Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-10-21
BOERS ARE ACTIVE.
KIMBERLEY COMPLETELY INVESTED.
TIE Brsttsh Troops censssse rAsr
Ca Hois shs rs~s. Thsess s~i3
GO Ne s~rro~aae& ~ Te. The.-
.sn3 Of Kru3er's rre~ps.

LONDON. Oct. iT-Di.pssehss fror
the Cape are very uassgsr. BAT they N
clade an important message trom Gisn-
eos camp. dated 3.86 Monday eftsrnoon-
announcing that the Beer cosnBancees
which invaded Natal through Lsingsnek
and after Ocvupyinx Neweastie advanced
60 Dannhauser retired an Inxagans san
( day evening. their traas2ort service De-
I Ing reported defectivc. This VIII deiny
/ INDEFINITELY the anticipated aud hoped foe
assault on the stroRS British position az
Glencoe.
Another Dispatch reports activity on
the part of the Free state comraando IN
the neixhbcrhood Of Aiiwsl North. on ths
/ southern frontier. The BoerS edvancs
patrol. ths dispatch says. goes 90 the
frontier bridge aiGhtly 60 keep watch
6rins shots az intervals a. signals. II u
b.li.ved the enemy Intends shortly % try
g. rush the railway station with the heip
of artillery posted on q ridge eornLnand-
ing the town
p Thsre are rumors that the Hosrs have
been rcpulsee az Mafeking and are at
tackinE NryburE.
I A Cape Town paper has q Dispatch
4 from the Orange river stating that the
u telegraph wires have been cut b<tween
a / Nryburg and Kimberley. and u l. oeiiev-
= "a that tho Boers are takins advantage
a % the presence of a large gathering of
q Nachtmaai to attack the town. hoping
~ that the farmers will assist thsm against
% the British.
"a The same dispatch says that the Brit
le ish force az Kimberley IL c0nhdeut of
T. ia ability Ca hold out. bat urx~~ the I'M
u mediate dispatch ~ q rsliet force
% The question of a possible rising 81
=. the Dutch farmers ln the northern por'
tions ~ Cape Colony u vesy Important
ls rhs Daily Mails correspondent Al
Colesbcrg has been inauiring regarding
az the matter aud on the whole thinks th'
90 chances are against a rising he bass
IA bis opinion on the prospsct of good erop'
az after four leaa years. which be o~iiere
ls- VIII prrdispose the farmers 60 psace
th Nevertheless there In serious disioy ait
In | ana rnpeh antl- IA istsh aeitRtioa Ia taoe
lot At.trlctn. while the free state bssI
,rs ,hreaten an immediafs Invasion of Cose
ND hcrr aud Aliwai Nortn-
orss The Cape Town corrsspoadanf of II
he Times says be learns on the aiH1sst a
"a. thorsty that there II 90 truth In ths stat
Ind merit beiax circuiatett-~t1oohtless etth >
kee altioua notlvcs-that the tuapertet 80
ut ernuaent has decided "a place sszlaii 30
ing iss % troops Ia the vartous counrrJ dl
lth. tricts. Martial law. he says. has os'
her prOclaimed az Mafekins. Nryoa1
ard Taunrs. Herbert aa1 Barksy West
ing Di-patchss from Duadse say that I
ror,linr 20 the report of refugees
'ere Bosr invaders st Natal ara estimated
'an- 1a.OOO. Al Of the noncoubstants and =
like men aud chiIdrsk have os<n ssnt fr'
AIS Dundee.
ht A refugee asserts that C0mmand'
,cen Vnio~u's command contains q surprts'
Iult- number Of Hollandsrs. Germans a
'ned Englishmen-
chts The Natal invasion Was made In IN
the column. al dawn on Oct II thros
enty Roshas pass, Lsingsn~k and from Ws
ship erstroOm. the objective potnt % the
par vaderp being Newcastle The Roers 4
ging ixeA several thousand natives Who "
,how trampinx from the Rand % DRAG q
only heavy guns % LainEsnsk.
I the Precautions Are being taken foE tns
:. IL fen.e % Ptetermsritzburs and pufosi
way the remote contingency that the sn.
; she NAV eiudc the vigilance OF ths britfsi
gths. the I.ndysmith aud Siencos camps
hers. dispatch from the latter place I
the the partial cl0sing down Of the Natal
had mines will not interrupt the supplies
over. the imperial transports at DeFoan
than was imagined By the Beers. large eui
her ties OF coal being already on the "
away from India. Regular shipments VII
rive from India until the Natal ~
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