The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-17
CAUGHT in A TRAP.
ANOTHER BRITISH ARMORED
TRAIN Is ATTACKED BY THE
BOERS NEAR ESTCOURT
WAS DISASTROUS FOR BRITONS
NINETY MEN KILLED, WOUNDED OR
NOW IN THE HANDS OF BOERS
AS PRISONERS
AMBUSH WAS PREPARED


Beers Permitted Train to Pass Them
and Then Removed RafIs-Defeat
of Beers With Heavy Losses Re-
ported From Ladysmith by Mes
senger to EstcOurt-RumOred
Death of JOubert Not Credited.
LONDON, Nov. H.-Misfortune stead
fastly pursues British employment of
RrmOred trains, the fascination for which
has given the Beers their first and latest
victories On this last occasion the Brit
Ish seemed to have walked into delib-
Hrate trap, with the result that, accord
ing to the best accounts, ninety men
pre- either killed, wounded or missing.
Of this the fusileers claim fifty and the
Durham infantry forty. 1t is believed
that few escaped death, and that the
others are prisoners in the hands of the
Beers. Many of the wounded were
brought back on the tender and engine
of the armored train. Capt Haldane
and other officers of the fusileers are
among the missing Lieut.. Winston
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soldier than a correspondent and his
gallantry is praised on all sides.
The rumors of the death of Gen. Jou-
bert is discredited. It is said the war
office has news that he is still directing
affairs.
1t is rumored from Pietermarftzburg
that the BOer losses at Ladysmith on
Thursday were heavy, and included Gen
Lucius Meyer, who was either killed or
wounded. The reports as TO Gen. Jou-
bert probably arose from the fact that
his wife left the Boer camp at Lady
smith for the Free State
According to the Pietermaritzburg cor
respondent of the London Outlook, re-
ports are current IN the Natal capital
that the Beers contemplate a retreat
1t - needless, however, to attach i'm
portance to such reports, which are
spread, in all probability, with view
of Turing Gen. White if possible to
abandon his defensive attitude. Similar
rumors are current regarding the Beers
at Aafeking, and are spread Industrious
ly Sy native spies
Special dispatches from Lorenzo Mar
Ques say that the Transvaal government
is exercising a severe censorship on all
wa news, and will not allow newspaper
mea to leave the country. Our corre-
spondent says the Beers are hurrying
new commandos to Ladysmith, and are
declaring that the place must fall speed
lily in order to liberate their forces so
that they may go to meet Gen Buffers
advance.
BOERS NEAR ESTCOURT
The latest dispatches from Estcourt re-
garding the armOred train engagement
say that the train was capsized by an ex-
plosion, presumably dynamite The en-
gine returned to Estcourt with two dead
FUsileers and the following wounded
hanging on: Capt. Wylie, three non
commissioned officers and nine privates,
all belonging to the Durham volunteers.
Another Estcourt correspondent says
that another contingent of 800 Beers came
out of Ereie on Wednesday and two
companies of Imperial light horse and
Natal carbineers engaged them eight
miles from Estccurt The Beers occupied
strong position on a kopje. The car
bineers worked around their right and
drove the enemy back, whereupon the
Imperial light horse opened a brisk fire at
medium range, killing several. One man
of the Imperial light horse was wounded
The West Yorkshire regiment, the
Prince of Wales Own, commanded by
Col. Kitchener, brother of Lord Kitchen
er, of Khartoum, has arrived at Estcourt
from Durham. The troops "sleep in their
boots" and the utmost vigilance is main
tained, and it is rumored that some i'm
portant movement is imminent.
According TO special dispatch from
Lorenzo Marques, Gen. Lucius Meyer has
gone to Pretoria for his health More
over, a difference of opinion exists among
the commanders. The Boer military
council wants the army moved else
where. but Gen. Joubert insists that
LadysIEith must fall first.
The postal authorities at Durham open
and inspect all letters from Delagoa bay
The Times publishes the following dis
patch from Pietermaritzburg, dated
Wednesday, Nov. 10:
'Estc0urt is short Of artillery. The gar
r;sOn may retire to the Moir river, south
ward, tonight, in case a strong fcrce of
Beers would advance. The enemy's in
tentiOn is TO keep back the British reliev-
ing column"
CORRESPONDENT KILLED.
The Daily Nails Mafeking correspond
ent, telegraphing under date Of Nov. 2
says:
"E. G. Parslow, the correspondent Of
the Daily Chronicle, was shot through
the brain and instantly killed by a re-
vOlver discharged accidentally in the
hands of Lieut.. Monchison, in the market
square. Mr.. Parslow was Cape Town
man"
ANOTHER VESSEL FIRED UPON.
According to a dispatch from Durham a
British cruiser has again fred upon a
vessel entering Delagoa bay and refus-
ing to reply to signals. Two blank and
one round shot were fired before she
hove to. The vessel was then boarded
her papers examined and she was all
lowed to proceed.
The transport Mohawk, having tbe
Twelfth lancers on board, has arrived at
Cape Town.
The transport Armenian, with three
batteries Of artillery, has reached Dur
ban.
LIVING IN CAVES
A dispatch from Pietermaritzburg saws
q letter has been received there from
Mr. Lloyd, commissioner of agriculture
dated Ladysmith, Nov. 8, asserting that
all was well, that the bombardment con
tinued daily but without damage. and
that the residents occupied caves during
the day time
ARMORED TRAIN ATTACKED.
BSTCOURT, Natal, Nov 16-An arnor-
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