The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 19, 1899, Page 1

2 Cye Tall —\'()]}‘\ll’ LXXXVI-NO. 172. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1899—THIRTY-TWO PAGES, PRICE FIVE CENTS. RITISH TROOPS ARE HOLDING THEIR . OWN IN SOUTH AFRICA. DRIVEN AWAY FROM THEIR GUNS WITH A CONSIDERABLE LOSS Ladysmlth but Are Defeated in a Sortie. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyright, 1899, by James Gordon Bennett. LONDON, Nov. I9. A specml dispatch from Pietermaritzburg, dated Saturday, November 18, says: A runner brings the message from Lady- smith saying that-on November 9 the Boers at- tacked that town from the southwest, but were repulsed by the Royal Rifles and Rifle Brigade with great loss. Onp November 14 the Boers made an attack near Colenso, but were repulsed with a loss of 800. Fighting is proceeding at Estcourt. stated in yesterday's ence was felt in General it con Sl @ e i DURING d SORTIE his own, but to infli fate of (,r”or'\l Whit k until relief arrives., It uch de as can be gair from the sc not yet attem ack, which it s hable, for ssault Ladysm all was e's i is now ex- they will be able to with- is fl- red ‘ ¢ ¢ W frove the liberate strategy. That | i ouns v o without a sin wck untll the it ith s desire to attempt | | withheld until trials are undertaken at On t t e Boe id to have destroved the i : | smith toward Estcourt cannot, It Is e - » derive therefr known. claime en as any indication that Tug ridge The mb. w!m-i”t”‘ \mIn ‘i‘.\fl.‘.‘-‘u:;x the Boers have given up hope of captur- p s Fre T 10 s hiat ity hé tohE I tear |ing Ladysmith, for their-plans of cam 3 vhat m: e the fate of et i | car to pe far too skilifully Wins ( ng er news has Leen ral White following ,this T Lor vester o ";‘;"' l‘,‘.":;"““’,r““' ”»; and without sufficient TS from Estcot P L] "he Boers are reported to be s d Ihelr- KRN Tes matnack | e rur also es fror T the Boers have iy evelopments around Ladysmith occupied the small v > of Menen, about twenty-five miles off, who was in charge of the | I ibe bellsvellito(h the lull which pre : - 5 e killed v RO pearan, and t T o .»“'.mkx o | point to the quick relief of nteresting r the defeat of the Britsh at- : at- second interview which he hieve it and it has app: , e 1 Ti 3 : w er commandant, who met Dr. ed that Mafeking must take its 1 ) heir force is o tertitts tea Colonel Baden-Powell will | ' il : probably be given several more chances g nd men, ac- to write facetic ratches. . d and wound ste that among the | = e it b it Ladysmith are | S k. More G n midshipmen, none R : among them being Sir | S € ) ‘_" 1 One is that SR e ik Chichester's son. There are i 2o sposed, which seems to have yundation for 3oer Hospital .u.,—,.\ | val engineers. This is the fir : . ; : ion s Woor auniaihARat ani Dr Briscos| 1 on which naval engineers have the of 1 ing wounded or the - is |1t is added, interchanged compliments on «d at the front In a t 1€ been taken prisoner, but that is not credited here ant spok glish fluently, Guietly bought 10,00 SRR e 41 1:.1\«‘ bebn tenive o dears shh e 1y pollshed manners, expre squipments for the men of the ‘ e rm something for the English soldiers serve. Though these are scarc about it ruth in it to be used in the Immediate | T fantha W T L < 9 the pu e is one more indica- | have within the last nine d of Winston Ct tion of what th at reache *“I do not knc Britain is making lic and the r ured that yrrespor nel squadror moored at Gib f wounded ma they will be well cared f on, Dr. Maxwell, was p takenito praveit rvice at Ermelo to take charge | yne practic under war discipline r hospital The naval critics declare th O MARQUEZ, Delagoa Bay. | 1ateq chartering of the White sMicial Volstem reports that | greamer M er the Tugela River near| gizeq lines should not only be 3 y destroyed on| ;e Government armed cruisers, but . Novemb transports. are 100 forward with | t interest to the impending encounter t is repeated that the Boers are making over- Joel Malopo, who, it is & quie tures to Basuto chief, aid, is pre- n them. panng to The brigade of g ‘(' ]\»X\( Is arrived in splendid condition at the Or last Wednesd The entire camp is in good health and spirits, ready to march and ger for a fight when Lord ,“tn‘l‘.