The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-27

Out as q N1ctOry-NO 1n1OrmaIioH as
to Manner of YuIe's Internationally
Aim OF the Boers-Not Discouraged
nv Present state of Affairs Their
Strength 100, 900 Soldiers.
London, October 25.-The war office
this evening made public the following
dispatch sent by General White from
Ladysmith at $3.50 o'clock this after
noon: 1.-The advance guard of the
forces sent out by me this morning to
get in touch with and help General
Yule's column was within three miles
of that column which had temporarily
halted at Sunday river about noon. I
have occupied all the strong positions
on the road to Ladysmith and / have
no further anxiety about them. / have
received from Lieutenant Kendrick,
signaling officer of the Queens regi-
menH, who has ridden in, and also from
Colonel Dartnell, of the Natal police,
who accompanied the column, the best
account of the spirits and efficiency of
the troops, who are very anxious to
meet the enemy again.
Cape Town, October 25.-Intelligence
received here yesterday from Natal
says the bullet has been extracted from
the wound Of General Symons who was
struck down while leading his troops
at the battle of Glencoe, and that the
patient is cheerful and doing well.
AdViceS from Orange river, Cape
Colony, near the Orange Free State
border announce THAT the Beers have
taken Kripdam, near Barkly West,
north Of Kimberley, and that Assistant
Magistrate HarmSWorth and his clerk
are prisoners. 1t is supposed that the
Beers are advancing on Douglas, fur
ther west, the inhabitants of which
place are asking for protection
ANOTHER SKIRMISH.
London, October 25.-A special dis
patch from Cape Town dated 9:1O this
morning says there has been another
battle at Ladysmith and that the Beers
were repulsed. The British casualties
were placed ait four killed and seven
wounded, all rank and file.
General White has telegraphed to the
war office from Rietfontein under date
Of October oath saying that in the
fighting near Ladysmith thirteen of the
British force were killed and ninety
three wounded and that three are miss
ing, the casualties being mostly among
A TROOP OF CAVALRY CAPTURED
The war office this afternoon issued
the following:
There is nothing to add to General
Whites description of today's engage
ment as given in his dispatch, except
that we learn the casualties
we learn from unofficial sources
that the following officers whose alb
sence had not previously been notified
to us, are prisoners in the enemys
hands: Eighteenth Hussars-Lieuten-
ant Colonel Moller, Major Greville and
Captain Pollock; Dublin Fusileers
Captain Lonsdale, Lieutenant Lemes-
eurier, Lieutenant Garvice, Lieutenant
Grimshaw, Lieutenant Majendie and
Lieutenant Shore.
'It is presumed that the whole squad
ron of the Eighteenth Hussars under
the command of the offers named
were taken prisoners
A squadron of huSsars, usually con-
sists of three troops of twenty eight
men each, SO that about eighty officers
and men of the Eighteen hussars are
SUPPOSED ITO have been captured
A special dispatch from Ladysmith
dated October 23rd says the troop of
the Eighteenth hussars which got as
tray in pursuing the Beers after the
battle OF Glencoe has arrived at Lady
mith, the troopers having fought their
way through with the loss of three
horses.
TOTAL BRITISH CASUALTIES.
The war office returns show that the
total British casualties since the begin
ming of hostilities reach 597. Eighteen
officers have been killed and 55 wound
ed, and rs men killed and 435 wounded
There are 13 unaccounted for. This to-
tai, however does not include the
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which went astray near Dundee, and
the officers of the Dublin Fusileers
The report of heavy losses sent from
Reitfontein came as an unpleasant sur
prise, as General Whites telegram to
the war office yesterday gave the i'm
preston that there was merely brush.
Ladysmith, Natal, October 22.-Oe-
layed in transmission)- )-Boer artillery
is shelling Dundee and the former
British camp. Our troops are now oc-
cupying an entrenched camp. The
Boer artillery is firing at very long
range and the shells are ineffective.
Communication with Dundee is sew
cred.
DOCTORING THE DISPATCHES.
London, October 25-The command
er-in-chief, Field Marshal Lord Wolse-
ley has apparently been now convicted
of "doctoring'' official reports from the
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on all sides for a reversion to the ear
lier practice, when the reports of Cen
eral Sir George Stewart White, the
British commander in Natal, were
given out textually as soon as re-
-ceived. The commander-in-chief's sum-
mary read in the house of commons
yesterday spoke of General White hav-
ing fought a successful action, whereas
General Whites own account puts an
entirely different complexion on the
situation and reduces the movement to
its proper proportions and shows that
further exciting intelligence may be
expected from the same quarter at any
moment
THE BOERS NOT DISCOURAGED.
Tt is quite evident that the war in
Natal has only commenced and that
the Beers are by no means discouraged
at losing the first two battles, and
many experts are satisfied General
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