The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 20, 1899, Page 1

Tall not VOLUME LXXXVI— SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1899, PRICE FIVE CENTS. DESPERATE WORK CONFRONTS THE BRITISH RELIEF FORCE BOER STRATEGY SHOWS NO SIGN OF WEAKENING Ten Thousand Men Will Contest, ¢ @ 1gs ot /T ¢ “This smart move was not seen by the rl ] Vance puh ) ik 4 enemy, who soon returned with the X fue:enemy made a datennined : 3 + horses” Carefully reserving their fire, the attack on Thursday, November 8. Ap- ¥ King's Rifles allowed the Boers to ad- - v parently * Boer forces participated. @ © vance almost to the edge of the trench 4 Their artil opened fire at 4 a. m., ¢ 4 and then poured volley after volley into lnv 3 I P pd A l'_flurll‘u: thick and fast upon the & © the astounded Boers, who turned and fled asion 0 ape 0 Ony roceeas pace, British positions, although with no great 4 ¢ from the awful hail of bullets, bolting @ R SRS > oeoei@ O oivieieieieisoeiec® . | + Q | Numerous Towns Falling Into the § + Hands of the Burghers ! . D COLONEL H.H.SETTLE 3, | \CHIEF STAFEOFFicerR ? s 3 B¢ OF LINE OF 2 to Tt York Herald. Copyrighted, 1899, |& cORE N caTions 5 ¢ . F ’ ANOCEFICER OF LmRat Gordon Bernett. . J) | \EXPERIENCE. & RESOURCES 4 7 : e 3 5 ONDON 2 I strategy, according to |1 ) = Z g es, shows no signs of weakening. |+ ¢ o es 1wce from the seat of war, they ¢ pre ec new plan of campaign which | ¢ I ere wdopt because of the investment of 3¢ ¢ 0,000 men, er Generals Jou- S e ing south to meet the British Cor SToPrForb ce Estcourt. General White will, therefore, be left cHismor GENERAL STARR ORPS OF RoOyaL \ OFFICER Sk e ENGINEER S wAw, HAS SEEN MUCH g \\s RVICE 1M THE & L ‘ \ | BESETon drpeo s force ched and, therefore, \ MNewel' BR2: 28, e X 1 = 3 \\\ 13 1Zirg ¢ imn will have a hard |¢ \ P t e t is as strong as reported. I * S me ed by bodies at several |+¢ . at | ¢, there 1s a force of | [ \ \GRENADIERS & ¢ O e On R i | \ \DAAG INTHE CoL FA/B. + 1 the railyay |¢ \INTELLIGENCE LAN oM & p s 4 2 o \DIvision [ g er Commandant Grobler, wt there |? \The war ©F SRrasaamly 3 o> CFEICE. EouRVicE ) ¢ ers Vee 1 Grevtown. T ish posi- | TeLortas. sty h 4 SR = ALy ¢ TS Orrican . s safe as at | th 1tself, for General ' § |~<o~:.5:1 b b o ve imber of men under his com- |4 bt ) : . s n advange by three columns upon 1 I . i T . rok P - emf 1 S pe ly broken up by T @ GEPETE ieneral White’s relief, 1 B 2 ¢ g K erley p rance of Boers 5 SOMC ¢ gic t g sed by the railways % Ke & g S erg | ead Junction and Springfon ’ i OFFICERS ON GENERAL BULLER’S STAFF. . ! ¢ s ( Colony is proceeding apace R S PSP P . ’ Boer command 600 strong ct. They adopted the unusual tactics | was most elaborate on all sides of the [ acrossthe open, where the artillery of dvancing under cover of their guns | town | the British poured in a terrible and ef- O me it uwpoort one fons on the nd kopjes ad-| *“The main attack, however, was made | fective shell fire. The enemy lost heavily. , 200 st ek those oce y the British | bet the Free State and Newcastle | “Meanwhile another section of the 2 of 300. o advance has | the left of mp. Railway lines by a column composed | Boers had brought a mortar Into action, = : . T 0 De A “Continuing thelr advance, the Boers | chiefly of Johannisburg volunteers. A | firing heavy shells. Our guns, concen- crept up. using every avallable means of | brigade of the King's Royal Rifles Corps | trating on it, soon silenced this weapon. | the artillerymen fleeing headlor The © i oot ose D S ; L d then advanced in force with a view 3 +| airing the mortar. but our artillery @ | shelled and scattered them right and left. &l he fightin at 11 o'clock. « & | Promptly at noon General White ordered 7 | a salute of twenty-one guns in honor of o ? | the birthday of the Prince of Wales. As @ | the cannon boomed, cheer after cheer ) ¢ | rang out from the troops and a scene of & | enthustasm probably without parallel in 4 | history followea. . & | “At Caesar's camp, which protects th 4 | town on the southwest, the rcheste ‘ ? | Regiment held the position. Descending | ) © | under cover of the British guns for some ) ¢ | distance on the farther side of the hill, @ | they found several hundred Boers hiding 3 ditch out of the of British . ¢ They poured volley after volley : + | Into the enemy, scattering them and in- 3 | flicting heavy 1oss. 1 ?