The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-11
A REGIMENT DECIMATED
RUAIOR OF BRITISH DIS4AST1EF.
FROM AMSTERDAM. -
IA SMALL CONVOY CAPTURED BY B0ERS
White Reports the Strengthening of His De-
fences and Says That He Has Supplies
Amply Sufficient for His Needs.
Treachery Alleged.
Treachery Alleged.

| iTedCneTy HieSeu'
London, Nov. 10.-The British War
Office has received from General Bull
Ter the following dispatch:
Cape Town. Thursday evening, Now
9.-Have received by pigeon-post from
General White today the following:
1.-The bombardment at long range by
heavy guns continues daily. A few
casualties are occurring, but no serious
harm is being done.
THE Beers sent in today number
of refugees from the Transvaal under d
! flag of truce A flag of truce from
| Ladysmith met them outside the pickets.
| When the party separated the Boer
guns fired ON it before it reached our
pickets.
was wounded today while sending a
message
''@The entertainments are daily grow
ing stronger, and the supply Of provis-
ions is ample.
BOERS CAPTURE A CONVOY.
London, Nov. 10.-The War Office
this evening issued the following:
From Butler, Cape Town, 1910 r.
My message from Buluwayo dated
November 3rd A small convoy and es-
cort under Spreckley, of Plumer's force,
was attacked by Beers November 2nd.
Six meli missing and lost convoy
The War Office has also issued the.
following:
~ report having appeared in the
South African papers that our artillery
fired on the Geneva flag, General Bul-
Ter telegraphs the following account OF
the incident given by the Standard and
Diggers' News by the Rev. Mr.. Mar
tens, II Dutch clergyman with the
Beers:
Directly after the first cannon shQr
the English thought our men were at
the railway station and fired there. They
were not, but one of the shots went
through an ambulance. As soon as they
found their mistake they ceased firing
The ambulance, in accordance with
the usages should have been three miles
from the field of battle, so the ambu-
lance cannot claim the English broke
the usages of civilized warfare; but /
do not think the English would have
fred on them had they known this 1t
was unintentional."
II1E SlNEWS OF WAR.
London, Nov 10-Tenders for 5000
900 pounds sterling in treasury bills. the
first installment of the war fund, were
opened today. The total of the applica
tions amounted to 1921, 600 pounds
sterling.
The issue was allotted as follows:
100000 pounds sterling at six months
and 100000 pounds sterling ut twelve
months. The average rates per cent
were pounds, 1875, ID. for the six
months bills and pounds, IS Cd, for
the l. month bills.
A REGIMENT DECINIATED.
London, Nov. 10-Another rumor
emanating from Amsterdam sources
says that "a British regiment was de
cimated Friday by Free Staters" 1t is
added that six hundred of the British
soldiers were killed or wounded and
that 300 horses We're captured.
NO NEWS FROM TIE FRONT
london, Nov. 11-430 A. M-(SatuT-
day)- Complete silence has again fallen
upon affairs in South Africa The Brit
ish public must perforce be content with
the brief sterotyped report which the
censor allows to filter through from
Cape Town. That this condition of
things is no longer due to pressure of
work or defective cables has been
amply proven. The Eastern Telegraph
Company reckons that the real delay in
transmission is about two days. lit is
evident therefore, that the censorship is
responsible for the other two days of
delay which seems to befall all the dis
patches. T.
Moreover, the Daily Telegraph am
nounces that its appropriated dis
patch from Ladysmith, dated Monday,
which the War Office published on Tues
day, was not delivered in Fleet Street
until yesterday Thursday morning. 1t
is believed the War Office received
further dispatches yesterday afternoon
but none has been published.
1t is expected that General Butler
never expected to commence the cam
paign before Christmas and it now looks
as though this will be the case. Ger
tainly no artillery can reach Durham
before November 14th; and without adj
ditional guns, an advance from Est
court would be impossible
No doubt as Lord Salisbury said in
recent speech, England will "muddle
through 1t, and yet another illustration
of muddling has become apparent in the
fact that gunnery instructors have only
just arrived at Woolwich Arsenal for in
struction in siege train duties Al
though hurried preparations are being