The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-19

p-ooe % engage The e-=rv srst a-f es-i-
mate thssr Numbers generally too late
In addition 70 the frah-xs snspi. + :s
known that ore or two other Formidable
Mztah@ie regiments are In close proximity
% Baiurzyo and II would seem that 4
new, carefully prepared plan cf attack
has been drawn Up and is being carried
out with skill. day by day. which gives
additional ealor To she report that the
Beers ara behind the whole uprising
The battery Of Buluwayo. according 10
adsicss received yesterday, is severi-
poandsrs. !. half-reun6ers. 3 Maxim gas.
/ Gardner ard I SordeFsfeIt rapid-firiag
gun. the two latter having been sent TO
the froaf By the British flagship s.
George In addition to these are several
Old field guns o. Rfiie Use except 10 con-
sumo large Quantities Of powder, and there
are about 10 Lse-Asaforj rifles available,
beside the rifles Of the scouts. volunteers,
etc. which are OF al makes. thougn the
majority are Winchesisrs and Martini
Hea-vs- For the latter the supply Of am
rlgnttioF is fair. bur there are Only Isa.91
rounds of cartridges at Bsllaxaye. Those
who have seen The Maxim and other rapid
firing gurs vomiting fire at the rate OF
hundreds Of shots 70 a minute know that
a raIilfor cartridges viii not suffice to en-
able Baluwayo TO be held for any length
OF time against the repeated attacks OF q
fierce. persistent enemy. Then, to make
matters worse II is whispered that the
million rounds OF cartridges have already
been drawn upon. and II IS hinted that
supplies must reach Buiuwayo shortly or
the worst may be appreherded IL there Is
much further expenditure OF ammunition.
II Is known. however, that S.EVe pounds of
rifles and ammunition left Mafektng On
March = under a strong escort. and this
supply ought 10 reach Busuxayo shortly.
known thar the food supply of BuIawayo Is
slowly giving out. mainly owing to the
numbers of natives the town has 10 feed,
IN addition 10 It's white inhabitants the
refugees. the garrison and the forces oc-
cupying the outlying posts. II IS true eigh-
teen wagons loaded with provisions are re-
ported to have reached q spot about sixty
miles from Buiuwayo. where they are
iaasered. awaiting a favorable epportu-
nifty TO get into town The garrison has
been communicated with. and the escort
of the provision train Is 70 be strength
ened. then the wagons will be pushed on
10 BBluwayo. Thus IL will De seen that
steps have been taken TO relies Buluwayo
with provisions. and so volunteers are be-
ing hastily equipped and sent to the front
Delay. In spite of everything, must occur.
and 1t Is possible that the Matzbeies may
capture the provision and ammunition
l. -4Aa>s Al me SftlAlf0u n Bu<U-
wayo would be desperate indeed.
1t Is stated. on the other hand. that the
chiefs of the native tribes of Bechuana-
land. which the relief forces must tray-
erse. have been peacea5le in their demean-
or up 70 the present, and are helping the
government In consequence IL is expected
that numbers Of wavering chiefs who re-
member Ulundi will Join the British when
they hear of troops going - the front
There is no change in the situation so
far as the Beers are concerned. They are
continuing their preparations apparently
for great struggle, and 1t Is feared here
that the fact that secretary Of state for
the colonies. Mr.. Chamberlain, thought il
necessary TO notify President Kruger that
the dispatch OF reinforcements to the Cape
did not imply change In the friendly pol
icy OF Great Britain toward the Transyaal
viii encourage the Beers in their idea that
Great Britain is afraid Of them, and that
II Will only require a combined effort on
the part of the Transyaal Orange Free
State and Cape Colony to drive the British
out OF this part of the world. The Beers
boas; of being able to muster 5000 fight
Ing men, and they claim that this force
can defy the whole British army.