The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-10-28
MARKING WAS DOMBARDED
GEN. cRoEJEs IN COMMAND
women and chiIaren safe-MartiaI
Law Deeiared-Ges. Josbert re-
ports - natue-Fhe Doers More
Victorious 80 Far-They Are Push-
ing the Fighnng.

Pretoria, Oct Is lYia Lourenzo Mar.
qnezt line bonbArdm,nt of MAIekine by
zen. CrOnjes command has taken plac,r.
The women and ehildien we're gwen ample
time 10 leave the town.
Unaer Martial Law.
Newcastle Is under martial Law. The
toMn - quiet. Farmers within q radius
Of thlee niiles have been called ON to give
an inventory Of their stock in case AZ il
required, and citizens have been ordered
10 give up their arms About 3OO have
complied.
The Fight nj IeIasdaIaaGte.
President Steyn Of the Orange Free
siate has ISSUED proclamation 10 the
basuto nation explaining the reason tor
war. tie makes known mat the Iepublle
n at peace with the Basutos and wisaes to
continue 80.
zen Joubert reports that Gen. Cronie,
commanding free state and wInDurg
forces, had an engagement with the Brit.
isti at EiandslAagte, lasting seven hOurs.
Name buIghers we're wounded and six kill
Ell. All the British retired TO Ladysnlith.
Gen. symORs L. Dead.
London, Oct. 2s.-The death Of Gen.
SIR William Penn SymOns, British com
niander al Glencoe, Who Was shot in the
stomach in the battle with the Beers there
has been officially announced in the house
OF commons.
No Decisive Results.
London, Oct. 2S.-DispAtches sent from
the front are 30 diVersihed and eontradie-
tory that it is difiicult to outline the stu
alton with any degree OF precision. Three
or four main facts, hoN ever, stand out
prominently.
Gen. synions' fight al Glencoe was not
anything like the decisive victory alleged
and Gea. Hule would in ali probability
have been annihilated on have met with
the same fate as the captured HusSars if
he had not retreated.
Gen. Whites ARTILLERY duel at Ret
fontein was a very severe engagement, an
which the Boer rifles did great execution
and which success Was also achieved at
distressing cost.
Altogether, the campaign is being push
cd by the Beers 50 strenuously and on
such sound strategical lines that the sit
uatiOn Of the British, in all probability,
will give them cause for anxiety for sOme
time 10 come.
Ii is difficult TO see how the coneentrat-
ed force at LAdysmith will be able to take
the aggressive Immediately. Apart from
fatigue, regiments like the Gordon High
landeIs and Royal Rifles have been prAe-
ticAlly without officers since the fight, and
l35 additional officers have been ordered
10 leave England as speedily a. possible.
Ready for Complications.
New York, Oct. ga dispatch from
London says:
1t can not be doubted whatever may be
the attitude Of reticence OF even denial on
the part Of officials that the superfiuous
proportions Of the army dispatched under
Gen. Butler TO the cape, with the activity
that prevails, point to expectation OF pos
sible serious complications with foreign
powers Russia and France are the powers
indicated.
To have British feet in readiness and
to dispatch Large force To the cape under
a commanding officer and staff who would
direct British arms in the event of an Eu-
rOpean war, must be regarded as an ex-
trcmely wise and prudent move on the
part Of the government The P,rsiAn gulf
is the point where it is most likely that
any active complications will center, as,
in the event of war, the Suez would be
blocked even with great fleets to keep it
open. The cape is England's natural route
10 India and Persia.
II the secret history Of the present crisis
could be told, it would be found that the
foreign offices Of Great Britain and Ger
many have never been on more friendly
terms This fact must be taken into &C.
count by those seeking to forecast the flu.
tune.