The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-18
TENACIOUS Beers
VIII Contest Step by Step the BIRTHS
Advance.
THEY SWARM NEAR C0LENS0.
And Are Stralnine Every Nerve to Re.
duce Ladysmith DefenseS
BEFORE RELIEF FORCES ARE READY
II They Cut the Moot River Bridge, Thus
lsolaline fstcourt,
THERE WILL Be A BROAD STREAM
BEFORE RELIEF FORCES ARE READY
THERE WILL BE A BROAD STREAM
which the British Must Cross Under
Heavy 3ucr Firc--Rcport of
Ladysmith Engagement.

London November 1.-THE serious and
armored train on the evening of the for
ward movement for Ladysmith has ap-
parontly convinced the British that the
advance will be contested step by step.
The Beers are seemingly swarming south
of Colenso. While large force has arr
rived from the nelghborhood of Ladysmth
a much larger force has come from else
where and will probably turn out so be
General Schalkenburger corps The
Beers evidently are straining every nerve
and bringing up every man TO reduce
Ladysmith before the British relief force
is ready, Their operations southwark
show considerable holiness and correct
ness of strategy If their ann is TO isu-
late Estcourt by cutting off communion
tion with the MOOT river whore there is
an important railway bridge. everything
points TO the belief that the officers COM
manding the relieving column Will have
more difficult task than is generally as
sumed, In front he will have Il broad
river to cross, in the presence OF the
Beers; on his right and probably In his
rear will be hostile bodies who are con-
tinuously demonstrating their superior
cunning.
Pretoria, Wednesday, November 15.--ln
an engagement, twenty miles south of
Ladysmith, the British advanced with
thirteen guns attacking $3.50 burghers of
the Transyaal, A big gun was fred on the
troops who retired at o'clock to kopjo
near Ladysmth The British loss is I'M
known. The Beers had one man killed
and three wounded. In addition they had
thirteen horses killed and seven horses
wounded.
London, November 17.--The following
censored message from Pretoria gives de-
tails of the engagement referred 10 in tho
Associated Press dispatch from Pretoria
Wednesday, November IS;
The Free Staters had taken up n position
on a small hill and an English battery adj
vanoed and attacked them, sending a
fierce hail OF shells on the hill for an
hour, when the cannon put some shells
right in the midst OF the battery, senfing
the English to cover behind the hills. Two
burghers were killed and six wounded.
when the British fell back on Ladysmith
several shells exploded among them, but
the execution done could not be seen. At
midnight all the Afrikander cannon on
the hill surrounding the town opened fre
simultaneously on Ladysn1ith turning the
quiet and darkness OF night into a lurd
inferno Of whistling, shrieking shells
speeding from all points OF the compass TO
the doomed city Several buildings on Are
were seen from Bulawan Hin. During the
day the troops left the city deserted and
sought shelter on the edge of the hill to
escape our death-dealing showers.
The dispatch adds: Trains are working
excellently from Pretoria to Ladysmlth.
The Beers have ample food, but are short
OF clothes. boots and macntoshes.