Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-24
FEAR FOR GLENCoE.
Gen. Yule,, English Commander, said
to Have ketreated to Better Posi-

Gen. Yule,, English Commander, Said
to Have Ketreated to Better Posi-
tton.
London, Oct. 24.-The Daily Tele-
graph published the following dispatch
this morning from it's special corre-
spondent:
"Ladysmith, Natal. Oct. 22.-The
Beers, who are reported to be 5000
strong and under the command of Gen.
Joubert and President Kruger in per-
son, are today again attacking Glen
coe.
Gen. Yule, who is in command of our
troops, has moved his camp back into a
better defensive position"
London, Oct. 24.-The Daily News has
the following dispatch from Iadys1mith
dated Sunday night:
"A large force under Commandant
General Joubert and Commandant Vo-
gan opened fire on Dundee yesterday.
The firing was continued today. The
result is not known here"
The correspondent of the Daily Mail
at Durham, Natal. says:
"An official of the Bonanza mine, who
has just arrived from Pretoria, declares
that while there he heard that Col.
Baden- Powell, the British commander
at Mafeking, had captured Gen. Cron1e
and thirty other Beers and had killed
5O0''
The Daily Mail says 1T understands a
message was received in London yes
terday (Monday) from Cecil Rhodes,
dated at Kimberley, Oct. 19, declaring
in substance that the inhabitants of
Kimberley desired to draw the atten-
ton of the government to the need of
speedily sending reinforcements there,
as the town was being surrounded by
increasing numbers of Transvaal and
Free State Beers. The matter, accord-
ing to the Daily Mail, has been submit
ted to the cabinet.
The parliamentary secretary OF the
war Office, George Wyndham, made
statement in the house of commons
yesterday, saying:
Lord Wolseley sums up the position
in Natal early this morning as follows:
...Xn the battle of Elandsiaagte, Oct.
21, two guns We're captured from the
Beers, who lost heavily.
"a large column of the enemy ap-
peared advancing from the north and
west on Gen. Yule, who, consequently,
concentrating at Glencoe Junction. In
this operation we gather IN the
wounded and medical attendants left
at Dundee.
..Gen. White was in position at
Ladysmith, and is being reinforced
from Pietermaritzbure
1.-The enemy appears to be in large
numerical superiority.
~.
A dispatch from Ladysmith, Natal,
dated at Ais yesterday afternoon, has
lust been received. 1t is literal repe-
tition of Cape Towns Glencoe adyices
of yesterday, and it is regarded as
somewhat ominous that nothing mas
since been received respecting the re-
sult. especially when viewed in the
light of Lord Wolseley's statement that
Gen. Yules force felt 1t necessary to
retire from Dundee to Glencoe juno
ton.
Cen Yule evidently is in tight cor
ner. as he now has or had to face the
main Boer army under Gen. Joubert.
Gen. Sir George Stewart White, the
British commander-in- chief in Natal,
will undoubtedly dispatch part of the
force which was victorious at Glands
laagte to his assistance. Such de-
tachment, however. will leave Lady
smith poorly protected against the
threatened attack from the west. as
Gen. Hunter on Saturday wired that
the departure of the force to Glands
laagte left him with only couple of
battalions of regulars, mountain bat
terry and 500 Natal volunteers to defend
the town. which is the British military
base in north Natal. Further news,
therefore. is anxiously awaited.
The war office has received the fol-
lowing dispatch from Gen. Sir George
stewart White, British commander in
Natal, dated at Ladysmith Camp, 4:45
p m. Monday:
Gen Yule telegraphed me yesterday
evening that the wounded at Dundee
were doing we'll"
This dispatch partly relieved the
anxiety regarding Glencoe. as it was
assumed the British there had not been
attacked up to last evening.