Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-26

organize quickly and achieved desired
objects by other methods.
Later estimates of the Boer losses al
Elandslaagte give 300 killed. Then
GOODNESS, bravery and good aim can be
Judged from the fact that out of II OF
Is officers with the half battalion OF
Gordon Highlanders, four We're killed
and Is were wounded, while the casual
ties among the rank and file We're q
per cent. during less than three hours
fighting. Lieut.. Campbell Of the Cor
don Highlanders has since died from
his wounds.
Other dispatches from Cape Town
say that advices from Mafeking con-
firm the statement that so Beers were
killed by the explosion of two trucks
of dynamite purposely sent out by Col.
Baden-Powell to draw the Boer fire.
| The offer of Gen. Cronje. the Boef
commander in the vicinity of Maze
king, to Col. Baden-Powell to eXchai'Sf
prisoners referred to Captain Nespite
and others of the armored tram Wrec"
ed at Kraaipan. Some signllcahce
attached at Cape Town to the pro-
nation issued at Pretoria by the
Vaal government with the VIC" -
guard British property.
| The situation in the west IS pec'iiiiH7
complicated. The Boer proclaiii
of anneyation and the claims OF VIC
tory at Glencoe are liable 10 lhuuce me
| Dutch RI side with their couniryhleH
already in the field. 1t is salu lor III
stance that the Boer forces nave eNae-
mated Vrvburg, which will be garrison
| ed nv the local Dutch. among WHoii
are prominent bundites ana govern
mont emnloves. 1t is also believed that
Tho mitch bevond Gripuatown are only
.va;+inp encouragement to declare Tor
| the TransVaai.
The latest dispatch from kimberley
gava details of the arrangements made
Nv the British commander. Col. keke-
u.;oba for the defence of the town. The
raat consumption is limited to a pound
aaiIv. a fire brigade has been formed
ond IFS members are prohibited from
ioining in the defence of the place as
their services are likely to be other
wise required Miles of barbed wire
round the town. The Beers remain out
of reach of the guns.
A dispatch from Maseru. date Oct. "a,
saws Commissioner Lagden was then
starting to meet Lerothodi ana other
Basuto chiefs at PutiatsuZ river. where
tbe chief have assembled at the request
of I.erothodi to pledge their loyalty to
the Queen.
A dispatch from Durham. dated Oct.
% says authentic information mas
reached there from Melmoth. Zuzuland,
that on Sunday a large Boer force was
anproaching. The inhabitants fore
with entered Fort MeXwell. anticlpa-
ting at attack. at dawn on Monday
According to a Brussels dispatch,
DIR. Leyds, the diplomatic agent OF the
Transvaal in Europe, has issued
statement that the Beers have now
nearly 1000 men in the field made
M as follows: Boer regulars. 35.ooo: ar
tillerv. 1850: police. $50; Orange Free
State troops. including Outlanders.
s., 600: Natal Beers, 5000; Bechuana-
land and Rhodesan Beers, S0oo;' Tor
eign legion. coo: Americans, 1000; Ger
mans. 5000: Dutch Belgians. 20OO; irish,
1000: = Scandinavians. 600; French. SWISS
and Italians. 200. y
The Jews. it appears, are doing police
work.
A special dispatch from Pretoria VIA
J.0urenZo Marques, dated oct "a, puf-
ports to give an interview with one OF
the highest TranSVaaf executives VINO
is ouoted as having urged that While
the Roer successes We're yet unimpor-
tant. there was still time for an AMIGA
BILE settlement, as he believed the Beers
had been misled as to the real issue