Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-11-25
DEARTH OF NEWS
FROM LADYSMlTA
No Definite Information Has Been
Received Since the Fight
of November 9.
NEXT MOVE OF THE B0ERs
Three Lines Of Action Are Open &c
the Transyaalers---Ki X inber-
Iy Will Soon BE
Relieved.

London, Nov. 21.-Since the fight oi
November matters so far as is known
have been fairly quiet at Ladysnith
1t is not unlikely that the Beers, badly
informed as to the nature and extent
of British preparations to advance to
the relief of the town, may be hesitat.
ing regarding the next movement The
situation in Natal is very complicated
more especially il the reports be true
that the great Iegula bridge has been
destroyed.
The success of the next move on
either side will depend more on STRAIT
cgy than on superior numbers. The
Beers have three lines of action open
They can hold the railway with the
force they have at Ennersdale, falling
slightly buck before the British adj
vance and threatening it from
Wecnen, or in the second place, they
can advance from Weenen and try 10
carry Estcourt; in the third place they
can advance due south from Weenen
10 Weston, cut the railway and blow
up the bridge over Mooi river. If il
be true that there are $1,000 Beers un-
der General Joubert and General
Botha, marching south 10 meet the
British relief force, heavy fighting is
in store.
Nothing is known with certainty
regarding the progress OF the relief
column from Durham, and the immedi-
ate interest centers in the relief Of
Kimberley.
IL In al IL al
knowledge of the country over which
he will operate and is laying his plans
with the utmost care. An indefatiga-
BILE worker, he is busy night and day
nuttil o, own the baggage TO mimi
mum - issuing orders with view
Of insuring that the officers shall be
indistinguishable from the men to the
ewes OF the Beers. A naval brigade,
with searchlights from the cruiser
Doris, under Major Ernest Rhodes,
will accompany the columns and Ma
ior Rhodes is confident that he Will
see his brother Cecil III Kimberley.
The column will take all the mate.
rials for repairing the railway which,
il is believed, there will be no Difficult
" in doing. The advance will be
made by forced marches, the column
reaching Modder river in four days.
The war Office posted the following
telegram from General Sir Redvera
Buffers:
Cape Town, Nov. lS.--The follow
ing is from the general commanding
at Pictermaritzburg:
""roday at "a. IN. the officer com
manding our northern outpostS re-
ported that the encmy's mounted pa
trolls were advancing across the whole
country from Gourton road 10 Ulundi
moving on Estcourt My force stood
to arms The outposts reported var
ious bodies, from 500 to 700 strong
advancing on Estcourt from II north
westerly direction. One party, 500
strong, moved toward the railway
bridge. half mile northwest of Est
court.
Our outposts fired on the enemy
and one of our naval guns fired n
shell at 5000 yards range, the shell
bursting close to the enemy, who then
hurriedly retired.
"'At - o'clock reports were re-
ceivcd from three pickets that a large
number of Beers were in sight on 4
hill above Leslic's' homestead. The
troops returned TO camp
London, Nov. 91.--A dispatch from
Estcourt, dated November o, says:
".All is quiet here. The enemy is be
licved to be encamped six miles away.
Our position is good and our forces
are sufficiently strong to rcpulse at
tack"