The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-11-03
THE FIGHTING B0ERS
They Have Reoocupied Their Old
Positions and Remounted Guns.
GENERAL JAN Il. M. KOOK DEAD.
Tho Boer Leader Succumbs to His
Wound in Ladysmith Hospital-The
navas Agency in Paris Publishes
Heavy Losses For the British.


Wound in Ladysmith Hospital-The
Havas Agency in Paris Publishes
Heavy Losses For the British.
London, Nov. Especial dispatches
from Ladysmith, dated Tuesday, give
further details regarding the renewal
Of the bombardment The Beers. hav-
ing reoccupied their old positions, re-
mounted big guns. Their firing was
accurate, but almost harmless. Some
Of the troops were slightly injured by
splinters.
Lieutenant F. G. Egerton and his
men from the Powerful did splendid
work and quickly silenced the Boer
guns.
The Beers acknowledge having suf-
fered heavy losses in men and horses
In the previous battle.
General Jan H. NJ Kock, who was
second in command in the Transvaal
forces, and who was Wounded in the
battle of Elandslaagte, died in the hos
pital at Ladysmith on Monday night.
A dispatch to The Daily Telegraph
from Ladysmith, fled Monday night.
giving a description of the battle,
says: A similar mule stampede oc-
Cured to Lieutenant Colonel Grim
woods column on the Bulwan side.
The ammunition was lost, but our in
fantry quite held their own. 1t was
serious misfortune that the Powerful
blnejackets were not summoned
sooner, as the result of the engage
ment would have been different.
The Havas agency in Paris last
evening published the following ex-
traordinary dispatch from Cape Town
which the agency says was received
sells:
"The news of the Beers two vic
tories around Ladysmith has created
considerable excitement among the
Afrikanders, who do not conceal their
Joy. Sir Alfred Miner, the British
high commissioner, is much perturbed
at their attitude. General White, in
these two engagements, lost about $50
men killed, wounded and prisoners.
The second victory was won by the
Free Skaters, commanded by Lucas
Meyer, who seized Colenso, thus cut
ting off the retreat of General White.
Ladysmith is complete and the Beers
are masters of Pietcrsmaritzburg and
the Durham railway.
News has reached General White
that Mafeking is closely besieged, and
that the Beers have successfully re-
pulsed the sorties. The surrender of
Mafeking is expected. 1t is also con-
flrmed that the Free Staters have seiz-
ed Colesburg."
The secretary Of the war Office, who
was shown the above dispatch, said the
statements made were utterly baseiess.
Brussels, where the Havas dispatch
originated, is the headquarters Of DR..
Leyds, the diplomatic agent Of the
Transvaal, and it is thought the Cape
Town dispatch may be an exaggerated
Boer version Of the recent fighting.
Little light is thrown on the actual
situation by the news at hand. The
magnitude of Mondays fight, however,
is more than ever evident Virtually
three actions were raging simutan-
eously, but 1t is obvious that the in
tention to roll back the Orange Free
State troops was not achieved.
The Daily News has dispatch this
from Ladysmith, dated Tues.
day. at 1890 a. NJ, which gives the
first independent account of the cut
ting off of Lieutenant Colonel Carle-
tons column in the engagement at
Farquhar's farm. The correspondent
says; The column was sent out Sum-
day night, made wide detour and
reached the spurs of the Drakonsburg
before dawn. Colonel Carleton storm
ed the heights with the bayonet and
his position against great
odds, until his ammunition was ex-
hausted and surrender had become in
evitable. Nearly 200 had then been
killed and wounded.
News has reached here from Lisbon
that British warship in Delagoa bay
has fired on sailing ship which was
the harbor without having
displayed flag. The vessel proved to
be British, but there is some ques-
ion in Lisbon az to the right of Great
Britain to do police duty in Portu-
5uese port.