Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-11-04
WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA
British Troops Closely Pursued
by Boer Forces.
Telegraph Wire to Town Of Lady
smith Again Interrupted.
Troops Of the orange Pree State Prepar.
to Invade Cape Colony.
BoERs ARE rRAvrRsrss zuIuI AND.

bVhuVu, NoN' -lut WM OIIlCe ~
noon to day announced that nothing had
been received there In any way modify.
Ing or altering the statement issued yes
terdsy afternoon and saying that belated
dispatches from Lsdysmith were coming
through. Nothing has been received to
corroborate the reiterrted reports from
Berlin OF the capitulation of General
White. A dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph company from Pletermari,z
burg. dated Nov. l, said that Ladysmith
was perfectly quiet that morning. Other
dispatches Of the same date say that the
women and children left Ladysmith es
corted by an armored train. and an.
n)unced that the Beers had entered Cape
Colony at Norvvaispruit, destroying sew.
eral buildings.
The British troop ship Paplisn. which
saile1 for South Africa November l, from
Liverpool, is returning In Q damaged
condition, having encountered yesterday =
storms.
BRIDGE BLOWN UP.
Colesberg. Nov. Am explosion was
heard In the direction Of the Colesberg
bridge. II Is supposed that the Beers
destroyed the bridge.
Later-The bridge Is intact. The ex.
plosions heard yesterday we're only sig
nails.
GUNNER PROMOTED.
Loadon, Nov. 4.-Gunner Lieutenant
Eyerton, OF the British cruiser Powerful.
wounded by the explosion Of shell at
the bombardment Of Lsdysmith, has
been promoted to the rank of commander
for services In the field. His legs have
been amputated. The officer Is nephew |
OF ths duke OF Dsvonshire.
TROOPS WITHDRAWN.
London, Nov. 4,-The war office issued |
the following announcement: The
CJlonial OH q received information that
the troops have withdrawn from Colsnso
and concentrated further south, but We |
have no news OF any engagement In that
neighborhood. Ia spite OF the silence of |
the officers OF the war tfli 81 we do not
credit various rumors ~ to the position |
OF the garrison at Lsdysmith, and no
grave anxiety Is Tel. at present regard.
Ing the ability Of General White to hold
his own.
sKIRMISH WITH BoEBs.
Fort Tuli, Rhodesia. Oct. 30. delayed,
There hiss been q few skirmishes with
the Beers. whose main body have retired
southwark.
KIMBERLEY BEsIEGED.
Loldon, Nov. 4.-The Kimberley CORE.
spon lent OF the Daily Mail, In q dispatch
fiiei November l, forwarded by way of
Orange River, says: "Ths Beers are still
In force In this vicinity. Saturday even.
Ing our patrol was fred on In the neigh
borhood OF Wesselton mine, the enemy
expending quantity Of ammunition In.
effectually, however, owing TO the long
range. A burgher with pass from the
enemy brought 200 oxen into the town.
The enemy is reported 10 have three siege
guns in position at 0liphsntfontein, four
miles from WssseltOn.
NO OFFICIAL NEWS.
London. Nov. 4.-The following official
announcement is made ut the war office:
No news received from sdysmith up to 2
o'clock this afternoon. We therefore pre-
sumo the wire Is still interrupted.
LATEST FROM CAPE TOWN.
Cape Town, Nov. 2, (Dslayed).-Ac
cordng to an undated dispatch from
Lsdysmith, the body OF General Kock,
Boer commander wounded In the battle
OF Glencoe, captured and taken to Lady
sm tn where he died recently. has been
taken to Pretoria. The dispatch add
ed that the Ladysmith town people, in
cluiing women. witnessed the battle OF
LaiJsmith. Ii was also said that the re-.
sumption OF lighting was hourly ex-
psct,i.
Ihe Boers are trayersing Zululand,
h 1lsling flags over the British magis-
tracles.
WILL INVADE CAPE COLONY.
London, Nov. 4.-Dispstches to day
show the forces Of the Orange Free
State are at length prepared to invade
Cape Colony. These forces are not over
whelming, butthe Dutch In the neighbor.
hood OF Colesburg and the burghers OF
Dlrp are exceptionally pro- Boer and their
support Is evidently expected. The OBJ
Jectlve OF this force OF Beers will prob
ably be Nssuwpoort, one OF the most i'm.
portant strategic railroad points 10
south Africa. which will probably be, IL
Is said, the first advanced depot Of the
second division army corps. Naau wpoort
is understood to be we'll garrisonsd and
able to take care OF itself.
CAN HOLD LADYsMITH.
It's understood that the feeling OF
security at Lsdysmilh has been greatly
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