\cn gives the order to move. lege on naval matters, declared during the R tween Colenso and Estcourt with the | . he SEe * - B S i > : ¥ week that the present greatness of the B-+ee-002 = advancing British. About 60 burghers, | gritjeh navy is directly attributable to & with non, are guarding the Helpma- ( 4qmiral Lord Charles Beresford ang kaar elghteen miles from Dundee, | (vuieain' Mahan. i to baflle strategical attempt to reoc- | “yy 4g pow certain that Admiral Beres- | the prison + cupy Dund the Pietermaritzburg- Greytown ro Belated dispatches from a correspond- | ent with the Boers near Ladysmith up to Tuesd November 14, are arriving here, after g strictly censored at Pretoria. They throw some light on the fighting al- s reported from other sources. They say that on Friday, Nove r 10, eight lyddite shells were fired ) the Trans- v central artillery position without do- ing any harm. The wooden platform of the second big gun on Buluwana Hill was damaged, but has since been repaired, Commandant Weilbach captured a man who reported that General White was wounded and had gone to Pletermaritz- burg, le: eral French in com- mand. Thi: T, does not tally with the Transvaal’, at The prisoner also reported that the Bri forces were hiding in underground chambers in order to avold the shells, and sald there were about 1000 wounded in the hospitals. General Joubert has been indisposed, but is better. On Monday, November 13, the British forts on the north side of Lady- smith opened on the nearest Boer bat- tery, and the shells fell so thickly that the Boers were compelied to lie flat for shelter. Later they opened fire on the British batteries, which ceased firing. Heavy fighting occurred between the Orange Free State troops and the British south of I mith during the mornng ¢ | of Tuesday, November 14. The result is & | not known. From Lombards Kop the British bat- terles were visible shelling the Free Staters’ position. A Transvaal bigz gun ¢ | shelled the British batterfes. ! MORE HOPEFUL 3[ FEELING NOW IN ;\ + - 0--0-0-0-- DRSSP S S SO SRS S SRS SRS S S 64 ch an o s S8 28 2 & A YOUNG BRITISH HERO. The English press is just now loud in the praise of Bugler John James Shurlock, aged 14 years, who ehot three Boers in the fight north of Ladysmith and saved a wounded comrade. He was car- ried around the camp on the shoul- ders of the men after the battle. GREAT BRITAIN Copyrighted, 180, hy the Asmoclated Press, GENERAL SCHALKBURGER, Commanding the Boer $| LONDON, Nov. 18 _The pasaing of an- | other week without any material change Forces Threatening Estcourt agd the Country Below. |In the mtatus of the beleaguered British ‘!nrce at Ladysmith s responsiblo for a much more hopeful feeling in Great Brit- .0900000400000-!040&0-?000000090-.*0!0:».a..sA&.coao stic shows that the sub. Arnold White, the lecturer at Eton Cc ty as :View of Estcourt, Below Ladysmith, Now Threatened by the Boers. « B R e S T e e e = =Y N ne [ plan of damming up the Suez canal, he diversion of Boer units from Lady- | | at Bristol were preceded by a long jour- s | tured at the be- | regret that captivity is inconvenient | Star lina | Colonel Schiel, but declines to admit that | | general commanding is perfectly justified | ford will become second in command of | his command require. Great Britain is | advantage at the outset. They no doubt | P N Y oy GNP | S + ® D 4 © * ® Rd © 5 ¢ @ + ® . D! - the British Mediterranean fleet, probably in January. He has selected his staff. The battle-ship R will be his flagship Joth Admiral sher, who is in chief| ommand of the Mediterranean fleet, and | Admiral Beresford are supporters of the | i stead of holding it in case of war. of the trial of the Holland submarine boat have created great in- terest here. The Globe expresses sur- prise at the results and maintains that these only could be accomplished in the most favorable weather and water con- a ns, holding that judgment must be night and in rough water. The Matin of Paris announces that “rance will have two more submarine ats ready before next October. The war seems to give Queen Victoria a new lease of life. The-trving ceremontes-) ney from Scotland, yet the Queen showed no sign of fatigue after undertaking what would have tired out many women of halt | her age. Her short speeches, many of | them impromptu, were never more pointed, and they have apparently | deeply touched the heart of the nation. After such an exhibition of vigor the talk retirement in favor of the Prince of | Wales has naturally no part in the gossip | of to-day. WHITE’'S TROOPS | MAY BE SHORT OF AMMUNITION | LONDO 18.—Ominous statements | are coming by m'm xh at the British re- treat from Dundee largely due to the | shortn of ammunition, and as this, it is thought, is probably the plight at Lady-| smith and elsewhere it seems to furnish ground for anxiety for the ety of lh'.