The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-11-25
ARE EASILY SATISFIED.
British Public Pleased with Ru-
mors of Great Boer Defeats.
FLATTERING KAFFIRS.
Admiralty Denounced for Supplying
Embalmed Beef to British
Soldiers.


teen miles south of Estcourt, Sunday, oc-
| cupying Turner's farm, northeast of the
| Mooi river. Maj. Thorneycroft, with a
! detachment of mounted infantry and the
| Estcourt carbneers, engaged the Beers,
| of whom three were killed, including
| their commandant The Beers with
| drew, taking POO head of cattle captured
| at Turner'S farm. The main Boer force
| south of Estcourt is reported to have re-
| tired.
Cape Town, Monday, Nov. 20.-Procla
nations issued at Bloemontfontein Tues
| day declare that the whole of Grim
| queland west, except Kimberley and
| Nafeking, are annexed 10 the Free State.
| The proclamations are signed by c. IL.
| Vessels, president OF the Nolksraad.
Cape Town. Nov. 21.-The Midland
| News says that Messrs. Nanderwalt and
| Gober, members of the Cape Assembly,
| have joined the Boer forces at Colesburg.
London, Nov. 21-The latest direct
news from Ladysmith. dated Thursday,
November 16, and Friday, November Il,
strangely conflicts with the reiterated re-
ports of tremendous battles and great
! British victories" Wednesday and Thur
| day. Neither of the messages above re-
! ltFEpN TO, though ulSllulcHtu Oh lHe uiNS
| following the date of the alleged nights,
| mention any great engagements or Boer
| defeats. On the contrary, both distinctly
| state that beyond false alarm on Tues
! day evening and Il little increased she'll
! ing Thursday and Friday, causlng little
! damage. everything was perfectly quiet,
and the garrison was chafng under its
/ enforced inactivity.
| Nevertheless. special dispatches from
| Estcourt, today, enlarge on the reported
| battles and insist that the Bocrs received
! Il more terrible lesson Wednesday than
! i'll any previous fight.
According to these circumStantial ac-
! counts. the Beers determined to attempt
| TO reach the north end of Ladysmith with
| large force. but were unable to make
| headway against the well-suStained fire
| of the British rifiemen and Maxims
| Later, it is added. British force worked
| round the Boer flank, causing the latter
| to withdraw under Il fusilade with heavy
| losses. Large numbers of dead and
! wounded are said to have been left on the
| field and number of prisoners were cap
tured. The British losses are reported
! to have been trivial.
Kafirgrams Are F1atterinr.
| OF course, reliable dispatches corrobor-
| ativc of the above may have been cen
| sorcd or captured with the native run
| ners But these tales are so flattcring to
! the British that they have n distinct fla
| NOT OF belflS DEBATED accounts from haftlT
! sources Of affairs previously reported.
The dispatches from LadySmith re
| porting that there Is an ample supply of
| ammunition there have, seemingly, set at
rest a point on which there was much
| diversity of opinion.
! Apparently the British commander at
| LadySmith believes Gen. Juubert has
| gone south. leaving only force sufficient
| to prevent the garrison from sallying out,
and there is Il disposition in some quar-
| tiers. to think Gen. .IOubert possibly in
itiated the story with the object of in
ducing Gen. White To make a serious at
tack or relax his precautions. so as to
permit the Beers to seize ground vital TO
| the defense of the town.
\ report from Durham, however, says
there are rumors there that the Beers
are preparing to break camp and with
draw from the investment of Ladysmith.
| But it i said elsewhere that the in
Vcsting force continues to receive rein
fOrccments and fresh supplies of stores
daily
In view of the publicity allowed by
the military authorities to be given to
the alleged intention of the British to
advance via Belmont. 10 relieve kimher-
ley, it is said that il may be regarded as
probable that an advance from De Aar
will really be effected, and that the route
will not be SO we'll advertised.
The transport City of Cambridge. with
the Second battalion of the Scottish ri
ties, arrived ut Durham this morning.
Adrniralty's En ba med Peef.
The Daily Chronicle, in its War Di-
nry' says this morning: Hitherto we
have hesitated to speak of the quality of
the timed meat supplied to Our troops,
much of which has to he thrown over
board. But We have made inquiries in
quarters not likely to be Influenced by
mere rumorS and we find these suspicious
that some of the meat supplied to the
government for use on British transports
was meat which had been rejected by the
United States during the hostilities i'll
Cuba. where it was picturesqucly known
nS 'rmbalmed beef. and relaheled with
the mark OF the current year. Whatever
hlunder there may have been. must not
he laid at the door of the war office, hut
ut the door of the admiralty. which has
undertaken Ia feed the troops. Not Il
single complaint has come To hand re
garding the quality of the war office
stores.
British Unsuccessful.
\ Pretoria dispatch announces the ar
rival there. among the British prisoners
Lieut.. Hallwey. 1t also declares that
the British on Sunday made two unSuc-
cesSful attempts to uust the Rustenburg
commando from a position near Mafe-
king and that severe fighting took place.
From Delagoa bay come reports of the
arrival of more German officers and ar
tillery who have volunteered TO serve
with tn" TranSyaal forces.
GIoriou, Victory U-confirmed.
EStcourt, Natal. Monday, Nov. 20
The rlunorS of a glorious victory
achieved by Gen. White Wednesday last
are still uncontirmed Little confidence IS
attached to them. especially as the ru-
mors added that Gen. White had threat
eued To place many hundreds of prisoners
in conspicuous places should the ShellnG
OF the town continue Reports received
fruIa the southwark say that the Beers
ar, separating into foragins and pillaging
parties. who are looting stores. stealing
cattle and ranSackin- houses. 1t l. al
ded that one farmer became 50 incen>ed
thar ne Stalked n party of 1Go Rocr>,
eventually shooting eight of them.
\ Roer force occupies Il position on the
Mooi river. ten miles below the Mooi
river station.