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intact. The explosions heard were only
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signals.
Wire Still Interrupted.
London, Nov. 6.-The following Off
cial announcement has been made by
the war office:
mo news has been received from Lady.
smith up to two o'clock this Saturday
afternoon We therefore presume that
the wire is still interrupted"
In spite of silence, the officials of the
war office do not credit the various
rumors as to the position of the garri-
son and no grave anxiety is felt at pres
ent regarding the ability of Gen. White
to hold his own.
Nothing has been received to cor
roborate the reiterated reports from
Berlin of the capitulation of Gen. White.
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph company, dated Cape Town. No
vember 1, announces that the Beers
have entered Cape Colony at Norval-
spruit, destroying several bridges.
Troopship Returns Disabled.
The British troopship Papidan, which
sailed for South Africa November !
from Liverpool, is returning in dam
aged condition, having encountered
Fridays storm. She signaled that her
fittings were out of order, that several
horses were dead and that three OF her
boats were stove in. She is going to
Liverpool to be refitted.
Opinions in London.
London, Nov. 6.-The fact that the
British war Office has received no news
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effectually dispose of the continental
rumors of Gen. Whites capitulation
and kindred stories, as, if the general
had sustained severe reverse, there Is
no reason to believe but that Gen.
Joubert would be only too glad to for
ward Gen. Whites official announce
ment of the fact to the nearest tele-
graph station, while, it is said, ii is add
ed. had news of such serious charge
ter reached a foreign government in
cipher;it would undoubtedly have been
promptly conveyed to the British gov
eminent. AS the Mozambique cable is
still broken, it is impossible for any UNI
censored messages to reach Europe
with the exception of the dispatches OF
foreign governments, and, in view OF
the fact that an important victory
would be of the greatest moral assist
anee to the Beers it seems obvious thai
the Boer sympathizers would max,
such an event known as quickly and as
widely as possible. The best opinion is
satisfied that If Gen. White keeps strict
ly on the defensive he will be able to
hold his own.
Smile at Boer Plan.
The British experts smile at the Boel
plan of campaign, which contemplate.
selling Durham in order to prevent the
landing of British troops there. The,
say 1t has one fatal defect, namely, tina
it ignores the British feet, under whose
guns, it is alleged, the seizure of Dur
ban will be impossible.
The dispatches Saturday show tina
the forces of the. Orange Free State a
length prepared to invade Cape Colony
These forces are not overwhelming, blu
the Dutch in the neighborhood of Cores
burg and Burghersdorp are exception.
ally pro-Boer and their support is eyi-
IDENTIFY expected. The objective of this
force of Beers will probably be Naauw
Poort, one of the most important
strategic railroad points in South AT
RIGA, and which will probably be. it is
said here, the first advanced depot OF
the second division of the army corps
Naauw Poort is understood to be well
garrisoned ard able to take care oft
self. Trains thence to Colesburg have
been almost suspended.
The dispatches from Lndysmith
though three days old, are regarded
here as being more cheering, and 81
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