The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 13, 1899, Page 1

The @all VOLUME LXXXVI— O. 166. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1899, PRICE FIVE CENTS:. BRITONS AND BOERS ENGAGE IN @ FIERCE ARTILLERY DUEL JOUBERT GIVES THE ENGLISH NO REST Heavy Guns Hurl Forty-Pound Shells Into Surrourngigdiqu_ysmith. British Naval Guns Again Brought Into Play by General White's Garrison to Resist the Stubborn Attack of the Burghers. STCOURT, Natal, Nov. 9.—Heavy firing is now proceeding in the direction of Ladysmith. It began about daybreak. Some reports are so much heavier than any previgusly heard as to lead to a general belief that the Brtish heavy naval guns are again active. The safe arrival at Ladysmith of Lieutenant Hooper of the Fifth Lancers shows that communication with the garrison is possible. He was anxious to rejoin his regiment and started hence, accompanied by a Natal policeman. They succeeded in traversing the Boer lines. A party which rode out several miles about noon to ohserve the bombardment of Ladysmith could see a Long Tom, a forty- pounder, posted on the railway side of the Bulwara, firing at intervals of six to eight minutes. Another gun was observed in operation a little distance away. Puffs of smoke were dis- cernible on the opposite side, showing that Ladysmith was standing a big hombardment. The locality of the town was nothing but a huge caldron of smoke. N - ¢ left Cape Tow L ~ v 7 rain, off, se is Hellawell wires by way of man that on October 27 Mafeking 1 safe. The Boers have a nine- D o A e e e e e e e e X ) - - *é \carTaiN B A \|VAN KAUSHNEY.R TRANS PORT OFFRICER AT THE CAPE. . this have by hamper m a reducing made it will be GENERAL BULLER’'S \ al dispatch fror pe Town con- | ¢ the ez r at it was Gen- Buller t Briti of 1 Naauw- frontier line ded. It is| "Wz report has just been received that WUWPOOTt | o “October 26 a Boer commando was at as the ad- | pyogwani, moving south. Some natives . Sverheard these Boers declaring their in- uation but the ittle pounder, is doing damage. gun ong bids being made by the|tention to march on the Free State side ers for the support the Cape Duteh, | 5¢ the frontier, in order to intercept re- tit without much suc although it 1S | jneorcements from Orange River bridge billeved that the Dutch farmers, especial- | for the north.” 13 in Plcquetberg district, are armed with | an wunofficial statement is pub Nausers and are watching the course |y ¥ ¢e’ Goocon soon after her ST berore Jolning (e \hoers. ¥Tom | 4¢ Cape Town, left for Durban and Del St rmber; s reported that the Free E Stite ‘rfes are working slowly toward |5°% Ba¥- BT Dodrecht, with a Vi of attacking WAS A GREAT-GRANDSON town and cutting off the towns in northern district of Cape Colony. wounded &re recovering in a re- able manner. The Mauser wounds o tmall and heal rapidly. Many of the utied apply for permission to return to th. front. ¢ that the latest two official were recelved from General ester-Walker and not from Gen- HALIFAX, N. 8., Nov. 12.—Lieutenant | €. C. Wood of the North Lancashire Regi- ment, reportedgfatally wounded at Kim- berley and wHbse death was subsequently announced in Saturday evening's cable message, was a grandson of Jefferson Da- OF ZACHARY TAYLOR 148 | e for of President @0 © “* bt . e o . © / + | & + DS I * + é 1 . R4 S50R-GEN. T.D Wik SON. CHIEF MEDICAL CHIER OR ThHE ARMY SERVICE COMMUNICATION COMMANDING AT E3STcourT AUXILIARY STAFF. Chiefs of Departments in the Army Corps that will be sent against the Boers. L e e e @—Q—M-Q»I&&M—o—o-o-&ow. |mander in that war, his last command | being the cruiser Tallahassce. | Lieutenant Wood was born in Halifax | and educated in the Canadian Royal Military College at Kingston, Ontario. He is the first graduate of that college to dle in battle and the first Canadian to | fall in the present war In Soath Africa. | The young man served in India before | going to South Africa. He had a promis- ing future. He has a brother in the adian militia, who is in command of ounted police In the Yukon. PONDALAND NAT | the IVES DURBAN, Nov. 8.