The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-10
To LAND MEN AT DURHAM.
srcoyD BRIGADE LTkE,r 10 MARCH
I'm the RELIEE or SMITH.

, A.. r,.,.r,n. rit May
'o r, 80. n..,,,cbe.
Keep On to 'oiehso
Report Bosr Activity in Cape Colony
..,.u Force said to he Marching
,,..,.,oun NeaRre News.
special cable Dssd'shs'" rht suh.
IoNpoN, Nov. 1O.-The most iaVoraoio we"
taken in regard to the msagreness oi the news
from Ladysmith 10 that pigeons are h"' W oo
relied on TO carry confidential corresposuonos'
owing TO the'r '' '.o ,i..5 I'll. n.s.i.
But where criticism IL tihseu WIN
misn there 10 an unmlsakaple uispo''t'on W
regard the silence as oinlhous' i"o
has been increased by the rssetioh rssu"ss
from realization OF 'ne 'ac, 'ha'
natives have gullsd the cotre.ponueh's WV
reference to Boer defeats Ihe very 'a" VI
the apparent Boer inacN'ty arounu i.
smith induces the BELIEF that the' arc "a'ns
for something when they arc eo"''A''"
f.s the delay
The attest press telesrsms' "h,eh az
Nov .. state that the boet' 'n'n nsu ~
siege guns dominating the place. rom 'he .a,''
west and north. Nhlle lhey useia'e 'N"'
"our large naval guns un;
not YET ready to reply let thsse ha'"' suu'
are the weapons which nave oeen ropoa'o,s
credited with having sIshesu '"o '"'A'
heavy artillery.
The order Tor the TRANSPORT hos"n
20 10 Durham. instead OF Cape Town as Original
" intended. isregarded as important o"o
fu Gen. Hidysrd. the coinnianusr VI '"o
ond Brigade. and about thousano meu. W Au
dition TO 4 large quantity OF stores Inc chshss
In her destination - taken 10 mean 'hst '"'
Second Brigade 10 going to relieve "en. "n,'
atIAdysmtth. Four transports conveying inc
remainder OF tho brigade are about uue as
Care Town.
Ad.spatch from Estcourt says: An armorsu
train p.troinE the railroad in the direction oil
Colepso met q ksffir runner bringing dss-
,,,rh,. from ladysmith. The train was max
inc FOR some point where heIiographing win
Isd,,mith could he carried on. t-hs runner
,sI the reports OF the last battle near
I,iy.mith had been exaggerated. The
british lo,s wa. eight killed and twenty
wounded, including Capt. Knapp. There
WAS no sign oil the bo.rs between C"'o .,,l
and Estcourt the haulr tuhne' YOU hh
svN's correspondent that he mad oeen s'oPp'u
and searched hy the Beers bu' a. the, 'aIou
to find the dispatches IN MS po''''N'on "e "a'
allowed to come through
despatch from orange RIVER ha''oh' ua'eu
Nov, D. says tho Beers surprised he'nion''
about twsnty-one miles from orange hl'er'
yesterday. and captured hity-t"o c''I''ans VINO
were subsequently released.
despatch to the Piuy NerS from Iape
Town says II IS rumorei there that ueh'
Buller will shorty 90 to Queenstown cape Io'.
ony. tits stated that -V"" Beers haTo occup'au
Nenterstad twenty-nins miIss from Nor'aI
Point. ltn oelisNed tha' A'"al North Is also
invested b's' commando OF Nv men
passed Bursher"for3' about twenty-five
mics from ''"'noe'g Junction
Iney were marching IN 'he ufe"Uoh OF
queenstown Inc enemy mas o'o"n Np the
railway oHdse AZ Aeh'et'ahs' between NOT
mIs loIht anu ,o'esoers,
can" message rom puroan' uh,en nov, -
N"'e' u'at ,h' ""rs".rS i"e'nS al" i"trIo's
have arrived mere ihcy wiz pr"oapS 'ahu
suhS"h''n viii ue "'i' WI u'ai 'Hou's ahu
LS'c"hr'' IN attempt may "e "'aue I" sehu
Ia ,A'o" win gus " '0'e"'' anu '''n 'S 'a'
norm a. laiySm'h'
IsTcorEr. Natal Nov. u. HOO \. NJ. De
hyri in transmission '-Nsssrs Hopkins and
Bernard, hot"I-kesp"rs Of Ladysmith. LETT that
town on Sunday morning By the Harrismith
roa' E'ading the Bpcr patrols thsy crossed
me IHg"h River above Coenso and arrived
her" ny cir"uitous route.
They state that hght'ng had taken place
every 'ay. Oh friday the bo"rs attacsedirom
tire" directions. The principal action on that
DAY occurred under Umbulwanl Hll. where a
NC hoer gun IS posted. There was an engage
msrt also near tolsnso' THE Suns cor
Tesrond"n' Is unable to learn any particulars
o'the scope 81 the engagement or the losses.
but y = reporter thht at Imbnlwani 100
bt'sn so'dier' were Klhsd anu wounded
IN" boer artillery this point was equal TO
10" hrush'
""h "hhe sent a message 10 tho Boer COM
mah'er ten Jnnbert' asking permission Tor
we women ana 'hlIdren I" leave ths town.
Souo'ttS rep'V was read AZ mass meeting
ne" !" 'hnySmhh on Sa'urdhy' ~ stated that
Wt women ana ch'Idrsh could come under the
p"'e'uoh OF tisSuns' Inc meeting resolved
u" 10 accept thl- oner ahn IN" people sang tho
','sh ha'loha' ah'h'm'
Lo>ioN' nov "'-H"n Butler In despatch
",ne war department dated Cape Town, Nov.
clan NJ says:
w. nekeWlth 'eiegraphs from himberleV'
Wv o. 'na' a.! Is wei 'here' Ihere mas been
h :. serious attack as yet only slight bonn
tu'n. nn'eh ala no damage
"h'e reports oS pigeon post That
Tvs "ou"ueu are some ciVllians. THESE.
=" arrangement win zen 1ouoert' nave