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Are to-day destroying q ilwags two.
miles forths3with dynamite. HeIlfng
continued. sS Doing very tile harm. 81


Continual Doing very tie harm. q
;sssi THE BoERSs REPUIsEDsI
3 W. uesdag, October 81. Enemy at
+ lISop5 e and sout thea st, corner Of X town.
Attacked most brilliant, notwit hstand-
ing: hot shell fire BY the British South
african police under Walford. Enemy
lost heavily. Our casualties. Aye killed
and a! I've wounded. Killed: captain
Hon. sp' III. Marsham. Fourth Bedford
shire ~ G. A, Petchell, Third Kings
troopers. Wounded:Sl Five non-com-
$missioned officers and troopers. GSAll
British South African police ~. l "a
DISPATCH FROM 5BuLLE n,
The War Office also made public the
following dispatch from General Butler:
Cape Town. Nov. 10. Sunday! 3
The following is from NtehoIto,,n, :g5s,
'Buluwayo, Nov. acknowledgements I
following Is from Baden Powell: 5,
Mafeklng, Oct. 25.-( Wednesdayl-g
All well here. Enemy still shelling.
We made successful night attack on his
advanced trenches last night, getting, In
with bayonet, Our loss six men Of the i
Protectorate Regiment killed. nine
WOUNDED. including Captain Fitz-Clar-
ence, Third Royal Fusilicrs. and Lieu
tenant Swlnton. Enemy's loss I'M
known. but considerable. Enemy have
vacated Signal Hill and Lasgered, two
miles northeast Of town and two miles
southeast,n,
CONGRATULATIONS MESSAGE.
Durham, Nov. 9.-(Thursday)@It els
understood that a message was received
to-daYstfrom General White at Lady
smith ~ by pigeon. ontaining birthday
congratulations for the Prince ofsNYales,
and was forwarded to London.
v PRISONERS WELL CARED FOR.
Pretoria, Monday. Nov. 6.-Father
Ma tthew. chaplain Of the Irish Fusi-
llers, ;gWhoVwas captured at the battle
of Nicholson's Mex, has arrived here.
He complains that though General
Joubert promised he would be permits
ted to return to the British camp, he
was taken to Pretoria, The, Secretary Of
War released him two days after his
arrival and he was permitted TO leave
Hessreports that the prisoners are well
cared for.ssf & p ss4tS n
T8utenEo y SIarque5, Delagoa Bay.
ThuTsla Noy B 9. FEATHER Matthews,
who has rTfyed N here from Pretoria.
saysis lth reference to the surrender
Of fhe IRISH Ssfdss lees and the Glouces-
teTShtre troops'8 Ntcholsonis Mex, that
nftsr the milesiss tanIp eded the force
.gotshard presses. ] by the enemy. They
aMonla shhye Sfsld ou however. but
] lions. hoistei "a fag. o e. tTuce.sSon his
own responsibility. Nothing then re-
manned but to surrender. ..sl,f :, I 4;
HEAVY REINFoRc RMENrs. u
London. Nov 1S.z-.A dispatch from,
nounces the arrival there to- dayEsof
the troopship Armenian, wifhf# three
batteries OF artillery and an ammunI-
zion column and the troopship Nubia.
With the Scots Guards and half4ns
battalion of the Northamptonshire
Regiment This brings the totalSnum-l
per OF reinforcements to 1892. of
which about 5000 are already on the
way TO Dur5an. The Armenian and
Nubia. whose troops belong to the
First Division, will probably also be
ordered to proceed.
Mine troopshlps, carrying 1000 men,
are due at Cape Town tomorrow
Tuesday,
ENGLAND's POLICY.
London, Nov. l3.-ssir Michael Hicks
Beach, Chancellor of the Excheouer,
speaking this evening at Bristol, said:
'1rhe war in South Africa has de-
stroyed both conventions with the
Transvaal. We must establish there
pure and honest government. On
the basis Of equal rights and on some
thing more enduring than paper. safe
guards. Subject to this, we should give
whatever self government may be pos
sible In South Africa. No one desires
that great country to be governed per-
manently from Downing street"
ARMORED TRAIN ATTACKED.
Estcourt Natal, Thursday Evening.
Nov. 9.-An armored train. with COM
started Mt half past one this afternoon
and reached the break In the re- liwny
line about half mile from Colenso
without accident. Captain Henseley,
with several men. reconnoitered, and
met a native who said the Beers we're
occupying the town. While the conyer-
eation was In progress the Beers open
ed fire from Fort Wylle. but did no In
jury. Captain Henseley thereupon re-
tired upon tho train. after which the
Fusilers volloyed or the fort. AS there
was no response, the presumption was
that the Beers had retreated The
armored train returned here safely at
1 o'clock.
Captain Henseley learned from the
native that the Beers were numerous
on The Ladysmlth side OF Colenso.
During the afternoon there was q cess
satIon of the bonbardment OF Lady
smith Photograph was working from
Fort Wylie.
HAnnAH'S COMMITTEE.
CALLED TO MEET IN WASHING