm, near ESTCOURT, noon.—A reli Natal, Saturday, Nov. 4 mith, ing the I s th ble messenger has just ar- i ser L T S e R B D A N ] s from Naauw Port Julction, idvance on Bloemfontein. ‘oeie The British drove the Boers back to their | camp. The enemy suffered great loss | dand thirty mounted Boers were he fighting s resumed r (Friday), the Boers firing from Nosdwz The shana Hill, near Hepworth's farm. were driven back with loss to their camp. rtillery, under A large Boer force with John Wessetts, has take a position on the left of Beacon, ing on the Woodhouse, angvaracht | m- g and a small the railway near Pieters No been done at | Colens: 5 res, railway and | iron bridzs ntact. The m vs he heard that the Boers would be in Colenso to-day and that the volunteers were leaving. Much regret is felt at the unnec alarm being created at Maritzburg, there is no need for it. The Natal corps, with guns, will return 'atham’s farm, | burg to-day to reassure the inhabitants. ws the and even holds out little hope for peace after the war. It says: “Rhodes’ former polic the Dutch was what m liberal imperialist polic t be but intents new Office had. to all s, adopted Rhodes’ cious. independence. For three years we let | these grievances accumulate and arma- ment continue, when wisdom should sure- 1y have suggested that th shoulé have been taken griev. up in B T British Government's policy | ¢ of working with termed a when | | Rhodes lost patience and when the Jame- | son raid failed it became obvlous that the and | views. Dutch on their side became suspi- The Transvaal in particular hard- | ed its heart against the Ultlanders and voted itself to arming in defense of its | nces detail. picion and chec B ansvaal. ““At the end we emerged with the view that the Dutch were our natural en , whose armament was intended >med ble to sec them against ass but to destrc South Afric Sir Alfred Milner and, more tardily, whole Tory party were converted the conclusion that war w and that the frar were unimportant British power —~——— year. the fight that is to come. 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