Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-11-28
ENGLAND TO SEND ANOTHER 10000
MEN TO SOUTH AFRICA.
WHERE ARE NINTH LANcERs?
MISSING AND BERLIN PAPER SAYS
THEY ARE PRISONERS.
Another Interruption in East African
Gable Service Shuts on News
From the Front and Causes
Great Anxiety in
Great Britain.

LONDON, Nov. 2s. 4:3O a. ma fresh
interruption in the East African cable
service at this Interesting moment has
caused cessation of war news. As yet
the war Office has not received Lord Meth
uen's detailed list of casualties, nor is any
information at hand regarding the where
abouts of the Ninth Lancers who were
sent in pursuit of the Boers from Gras
Pan.
The Daily Mail says that a private teIe-
gram announces that the Lancers are still
scouting ahead of Methuens advancing
column but as he announced yesterday
that he was giving his men a days rest,
this is hardly possible.
indeed, the greatest anxiety is felt, and
more especially in view of the fact that
Berlin journal, the Deutschewarte, which
regularly prints .Boer communications, an
nounced yesterday, before 1t could have
been 'ascertained from British sources, that
the naval brigade lost 100 men at Gras
Pan, and that the Ninth Lancers were cap
tured.
tits understood that the government yes
terday decided 10 proceed Immediately with
the mobilization and embarkation of
sixth division of 1900 men, under a we'll
known lieutenant general.
General Hildyard,s achievement at Bea-
con Hill Is beginning to be recognized as
one of the best things the campaign has
Vet shown. as it has relieved the tension of
the situation in Natal and has brought the
relief OF Iadysmith within measurable
distance. General Butler appears to be
confident Of Lord Methuen's ability and is
devoting all his energy to Ladysmith.
f. An attempt will be made, presumably, to
reach eolenso in time to cut off the re-
TuSela river. 1t is feared, however, that
the enemy will get there first and destroy
the bridge. At Freere bridge, the British
found two, massive spans utterly wrecked
by dynamite, one piece Weighing 224 pounds
having been hurled 200 yards.
Sir Alfred Miner has warned the vari-
Gus relief committees in Cape Town to be
prepared for the arrival of 10000 refugees
from Kimberley as soon as the siege has
been raised.
According to "a dispatch from De Aar,
dated Sunday, the Beers had destroyed the
bridge at Steynsburg the previous day and
were being reinforced at that point;
resumed his march northward. He was,
when last heard. from, still nearly fifty
miles from Kimberley. and doubtless an
action a, VIII have to be fought at Modder
There is some doubt as to what he meant
in the statement that the Beers are falling
back on Warrenton, which is fifty miles of
Kimberley, unless the dispatch was intended
to fall into British hands in the hope of
misleading General Methuen The latter
however, it is said,w be far too cautious to
be caught by such q trick, and, 1t Is added,
1t is confidently anticipated that his COL
umn will sweep steadily forward in spite
of the determined resistance he will meet
with.
The conclusion must be accepted, how
ever reluctantly, that the Beers are delib-
crate in their misuse of white flags On
top of General Methuen's warning, and
other evidences, comes the statement of
Correspondent Knight, who has arrived at
Cape Town, wounded. He says he accom-
panied a detachment of the Northampton
regiment when a force of Beers, 800 yards
distant and surrounded, displayed white
flag. The officer commanding the North
ampton station ordered his men to rise,
wounding Knight and others
Before General White is relieved a big
battle is likely to occur. at the passage of
the Tugela river and it may be expected
that the Beers will make a stand there.
In any case, wherever they elect to try to
stem the British advance there will be
desperate fighting, and of a sanguinary
character.
The outlook in Cape Colony is dark
for the British. That General Gatacre has
no easy task is shown by the latest dis
patches from Queenstown and elsewhere
showing that the majority of the popula-
tion on the frontier have opendly declar-
ed themselves on the side of the Beers.
age over a wide area, and they have now
appeared south of Stormberg. General
Gatacre, however, moved to the front to-
day, so, 1t IS hoped, by the British, the
invasion will soon be Stemmed.
Dr. Jameson, the leader of the famous
raid. has arrived in London from South
Africa