The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-11-03
THE FIGHTING BOERS
They Have Reoocupied Their Old
Positions and Remounted Guns.
GENERAL JAN H. N. KooK DEAD.

The Boer Leader Succumbs TO HIS
Wound In Ladysmith Hospital-The
navas Agency In Paris Publishes
Heavy Losses For the British.
London. Nov Especial dispatches
from Ladysmith, dated Tuesday, give
further details regarding the renewal
Of the bombardment. The Beers. hav-
ing reoccupied their old positions, re-
mounted big guns. Their firing was
accurate. but almost harmless. Some
of the troops were slightly injured by
splinters.
Lieutenant f. G.. Egerton and his
men from the Powerful did splendid
work and quickly silenced the Boe~
guns.
The Beers acknowledge having uf-
fered heavy losses in men and horses
in the previous battle.
General Jan H. NJ. Kock. who was
second in command in the Transvaal
forces, and who was wounded in the
battle Of Elandslaagte, died in the hos
pital at Ladysmith on Monday night.
A dispatch to The Daily Telegraph
from Ladysmith, filed Monday night,
giving a description of the battle,
says: A similar mule stampede oc-
CURED to Lieutenant Colonel Grim
woods column on the Bulwan side
The ammunition was lost, but our in
fantry quite held their own. It was
u serious misfortune that the Powerful
blueiackets were not summoned
sooner, as the result of the engage
ment would have been different.
The Havas agency in Paris last
evening published the following eX-
traordinary dispatch from Cape Town
which the agency says was received
through its correspondent at Brus-
sells:
1.-The news Of the Beers two vic
tories around Ladysmith has created
considerable excitement among the
Afrikanders, who do not conceal their
Joy Sir Alfred Miner, the British
high commissioner, is much perturbed
at their attitude. General White, in
these two engagements, lost about 800
men killed, wounded and prisoners
The second victory was won by the
Free Staters, commanded by Lucas
Meyer, who seized Colenso, thus cut
ting off the retreat of General White
who is wounded The investment OF
Ladysmith is complete and the Beers
are masters of PietersmaritZburg and
! the Durham railway.
News has reached General White
! that Mafeking is closely besieged, and
that the Beers have successfully re-
| pulsed the sorties. The surrender OF
| Mafeking is expected. It is also con-
| firmed that the Free Staters have seiz-
! ed Colesburg."
/ The secretary of the war office, who
was shown the above dispatch, said the
statements made were utterly baseless
| Brussels, where the Havas dispatch
originated, is the headquarters of DR.
Leyds. the diplomatic agent of The
Transvaal, and it is thought the Cape
| Town dispatch may be an exaggerated
Boer version of the recent fighting.
Little light is thrown on the actua
situation by the news at hand. Th'
magnitude of Mondays fight, however
is more than ever evident. Virtual!
three actions were raging simultan
eously, but it is obvious that the in
tention to roll back the Orange Free
State troops was not achieved.
The Daily News has a dispatch thiI
morning from Ladysmith, dated Tues
day, at 1870 a. m, which gives the
first independent account of the cut
ting off of Lieutenant Colonel Garlic
toms column in the engagement a
Farquhar's farm. The correspondent
says: The column was sent out Sun
day night, made a wide detour ant
reached the spurs of the Drakonsburl
before dawn. Colonel Carleton storm
ed the heights with the bayonet ant
maintained his position against grea
odds, until his ammunition was ex
hausted and surrender had become in
evitable. Nearly 200 had then beel
killed and wounded.
News has reached here from Lisbol
that a British warship in Delagoa ba.
has fired on a sailing ship which wa
entering the harbor without havinl
displayed a flag. The vessel proved Il
be British, but there is some ques
tion in Lisbon as to the right of Grea
Britain to do police duty in a Portu
guese port.