Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-20
MANY DOERS KILLED.
Fifteen Hundred Reported Vic
tins Of a Mine,
MANY WOUNDED BURGHERS,
Supposed to Be from the kafeklns
Siege.
TOWN OF vRyBURG SURRENDERED
IL 4. Given Up to the Beers, to the
Great Indignation of the British
n ma
on the Situation.
TOWN OF vRYBURG sURRENDERED

LONDON, October 2O--The Cape Town
correspondent Of the Daily Mall, tele-
graphing at 10 o'clock Thursday night,
says:
"Vryburgh surrendered Sunday. To-
nights dispatches from thurman, ninety
miles west by south of Vryburgh, state
that the police having Withdrawn from
Vryburgh. the town surrendered to the
Beers. the inhabitants fleeing in all di-
rections, mostly toward thurman. When
the police withdrew the Cape Beers no.
titled the enemy Of the fact, thus inviting
the latter to take possession. There was
a fearful panic. The British are wildly
indignant at this scuttling."
THREE HUNDRED WOUNDED BOERS
LONDON, October 2O.-The Daily Mails
Cape Town correspondent says that a
refugee who has reached Grahamstown
from the Rand states that train arrived
at johannesburg on Monday from Klerks-
dorp with 800 wounded Burshers.
Every available conveyance, the refugee
says, was called into reQuisition to take
the wounded men to the hospital.
The Daily Mail suggests that these
wounded men were from Mafeking.
HUNDREDS OF BOERS KILLED.
LONDON. October 2O.-The Daily News
Cape Town correspondent says:
1T Is rumored here that news has
reached Deaaex Junction that the Beers
attacked Mafeking in force, but were re-
pulsed. The defenders, seeing the enemy
retreatng, pursued them tor some dis
lance: then a felnt was made, and they
commenced 10 retire on the town, allow
ing themselves TO be driven in by the
Beers, who, eager to retrieve their posi-
ton. again advanced to the attack. and
were drawn over Lyddite mines laid for
the defence Of the town. IL IS reported
that 1900 Beers We're killed by the ex-
plosiOn.
1T is reported from Delagoa bay that
the Swat King, Bunu. is collecting his
forces. with the object, presumably, OF
attacking the Beers
1T Is stated that the Portuguese forces
at Delagoa bay will be raised to war
strength.
1T IS announced from Pretoria that an
eccentric person known as Baron de
Ginsberg has been contaminated and
SHOT as a spy. rams ~ Alli i'Ntei A"A ~
were found in his possession
NO RELIABLE INFORMATION.
LONDON, October l9.-The War ONCE
this evening issued the following bulletins:
NO news OF importance has been re-
ceived from Natal to-day. The cavalry
attached to our forces AT Ladysmith and
Dundee arc engaged In observing the
enemy's movements Steps have been
IL. form mar Il
Durham against raids on the western
frontier.
There is no recent reliable Intelligence
from Kimberley or Mafekiug, both places
being cut OF from railway and tele-
graphic communication. Ii IS believed,
however that a skrmish took place on
Sunday six miles south Of Kimberley, ana
that the Beers were beaten off, with some
losses BY an armOred train. There was
some fighting at Mafeking on Friday or
Saturday. ending with a repulse Of the at
lacking force.
RAILWAY COMMUNICATION CUT.
"Boers in considerable numbers are as
sembled opposite Aliwal North and
Bethulie. on the Orange river. Railway
communication with the Orange Free
state and the Transvaal has now ceased,
tho remaining refugees having been
warned to leave by way of Delagoa Bay"
BRITISH PATROL FIRED on.
LADYsMITH, October l9.-Eyenlng.-
This morning a patrol, under Major Adee.
penetrated the Boer outpost at Besters
Station and was fired upon, but retired
without loss.
TRANSPORTS ASSEMBLING.
QUEENSTOWN, October 19.-It is
fffq n.
MIA. Siberian, jamaican, and Oreana will
assemble here early next week, with
troops aboard. to embark their Irish con-
tingents. II is also announced that ar
rangements have been made for several
battleshiDs and cruisers 10 convoy the
transports to the Cape.
BOERs BLOW Up BRIDGES.
CAPE TOWN. october l9-The Beers
have blown up the bridges at Fourteen
Streams and the Alodder river. the former
north and the latter south Of Kimberley.
GLENCOE UNDER FIRE.
GLENCOE CAMP. October 1875 p.
M.-Delayed in transmission.)-The Bril-
fish troops here have been under fire.
strong Boer patrol was encountered eight
miles from the camp and was repulsed,
the British suffering no casualties
BOER REVERSE.
ORANGE RIVER, October l&-After-
noon.-Delayed in transmisslon.l-Ihe
Beers suffered a reverse on Sunday AT
Spruitfontein. ten miles south OF KIM
berley. An armOred train went out 10
bring in a train reported TO have been
captured by the Beers near the Sprult-
fcrtein siding. A party Of Beers VINO
were encamped near by lowered the rail-
way signal and displayed a white nag ap-
parently with the idea Of inducing the
train TO proceed. The driver suspected
that the Beers were In possession and
stopped the train, whereupon the Boefs
issued in large force and opened fire, but
without any effect The soldiers replied
from the train. and about half dozen
Roers were killed. The British were I'M
scratched
Beers AND POLICE MEET.
Seven hundred Beers surprised a party
Of thirteen Cape Colony police. who were
guarding the railroad at Riverton road
eighteen miles north OF Kimberley, on
sunday morning. The police retired.
terrific explosion was heard later, and IL
is believed that the Beers blew up the