The record-union., 1899-11-17


into position, while either the British
ammunition has given out, or the Brit
ish gunners are reserving their fire, in
view of the poor practice made by the
besiegers.
The report that the Beers have pene-
trated southwark from Colenso to Chiv-
eley, where they are said to have cut
the railroad, shows, it is claimed, that
they are adopting a proper strategical
plan to impede the advance of the Brit
ish relieving force. Perhaps this may
turn out to be General Schalkburger s
force. which when last heard from was
raiding Zululand. This force, it is as
serted, may yet be heard from south of
Estcourt, which they will in all likeli-
hood attempt to isolate before further
reinforcements arrive Indeed, it is al
ready reported that a Boer force has
been seen in the neighborhood of the
line north of the MOOT River.
According to- the; latest advices from
British sources at Estcourt, the Beers
are suffering from lack of supplies,
though the large stores the British left
when they evacuated Newcastle and
Dundee must have been of great assist
ance to the Boer commissariat. But the
task of maintaining a complete invest
ment of Ladysniith is probably proving
onerous.
Ladysmith seems to be we'll provided
and the entertainments are daily being
strengthened.
The Beers have renamed Dundee
"Meyersdorp," after General Lucas Mey-
er, whose forces fought those of Gen
eral Symons there.
1t is said this morning that 2UU
wounded of General Meyers force ar
rived at Pretoria the next day.
There are signs of a movement for
the relief of Kimberley, which may be
expected shortly There is great ac-
tivity at De Aar, situated on the rail-
road about $50 miles south of Kimber-
ley, where the advance appears likely to
be made. There is, it is claimed, no
urgent reason for this, unless Kimber-
ley provisions are getting low, but the
moral effect would be good for the
British.
The greatest enthusiasm was shown
this morning at the departure from
Newport of a mountain battery of the
Royal Artillery, consisting of six guns.
Thousands of people lined the streets
cheering and the battery had difficulty
in reaching the train through the dense
crowd. This was the last mountain bat
terry remaining in England, eight others
being in India and the Tenth having
been captured by the Beers at Nichol-
sens Mex.
A special dispatch from Durham
1@<
that member of the Natal field force
who succeeded in traversing the Boer
lines with Ladysmith dispatches, has
arrived at Pietermaritzburg, and re-
ports that a determined attack was
made by the Beers on the British gar
rison, which was quite prepared, and
met the advance with such a heavy and
we'll directed fire that the Beers were
driven off, leaving many dead.
1t is also said that British and Boer
patrols came in touch and exchanged
shots near Freere, south of Colenso.
PANIC AT DURHAM DISAPPEARS.
DURHAM, Monday, Nov l3.-General
Hildyar has arrived here. He brought
a message from General Butler express
ing his high appreciation of Natars
course throughout the crisis, and adj
for the way the volunteers and
colonial forces fought
A correspondent in Zululand reports
that many of the Beers who fought at
Dundee are now quietly plowing and
that nothing with induce them to return
to the battlefield.
Most of the guns in position around
Durham are being withdrawn, and all
fear of a Boer attack and all panic have
There is no confirmation
of the report of General Joubert's death.