—Captain Percy Scott of the first-class protected cruiser Terri- ble has been appointed commandant here | in the place of Major Bethune, who will | assume active command of the mounted Outlander corps. The march of the naval brigade with om which the above was made w White’ we ped, is not s . now being used as a hospital for the wounded. ol ARE BECOMING RESTLESS VIEW OF LADYSMITH, NOW UNDERGOING A SIEGE. t after the breaking éut of e then c: own in the view. e band of the Terrible, | along the | > enthusi- the crowds wounded wi | row | there hav | Ladysmith, ar ginning to s safer. ek places which th think R s LIVELY ENCOUNTER AT ORANGE RIVER LONDON, Nov. 13—The War Office this morning has the following dispatch from Cape Town, November 12 (noon): “*Colonel Gough at Orange River reports | | that during a reconnoissance of fifteen | miles to a point nine miles west of Bel- 0 the officers of the | mont on November 1 v * ® + 9 3 © * > oo - ¢ \[THE BisHOP OF | T EERS ARMIDALE CONTINGENT. 1 ® i : L i o e e patrol first came on a Boer position taken upon a great semi-circle ridge, standing out into a plateau. hey endeavored to make the Boers develop their strength by demonstrating with two squadrons of the Ninth Lancers and a field battery on the left wing, with one and a half companies of mounted infantry on the right wing and with artillery in the middle of the plateau out of the infantry fire. R oeivedsdeieiedebed e weral Billor seems to indicate that the!vis, President of the Southern Confeder- | twenty guns through the town was an| ‘“The enemy began by firing at our cav- “ the war. The permanent The large building on the left, with the B o S S D DR AU SPA DN alry from a gun at the north end. around them the hills emed full o 1<<Imr)-.~hnuu-rs. The mounted infantry en- | deavored to outflank the enemy’s left, in order to discover the laager, coming un- and unexpected fire from a der a heavy few skirmishers. “‘Our guns fired several apparently ef- brought in by rail. after the action. “The enemy’s siderable—apparently 700, with one gun under David Dibe and P. Vander Merwe. REPORTED REPULSE OF BOERS AT MAFEKING Nov. 12.—The following dis- -Powell, British ¢ g, dated October 25 and forwarded by General Buller, was LONDON patch from Colonel Ba commander at Mafeki posted this evening by the War Office: ““All Is well here. After two da our Maxim fire. BELIEVES AMERICA WOULD AID ENGLAND 1 BERLIN, —The Vossiche Zei- +O>->e | As the Town Hall, played | the cavalry, in open order, began to circle The wounded were sent to Orange River by rafl 1mmediate|)’l strength appeared con- * shell- ing and a heavy bombardment a body of | the enemy made a’general attack on three sides of the town, which was repulsed by The enemy Is now draw- | OVER SIX HUNDRED FALL IN A BATTLE AT PUERTO CABELLO Venezuelan Rebels Defeated and General Paredfies Surre_nders. City Attacked by Land and Bombarded From the Sea, Yielding to the Forces of the De Facto Government Only After a Stubborn Defense. UERTO CABELLO, Venezuela, Nov. 12.—General Pare- des, a former commander in the army of ex-President Andrade, who had refused the demand made upon him by General Cipriano Castro and the de facto authorities to sur- render the town, even when this was re-enforced by the request of British, American, French, German and Dutch command surrendered this morning at 10 o'clock, afte ible battle. The aspect of the city is one of ruin and devastatjon and it is estimated that upward of 630 persons were killed or wounded during the fighting. Dr. Braisted of the United States cruiser Detroit and the other surgeons of the various warships in the harbor are minis- tering to the wants of the wounded. 