The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-26
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Later estimates Of the Boer Losses at
Elandslaagte give 800 killed. Their
coolness. bravery and good aim can be
judged from the fact that out Of seven-
teen or eighteen oficers with the half
battalion OF Gordon HIghlanders, four
were killed and thirteen were wounded,
while the casualties among the rank
and fle were q per cent during less
than three hours fighting. Lieutenant
Campbell, Of the Gordon Highl4nders.
has since died from his wounds. A
dispatch from Cape Town to-day says
General White has engaged the Orange
Free State Beers who were advancing
on Ladysmlth. about seven miles north
ward, and that It was believed the ad-
vance had been repealed. This Is prob
ably another version Of yesterdays
lighting, as already known.
General White this morning officially
notified the war ofiice that the bullet
had been extracted from General sy-
mons wound and that he was doing
well.
Other dispatches from Cape Town say
that advices from Mafeklng CONFIRM the
statement that fifty Beers were killed
by the explosion Of two trucks OF dyna-
mite purposely sent out by Colonel Ba-
den-P Powell to draw the BOer FIRE.
The otfer Of General cronje, the BOer
commander in the vicinity Of Mafe-
king, to Colonel Baden-Powell to ex-
change prisoners, referred to Captain
Nesbltt aud others Of the ar1hored train
wrecked at Kraaipan.
Some, Significance Is attached at Cape
Town to the proclamation issued at
Pretoria by the Transvaal government
with the view to safeguard British
property
Becoming Complicated.
The situation in the west is becoming
complicated. The Boer proclamatIons
OF annexation and the claims Of VIC
tory at Glencoe are likely to induce the
Dutch to side with their couutrymen
already in the field. 1t is said. for in-
stance that the Boer forces have evacu--
ated vryburg, which It is added, will
be garrisoned by the local Dutch,
among whom are prominent Bundites
and government employees.
It is also believed that the Dutch be-
yond Griquatown are only awaiting en-.
couragement to declare for the Trans
vaal.
AdyIces from Phlllpstown yesterday
say that tho searchlights of the KIM
berley defences were visible the pre-
vious night and that therefore, Klmber-
ley is stlll intact.
The latest dispatches from Kimberley
gives details of the arrangements made
by the British commander, Colonel
Kekewiche, for the defense Of the town.
The meat consumption is limited to q
pound daily, lire brigade has been
formed and its members are prohibited
from. joining in the defense OF the place.
as their services are likely to be other
wise required. The townfolK are work.
ing ungrudgingly, Notwithstanding
steepless nights and the absence OF bus.
iness. Miles OF barbed wire surround
the town. The Beers remain out Of
reach Of the guns.
A dispatch from Maseru, dated octo-
ber "a. says Commissioner Iagden was
then starting to meet Larothod. and
other Basuto chiefs at PuttatsuE river,
where the chiefs have assembled at the
request of Lerothodl to pledge their
loyalty to the queen.
A dispatch from Durham. dated octo-
Der %. says authentic information has
reached here from Aielmoth. zululnnd.
that on Sunday large Boer force was
approaching. The Inhabitants forth
with entered Fort Maxwell, antIcIpa-
ting IN attack at dawn on Monday.
According to a Brussels dispatch DR..
Leyds. the diplomatic agent Of the
Transvaal in Europe. has issued a
statement that the Beers now have
nearly 100000 men in the field, made up
as follows: Boer regulars. $4,000; artil-
lery 1880. police 1850; Orange Free
State troops including outlanders. as
900; Natal Beers, 5000; Bechuanaiand
and RhodcSIau Beers, 5000.