‘ various isolated garriso | With the Colenso bridge destroyed, it is | clalmed that General Buller will have| more difficult transport problems to solve. | Belated dispatches from Cape Town give | General Buller's reply to the application of Colonel Schiel, the German officer ands Laagte, for a paro! rdance with the leged promise of neral White. General Buller expresses ‘ there is any breach of etiquette. He con- tinues: No commander can give a parole or ex- | ercise control over the safe keeping of a prisoner outside the limits of his own command. By the tlon of the forces of | the republic General White's command at present is limited to Ladysmith, and the in making arrangements for the safety of | rs of war that the demands of | 6000 miles from the Cape. The Transvaal declared war and Invaded British terri- | G Retora:a Btk furoa could be' put | in the fleld. They therefore obtained an took into consideration the fact that he| small British force opposed to them would have few men to spare to guard prisoners, | who might therefore be subjected to close | restraint, On the arrival of the British | force 1 will do my best to remedy any inconvenience.” An official dispatch from Pretoria dated Friday, November 10, confirms the state- ments to the effect that the Boer blg guns had little effect at Mafeking. Reports from Cape Colony indicate that the Boer sympathizers are greatly sur- prised at the inability of General Joubert to capture Ladysmith. Interesting details are arriving at Cape Town from the Orange River relating to the fighting at Belmont, showing that when Colonel Keith-Falconer was shot through the breast he was just going to the assistance of a wounded lieutenant, Bevan. Lieutenant Brooke of the Lan- cers had a marvelous escape. He had di mounted to sketch the Boer position, be- ing at the time some distance ahead of | his troopers, when thirty Boers opened | fire and a bullet passed through his leg, the second riddled his helmet and the third killed his horse. Lieutenant Brooke | thereupon started to run, hotly pursued | by the Boers, who were mounted and | would certalnly have captured him but for | an intervening wire fence. The bullets | fell thick around the lleutenant as he | climbed the fence, but the Boers stopped pursuing him, and though they peppered away at him Brooke escaped. BOMBARDMENT OF KIMBERLEY BY DETERMINED BOERS KIMBERLEY, Saturday, Nov. 11 (via runner to Orange River).—The Boers bombarded Kimberley again at 5:15 o'clock this morning, shelling the town — ATTEMPT OF BOERS TO RUSH ESTCOURT IS REPORTED A FAILURE British Naval Gun and Dublin Fusi- leers Drive Back the Attacking Force in Short Order. ESTCOURT, Nov. 18, 1140 P. M.—At 10 o’clock this morning the Boers attempted to rush Estcourt, but one shot from the British naval gun and several long-range volleys fired by the Dublin Fusileers sent them back precip- itately. The Boers had several guns posted on surrounding Kkopjes, but the British naval men apparently astonished them, and their guns were withdrawn. LONDON, Nov. 18.—The latest news from the seat of war in South Africa is, from one point of view, favorable to the Brit- ish, showing that Kimberley is able to hold her own against the Boers and that Estcourt is in a position to beat back an at- tack by the Boer forces now facing it. On the other hand the advices pay testimony to the ceaseless activity of the burghers on the Free State frontier and their determination to cut off relief for Ladysmith, and, if possible, to isolate or capture Estcourt, which is the nearest town to Ladysmith still held by the British. A number of small Boer commandoes from the east and west are converging on Estcourt and the railroad just south of that place. The Boers already aggregate at least 2000, with a few guns, which they evidently, fromythe entrenchments they are throwing up, mean to mount on hills dominating any ad- vance north from Estcourt, where General Hildyard is still com- manding. Even with the strong relief column now hurrying up from Durban the British will have a tough job to pierce the Boer forces thrown across the roads to Ladysmith, while crossing the Tugela River on pontoon bridges in the face of the Boer ar- tillery and rifle fire from the northern ridges commanding the river will probably prove one of the stiffest enterprises of the war. From the Free State irontier comes news that reinforce- ments are rapidly arriving at the Orange River camp, where Lord Methuen is hurriedly preparing to push a relief force on Kimberley. The Scots Guards arrived from Cape Town on Thursday and the relief force ought now to be almost strong enough to tackle the Boers besieging the town. briskly until 6:15 a. m. from three posi- | to-day for the benefit of the American tions. Subsequently they maintained a | hospital ship Maine was a great success. desultory fire until 7:15 o'clock. The exquisitely deco: One shell killed a poor old Kafr wo- | thronged with the ex man in the street and another fell on the | able people fn° brilliant attire including roof of a barn, partly wrecking the bulld- | the Prince of Walss, the Duke of Cam- ing, but not Injuring any of the inmates. | hridge, Princess Christian of Schleswig. Six shells were fired against the water | Holsteln, Princess Aribert of Anhalt % works, but fell In the reservoir. Several [ princess Vietoria of Schleswig.Holste artillerymen in the fort there had close | The last trio were accompanied by Mre shaves. st o Now Yo P A The British guns replied at 1ong range | yortunmoch. e k" the f;{:‘;“p;’ - and at least two shells are belleved to Choate, .