The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
.BULLER'S REINFORCEMEN1S
viii Soon Arrive at Durham and
Relieve S lation.
BOERS WllS AVE TO HUSTLE
Orders HI & en- Issued for the Mobile
izatiof Seige Train, Which
- the Purpose of
Smelling Pretoria.

London, November 10.-(4:3O a. m.)-Thd
scanty and conflicting news from the seat
of war and the fact that General White has
not yet said word about the alleged fight
ing around Ladysmth are again producing
a feeling of gloom. 1t may be that General
White has sent news and that General
Butler has thought best to keep it to him-
self. Indeed this is the version that is be4
ginning to be believed as 1t is held to be
impossible that the news of heavy fighting
brought by Kaffirs In such circumstantial
detail can be wholly groundless. If this be
so, 1t is ominous, for there could be no
ground for conceallng favorable news.
1t can not be long, however, before q
change occurs. General Buffers forces
will soon arrive at Durham and will proba-
bly, begin the advance to the relief of Lady,
smith about November Is. The Boers IL
they ever entertained the idea of real in-
vasion of Cape Colony have probably now
abandoned 1t and Will devote their whole
energies to reducing Ladysmith. They have
only about week in which to do this.
The fact that they are rather inactive in@
dicates that they are waiting for something
which they feel sure will justify their deS
lay. The latest Estcourt dispatches seem
to hint that the garrison is about Ito retirs
further southwark. |
Sieze Train to Be Used
Orders have been received at Woolwich
and Devonport for the mobilization Of
siege train which 1t Is supposed is intended
for the purpose of shelling Pretoria. The
force manning 1t will approximate to the
strength of eight batteries and will consist
of thirty-two officers and 1,104 non-commis-
stoned officers and men. Its armaments
will be thirty HowitzerS, fourteen 6-inch
guns, eight 5-inch and eight 4-inch guns,
the whole train carrying more than 5000.
tons. This will be the first employment of
a modeTnized siege train by any Eurooean
army and the progress of the reduction o1
the forts by Lyddite shell fire. preliminary
to storming by infantry, will be watched
with interest and curiosity by all profess
sional soldiers.
Three large steamers have just been
chartered at Liverpool to- convey the 10,-
900 troops of the division which Lord VOL
sely yesterday announced would be mobi-
Mzed. The transport Arawa has been fur
ther delayed by a disarmament of her
electrical plant. The disabled Persian will
transfer her troops to the Goth, which Will
leave Southampton next Tuesday.
A dispatch from Durham announces thas
Prince Victor of Schlewig- -Holstein arrived
there on Monday and Immediately proceed
ed up country.
Custom Onicialss Seize Flags
From Port Elizabeth comes the intelli-
gence that the custom officials there have
seized a bale of new flags consigned to the
Free State, consisting of Orange Free
State colors with the Netherlands flag in
the corner
At Constantfnople 1t Is rumored that Lord
Cromer, British diplomatic agent In Egypt,
has received instructions to arrange with
the Egyptian cabinet for the dispatch or
5000 Egyptian troops to the Transvaal, but
the report is discredited here.
The Times has the following dispatch
from Lourenzo Marquee, dated November
6: 'qDelagoa bay is full of secret service
police, getting information regarding the
movements of the imperial service troops.
The wire into Deagoa bay and Pretoria
was broken during the hurricane. 1t was
not cut as was thought at first.
There is a Boer contingent of 75O men
near Koma tipoort. I find women have been
leaving Durham for Pretoria with news.
Passes are too easily granted at Durham.
'1 understand that a contingent from
Colenso is marching toward Greytown and
I hear ON the best English authority that
Johannesburg has been stripped OF guns
and men, the police force being composed
of Russian Jews"