The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-19

All Well and the Town Safe, Says Gen.
Sir George Stewart White.

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Sir George Stewart White.
LONDON. Nov. 1s.-A dispatch from
Estcourt. Natal dated Nov. II, evening,
says: "A runner arrived here from Lady
smith to-day bearing dispatches from Cen
White. who reports all we'll there. He adGs
that the Boer shells have no effect General
White recently made sortie and drove the
Beers from their guns position. The British
did not lose man. The town is healthy
1t is rumored that the Beers have occupied
the village of Weenen, twenty-five miles
hence. What advantage they hope to derive
therefrom is not known. The bombardment
Of Ladysmith was continued almost daily
with big guns. The Beers endeavored, on
Nov. IA. to make a closer investment, but
were repulsed. General White following this
up with sortie which drove the Beers
from their positions with considerable loss.
The Beers are reported TO be seriously short
Of provisions.
DIR. Briscoe, who was in charge of the
Red Cross train sent to fetch the killed and
succor the wounded of the armored train
disaster, gives an interesting account of a
second interview which he had with the
Boer commandant, who met DR.. Briscoe as
soon as he left the train carrying a white
flag. The commandant replied to the doc
tors request for permission to remove the
dead and wounded by saying there was no
need TO hand over the dead, who had al
ready been buried and that, so far as the
wounded were concerned, they were being
we'll cared for by the Boer hospital CORPS.
The Boer commandant and DR.. Briscoe, it
is added, interchanged compliments on the
pluckiness exhibited on both sides. The COM
mandant spoke English fuently, was of
h1ghly polished manners, expressed admira-
tion for the British soldiers and promised to
do his best to get the names of the killed.
When questioned concerning the where
abouts OF Winston Churchill, the COM
mandant replied: i do not know DR.. Bris-
coe says the public and the relatives of the
wounded may be assured they will be well
cared for, as Scotch surgeon, DR.. Max
we'll, was pressed into the Boer service at
Ermelo, to take charge of the Boer hospi-
tal"
Advices from Lourenzo MARQUES say:
"Belated dispatches from a correspondent
with the Beers, near Ladysmith, up to
Tuesday, Nov. IL, are arriving here after
being strictly censored at Pretoria. They
throw some light on the fighting already
reported from other sources. They say that,
on Friday, Nov. 10. eight Iyddite shells
were fired into the T'ransvaal central ar
tillery position without doing any harm
The wood of the platform of the second big
gun on the Buluwana hill was damaged,
but has since been repaired. Commandant
Weilbach captured a man who reported that
General White was wounded and had gone
to Pietermaritzburg, leaving General
French In command. This, however, does
not tally with the Transvaars information
The prisoner also reported that the Boer
forces were hiding in underground cham
bers in order to avoid the shells and said
there were about one thousand wounded In
the hospitals. General Joubert had been in
disposed. but is better. On Monday Nov.
IL, the British forts on the north side of
Ladysmith opened on the nearest Boer bat
terry and the shells fell so thickly that the
Beers were compelled to lie fiat and shell
tered. Later they opened fire On the British
batteries, which ceased firing. Heavy fight
ing occurred between the Orange Free State
corps and the British, south of Ladysmith,
during the morning of Tuesday. Nov IA.
The result is not known. From Lombards
kop the British batteries were visible, she'll
ing the Free Staters' position. A Transvaal
big gun shelled the British batteries"
The Daily Telegraph printed these ad-
vices from its special correspondent at Est
court, dated Nov. Is: "A few Beers are
laagered near Frere. A few others have
been seen moving east. An ambulance
train has gone forward to try to recover
our wounded. Yesterdays losses in the ar
mored train engagement have been ascer-
tanned to be, in wounded or missing: Dub
lin Fusiliers, Captain Haldane, attached;
Lieutenant Frankland and forty-fve men.
Durham Light Infantry, Captain Wylie and
twenty-four men. A heavy musketry fire
was heard in the direction of Ladysmith at
o'clock this morning, but there was no
sound of cannon"
The Daily Telegraph publishes the follow
ing from its special correspondent at
Pietermaritzburg, dated Nov. IL "The ma
tives report that the enemy have drawn q
complete Gordon around Ladysmith. and in
gress is now most difficult. Our troops are
cheerful and there is but little sickness.
The Beers are in great straits for want of
food The Free Staters have become almost
mutinous. Colonel Long, Of the Royal Artil-
lery, has taken command at Estcourt
Major Wolfe-Murray. having returned to
Pietermaritzburg, resumes the direction of
the lines Of communication"
This dispatch, dated Nov. II, from is spe-
cial correspondent at Estcourt, is published
by the Daily MALL THE Beers must have
made a detour last night. as this morning
commando was reported to be within six
miles of the village to the north and east
The alarm was given and troops moved out
and took up positions fronting the Boer ad-
vance. The enemy were seen moving about.
but made no attempt to leave the hills. The
enemy. seen near Chevely yesterday, have
gone back on Colenso. The camp here has
been reinforced by an infantry regiment.
under Colonel Kitchener, and a long-range
naval gun from the cruiser Terrible"
BRITONS MORE HOPEFUL.
Think white VIII he Able to Hold Out