Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-11-23

London, Nov. 1S.-Absence OF nays
of any serious movement against Iadv
smith seems TO show that the beers ara
repeating the strategy adopted by them
at Dundee when they appeared in from
and endeavored to effect a surroundin,
movement. This seems to have baao
the object regarding Estcourt and since
it is impossible that relief sbopId
reach there for some days it is not nm.
likely that farther retiring movement
on Moot river will be made. NIaior
Wolfe Murray has returned TO piater-
maritZburg to take command OF line
communications. Col. Long of the
royal artillery has taken command al
Estcourt. The forces now at Pieter.
maritzburg are too weak to attempt r,
reopen communications Artillery and
cavalry are especially badly need.
ed and 1T necessarily will
take very long time TO obtain
| either, owing to the difficulty of en-.
tertaining and the necessity of allow
| ing horses to rest after a long sea WOW.
age. The announcement of the arrival
| of General Mothuen at Orange river
doubtless means that arrangements are
in forward state for the advance from
that point, if advance has not already
| begun. Kimberley was safe Nov. 10
Last Tuesday boer force of 600 en-
! tered Aliwal, north of Cape Colony
hOisted the flag of the Free State and
! declared the town and district to be a
| part of the republic. The activity Of
the beers in this locality would almost
point TO the necessity of insuring the
safety of the column marching to the
relief of Kimberley from attack from
this direction or from Bloemfontein.
In view of the reticence of Gen. Butler
! it is almost useless to speculate regard
ing the report of the movement to re-
lieve Kimberley. 1t can only be in
! tended to withdraw the beers, If pos
sible, from Natal The object Of the
occupation of Aliwal is understood to
be to prevent large quantity of am
munltion at Herschel from being for
warded to jamestown, thence to
Queenstown. The beers have
notified the inhabitants that
no footing will be allowed There are
reliable reports of mysterious move
meks of the Free State commandoes
along Orange river and important de-
velopments are expected. Everything
tends to show that the relief of Kim
berley could only be safely undertaken
! by a strong column Lourenzo Mar
ques continues to send Joubert stories,
the latest being that no news has been
! received from him at Pretoria for three
days and that it is rumored he was
taken prisoner 1t is announced the
Duke of Connnaught was among tine
| first to seek employment in war, even
offering to waive his seniority for this
purpose but it was not deemed expe-
dent that an officer who was senior TO |
Sir Redvers Butler should serve under
him. The duke was greatly disap-
pointed
Big Army at Durham.
London, Nov 1S.-The admiralty an
nounces the arrival at Capetown FRI
the reinforcements up to 2350O OF
which 1920 are already disembarked at
Durham. This force, with lhat already
between Estcourt and Durham, is con
sidered sufficient to enable Gen. Hide
yard to take the aggressive against the
beers south of Ladysmith. According
to the latest advices Ladysmith was
holding out satisfactorily, everything
having been well up to "Wednesday
Prisoners Well Treated.
Durham, Nov. 18.-- (16th.) A gentle
man who was arrested at Johannesburg
and taken to Pretoria and released has
arrived here. via Delagoa bay White
at Pretoria he was confined with one
military prisoners, compromising ~
officers, l,275 non-commissiOned othct.
and men from Natal. 10 officers ana
% non-commissioned officers and men
from Mafeking. and men from FoFI
.Tuli. The prisoners guards are aimoa
exclusively Germans and the artillery
men manning the forts are almost 81
Germans. The prisoners are well iea
and shown every consideration
Many Officers Missing.
London, Nov. 1S.-It is reported me
British government has purchased the
CreusOt guns ordered by the TransVaA
but not delivered, An official ais
patch confirms the statement tha
Capt. Gen. Haldane Of the GORDON
Highlanders attached to the DuoAl
fusiliers, and Lieut. T. II. Franklanl
and 81 non-commi ssioned officers 90
men of the Dublin fusiliers are missing
Meyer Has Confidence
London, Nov. lS.-A dispatch from
Lourenzo Marques says "Pret7.'
newspapers announced last Wednesia
that 1000 burghers had left cenerA
Jouberts force around Ladysmita .
join Commandant Botha's force Dsl
Esteourt with a view 10 assisting % 70
tereept the British advance 70 the