The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-19

dominating any advances north from Est
court, wnere Gen. HiiiyArc Il still COM
Euanding.
Tough Job In sight.
Even with the strong relief column nov
hurryfng up from Durham. the Erifiza
win have a tough sob 70 pierce the Beer
forces thrown across the roads 70 LaaS-
smith, while crossing the Tugeia river en-
pcntoon bridges In the face OF the soer
artillery and rifles fired sresn the northern
ridges commanding the rivers WIZ pFooa-
bly, prove one OF the stiffesf enterprises
OF the war.
GaIIantry on the Armored Train-
The full story OF the armorsd train dis
aster has brought Into relief nafnher
OF cases OF individual gaIIantry- Among
them IL that of a crack rifle shot named
Caegenhsad who furnished the range AT
three different points for the crew OF
the train and kept firing until MS trigssr
finger was shot away. An old Black
watch veteran named Crow was cor
spicuous for bravery In helping TO clear
the dcraiied trucks. Winston Churcniil,
amid hail OF bullets. turned 70 him and
shook his hand calling hias a brave old
mar. Another case was that Of . volufs-
teer named Wright. whe. during the FIR
ius. knelt In the regulation position, re-
naming cool ard collected and cracking
a joke with every shot. thus keeping has
comrades from becoming fiurried, wnise
ALI the time he was suffering from
wound, his right ear having been sh7t
away. Corp. Dickie. though wcundeJ and
lying on his back. encouraged the men : y
shouting: tGiye 'em beans, boys
For Relief Of Kimberley.
From the Free State frontier comes
news that reinforcements are rapidly ar
irving at the Orange river camp where
Lord Methune is hurriedly preparing TO
push relief force on to Kimberley
The Scots guard arrived from Cape
Town on Thursday and the relief force
ought now TO be almost strong enough
TO tackle the Beers besiegisg the town
Lack of Cavalry Criticized.
Much criticism has been expended on
the apparent lack of proper reconnaissance
hy cavalry IN connection with the arnofed
train disaster near EstconFt. This tact,
II In claimed. goes TO prove that reinforce
men,s. especially Of cavalry, although
landed at Durham. have not vet arrived
at Estconrt No official or reliable ac-
counts have been received In London OF
the .roops' movement from Durham. and
therefore II in believed the transport diffi-
cuiiies may be greater than IL generally
imagined, In which case relief OF Lady
smith may be delayed. The censorship In
such matters il strict
Changes I'm BulIer's Pians.
Changes OF necessity In Euiier's plans
are further shown by the fact that MAI
Gen. Sir Cornelius Ciery, who Was crigin-
ally designated TO command division 20
operate on Orange river. with iss base at
Port Elizabeth. Is now gent To Esscourt to
take over from Gen. Hilyard the com
mand OF the relieving force clsry has no
military reputation. and when he arrives
at I.adysmith he will be junior to Gen.
White.
Railroad bridge Destroyed.
LouRENZo MARQUEE. Deiagoa Bay.
Nov. 1.-THE official vo.stem reports that
the bridge over the Tugeia river near
Coienso was completely destroyed We'd
neEJay, November Is. The Beers are look
Ing forward with great interest 10 the I'm
pending encounter between Colenso and
Estcours with the advancing British.
About coo burghers. with cannon. are
guarding the Helpmsaker pass. eighteen
miles frugn Dundee, la baffie any attemp,
to occupy Dundee by the P.eiermari;zhurg-
Drytown route.
BuIier Reports Kimberley All Right.
LONDON. Nov is.--The war office re-
ceived the following dispatch from Gen.
Butler.
Cape Town. Nov. H.
Report from Kimberley. Saturday. No
vcnber II. says all well there. Reports
from Ladysmith. November Il and II,
say all IL we'll"
story Of Operations at Lad , smith.
LOURENZo MARQUEE. Nov. is-~Be-
lated dispatches from correspondents
with the Beers near Ladysruith up to
Tuesday. November IL are arriving hero
after being strictly censored at Pretoria.
They throw some light on the fighting al
ready reported from other sources They
say that on Friday. November TO- eight
Iyddite shells were fired into the Trans
vaai artillery stronghold without doing
any damage The platform OF the sec
ond big gun on Baiiawayan hill was dam
aged. but has since been repaired.
Kimberley Relief Column.
ORANGE RIVER. Cape Colony. Nov.
ih-Gen Methuen has decided thar the
Kimberley relief column Is 10 march In
as light order as possible Small bands
of Beers are roaming In Griaualand west,
annexing towns without opposition. They
have already taken possession OF Barkiey
west and Douglas A few police were
captured at both places. The Beers ap.
pointed landrosts In each scwn.
Hoers RepuIsed at Estcourt.
EsTcoJRT. Nov. II, lao y. ma. 10
o'clock this morning the Beers attempted
TO rush Estcourt. but one shot from cur
naval gun and several long range volieys
fired by the nuSlin fusiliers sent them
back arecspi;ately. The Boors had sew
erai guns posted on surrounding kopies.
hut our naval men apparently astonished
them, and their guns were withdrawn
FIQHT REY0ND RrI MONT