2:te General Ramon Guerra began a land attack upon the town and the position of General Paredes on Friday night. tory fighting continued until Saturday morning about 4, and | then a fierce struggle ensued. General Paredes made a stub- born defense, but General Guerra forced an entrance . into the town at 5 o’clock yesterday. As early as 6 o'clock Sunday morning the fleet . arrived and began a bombardment, but the range was too great and the firing proved ineffective. Desul- t General Paredes held the fort on the hill and Fort Liberata- dor until this morning. Deep, with ten other mines, are working. | quarters t White and black labor ig plentiful, and an alliance | fective shots, but the enemy did not re- | the mint is busy coining gold. e b e g spond, having withdrawn with the wound- s s 2y [ed. The enemy did not fire on the am.| ORDERED TO SOUTH AFRICA. e e et bulance. Colonel Gough withdrew his| g 7OmHN: ov. 12—The Allan et s o force after a demonstration lasting three m‘]’pr' (.”n‘mgm(fln which arrived here bt hours and returned to camp the same af- | Locto o et T C M British ; ternoon near Orange River. . ‘at Hdgoniait B10.7 Onithe The guns and a few horses were| men's arrival there two warships will be immediately dispatched to South Af a | to reinforce the Britsh fleet in those ) waters. mate concer Brother of Dr. Leyds Dead. o BRUSSELS, Nov 12.—Herr Leyds, brother of Dr. Leyds, and himself an agent of the Transvaal Government, died of apoplexy yesterday while on a visit to his brother. S Movements of Troopships. have become apparent LONDON, Nov. 12—The war office an- | Only within the last nounces that the troopship Roslyn Castle | 2fter Lord Salisbury has arrived at Durban and the troopship | SPeech at the London as Gascon at Cape Town. Transport Sardinian’s Voyage. LONDON, Nov. 12—The Allen line i steamer Sardinian from Montreal and L0 : e | About the time the apc British Quebec, with the Canadfan contingent for | “00U° T3¢ FE TEE BT BE O e | South Africa, has arrived at St. Vincent, | Ing off. Our casualties were slight. C) - 3 State Department Canada’s stenc “Lieutenant Llewellyn, with several Gt A0 S for a et Snctrieep Hion | armored trains, drove off the enemy at | Alaskan bovndary on her own condition: | Crocodtie Pool on Wednesday, killing GREAT BRITAIN BACKS | Embassador Choate, at Edinburgh, elght. eloquently to Lord Sall T CANADA’S DEMANDS | ments in sentim Lo 7 THREE WOMEN CRIMINALS. Police of New York Make an Impor- tant Capture. Disposed to Drive a Hard Bargain in the Settlement of the Alaskan Dispute. NEW YORK, Nov. 12.—The Journal's tung, discussing the probability of Inter- | washington correspondent sa This YORK, Nov. 13.—Three women ventlon by a European power during | week will demonstrate the degree of h the hostilitics In South Africa, says: actual friendship felt by Great Britain "Hnw\-\'l‘r_ much great Britain’s pesi- | for the United States. Lord Pauncefote tlon in Africa may be imperiled, it is|intends to press for settlement the quite uniikely that Russia vill make any | Alaskan boundary question by arbitra- Mrs. Mol- anti-British move. Great Britain can | tion, and the offensive feature of his in- Memp rely upon American and Japanese sup- port in the event of any difficulty with Russia ‘n China. PRETORIA MINES WORKED. A dispatch from says that the Pretoria, dated yesterda foreign Consuls hold weekly meetings at | the residence of the Italian diplomatic agent to discuss matters of international terest. According to the same corre- spondent the Rose Deep and Fereira EN COUNTERS BETWEEN BOERS r boarding »us persons.and their found brass large number in sums- from 'or diamonds, sistence lies in the fact that Great Britain stands behind Canada’s demand for a ¢ sion of Pyramid Harbor or some other American tidewater port to Canada. The amiability of the American-British ‘‘understanding” is not in a superlative degree just now, and the State Depart- ment, if it expressed its sentiments, | would declare our English cousin is act- ing in a manner so singular that it can- not be described as wholly ingenuous. | Grave suspiclon is entertained in official he pou revolver ickets, ranging The 1 re of pawn $10 to $50. AND BRITONS AT KIMBERLEY APE TOW Hopetown, November 4 (morn! ifaxim, the enemy brought up to shell the Boers. Meanwhile some Boers had occu they did no damage. It Is believed “New alarm signals were soun and close to our outposts. They fired long range. The only casualty was “The enemy ‘lifted’ forty cattle > OGO PO VS0 QS who were working near the . Nov. 12.