| “The Boers were driven back at every < 4 | point, with a loss estimated at $%0 men. @ | Nothing important occurred until Tues- - ¢ | day, November 14, when a strong force, . & | chiefly cavalry and artillery, reconnoiter- ‘ + | In&, came upon the enemy near the Co- ) lenso road and drove them back to thelr 1 @ | main positions. Our shell fire was most 4 | effective and proved to have inflicted con- & | siderable damage. Our loss was one n 4| “That same a Boer shell killed s COL PAGET, OF THE. H i §eoTy SR $ D e e R S S R S S S S R S NP Y t Betestvoeo 000000 |w LONDON, which left New York N Dettingen, and its famous charg inspiration for both painter and form is scarlet with blue facin The regiment is now en route to the front. taken and new mounts had to be provided. Shamrock Reaches Nov. . the Cylde at midnight. The URBAN, Natal. Nov. 18 Times of Natal publishes th lowing, dated November 15, from its special correspondent at Lady- The fol- THE ROYAL SCOTS GRAYS (SECOND DRAGOON GUARDS). This is one of the most distinguished cavalry regiments in the British service. Blenhelm and goes on through all of Marlborough's great victories—Oudenarde, Ramillies and Malplaquet at Waterloo, when it swept down the slope singing “Scotland Forever, poet. At Balaklava and Sebastopol the Grays added further to their fame. » and the helmet is surmounted by a white plume. An outbreak of disease prevented its famous gray chargers from being the Clyde. | cover. Our infantry opened with a steady, Shamrock, | Warm fire, which beat back the enemy, ember 2, arrived | Notwithstanding a display of tenacity of All aboard are | purpose equal to their desperate stands | on’ previous occasions. The Boer attack L S Sl S S + > Its record of distinction begins at It fought at has been an The uni- The colonel in chief is the Czar. e o R R i e N S 33 e e e e e e AR e Sl S e S S S Y ) made a splendid defense. The Boers were repulsed, but soon rallied and returned to the attack. Again the British fire, which was very hot, forced them to retire. They had made a deep trench in front of the 'BOERS CHARGE BRAVELY, BUT ARE HURLED BACK Stubborn Fighting Attends the First Attempt of the Allied Republican Armies to Take Ladysmith by Storm. British lines, and while withdrawing for their horses they left this unguarded, whereupon the King’'s Rifles, advancing at double quick, occupled the trench. trooper of the Natal Mounted Rifles who was sleeping in his tent. All our men are fit, well and in good spirits. It is reported that the lyddite is terrifying the Boers, who have to be driven to their gun g ns by revolvers pointed at their he “Ladysmith is able to hold out r On the other hand, it is reported /.is working havoc in the months. enemy's camp il BOER ARTILLERY NOT MANNED BY GERMANS LOURENZO MARQUEZ, Nov. 19.—The following dispatch has been received here from Pretoria, dated Thursday, November 16: “The statement that the Boer artillery is officered by Germans is denied here. It is asserted officially that all the Boer ar- tillery officers were born in the Transvaal, although two were trained in Europe. ‘The British prisoners of the rank and file have received new outfits from the Government. t is reported that the bombardment of Kimberley was resumed this morning. “Bateman, a British private captured outside of Ladysmith and brought to Pre- toria, has since become Insane.' FREE STATE'S FLAG OVER JAMESTOWN QUEENSTOWN, Cape Colony, Nov. 1S. —Commandant Olivier, with a portion of the Rouxville commando, has occupied Jamestown, hoisted the flag of the Orange Free State and annexed the town. Gen- eral Willlam Forbes-Gatacre, with his staff and the Irish Rifles, arrived here to- day. b R American Nurses Sent. NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—When the At- lantic transport liner Manitou sailed to- day she had on board Dr. Hastings and twenty-nine male nurses and orderlies and dispensers who will join the comple- ment of the medical and surgical staft of the hospital ship Maine, loaned to the British Government by the Atlantic line for hospital duty in South African waters, BULLER'S REPORT OF THE SKIRMISH BEFORE ESTCOURT Claims a Single Shell Caused the Boers to Retreat. Various Bodies of Burghers Advancing on the Town From a Northwesterly Direction. Marquis of Lansdowne: eral commanding at Pietermarit moving on Estcourt. Estcourt from a northwesterly court. lie’s homestead. tain.” 10, says: camped six miles away. morning's | the ONDON. Nov. ?.