The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-11-06

E NN AHANMN ||Hf'IAN M||M" H|HNM'N NANI'NH
orrg O. force SIR White into clpituia-
tlon the d-,s ruction of the Tuscia rive
~ bridge helping hm by cutting on
British relief
Moreover another Hocr force la re-
ported to have marched through Zuiu-
Sand in che direction of Durham and
already to have reached she Nsfai
frontier
Thus. it VIII be seen. the position in
natal. taking into confederation. pos
slbic uprising of Che disaffccted Dutch
smoe. dieluietlug and ln fact. may be-
described aa critical
British rsinf0rcements in any number
cannot reach Durham before the end
81 ncxt week
a SPECIAL from Ladynmith. dated 80
vcmber 2. morning. says
DURING che night che Borrs moved
closer 70 The British positions and then
mounted guns ln fresh places. Mean
while the naval gums have been moved
to fnvre favorable positions. nearer the.
town AMI commanding some OF the
Bocr batteries. A. 6 O'Clock this morn
iug. General White ordered the bonn
bardment Cf the enemy The Beers ".
phcd vigorously. They nrd straight
and some of che British were hit Al
ierrsblc artillery duel has been proceed.
ing Tor over three hours So FAR the
naval guns are the only ones that ahvs
engaged the cnemy"
PRISONERS WELL. TREATED.
CtpetoVn. Nog 2-Delayed-A dls.
patch from Pretoria under date or
Tuesday. says Col Moelly. Who com
mandci the British hussars cpotursf
by The Boera. declined. on .ng inter
viewed. o. give she details of ,hs. rnis.
fortune. but praised the treatment NJ
and hia men had r-ccdvcd ut IA hands
of che Beers The British prisoners
were piaying football az the time their
commandcr wna bciug interviewed
Tn officers are anxious Go be- cx-
changed
Among che papers found at Dundee
aoooriing 90 the Pretoria dispatch was
congrUmatory telegram from Lady
Symons to her husband
commandant Joubert scnt tho mes
sage 60 iadyHmith General s,mons
was buried with the fullest houors.
LADYSMiTH BOMBARDED
LldyNnith. Uoy 30 .m DELAYED
The artillery duel has been in pro-
Eroas stnoe 6 O'Clock this morning bu
~ far no damage has hecn done che
British hre preventing the noer guns
from making good practice
Fr.ng has been heard in the dlrcc-
tiou OF Coicnso
ENGLAND ANXIOUS
(Copyright 1899 by Associated Pres,s)
i.ondOn. Nov, Though the events
Of the week have aroused the spirit of
Emo British nation 60 the utmost. ana
though ita military cscutchcou has been
more stained thnn 90 ever was before.
thep, seems to De ahead "a atlll m0rc
crucial ordeal that 81 suspense Days.
perhaps weeks may pass before word
uonDs from the isolated British force
in the neck of Natal and the long wait
VIII strain aH does deathbed watch.
fpr the oaEerneas to hear hoH the day
went with One be'eagercd viii he ming
Jed with overp0werirg drcad tha' thcy
have shared tha Gate OF those ut Nich-
olson'a Mex Whatever may De- ,he JUST
mess or otherwise Of me criticisms PASS
"a GA General white lt is palpable that
De ito longer possessca tho confidence
~ the pubic lie may fully able to|
Withstand the attacks OF the superior
i.ocr force lnd may De- ruady at any
moment to eX"eute u mastoriy retreat
out aa IONS us ho is cut of from com
municatun with the outside world
There Will eNst terrible anxiety regard.
ing thc welfare ~ thc seven 0r eight
Thousand men of his command Tho
most uutffnfafIn I.fI.t.. te.t 60
hf'ht % me minimum fn which rcln-
i"rrvfneiit, ui amp potcntiallty can be
pushed tv ieudysmith and thcn d may
be too late iti this interim. cnbittered
/ ny Fhe vivid memory of recent disaster
which vii try Che temper of th. Brit
lsh rs,tiur Ntilch as "a whole can be
end 70 have embarked In the war with
stupend"us over confidence and which
mas no" awakened a. the realization "
the rao, that AZ General Whhe's force
/ ~ annihiluted Do Nil calne an inden-
\ nito pr0l0ngaton of hostllltics though.
! u - saAd here of course. "a can only de-
/ fer and nut alter the ultima result
I and the British ta2 power. ,oweyer
/ iatrqotl", objects fo "a iong draWn out
/ war especially whcD waged against a
/ people whom hc has brought 90 believe
\ I'M lenaeiy hiH anterior A. "a matter
I - faci. grlnung Genoral White possess
the Quanties ~ CAR gcneslship there
are many rst.s1ua fo believe hc viii
he able io hold Qua un.il relnf0rcements
arrive, eVe1 m completely surrounded
/ IL - presumed that hc has employed
tho past weeks la s,rngthening his po-
fuflun With fsarfflanrla aua sraush.s