Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-11-18
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hill to escape our dealing shells.
The prisoners here include the 18th
Hussars. four officers and 81 non-com-
rnissiOned officers and men: the Dublin
Fusiliers, four officers and II non-com-
missioncd officers and men: the Irish
Fusiliers. 10 officers and 533 non-com-
missioned officers and men: the Glou-
cesters, II officers and 3O5 non-commis-
stoned offers and men: the artillery
five officers and commissioned Off
GERS ard men, the Rifles. two officers
and 81 non commissioned officers and
men: the Lcicesters, no officers, six
non commissioned officers and men;
the Dragons. one man; political, 62
men; sick, IS men.
The dispatch adds: Trains are
working excellently from Pretoria to
I.adysmith The Roers have ample
food. but are short of clothes. boots
and mackntoshes.
London Nov. Especial dispa tches
from PietermaritZburg and Lourenzo
MARQUEE say that Ladysmith is bonn
barded night and day and hard press
ed On Nov. q having during the
night placed men close to the town. the
Beers after a heavy bombardment be
gan an assault but We're repulSed at
every point with heavy losses. The
Beers have destroyed one of the bridges
over the Tugela river.
, A. M.-The absence of news of any
serious movement against Ladysmith
seems TO show that the Beers are re-
peating the strategy adopted by them
Ut Dundee. when they appear in front
and endeavored to effect surrounding
movement. This seems to be their OBJ
ject regarding Estcourt; and since il
is impossible that relief should reach
there for some days to come ii is not
unlikely that a further retiring move
ment on Moor river will be made
Major Wolfe Murray has returned to
Pietermaritzburg to take command of
the line of communication and Col
Long of the Royal Artillery. has taken
command at Estcourt. The forces at
Pietermaritzburg are too weak to at
tempt to reopen communications. Ar
tllery and cavalry especially are bad
ly needed and it will necessary take a
long time to obtain either owing to the
difficulty of entraining and the neces- !
sity of allowing the horses to rest af-
ter the long sea voyage.
From the indscrminate distribu |
ton of various divisions at unexpected
points, it seems clear that the original
plan of Gen. Butler have been wholly |
changed. Not the slightest word re-
gardng the new plans has been allow
ed to escape.
1t has been reported that the Bel |
mont fight arose owing to the advance
Of British column to relieve Kimbe1
-. . r.,
most reliable accounts representing the !
engagement as growing out of a re
connoissance. The announcement of
the arrival of Gen. Methuen at Orange |
River, however, doubtless means that
arrangements are in n forward state |
for an advance from that point if the
advance has not already begun.
Kimberley was safe on Friday. Nov. |
10. Last Tuesday. a Boer force of 600
entered AilawalnOrth. Cape Colony. |
hoisted the flag of the Free State and
declared the town and district to be
part of the republic. The activity of
the Beers in this locality would almost
point to the necessity of insuring the
safety of the column marching to the
relief of Kimberley from an attack
from this direction or from Bloemfon-
TEN.
In view of the reticence of Gen. Bull
Ter it is almost useless to speculate re-
garding the report of a movement To
relieve Kimberley. 1t can only be in
tended to withdraw the Beers, if posi-
BILE from Natal. The object of the oc
cupatiOn of Ailawalnorth is understood
to be to prevent the large quantity of
ammunition at Herscheli being for
warded to jamestown and thence to
the Queens Own. The Beers have no.
titled the inhabitants no looting Will
be allowed
Pretoria, Friday. Nov. lin an en-
gagement, yesterday morning, south of
Ladysmith the British advanced with
Is guns attacking $50 burghers of the
Transvaal A big gun was fired on the
troops who retired at o'clock near
Ladysmith. The British loss is I'M
known. The Beers had one man kill
ed and three wounded. In addition
they had - horses killed and seven