The Grenada sentinel., 1899-10-28

.talple PHI to the British Public
More Fighting Has Taken Place
Near Lady~mith.
london, Oct. 25.-The commander
a,.chief, Field Marshal Lord Wolseley,
has apparently been now convicted OF
..doctoring'' official reports from the
'front.' and there is strenuous demand
~ all sides for reversion to the earl
;sr practice, when the reports of Gen.
s;r Stewart White, the British COM
rander in Natal, were given out text
,a]Iy as soon as received. The COM
n,arder-in-chief' summary read in the
house of commons, Tuesday, spoke Of
Gen. White having fought success.
4ul action, whereas Gen. Whites own
account puts an entirely differen,
comnlexion on the situation, and re-
duces the movement to it's proper pro.
nortions and shows that further excit-
ing intelligence may be expected from
tbe same quarter at any moment.
Has Only Commenced.
It is quite evident that the war in
Natal has only commenced, and that
the Beers are by no means discour-
aged at losing the first two battles.
and many experts are satisfied Gen.
Joubert is even now close to the heels
.of the British, and that a decisive
action may be fought to-day or to-
morrow
An Unpalatable Pill.
The main fact that the British were
forced to evacuate the Natal triangle.
which the Beers, naturally, rightly
claim as a conspicuous success, and
which they may even emphasize by "a
proclamation annexing northern Ma
tai, is proving an unpalatable pill to
the public, whose appetite has been
whettcd by the previous successes.
which had been assumed to be greater
than they really were, as the determ.
ination and gallantly of the Beers en-
abIed them to quickly reorganize and
achieve desired objects by other
methods.
Boer Losses At Elandslnagtc.
Later estimates Of the Boer losses at
EIandslaagte give 800 killed. Their
coolness, bravery and good aim can he
Judged from the fact that out of II
or Is officers with the half battalion Of
Gordon Highlanders, four were killed
or wounded, while the casualties
among the rank and file were ~ PEI,
cent. during less than three hours
fighting.
Lieut.. Campbell Dead.
Lieut.. Campbell. of the Gordon
Highlandcrs, has since died from his
wounds.
dispatch from Cape Town says
that Gen. White has engaged the
Orange Free State Bocrs who were
advancing on Ladysmith. about seven
miles northwartl, and that it was be.
lieyed the advance had been repeled.
This is probably another version OF
Tuesdays fighting, as already known.
Gen. symons Doing Well.
Gen. White has officially notified the
war Office that the bullet had been e>-
tracted from Gen. Symons' wound, and
that he was doing well.
Other dispatches from Cape Town
say that advices from AIafeking con
firm the statement that so Beers wcr'
killed by the explosion of two trucks
Of dynamite purposely sent out by Coz
Baden-Powell to draw the Boer fire.
Gen. Cronje's Exchange Offer.
The offer of Gen. Cronje, the Bce'
commander in the vicinity of Mafe
king. to Col. Baden-Powell, to eN
change prisoners referred to Capt
Nesbitt and others of the armoret
train wrecked at Kraaipan.
Some significance is attached atCap'
Town to the proclamation issued a
Pretoria by the Transvaal govern
ment with the view to safeguarding
British property.
Situation Becoming Complicated.
The situation in the west is becom
Ing complicated. The Boer proclama
tons of annexation and the claims o
a victory at Glencoe are likely to in
duce the Dutch to side with theircoun
trymen already in the field.
1t is also believed that the Dutcl
beyond Griquatown are only awaitin
encouragement to declare for IN
Transvaal.
Advices from Philipstown say tina
the searchlights of the Kimberley at
lenses were visible the previous nigh
and that therefore, Kimberley is st'
intact.
Defenses of Kimberley.
The latest dispatches from kimbe1
ley give details of the arrangement
made by the British commander, 20
Kekcwich, for the defense of the tow'
The meat consumption is limited to
pound daily, fire brigade has nee
formed and it's members are prom
ited from joining in the defense OF u
place as their services are likely TO
otherwise required.
Kimberley isolated But Safe.
London, Oct. GA dispatch to u
Morning Post from Kimberley, datt
T, October Fl, via Orange River, octoo'
"a, says: 49,.
IAN armored train was engaged IN
evening, one of our men was kill'