The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-11-29
DUTCH FARMERS
In CAPE RISING.
A Gloomy Summary From
British View.

Although division and a aalf have
now reached Durham that place IS
practically powegIess EMIL Supplied
with cavalry and artillery, enc aatii
there arrive the sitaat;oa viii un
doubsedly remain grave = III
shree oe;eague:ed ga-risons 10 Na'as
beside Kimberly and aIafeklng and
40 signs Of suceor in toe ia1meala;e
fortune. Is Is 10 wonae- saat the oas
look is regarded IS distinctly gloomy
tonighs, aud ;aas,;le most posslb,e IS
MADE OF Gen Mathuea'a snccFss,
ssch as It was Tnat hafsie decided
the story of tie return OF the puTsa,
ing cavalry without getting 10 touch
with the re:seatiag Beers, indicates
that toe cavalry discovered ia tlce
that II i. had gone on it would socn
have Been on the Pretoria race course
with its comrades OF the Hnssafs
Il will not surprise any one greatly
if the Beers are shortly aga:a olscov
cred in an entrenched position near
the spot from Which Gen ,iethuea
has just evicted them
From 70 other poirt can even a
semblance of success be reported
Mafeking is apparently in worse
plight than the Britishers bave hi.hes
10 cared to admi, and it is difficult 70
see how it can be relieved for some
time to come While the official
dispatch from tscm the Boer head
laager on. side Lsdysnaith, dated
Nov. 26, showed that the town was
still flying the Onion Jack Friday
the cheerful tore Of the message and
the evident anticipation Of The
speedy reduction OF Ledysm;ta IS
not calculated to cheer anxious rela.
tiyes.
The reported silence Of the Brit
ish guns also again arouses tears Of a
shotage OF ammunition, and the fac:
that the Beers have just placed il 20
sition another siege gun shows that
they have not yet done their worst
A Cape Town dispatch received at
late hour tonight reports that the
enemy have blown up a railway bridge
between Rosmead Junction aud Mid
d!eburg. with the object of preventing
ar advance from Port Ei;zsbesh This
was effected by small COMMANDO.
which, it is stated, remains in the
oeighboshocd The affect Of blowing
ND this bridge will tend to isolate
Naauwpoort, which was recently
reoecup.ed by the British and must
delay the advance Of the trcc2s JUS:
arrived at Port Elizabeth.
The gravest revs from Cape fowo
today comes frou che uorsheco part OF
the colony where, it IS nos evident,
numbers Of Dutch farmers have r:sen
ssd joiued tie Invading Free State
forces in toe Eelscteii asd Baysiy
Eas, districts.
A dispatch from Qnesasto0n, Cape
Colouy, Geo. Gatac.e's headquarters,
anDoupces ;sat 80 Er buoGred colonial
rebels. ioclading az ez-oaeistcase o.
Barkly East. haze joined s5a eDe;oy,
at tbe latter place sod shss The whele
force is reported to be narcaiog 90
Do:drech;, vheace it cao operate ard
possibly Intercept Geo Gatacres ad
vance to reoccupy S;oruberg JUNCTION,
a strategic poins fron ahica GeD.
Ga,acre cap gesio direct touch, through
she railroad. With Gen French at
Naauwooors aod thus With the British
base at De Aar
Another dispatch says that refugees
arriving from Qaeeus!owo assert that
Laaygrey nas oeeo occupied By .he
Colonial farmers aud thar It is feared
that there Is general mcveueot ;a
favor of the Boers.
Further dispatches from Belmont
confirming he trescbesoos ese CT i.e
white ase by tie Boals are aroustag
iadigaa,oo TIE troops eagaeed are
ClltcftS CGE1 s;idsIfUS q ~ ~ - IcG- S:- '"O
result will be isfus2i to g,se the
Bosrs qaartes
Al ,ocidsat siui;2- &c ae one sa;cb
cccurfe. At sae battle o. G'eacae,
wheo an cGiesr was skos 53 :. gouacsc
Boe7. is reported By tas Loodoa ,i1aes
eorresooudenr a, B s,oa., who says
that Lieu. B.ande.i. CT be Greaadie-
Gus7oS, was snot BY souaded Beer
whom - vas teediog SGeh sac
ueafs appear ihcredioie bat shey afe
poU coo6 a:ea cfi.la!iv, b. the protest
oi Gsa M@.heum who 6as seq; .
message 70 tie Beer co:oe4a;d de:. say
iog
Il mus, ak 79u 20 ssra yer
woaa6eG &c: to shoot @cr ffise. /
GU; waro Y5c aos =, ase dou 3an
bullets. or .se ;be 6s1 Of r:1se ,:.eaea
eroa.iy. scoh 2cfion IS co1@sdi: e
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