The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-07
LAND OF TIE BOERS
Story OF JameSon's Invasion and His Bat
lie With the Beers Of the TranSvaal.
HIS FORCES 0uTAuMBERED SIX TO ONE
Were Compelled to Surrender When
Their Ammunition was ExhnnStcd
Rnmorcu RcIense Of Dr. Jnmes
Reported NV without F0nndntiou
Fought Tiiirty-SiN Hours.

New York, Jan. Ga special cable
diSpntch TO the Evening Sun from Lon
don says:
The news from the Transvaal Repub-
lie which the British Foreign Office has;
hcSn SuppreSsinE. turns out To he Of
The most sensational description.
The London Consul of the Transvaal
Republic is authority for the statement
thnt he has received Il private dispatch
from johannesburg announcing tt.lt
tlitlandcrs. The presumption is that a
rising has occurred ana that the Beers
VINO mad the custody Of jameson and
his men. have been overwhelmed
The same dispatch also states that
the British Government Is rushing
troops to Cape Town. Twelve hundred
soldiers left Bombay yesterday and
more are to follow.
London, Jan. Ga dispatch from
cape Town, under the date of Janu-
airy 6th. received by u news agency
here. says that the force which Dr..
Jameson. the administrator of the Rri-
tish South Africa Company led into
the TranSvaal TO assist the Eillandcrs.
numbered only iG0 men This force on
Wednesday fought a battle with 1000
near kruEersdor Failing in their
attempts To dislodEc the Beers, Jamc-
sons column moved Southward. fight
ing all night, along the road towards
dohanncsbnrE. Jameson. II is stated
expected that two thousand men from,
Johannesburg would Join him. HE
command fought for thirtv-six hou,s
without any relief
me Dutch press advocates the incor.
pofation of ithodcsa ullat part of South
Hlrlca iylnG TO the North OF the South
NlricAn Republic and to the South OF
We southern boundaries of the Congo
free state and of German East Afri
cn!' with the Transvaal Republic.
~ additional dispatches from Cape
Town say that the column under the
command of DR., Jameson reached Vlak-
lnhtein. SIX miles from Johannesburg
l,hursday morning, when dcsultOry
hghtinE began between Jameson's mon
anu the Soers. who outnumbrred the
iurimer ,,1,,, SIX to one. jnmeson's men were
repulSed and fell back still fighting
f,inaily their cartridsrcs We're exhaust
ei ana they We're obliged to surrender
IN: Jameson, however, did not order the
iioisting of the white flag
Frequent and prolonged conferences
have taken place throughout The dny
among MIR. Joseph Chamberlain, Sc,.lN.-
lhfy of State for the Colonies: Mr.. q
j; Goschen. First Lord of the Admir-
altE. ana the heads of the War and Ad-
nder-in-chief of the british
forces, and the cntiry hcadaual.: er's
Staii busted themselves at the Horse
Guards until a late hour tonight.
ne Nsolonlai o1lCe mas heard moth
ins OF the alleged rising Of the Uitland-
ers against Kruger, of the Transynal
itcpnbltc, nor have authorities Of that
Once received any information that Dir.
Jameson has been rescued BY the ITit.
iahdcrs Both reports are discredited
by the Colonial authorities
IN regard to the report that the Brit
lSl Government is rushing troops into
cane Colony and the story that 200
soldiers left Bombay yesterday ana that
more are TO follow, II is learned ut the
war Office that no troons have been
specially ordered to the Cape The ONLY
transport ship conveying troops from
lfombay Is the steamer Victoria. which
IS bringing 1000 soldiers home from
that place The Victoria was ordered to
call at Cape Town on her way home 10
learn If the men she has on board
would be needed in Ashantee. The re-
port that troops We're being sent from
BOMBAY to the Cape undoubtelly ori-
ginated i'm a misconccption OF the de-
Stination of the men on board the Vic
torla
London, Jan. Ga dispatch from
johannesburg. dated January LIST, saws
that the German and American resi-
dents of that city after unsatis!a ctor;.
interviews with the Government. ioinod
the National Union Of Uitlandcrs. which
is now united body.