\lr!'(lcv!-n Goelet, . Mrs. Arthur have found their mark. as the fire of the [ paoti® 0% CEOCD, TeiCr, JIre. Arthur Boers In that direction was effectually a "'.' and s host of fllhf‘r“ Lady Rin stlenced. Several of the Boers® shells fell | ctFo€ T0 & JOVE B0 PIRERE LAl Tan- In the native compound, but the Inmates | ,ioq “fut was deeply distressed owing t immediately rushed to dig them up. Sev- | \teS: bub Was desply, distressed owjng to ;:’;"',l“:"h,"':’d,"‘;!"':“:} on the mined floors, | ywyngeon Churchill; belfeved to be a pris- The bombardment freshened from 10| OUST In the hands of the Boers, and left o’clock until noon, the fire being directed sts arrive at Ottos Kopje, whence our patrol at| The executive commitiee wore Red dawn had fired upon a Boer detachment, | Cross * hadges. The Prince of Wales knocking down six of their hors The | heartily congratulated-Mrs. Potter on British casualties were one policeman |the brilliant success of her "idea and mortally wounded and a light horseman | thoroughly enjoyed the various features slightly wounded. The patrol fired coolly | of the performance. He sat in front of a and steadlly until the Boers dispersed. | row flanked by Mesdames Hopkins, Jack A second patrol engaged the enemy, but | Leslie and Potter and thé Duchess of meeting a superior force was compelled | Marlborough. At the Prince’s special r to retire, losing only two horses. quest Miss Edna May sang “Follow On." The Boers fired quite 300 shells to-day. e 3 Py R e re dated. from 181 to 185, | Something over £7400 was added to- the The Boers have at least elght guns. Maine fund-as the result of the entertain- The r\r!flnn"'rn IIV‘I‘") r’flrvmlly oy n;,r"'l ment. A more charming and successful and conveyed to Bloemfontein had their | o) has seldom been witnesse arms pinned behind them and were tied | Sathering bas scldom Deen witnegsed at to the trek chain of an ox wagon, re- [ 8n¥y social function-in Lohdon. maining thus throughout the entire night, | The entire floor of the hotel which was until their removal the next d devoted to the entertainment was cor Tl o enewed nt 3:40 o'clock this | themums and roses and multi-colored in- afternoon from two positions. The Brit; | candescent lights {lluminated the- scene. <h guns are now replying. e Boers R hells are Talling harmiessiy, though the e (e sedceEiats (ko LA artillerymen have found the range. The ards !n their brilllant white cnd scar- weather is fine and warm. let uniforms and of ‘a drum major, drummers and pipers in the familiar tar- BENEFIT FOR tan of the Scots Guards gave a martial tone to the entrarce and fayer, while THE AMERICGN the sumptuous toilets of the assembled ladles and gentlemen added splendor to HOSPITAL SHIP [the plcture. Seidom in the wistors of American functions in London has a more distinctive American scene been LONDON, Nov. 18.—Mrs. James Brown | presented, for. the managers were deter- Potter's tea concert at Claridge’s Hotel | mined that the presencs of royalty should WMWWMWO‘MWMOMMOOOQ g BRAVERY OF BRITISH TROOPS IN ARMORED TRAIN DISASTER 1040 + g LONDON, Nov. 18—The full story of the armored train disaster. has brought into relief a number of cases of individual gallantry. Among them 2 is that of a crack rifie shot named Caegenhead, who furnished the range at three different points for the crew of the train and kept firing until his trig- ger finger was shot away. An old Black Watch veteran named Crow was conspicuous for bravery in helping to clear the derailed trucks. Winston Churchill, amid a hail of bullets, turned to him and shook his hand, calling him a brave old man. Another case was that of a volunteer named Wright, 2 who during the firing knelt in the regulation position, remaining cool and collected and cracking a joke with every shot, thus keeping his comrades 2 from becoming flurried, while all the time he was suffering from a wound, his g right ear having been shot away. Corporal Dickle, though wounded and ly- ing on his back, encouraged the men by shouting “Give ‘em beans, boys!™ O+040 +040+ 040+ 04040+ 040+ 0+ 040 +0+ O+0 + 04040+ 0 ‘000000000000000000000000000