—This news gives little that alters complexion of the situat.on. 8 the fight of November 9 matters far as is known, have been fairly | quiet at Ladysmith. It is not un likely that the %, badly informed as to the nature and extent of British prep- arations advance to the relief of the town, be hesitating regarding the next ment. The situation in Natal |1s very more especially if | the reports be true that the great Tugela | bridge has been destroyed. The success | | mov complicated of the next move on elther side will de- pend more on strategy than on superior numbers. The | open. ers have three lines of action ey can hol dthe rallway with the force they have at Ennersdale, falling | slightly back before the British advance | and threatening it from Weenen, or, in the second place, they can advance from | Weenen and try to carry Estcourt: or, in | the third place, they can advance due | south from Weenen to Weston, cut the raflway and blow up the bridge over the Moot River. If it be true that there are 10,000 Boers under Joubert and General Botha marching south to meet the British rellef force, heavy fighting is In store. Nothing is known with certainty regard- | ing the progress of the rellef column from | Durban, and the immediate interest cen- ters in the relief of Kimberley. General | Methuen has a splendid knowledge of the country where he will operate,and Is lay- ing his plans with the utmost care. An indefatigable worker, he is busy night and day cutting down the baggage to a minimum and issuing orders with a view of insuring that the officers shall be iIn- distinguishable from the men to the eyes of the Boers. A naval brigade, with searchlights from the cruiser Dorls, under Major Ernest Rhodes, accompany the col- umn, and Major Rhodes is confident that he will see his brother Cecil in Kimber- ley. The column will take all the material for repairing the raflway, which it is be. lleved there will be no difficulty in doing. The advance will be made by forced marches, the column reaching the Mod- der River in four days. An Orange River dispatch dated Thurs. day, November 16, says that the Boers were then concentrating their forces out- side of Kimberley. According to the lat- est advices from Jamestown there had been no sign of a Basuto rising up to Thursday last. The Boers have renamed Allwal Olieversfontein, in honor of their mandant. From Lourenzo Marquéz comes a re- port that three German officers, Colonel von Braun, Lieutenant Brutewitz and Lieutenant von Kunze, have arrived at Pretoria with the intention of joining Gen- eral Joubert's staff. BURGHERSDORP ANC * COLESBURG OCCUPIED CAPE TOWN, Nov. 19.—The Boers oc- cupied Burghersdorp on Tuesday, Novem- ber 14, and it is believed that they were then on the way to seize Stormburg Junetion. Advices received here show that on Thursday, November 1§, a combined force of Free State and Transvaal burghers oc- cupled Colesburg, Cape Colony, without opposition by the residents, and pro- claimed the district to be Free State ter- ritory. The British troopship Manila has ar. North com- | that two rived at Durban. Sir Alfred Milner, Governor of Cape Colony and British High Commissioner, ONDON, Nov. 19.—The War Office posted the following telegram to-day from General Sir Redvers Buller to the CAPE TOWN, Nov. 18.