—The following telegram, undated, has been received from Kimberley by dispatch rider via “In yesterday's fight the Boers made their appearance near Carters Farm. replying with rifles. the Cape police and wounding another. The res *“The Boers now surround Kimberley in great numbers and are bent on ‘lifting’ cattle and h hood of Fesmeads Farm at Keniiworth. They did no damage and retired. Sanitarium, and eventuaily went off with a large number of cattle and donkeys. ing): h opened fire with a illing 2 member of e two ‘guns were By mistake our fire went down ir The British finally retired on the ult is not yet known = pled Kampers Dam, firing with one gun on Ottos kopje, but not getting the range six Boers were killed in the first fight. i ssing the British, ded at 10 o’clock this morning, the enemy ing been hted in great numbers on a patrol under Major Peakman, which engaged them, but the firing was at the wounding of Major Ayleff of the Cape police. northeast of the Sanitarium, subsequently firing eight shells in-the mneighbor- Later they fired on a number of convicts & = o & & -3 & & “The Boers are well mounted and from the dips in the veldt they appear and disappear with marvelous rapidit & bent on ‘lifting’ cattle. The demonstration made to the southwest to-day was only a feint to cover the unsuccessful & movement at Kenilworth after cattle. Thelr fleld gun shooting was poor, all the shells falling short.” 2 LONDON, Nov. 12—The War Office issued the following dispatch this evening from General Sir Redvers Buller, £ dated Cape Town, November 11, 10:40 p. m.: 4 b3 & “Colonel Kekewich, British commander at Kimberley, reports that the enemy were very active on November 4, & 2 principally with the object of driving off cattle. The Orange Free State troops retired rapidly before Colonel Turner b4 £ without firins. i 2 o “At 12:30 p. m. the Transvaal troops advanced on Kenilworth. Major Peakman with a squadron of the Kimberley & & Light Horse was hiding in the bush and gave the enemy a warm reception. The Boers retired, firing. Colonel Turner ¥ & reinforced Major Peakman, and at 12:40 p. m. the enemy opened fire with one piece of artillery at nearly 4000 yards. 0 & e. oE & " %Iwo guns of the Diamond Field Artlllery were then sent in support of Colonel Turner, but the enemy's guns i © had ceased firing after the fifth round. Consequently our guns did not come into action. The enemy’s artillery fire & & Was not damaging and their shooting was bad. . “Our casualties were limited to Major Ayleff of the Cape police, who was wounded in the neck. He is expected B (o recover. Later in the day, our pickets say, the Boers carried off six dead from ane spot, probably kilied -by our @ Maxim. The total Boer loss was probably heavy, but had not been estimated by Colonel Kekewich 5 2 “At 5:30 p. m. Colonel Turner was again in contact with a new body of the enemy on the hnest Drift road. & 2 From the conning tower a large number could be plainly seen about two miles to the north of Kimbetley reser- O & voir ana others held a walled inclosure on the right flank. Colonel Turncr opened fire with a Maxim and two guns & % of the Diamond Field Artillery sent in support. He came into action at 5:47 p. m. and continued firing until dusk. & “Our further casualties there were Private, Lubbe of the Cape police, who was shot through the head and who ¥ died on arriving at the hospital, and Segeant ‘Watermage of the Kimberley division of the Cape police, Who s wound- 9 ed, but is doing well. ; % & “Colonel Kekewich is unable to State the enemy’s loss, but believes it must have been severe, judging from the & precipitate retreat of the Boers. At 6:10 p. m. the enemy opened fire with ore piece of artillery from Camperdam on g % Ottos kopje, the latter being held by the Cape police. The enemy inflicted no damage.” o &