Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-06
FIGHT EIGHT HOURS
Artillery Duel at Ladysmith Discloses Great
Variety Of Bosr Guns
FIRST REPORT REC:N.D FROM BULleR
Bombardmept of Ladysmith Continues with
Shells Falling in Town.
WOUNDED AT KIMBERLEY DOING WELL
WOUNDED AT KIMBERLEY DOING WELL
Over Eight Hundred Missing in Gloucester
shire and Fusileer Regiments
PERSISTENT RUMoRs OF cAPlTULATIoN
Belgian Newspapers Publish Telc-
grams Reporting thnt General Sir
George white Has Surrendered
to General Joubcrt.

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LONDON, Nov. 5.-(New York World
Cablegrsm-Special Telegram) - Stevens
cables the Daily Mail OF the Ladysmth
bombardment November 3:
The arrival of the naval bigade on Monday
was most opportune. 1t would do you good
TO see the great chested, bearded, steadfast
men amid our army Of boys. They did fine
service yesterday, when they mounted their
guns in record time and sienced Long
Tom at 6 o'clock. Long Tom was tried
again, but the bluejackets again silenced him
in the second round. We lost three wounded,
including unfortunately, an officer.
THE feature OF yesterdays fighting was the
great variety of Boer guns disclosed. The
effect Of the eight hours artillery fight was
terrible, though less deadly than the in
fantry combat An incessant boom Of guns
and hiss and rattle OF shells gave partc
ularly remorseless impression and empha-
sized the helpessness Of man before the
deadly machines which he creates. This was
heightened by the cloudless sunshine.
THE escape of one man from destruction
by n bursting shell was very singular The
shell burst near him, turning one side of
his bayonet into complete corkscrew,
fragment OF the shell piercing his water
bottle on the other side, the man escaping
unhurt Some disposed to criticise our
bered that the Beers guns outrange ours"
First Report from BuIIer.
LONDON, Nov. 6.--The War office issued
the following at 11:40 p. yesterday
Butler to the secretary OF state for war:
CAPETOWN, Nov. 5.-S:4O p. m.-The
commandant at Durham sends the following
received from Ladysmth by pigeon post,
dated November 3: Yesterday General
French went out with cavalry and field ar
tilery and effectively shelled the Boer
laager, without loss on our side.
Lieutenant Egerton of the Powerful is
dead. General Joubert sent in Major c. S.
Kincaid of the Royal Irish Fusileers and
nine wounded prisoners. Eight Beers were
sent out in exchange; no Gthers being fit
to travel.
Colonel Brecklehurst, with cavalry field
artillery, the Imperial Light Horse and the
Natal mounted volunteers, was engaged
today with the enemy to the southwest OF
1,adysmith. The fighting lasted several
hours Our loss was very small.
"The bombardment of Ladysmith continued
yesterday and today, many Boer shells
being pitched into the town
"Our troops are in good health and spirits
and the wounded are doing we'll" (Mes
sage ends.)
II think that General French's name il
given by mistake for Brecklehurst's."
Sir Redvers Butler has wired the Wa
Office from Capetown, under date of Sunday
that Colonel Kekewich. in command a
Kimberley reportS under date of Octobe
81 that all the wounded were doing WELL
Persistent RumOrs of Capitulation
LISBON, Nov, 5.-Persstent reports ar
in circulation here that General Sir Georg
Stewart White, British commander in Nata
has capituated to the Beers.
BRUSSELS, Nov. b.-The Belgian news
papers continue to publish kilograms fror
Amsterdam and Berlin reporting the cap
ture of Ladysmith, but no such informatio
has been received at the Official residence
Dr. Leyds. The members OF the Transvaf
agency declare that the only informatio
they have on the affair is derived from tn
newspapers. They decline to divulge tn
whereabouts of DR.. Leyds but say he
neither in Brussels or Berlin.
Over Eight Hundred Missing.
DURHAM, Natal, Nov. 2.-(Delayed
Transmission,)-Th official roll call show
that S43 members of the GloucestershiI
regiment and OF the Royal Irish Fusilel
are missing as the result OF the engagemeI
on Farquhars farm Thrty-two member
OF the Gloucestershlre regiment ten men
bers of the Royal Irish Fusieers and tw
members of the Tenth mountain batter
were found killed. Between seventy ar
100 escaped and returned to Ladysmit
whittier 100 wounded have been brought
Basutos Have Arisen.
LONDON, Nov 5.--3 p. m.-According
special dispatch from Capetown 1t is r
ported that the Basutos have risen again
the Orange Free State Beers, The go
ernment has received no information
this point