Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-01

Pings taau Kimberley aIff 'Arifeldng FARES
kexpected kto faIl at any moment, .whlla
pBechuanaland Is conquered .arS annexed;
81 h.ft ahe Republican arms are also. suc.
|5.essful in Natal. and thar thb. .Bufghefs
Rare cHunslrfs their .victorisis jnarc9'
essssyth. Capturing British .ps.ohers.' itno
fT Tfs, beDSs admit t1 hat; ,attle of
Who issas tflny fltF. and bad many
g|.ywound'sTand that Eshtysiiye Rocrs We're
+ Iplse prsonsrs. .S'
/ fadysmit tn ,.accorerns TO ihe Boerne-vs-
Ippers,sis soon to.be taksa. -
~ BdaRs. CONFIDENT.
iThr Ea.lishu.sn added tfat the Beers.
'nle absolutely Confident OF. their ultimate
triumgh.pnj belleye5tl,s who'll Of Natal
Is AIN, a. spracticailY in. tfss hands.
= a E5eieh from Vrysagg, dated Octo-
htr Bgnss4 gives rC9att' OF a speech Of
t.omma'.dans Dearsy. when Jpisting the
Ibeis -as,y there. 80 .docl1red That the
/ asg of.she republic was now floating over
I'D wsoie country north Of the Orange
-rfScr. and that the British flag void.
never again fly there unless hs'sted oWr
IN dead bodies Of the Burghers,. ~ -
Completo order prevailed at Nryburs.
IEuTIsH WOUNDED DOING WELL
ldvfces from Kimberley, under dare Of
Ntober nth. received through dispatch
rider at Orange river, October Goth, 70
port that az the wounded are progress
ing favorably. IL also appears that rs
they are unable 20 blow up the piers OF
tho Alodder river bridge, the Beers are
demolishing them stone by stone. They.
th.a,e blown up practically every culVert
from the Mo6der river 10 the Orange
river. An armored train, strongly SUPP
p,r4od made a reconnaissance october
.b7h and found the Beers still at .Spyt-
fCntein.
.rRACTTON ENGINES FOR ARMY.
There WAS an extraordinary military
paraae at Ndershot yesterday, when nj
tesn traction engines and forty trucks
asre inspcC4ed previous 70 their depar-
t.,rs for south Africa. The stretch OF
"a selected for the ssfs gave IN excel
l.nt chance 10 observe the points Oh tho
- g,n.s A deep dftch, and banks TWO
a,5 three feet high, We're safely ira
,aYsed. Though, at times, the wagons
'.fnl, aylo deep other engines pulled OUT
tre haptess ones Twenty-forr OF lheae
e, einea, VIII be dispatcifsd TO- south Al
GLOON IN BRITAIN.
roNDON Iottsber 3l--The DISASTER az
taa,.an,ith has capsed a feeling AKIN TO
co,,s, s,notion. aud IA Gioucestersmre anu
10 North OF Ireland, where me sapluIea
ressm.uts wsrs rec-ulten- 'ne pl 'l'5.
g,6nrn prevails. Many hoNnes ere a. 80. 80,
IN mournng IN cons'0lepcs ol losfc9 ,.'ons
taiasH Isl thee regiments IN previous
es,sifc .ffziety was increased by spe-,
~, ,s;..,.5fea ffhfn Ladysmith, published
81 ne hlt4 editions OF the london after
-. usrrers To the effect that before
GaTi-nfs. Yesterday the Beers l~occupied
~ did peati0n neld by their leaVy ar
AIRY wnich Gcparal White had reporsSu
SAX heed oy the guns of the naYs' prssaue
frSrn the Powerful, and had opeheu lile
>gaih. o.,>.c ~
INA ii.aqtch further Says 'sIhe enemy
are asain closins In, ana t9e 81 ~
H,on is one OF grave imXiety- De
yond saubt. thu Boer retirement yester-
d.v eNon,iGy) was a rUss 70 draw Cfehereu
Vbfto into the hiny country, ana away
frok the British camp
rh.s last sentence IL significant, ana
confirms the opinion OF military eXperlS
nero that General White is allowing nm
self TO be olltst ueYalIed by Commandant-
General Joubert.
ANOTHER hAJlbA MIL
From the scanty advces received up 10
n o'clock this evening, it seems tOieraDiy
certain that the disaster was simple
repetitfou of the battle Of MaJuba tlil'
fh0uph on a larger scale. The two regi-
mcnts were allowed TO march into trap
So. for them BY the Beers. Il Is simply
"a c1sc Of the BOer spider and the guile
less Rn;ish ~. IN fact, the whole en-
qarerneat at Monday seems 70 nave
becr brought on by Commandant-Genefa
Jcubert who sskilfully conceived a Slsan-
TIC trap. on oil which. as the oiil-
cial dispatch shows, Sir George White
only escaped Nisn difficulty.
iIarsh things are said III military cir
cles Of tn Brtish tactics when nave
milde possible the ambush OF the
Eisnteerth l5ussars at Glencoe and now
the losr OF two ine regiments.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AT HAND.
About 5000 fresh troops viii arrive at
care roNn on Saturday next from Eng
and. and will BE- available to reinforce
Sir George White. Transports will ar
rive shere daily after Sunday, until By
the end of next week $500 troops VIII
have been landed in South Africa These
men are intended for General Sir
Redvers Buller's army, but they will UNI
dOubtedly bee detached 10 Natal, II the
situation t,iere should become perilous.
The British army will eventually reach
tho huge total Of S963i, of which 69,63t
viii poe regulars, and the other 10000 mis-
ceuaneOis, but excellent, Colonial troops.