Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-20

DISTANCE OF DUNDEE-BRIT-
ISH CAVALRY PATROLS FIRED
UPON BY THE TROOPS OF THE
ORANGE FREE STATE.
CAPE TOWN, October ia dis
patch from Kimberley, dated October
II. says: "All is we'll here. Col. Hore
engaged the Beers at Mafeking on Oc-
tober IA with great success. Mafeking
was still safe on October To-"
A special dispatch to the Cape Argus
reiterates the statement that in the
fighting at Mafeking Col. Hore repulsed
the Beers, infiicting a loss of 300 men.
The Cape Times publishes the follow
ing dispatch from Kimberley: "Reli-
able information from Mafeking says
that an armored train, while %reconnoit-
ering north of the town last Saturday
engaged 500 Beers, who suffered heav-
lily. Col. Fitzclarence'5 column foiled
the Beers, inficting severe loss. The
British casualties were two killed and
fourteen wounded, two severely"
There is an incessant procession OF
applicants for active military service,
and the new force of 5000 mounted in
fantry, which the imperial government
has sanctioned, will be quickly raised.
Phe premier, Mr.. Schreiner, contin-
Ees to issue circulars to the Dutch resi-
dents, advising them to maintain strict
loyalty to the imperial government. The
best authorities here now agree that
the danger of a general revolt is very
slight.
LADYSMITH, October 1S.-(Delayed
in transmission "A cavalry patrol be-
low Tintwa Pass had a brush with the
enemy yesterday evening. The Beers
opened with artillery, but retreated on
the advance of the Fifth Lancers.
GLENCOE CAMP, October 17.-The
Beers opposite the camp are having
their numbers strengthened and the be-
lief prevails that when strong enough
they will seek to reach Dundee from the
southeast. A herdman living at Damn
hauser, who has arrived at the camp,
states that he saw a strong commando
approaching Dannhauser at 8 o'clock
this afternoon.
BURGHERSDORP, Cape Colony, Oc-
tober ~18.-(Delayed in transmission.)-
The Boer commandant at Beeste Kraal
sent a message to Aliwal North, re-
questing the townsfolk to prepare coffee
for his men, who arrived there this
morning.
DURHAM, Natal, October 1S.-(De-
layed in transmission 1.-The following
official note has been issued regarding
the Boer advance: An Orange Free
State force, with a few guns, moved
about ten miles down Tintwa's Pass,
opening with artillery on small British
cavalry patrols. The range was very
distant and the shooting Indifferent.
The object may have been either a feint
to draw our troops from the real point
Of attack or a prelude to Boer concen-
tration against Ladysmith.
LONDON, October 19.-Natal again
claims a share of the attention which
during the last few days has been focus
ed upon the b~eleaguered garrison at
Mafeking. The combined advance of
the Boer forces on The positions held
by the British general commanding in
Natal, Sir George Stewart White, has
already occasioned a sharp affair of
~outposts, which possibly has since de-
veloped into a pitched battle
The Beers, according to the latest in
formation at hand, do not appear to
have been driven back. Perhaps, how
ever, their movements are only part OF
a general plan 70 isolate both Lady
smith and Glencoe from the south. The
simultaneous Boer movements from
Acton Homes from the west and from
Rorkes Drift and Helpmakaar from the
east may indicate a projected attack
upon the railway below Colenso. The
movement from the east also suggests
an attack upon the railway at Wasch-
bank, between Ladysmith and Glen
coe.
Military experts are inclined to the
opinion that the troops at Glencoe are
only a small rear guard left to attract
the force under Commandant General
Jourbert, while General Whites full
strength is concentrated 1t Ladysmith
with a view of attacking the Orange
Free State force while General Joubert
Is still forty miles away.
Stories of British success in the
Mafeking district are so persistent that,
in the absence of contradiction from
Boer sources, they may be accepted as
true in the main, although the alleged
killing of 800 Beers is discredited.
Gen. Cronje's troops are regarded as
the flower of the Transvaal forces, and
decisive fighting must occur on he
western border. If, as was intimated
in last nights dispatches, reliefs are
approaching from Rhodesia, it will