Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-17
RMoRED TRAIN AT THE BoERs' MERCY
half Company Of Durham Volunteers and
Dublin Fusileers Aboard.
LIEUTENANT CHURCHILL IS CAPTURED
Son of the Late Lord Rnndo'ph
Churchill Displays Much Courage
i'm the sI<irmish with the
Enemy.

DURHAM, Natal Nov. 10, 1880 p. NJ
(New York World Cablegram--Specal Tele-
gramD-An unconfrmed rumor Is current
here that General Joubert the commander
in-chief of the Boer forces, was killed Fri
day at Ladysmith.
The story as told is that the British naval
guns suddenly opened fire on a position
where the Beers had mounted siege guns
and that General Joubert who was standing
near the artillery. was struck with frag-
ment of a shell at the second shot, the wound
being so severe that he afterwards died.
1t is also said that at Boer council or
war the other generals were anxious TO re-
move the army to some other point, but
General Joubert desired to capture Lady
smith first.
General James Meyer is said to have gone
to Pretoria, being ILL., sIoAhi'
Delayed Message from Churchill.
Copyright, 1899, by Press Publishing Coz
ESTCOURT, Nov. 13. 4:S5 p. m.-tNew
York World Cablegram-Special Telegram
-(Delayed) about 500 Beers have arrived
at Chieveley station. They blew UP the rail-
way line there with dynamite and retired on
seeing a mounted infantry patrol and other
patrolling bodies.
The Beers are reported today to be south
of the Tugela river, which runs through
Colenso.
Reports from Weenen (about twenty miles
northeast Of Estcourt) indicate 1t is
possible that an attack is intended to be
made upon this place.
The troops here are sleeping In their boots
and the utmost vigilance is maintained, but
general confidence prevails that in the grassy
(open) country any Dutch attack can be re-
pulsed.
The situation is much clearer throughout
Natal.
Further efforts to seize Ladysmith failed,
but the Boer heliograph acknowledged them,
saying:
''Will be with you tomorrow"
The British reply was much shorter.
WINSTON CHURCHILL.
At Mercy of the Beers.
DURHAM, Nov. 10, 1895 a. m.-The arm
pred train. which is already reported as
wrecked and captured. arrived at Chieveley
safely only few Beers having been seen
there 1t started back and was thrown from
tbe track two miles from that station by an
obstruction. The front car was turned over,
The enemy opening hot fire at the same
time from a kopje with Maxim and TWO
nine-pounders They got the range accu-
rately. hitting the cars and locomotive, but
did no damage to the vital parts of the lat
ter The naval gun attached fired thrice,
but was then put out of action.
Lieutenant Churchill, with great bravery
and GOODNESS, which is described as magnln-
cent. got party OF men to clear from the
tracks the overturned cars, and finally the
engine passed by the wrecked cars at the
side of the track, the Dublin Fusileers ana
volunteers fighting an unequal battle along
side the derailed cars. Three times they
drove the enemy back. The wounded men S
comrades put them back on the tender and
finally the engine and tender with the
wounded returned. The men who had been
left with the wrecked cars followed the
engine and tender down the railway line,
taking advantage OF all the possible cover.
1t is hoped that the relief party will assist
them in getting back safely
The Boer fire was so severe that telegraph
wires and poles were torn down and the cars
were hit continually. The Boer guns were
posted on kopjes, covered with brushwood'
and the sharpshcoters were hidden in dongas
and behind boulders. Lieutenant Churchill
remained with the retiring party and an
ambulance train which went out returned
with only one wounded man, The doctor in
charge of the train got to the Boer lines,
but was informed the other wounded could
not be recovered without Joubert's orders.
1t Is reported that few men Of the retiring
party arrived in camp at Estcourt Lieu
tenant Churchill is still missing,
over One Hundred Missing.
LONDON, Nov. 16.-Speclal dispatches
from Estcourt estimate the wounded and
missing OF the armored train at from 100 to
$50. The missing include Captain Haldane
IT is hoped that some escaped over the veldt
and will return to Estcourt in few days.
big Fight at Ladysmith.
ESTCoURT, Nov. 16.--10 a. ma mis-
arrived here yesterday from Ladysmith, re-
ports that a big fight took place there on
Friday, November 10. He says that voun-
teers went out in the early morning and
drew the enemy from their positions on to a
fiat, where the regular troops, under Sir
George White, outmaneuvered them, by out
thanking the Beers, administering a defeat
with great loss"
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