The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-17

ReenfOrcements NeeurN NJ nh""o''SS'
Though tho Residents Are Hopeful of
Holding Out Against the Boers-Th ere
Has Been Fighting south of Kimberley
and at vryburg -Aliwal North, Cape
Colony, Also Reported Under Siege.
Sp,etai Gable p,spatohssto TIE Sun.
DUNDEE. Natal. Oct. ia Boor commando
o,nUOo men. with sixteen field guns. arrived
A. Dannhauser. eighteen miles northwest OF
nund.e. Yesterday. It Is supposed they intend
70 .urr5und the Dundee camp and cut 1t off
from communication with Ladysmith. The
hulv character OF the country favors this plan.
I,rysMrru. Natal. Oct 10.-The whole civil
,onrl,tion O, Dundee have evacuated the
,own The commando which was at Damn
ho,ser has relolned the main body OF the
Beers
The latter Ia at IngoRO. from which place
,horo had heen no forward movement up to
this afternoon.
An oricial statement has been issued
,scording the invasion OF Natal by three
columns by way OF Bothas Pass. Laing's
Npk and Mats Mex respectively. and
Stating that they are converGing on Newcastle.
The statement adds that the Free State force
is estimated az ll.uOo men.
Thirteen hundred men are watching tho
masses of praEcnsburg mountains from Oli-
yers Hook 10 Collins Pass. The main body
has not come through these passes. which are
being sntrencheG.
ro<roy oct ia despatch to Reuters
Telegram Company from the Glencoe camp OF
the British troops. timed 7:4O 7, III. sunday,
SAYS the Beers have passed lngaRane. ten
miles south OF Newcastle, marching in
southern direction.
CAPE Town Oct l6--A despatch rider from
Kihberley has succeeded in passing through
the Boer forces to the south ot that city and
has reached the Orange River He reports that
the troops in Kimberley and the residents OF
IN, pl,ce are confident OF their ability to hold
out against any assault the Beers may make.
but urges he necessity OF i'm mediately sending
reap forcenents to the aid OF tho belsagured
town.
The rider states that the Beers are attacking
Yryhurr. a. which place there are large num-
Der Of disloys farmers
A despatch which was received here before
the te legraph line to Kimberly was cut stated
that the townspeople were ignorant OF
the measures to be adopted for the de-
Iencc Of the place. It was conjectured that
the military authorities distrusted part OF the
Inhabitants, and therefore kept their plans
lecrct to prevent them from reaching the
enemy
1t is reported that the Beers are investing
Aliwal North. which is in tho Cape Colony near
the border OF tho Orange Free State.
The Beers OF the Orange Free State are In
complete possession OF the railway from
Orange River to Kimberley.
LONDON. Oct. 15.-Despatches from Cape
Town and PietermaritzburR concur In the
statement that there has been fighting at
Spytztontsin. ten miles south Of kim bsrley.
The last telegraph message received from
Kimberley before Communication was cut of
read All we'll"
DUBLIN. Oct. 16.-A circular has been sent to
the INSPECTORS OF the Royal Irish Constabulary
ask ing for volunteers for the new South African
police which 1t is proposed to organize
LONDON. Oct. ia despatch to the Daily
N"rs from Cape Town says that tho Uitlanders
al Wakkerstroom were ordered BY the Beers to
choose between enrolling themselves In the
Transvaa forces or leaving the country. Fifty
elected to remain and six left.