The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21

-, SeiiuinS a nall or shells on the
mn Ior an hour, when the T~ransvaal
cannon put some shells right in the
mlust or the battery, sending the Eng
!ish 10 cover behind the hill. Two
purghers were killed and six wounded.
when the British fell back on Lady
smith several shells exploded among
tnen, but the execution done could not
be seen.
At midnight all the frikande can
non on the hills surrounding the town
opened fire simultaneously on Lady
smith, turning the quiet and darkness
OF night into a 1urid inferno of Wfhisk-
ting, shrieking shells, speeding from
all points of the compass to the DOOM
ed city. Several buildings on fire were
seen from Bulwan hill. During the
day the troops left the city deserted
and sought shelter on the edge of the
hill to escape u death-dealing Shells"
THE PRISONERS AT PRETORIA.
The dispatch rom Pretoria also says
that the prisoners at hat place in
clude: The Eighteenth hussars, 4 Of
hcers and 81 non-commissioned officers
and men,; the Dublin fusileers, 4 off,
GERS and II non-commissioned officers
and men; the Irish fusileers, 10 officers
and 533 non-commissioned officers and
men; the Gloucesters, IA officers and
3O5 non-commissioned officers and
men; the artillery, 5 officers and 60
non-cOmmissioned officers and men;
the rifles, 2 officers and SO ~non-commis-
stoned officers and men: the Leices-
ters, no officers and 6 non-commission-
ed officers and men,; the dragons, 1
man; the Natal police, l man; politi-
cal, 81 men; sick, SO men.
The dispatch adds: Trains are
working excellently from Pretoria to
Ladysmith. The Beers have ample
food, but are short Of clothes, boots
and mackintoshes."
Pretoria, November 15.-In an en-
gagement yesterday morning south of
Ladysmith the British advanced with
thirteen guns, attacking $50 burghers
of the Transvaal. A big gun was fired
on the troops, who retired at 3 o'clock
to a kloof, near Ladysmith. The Bit
ish loss is unknown. The Beers had
one man killed and three wounded. In
addition, they had thirteen horses kill
ed and seven wounded.
Beers NEAR ESTCOURT.
Estcourt, November 1.-THE Elmelo
Boer force has taken a position near
Ennerdale, a few miles north of here.
They have eight 7-pounders and two
French guns. Their strength is 200
men. They have looted Henderson's
store. All is quiet here and ready for
the enemy if he attacks. There is no
anxiety.
BRITISH FORCES IN SOUTH AT
RIGA
The admiralty announced his even
ing the arrival at Cape Town today Of
the troopship Arcana, with a battalion
of the Argyle and Switzerland High
landers (the Princess LOuise's regi-
ment) bringing the reinfOrcements up
to %, 800, of which 1920 have already
d~isembarked alt Durham, with eighteen
field guns, a number of machine guns,
engineers and hospital troops, as well
as 700 mules.
This force. with that already be-
tween Estcourt and Durham, is consid-
cred sufficient to enable General Hid
yard Ito advance and ito take aggressive
action against the Beers south of
Ladysmith. According to the latest ad-
vices, Ladysmith is holding out suffi-
cieTtly, everything having been we'll
up to Wednesday,.
In view of the Boer obstruction Of
bridges, the war office has issued or
ders for THE shipment of a quantity Of
bridge work etWee this and the end
of the year..
GERMANS IN THE BOER ARMY.
Durham, Thursday, November ia
gentleman who was arrested at
Johannesburg, taken to Pretoria and
released, has arrived here, via Delagoa
bay. While at Pretoria he was confin-
ed on the race course with THE mill
tary prisoners, comprising 50 officers
and 1875 non-cOmmissioned officers
and men from Natal, 10 officers and
25 non-commissiOned officers and men
from Mafeking, and four men from
Fort Tuli. The prisoners guards were
almost exclusively Germans and the
| a~rtillerymen manning THE forts were
also mostly Germans. The prisoners
were we'll fed and were shown every
| consideration. Most of the officers
We're removed to more comfortable
quarters in the town.
| London, November lit is report
ed that the British government has
purchased the CruesOt guns ordered by
Sthe Transvaal, but not delivered.
| An official dispatch confirms the
| statement that Captain J. A. Haldane,
Of the Gordon Highlanders, ATTACHED
| to the Dublin fusileers, n Lieutenant
| 7. H. Frankland( not Franklin) and
| thrity-seven non-commissioned officers
| and men of the Dublin Fusileers are
| missing.
! Captain Haldane distinguished him
| self by his services in India, for which
| he received the D. S. O. champion of
| the distinguished service order.) He
| was also wounded at El~andslaagte.
/ ~ LIN l. EIt1EI DIN1llSI1 AL <A4>CL
| London, November IA dispatch
| from LourenZo says: "A Pretoria
| newspaper announced last Wednesday
| that 1000 burghers a left General
| Joubert's force around Ladysmith to
| join Commandment Botha's force near
| Estcourt, with a view of assisting to
| intercept the British advance to the re-
| lief Of L~adysmith.
General Lucas Meyer, the State
| commander, has asserted in the course
| of an interview that he is convinced
| thai the battle Of Elandsgaate will be
| the first and las Boer defeat of the
| year."
| BOMBARDED NIGHT AND DAY.
London, November 1S.-Special dis
| patches from PietermaritZburg and
| Lourenzo Marques say that Lady
| smith is bombarded night ms day and
| hard pressed. On November 9th having
| during the night placed men close tc
| the town, the Beers, after a heavy
bombardment, began an assault, blu
| were repulsed ait every point with
| heavy losses. The Beers lave destroy
| ed one Of the bridges over the Tugela