Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-23

Entirely Changed His Plans
Mysterious Movements of Free
Stnters.
London. Nov. 19.-;Special dispatches
from Pietcrmaritzburg and Lourcnzo
Marques say that Ladysmith is bonn
barded night and day and hard
|pressed. On Nov. 8. having during the
night placed men close to the town.
the Beers. after Il heavy bombardment.
began an assault. but were rcpulsed at
every point with heavy losses. The
Beers have destroyed one of the
bridges over the Tugela river.
LONDON. Nov. 10. - The absence of
news of any serious movement against
LadySmith seems to show that the
Beers are repeating the strategy adopt"
ed by them ut Dundee. when they ap-
peared in front and endeavored to cf-
feet a surrounding movement. This
seems to have been their object re-
garding EStcourt. and since it is i'm
possible that relief should reach for
some days to come. it is not unlikely
that a further retiring movement Oh
Mooi river will be made.
Mai. Wolfe Murray has returned to
| TietcrmartZburg to take command or
the line of communication and Col.
Lcng. of the Royal artillery. has taken
conn and at Estcourt. The forces
now at PietermaritZburg are too weak
to attempt to reopen communications.
Artillery and cavalry especially are
badly leeded.
From the difficulty experienced in
concentrating divisions at the original
PORTS it seems clear that the plans of
Gen Butler has been entirely changed.
Net the slightest word regarding the
Lew plans have been allowed TO cS
cape. The first object was supposed to
be the sending of 4 British column to
relieve Kimberley. bur this seems in
correct. all the accounts regarding the
movement at present in the light of Il
reconnaissance. 1t seems. however.
that arrangements for an advance
from Durham are
| In Forward State
| if an advance has not already COM
mencrd. Kimberley was all right on
Friday. Nov. 10. The burghers at
.Aliwalnorth have hcisted the flag of
the Orange Free State and declared
the town in the possession of the Free
State There are reliable reports of
| mysterious movements of Free State
commanders along the Orange river
and important developments are eX-
pected Every thing tends to show
that the relief of Kimberley could only
be safely undertaken by Il strong col
umn.
LourenZo Marques continues to send
Joubert stories. the latest being that
no news has been received from him
at Pretoria for three days. and that it
was rumored that he was prisoner.
1t is announced that the duke Of
Connaught was among the first to seek
employment in the war. and even Of
fered to waive his seniority for this
purpose. but it was not deemed eX-
pedient that an officer so senior to Sir
ReGyerS Butler should serve under
him The duke was greatly disap-
pointed.
Guarded by Germans.
Durham. Nov. ia gentleman who
was arrested at Johannesburg. taken
to Pretoria and released. has arrived
here via Delagoa Bay. While at Pre-
course with the military prisoners,
comprising - officers and 1,103 non
commissioned officers and men from
Natal; 10 officers and % non-comms-
stoned officers and men from Mafeklng
and men from Fort Tuli. The pris-
oners guards We're almost exclusively
Germans, and the artillerymen man.
| ming the forts were also mostly Ger
| mans The prisoners We're well fed
and We're shown every consideration.
Most of the officers were removed to
more comfortable quarters in the
| town.
To Intercept British Advance.
London. Nov. ia dispatch from
Lourenzo Marques says: "A Pretoria
newspaper announced last Wednesday
that 1000 burghers had left Gen. Jou-
bert's force around Ladysmith to join
Commandant Botbna's force near Est
court with a view to assisting to in
tercept the British advance to the re-
lief Of Ladysmith. Gen. Lucas Meyer,
the Free State commander. has as
serted in the course of an interview
that he is convinced the battle at
Elandslaagte will be the first and last
Boer defeat of the year"
More Troops Arrive.
London, Nov. 19.-The admiralty an
nouLced last evening the arrival at
Cape Town yesterday Of the troopship
AursEia With battery of artillery and
the Scott's Highlanders princess
Louise's) regiment, bringing the rein
forcements up to 1880, of which q
400 have already disembarked at Dur
ban with eighteen field guns, num-
Der of machine guns, engineers and
hospital corps, as well as 100 mules.
The force, with that already between
Estcourt and Durham, is considered
sufficient to enable Gen. Hildyard to
advance and to take the aggressive
against the Beers south of Ladysmith
Natives Will Join Beers.
London, Nov. 10. - Advices from
Maseru, Basutoland, dated Nov. s
say that Chief Joet, terrorized by false
Boer assertions that the British have
been beaten in every engagement, anC
are being driven out Of South Africa
is preparing to join the Beers, believ
s,n 4l,o;rc tho winning cido ,Nbr