—The following is from the gen- zburg: “To-day at 8 a. m. the officer commanding our northern outposts reported that the enemy’s mounted patrols were ad- vancing across the whole country from Gourton road to Ulandi, My force stood to arms. reported various bodies, from 500 to 700 strong, advancing on 3 direction. One party, 500 strong, moved toward the railroad bridge a half mile northwest of Est- The outposts “Our outposts fired on the enemy and one of the naval guns fired a shell at 8000 yards’ to the enemy, who then hurriedly retired. range, the shell bursting close g g “At 12 o'clock reports were received from three pickets that a large number of Boers were in sight on a hill above Les- The troops have returned to camp.” General Buller has also telegraphed as follows: “CAPE TOWN, Sunday, Nov. 19.—A telegram from the British Consul at Lourenzo Marquez, dated November ports that fifty-six prisoners, captured from the Estcourt ar mored train, have reached Pretoria. I believe Winston Church- ill is missing, but as yet have been unable to ascertain for cer- 18, re- A special dispatch from Estcourt dated Sunday, November “All is quiet here. The enemy is believed to be en- Our position is good and our forces are sufficiently strong to repulse attack.” has issued a proclamation. declaring the Boer proclamations, annexing territory, impressing men or seizing goods, are null and vold and should not be obeyed. He es full recognition of and falr com- tion for actual infury resulting from val adherence to British allegiance. W. P. Schreiner, the Premier, has in- structed all civil commissioners to a nounce that there is no intention to call out the burgher forces in the eolony, as the Colontal Government considers the military forces of the crown sufficlent to preserve order and repel invasion. “Ordinary citizens.” the Premier de- clares, “are only expected to remain loyal and not to give countena to the en- emy."” Judgine from present indications, so far from there being a prospect of a Dutch rising, the fact is that many of the Cape Dutch are so incensed at the loss of their property and the destruction of rallways and bridges that they are even beginning to favor the annexation of the two re- publfcs. One prominent politician goes so far as to say that it may possibly h. pen that the Outlanders will be the chiet opponents of annexation CHURCHILL UNDER GUARD AT PRETORIA PRETORIA, Saturday, Nov. 18 (by way of Lourenzo Marquez, Nov. 19).—At noon to-day fifty-six British prisoners, includ- ing men of the Royal Dublin Fusileers and several bluejackets, arrived here, There were large crowds the rallway station, but no demonstration was made. Winston Churchill, who Is wounded in the hand, was taken to the Model School, while the rank and file are being sent to the race course. One spy was lodged in jail. The wound- ed had been treated at Colenso, The Boer version of the conflict in which these prisoners were taken says British were killed and ten wounded. The mining department has discovered beneath the manager's house at the Fer- eira mine a passage leading to a sulte of apartments forty feet below ground, with gas and water lald on. posed to have been intended serve as a rendezvous for the employes of the Ferrefra mine in the event of a bombard- ment of Johannisburg. LONDON, Nov. 19.—The first definite news regarding the fate of Winston Churchill was conveyed to his mother this evening by a representative of the clated Press. Lady Randolph Churchill had just returned from a quiet dinner with a few friends when the gratifying intelligence that her son is living was conveyed to her. The fact that his wound is not necessarily dangerous, and that he Is alive in Pretoria caused her the great- est gratification, as she had been hitherto without the least intimation of his where- abouts. AMERICAN WHO SIDES WITH THE BRITISH WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—In view of the fact that practically all the news from South Africa is coming throush British sources, the following letter, from Mr. Bradford of New York, manager of the Langlaate Deep Gold Mine, Is of peculiar interest. The letter, dated “Johannes. burg, October 1, is addressed to Repre- sentative James 8. Sherman of New York, an old schoolmate. In it Mr. Brad. ford says in part: “At present the situation here is ex- This is sup-