The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-11-26
UNION JACK
STILL FLIES
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the retreatlng Beers indicates that the
cavalry discovered In time that IL IL haa
gone on It would soon have been on the
Pretoria race course with its comrades
OF the Hussars.
II will not surprise anyone greatly II
the Beers are shortly again discovered
I'm an entrenchcd position near the spot
from which General Methuen has just
evcted them.
MATCHING IN BAD PLIGHT.
From no other point can even SEM
bancc Of success be reported Mateking
Is apparently in worse plight than the
Rrinshers have hitherto cared 20 admit,
and It is difficult to see how 1t can be
relieved for some time 20 come.
While the official dispatches from the
Boer head lager. outside Ladysmlth,
dated November 2ith. showed that the
town was Still dying The Union Jack ON
Friday. the cheerful tone Of the message
and the evident anticipation Of the speedy
reduction Of Iadysmith IS not calculated
TO cheer anxious relatives.
The silence Of the British su rs aea;n
arouses fears OF the shortness Of ammuhi-
tion and the fear that the Beers have
dust placed I'm position another siege gun
shows that they have not yet done tier
worst.
The arrival Of German officers some
Of whom. It IS understood, gained large
experience I'm reducing fortified towns
I'm 1s7O-1. is calculated TO lead to a change
of tactics which will add to the suspense
of the sorely tried garrison
The situation I'm the northern portion
Of Cape Colony IS about as unsatisfactory
as It can be- Beers are turning up In all
directions.
BLEW Up A BRIDGE
A Cape Town dispatch received AZ
late hour tonight reports that the enemy
have blown up a railway bridge between
Rosmead junction ana MiddleDurg with
the object Of preventing an advance from
Port Elizabeth. This was effected by a
small command which, it is stated. re-
mains in the neighborh0od. The effect of
blowing Up this bridge viii tend 10 Isolate
NaauwpOOrt. which was recently reoccu-
pied by tie British. and must delay the
advance of the troops just arrived az Port
Elizabeth.
The gravest nGws from Cape Town to-
day comes from the northern part Of the
colony where. 1t SIS now evident, numbers
Of Dutch farmers have risen and Joined
the invading Free state forces in the
Herschell and Barkly, east districts
a despatch from Queenstown, Cape Col
onv. General Gatacre's headquarters. an
nCunces that "f)ur hundred Colonial re-
bells" including an cX-magistrate. or
Rarklv-East. have Joined the enemy M
hc litter place and that the whole force
Is reported to be marching on Dordrecht'
NGeuce Do can operate ana possibly inter-
crpt General Gatacres advance to re-
occupy Stormberg junction. az a con-
voufent point from which General Gata-
fft
railroad with General French at Naduw-
poort and thus with the British base at
De3ar.
Another despatch says that refugees
arriving from Queenstown assert that
Iadygrey has been occupied 10y Colonial
farmers and that &c is "a general move
ment I'm favor of the Beers.
TREACHEROUs USE or WHITE FLAG.
Further dispatches from Belmont. con-
0rming The treacherous use of the white
Gag by the Beers are arousing indigna-
t.on. The troops engaged are bitterly
complaining and il is feared the result
viii be a refusal 10 give The Beers quar-
ter
An incident similar TO the one which
occurred an the battle OF Glencoe when
an officer was shot by q wounded Boer,
is reported by the London Times CORE
spOndeut al Belmont who says that Lieu
tenant Blunden Of the Grenadier Guards
was shot by a wounded B0er. whom he
was tending Such statements appear in
credible but they are now confirmed Off
cally by the protest Of General Methuen,
who has sent a message 10 the Boer COM
mander. saying:
Il must ask YOU 10 warn YOUR wounded
not 20 shoot our officers / must warn
You not 10 use dum-drum bullets or use
the flag Of truce treacherously. Such ac-
ton IS cowardly I'm the extreme, and ]
lscannot countcnance H."
The reported determination OF the United
States 90 compel Kruger 90 allow Consul
General Macrum 10 exercise his rights
IS British agent at Pretoria, has created
AN excellent impression here. and has
called out various expressions Of satisfac-
lion and gratitude
THE WOUNDED.
ORANGE RIVER. CAPE COLONY. FRI
nay Nov 81 In all l04 wounded fnclud-