Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-11-21
JOUBERT NOT KILLED.
Young Churchill a Prisoner and Could
be Hanged or Shot.

Young Churchill a Prisoner and Could
be Hanged or Shot.
Lorenzo Marques, Delagoa Bay, Nov.
IS.-Belated dispatches from a correspon-
dent with the Beers near Ladysmith, up
to Tuesday, Nov. IA, 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
Lyddite shells were fired into the Trans
vaal central artillery position, without
doing any harm. The wooden platform
Of the second big gun on Bulwana hill
was damaged but has since been re-
paired
Commandant Weilback captured a
man who reported that Gen. White was
wounded and has gone to PietermaritZ
burg, leaving Gen. French in command.
This, however, does not tally with the
TransvaaPs information. The prisoner
also reported thar the British forces were
hiding in underground chambers, in order
to avoid the shells. and said there vert
about 1000 wounded in the hospitals.
Cen Joubert has been indisposed, but is
better.
Monday, November 10, the British
forts on the north side of Ladysmith
opened on the nearest Boer battery and
the shells. fell SO thickly that the Beers
were compelled to he fiat and sheltered
Later they opened fire on the British
batteries, which ceased firing.
Heavy fighting occurred between the
Orange Free State troops and the Brit
lsh, south of Ladysmith, during the
morning of Tuesday, November IL The
result is not known
From Lombardskop the British batter
les were visible, Smelling the Free Stat
ers' position. A Transvaal big gun
shelled the British batteries.
The Killed aud Wounded.
Estcourt,. Natal, Friday, Nov. 17-Dr
Brlscoe, 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 commandment, who met DR. BriS.
coe as soon as he left the train carving
a white flag. The commandment renlied
TO the doctors request for permission to
remove the dead and wounded by saying
that there was no need to hand over the
dead, who had already been buried, and
tnat so far as the wounded were con-
cerned they were being we'll care for by
the Boer hospital corps.
Inc Boer commandant and Dr. Bris-
cce, 1t is added, interchanged compli-
ments on the pluckiness exhibited on both
sides. The commandant spoke English
huently, was of highly-polished manners.
expressed admiration for the British sol
dlers and promised to do his best TO get
the names of the killed. When cues
toned concerning the whereabo of
Winston Churchill. the commandment re-
piled: Il do not know"
May Hang Young Churchill.
London, Nov. 1.-THE New York
Journal correspondent cables: A strict
Interpretation of and adherence to the
laws of war would justify the Beers in
r
Churchill. AS correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Post he is technically a non
cOmbatant, and as such is debarred from
bearing arms. He did bear arms against
the Beers, and according to the dis
patches from Estcourt. he was in the
thick of the fighting around the wrecked
armored train. While his acts were
brave and daring, they were very rash.
Though 1t Is hardly expected that Gen
Joubert will inf1ict the extreme penalty,
Gen. Butler undoubtedly will have much
trouble in protecting the young man and
in securing his release.
Lady Randolph Churchill is Frustrated
by the news.
London, Nov. 1S.-The war office has
ceived the following dispatch from Gen.
Butler:
Capt Town, Friday, Nov. 17.-Report from
we'll there. Reports from Ladysmith Sun
day, November II. and Monday, November
ID, say all well there.
New York, Nov. 1S.-A dispatch to the
Herald from London says: The Daily
Telegraph publishes the following from
its special correspondent: Pietermaritz-
burg, Nov. 1.-THE natives report that
the enemy have drawn a complete cor
don around Ladysmith, and ingress is
now most difficult
Paris, Nov. 1S.-The Gaulois says that
Col. De Vile Boisemereuil, formerly of
the general staff, left France on October
26 for South Africa on the invitation of
the Transvaal government which offered
him a high rank in its army.
London, Nov. 1.-THE licensing COM
mittee of the London county council has
renewed the lease of Olympia hall on con-
dition that there shall be no representa-
ton of the war between tn British and
Beers.