The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-29

LONDON, Nov pa special dis
patch from Estcourt, dated November
20, says a report has reached there of
battle at Ladysmith on Wednesday,
November Is, lasting from daybreak
until in the afternoon. Many Beers
are said to have been killed and many
are also reported to have been taken
prisoners. The British losses are
spoken of as much less. Another bat
tie is said to have occurred Thursday
fought The Boer dead, it is added,
number hundreds, while the British
losses were comparatively small. A
writes that Sir Redyers
Butler is expected to follow a line by
sea from Cape Town to DelagOa bay,
from which landing place he will, it is
predicted, swoOp down on Pretoria, the
Transvaal capital and end the war.
PREPARING TO MEET BRITISH.
LONDON, Nov. 2O.-The present
week, according to the dispatches from
the front, ought to see a change in the
defensive tactics hitherto maintained
by the British in South Africa. 1t is
said that the task allotted to General
Clery, that of relieving Ladysmith,
will task his generalship to the utmost.
The Beers are developing a great deal
of strength in the neighborhoOd of
Estcourt, and General Joubert is re-
ported to be moving southwark him
self in order to direct the movement to
ich
would seem, attempting to isolate Est
court.
This latter movement is already in
progress. The Beers practically sur
round the town. Another small force
was discovered at Willow Grange,
south of Estcourt, yesterday evening.
Major Thorneycroft, with a detach-
ment Of infantry, made a sortie and
engaged the Beers, but with no mate
rial result.
The so-called BOer attempt TO rush
Estcourt on Saturday was apparently
merely a reconnaissance resulting in
the Beers obtaining the information
which they desired, namely, that Est
court is fairly strongly held and has
naval guns in position. The Beers
then withdrew out of danger, but re-
its from the town.
CHURCHILL A PRISONER.
PRETORIA, Nov. 20, (via Lourenzo
Marques) .-At noon Saturday fifty-six
British prisoners, including the men
of the Royal Dublin Fusileers and sew
eral bluejackets, arrived here. There
were large crowds at the railway sta
ton, but no demonstration was made.
Winston Churchill, who is wounded in
the hand, was taken to the Model
School, while the rank and file are be-
ing sent to the race course.
One spy was lodged in Jail. The
wounded had been treated at Co1enso.
The Boer version Of the conflict in
which these prisoners were taken says
that two British were killed and ten
wounded.
LONDON, Nov. 20-The first def
mite news regarding the fate Of Win
ston Churchill was conveyed to his
mother last evening by a representa-
tive of the Associated Press. Lady
Churchill had just returned
from a quiet dinner with a few friends
when the gratifying intelligence that
her son is living was conveyed to her.
The fact that his wound is not neces-
sarily dangerous and that he is alive
in Pretoria caused her the greatest
qualification. as she had been hitherto
without the least intimation Of his
AN ATTACK REPULSED.
LONDON, Nov. 2O-The War Office
has posted the following telegram
from General Sir RpdvprS RuITpr tn the
Marquis of Lansdowne:
CAPE TOWN, Nov. IS, 9:35 p. M
The following is from the general COM
at Pietermaritzburg:
To-day at a. m. the officer COM
our northern outpOsts report
ed that the enemy's mounted patrols
were advancing across the country
from GOurtOn road to Ulandi, moving