The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-12
RHODES in PERIL
BOERS ATTACK KIMBERLEY,
WHERE is LOCATED THE MAN
THEY MOST WANT
TOWN REPORTED SURROUNDED
ASSAULT WAS MADE AT TWO
POINTS WITH GREAT VIGOR,
THOUGH UNSUCCESSFULLY
CRoNJE SENDS ULTIMATUM

CRoNJE SENDS ULTIMATUM
Announced His Intention to She'll
Kimberley Unless British Forces
Yte1ded-BOers in Great Force.
With Heavy Artillery - Situation
at Ladysmith Not So PerfIous ns
at Kimberley.
CAPE TOWN, Wednesday. Nov. g.
Dispatches from Kimberley show that
the town was vigorously attacked TODAY
at two different points. 1t Is reported
that one of the British force and six
Beers were killed. 1t is believed here
that the Beers surround the town in
force
BARKELEY WEST, Nov GA dis
patch received from Kimberley says:
Gen. Cronje sent message to Col.
Kekewioh, calling on him to surrender
before in the morning today, otherwise
the town would be shelled, the women
and children remaining at Kekewichs
risk. The Roers. It was added, surround.
ed Kimberley in great force, with heavy
artillery"
MEAGER INFORMATION.
LONDON, Nov 1.-THE dav has
brought forth no great news. and little
change has taken place, either in Natal
or on the north or northeastern frontiers
of Cape Colony. The chief fact is the
opening of the bombardment of Kimber-
ley, on Tuesday, by Free State artillery,
which proved, according TO an official
statement utterly ineffective. The Boer
investment of the town, however, is said
to be tightening.
Skirmishing between the Kimberley
mounted troops and the Beers, early in
the week, resulted in severe Beer losses,
the British force losing one killed and one
wounded
Advices from Orange river confirm the
report of the Free State troops advance
Upon the north of Cape Colony, but owing
to the retirement of the British forces
from the borderland, no serious collision
has yet occurred.
The coming week, however, is certain
to see important developments in this
| district, An official dispatch recording a
skir1nish near Belmont. in which Col.
Faiconer was killed, three other officers
were wounded-one dangerously-and two
rrivates slightly wounded, is far from
clear. 1t is not known whether Col Fall
coner was preparing for q British ad-
vance or was merely endeavoring 70 as
certain the numbers. of the Beers. 1t is
considered somewhat remarkable that
fewer casualties should have happened
to officers, and this IS thought to need
some explanation. The British lost a
good man ir, Col. FRlconer, and he was a
cousin of the Earl of KilgUre. He did
good service in the sotdan with Gen
Kitchener.
Dispatches from Mafeking show that
Col. Baden-Powell's little force is stilI
not only holding its own, but is daily in
1ictipg moro OF less severe punishment
upon the Beers, whose artillery has ap-
parently proved valueless.
Nothing mas filtered through today
from Ladysmith. which everybody ex-
poets to be the theater of thrilling events
during the coming week Transports car
ryirg 1900 British troops are already en
route to Durham, having passed Cape
Town, and the Beers must strike a decis-
i've blow at Ladysmith now or never
OFF FOR THE FRONT.
Capt. Stephen rHonmedieu slocum. Of
y
military attache at the United States
embassy at Vienna, who has been desig-
mated to watch the operations of the
British troops in South Africa on behalf
Of his government, sailed today on board
the. British transport Columbian. The
other foreign attaches sailed on the Ba-
varian,
LATEST FROM BULLER.
The war office has received the follow
ing dispatch from Gen. Butler, under date
of Cape Town, Nov. II, afternoon:
with reference to my telegram of the
10th, Col. Cough, with two squadrons of
the Tenth hussars, a battery of field ar
tiillery and one and one-half companies
of mounted infantry, found about 700 of
the enemy, with one gun In position,
about nine miles west of Belmont He
engaged the enemy with his artillery and
sent the mounted infantry to the enemy's
left flank to discover their laager The
losses reported yesterday occurred during
this operation. Col. Cough engaged the
enemy for three hours and then returned
to camp.
THE death of Lieut.. Wood has just
been reported
TROOPS AT CAPE TOWN
1t is officially announced that the troop-
ship Hawarden Cactle has arrived at
Cape Town with 1,O10 troops.
CONDITIONS AT COLENsO.
EsTCOURT, Natal, Nov 7. An ar
mored train, manned by an engineering
staff and a company of the Dublin fusi-
leers under Capt. Hensley. returned here
tonight. 1t reports that it found the
stores at Frerie looted apparently by
Kaf1rs, and met cyclist patrols, who re-
ported that the Beers were on the SPRING
field road. four miles away. The train
proceeded cautiously and found the Blue
spruit bridge intact. The train frequently
stopped and Capt. Hensley examined the
read ahead before proceeding. Nearing,
Colenso Capt. Hensley inspected Fort
Nicholson, and proceeding found the line
cut mile south of Colenso. Two lengths
of the rail on each line had been lifted
and placed out of gauge.
From Kaff1rs 1t appears that the Beers
left the vicinity of Colenso early this
morning, proceeding in the direction Of
Buluwan mountain, and that Capt. Hens
ley found Colenso absolutely deserted.
A balloon was observed for several
minutes lowering over the Boer positions
In the mountains. 1t was presumably q
British balloon from Ladysmith
The natives here are undertaking the
safe delivery Of dispatches inside Ladya