Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-11-23
MOVE ON
Beers FIocking Thither From All
Direction.

posted the teieStaIh mum
Gen. Sir Redvers Butler to the marquis
of Lansdowne:
Cape Town, Nov. Is, 9:35 p. m.-The
following Is from the general COM
handing at Pietermaritzburg: To
day at S o'clock the officer commanding
our northern outposts reported that the
enemy's mounted patrols were adyanc-
ing across the whole country from
GOurton Read to Ulandi, moving on
Estcourt. My force stood to arms.
The outposts reported various bodies,
from 500 to 700 strong, advancing on
Estcourt from a northwesterly direc-
ton. One party 500 strong moved TO-
ward the railway bridge half a mile
northeast OF EstcOurt. Our outposts
fired on the enemy and one OF the ma
val guns fired n shell at 5000 yards
range, the shell bursting close to the
enemy, who then hurriedly retired. AT
IL o'clock reports Were received from
three pickets that q large number or
Beers were in sight on a hill above
Leslie's homestead. The troops have
returned to camp"
A special dispatch from Estcourt,
dated Sunday, says: "All Is quiet here.
The enemy is believed TO be encamped
six miles away. Our position is good
and IL forces are sufficiently strong
10 repulse attack"
Occupied by Free Staters.
Cape Town, Nov. 81. - Advices just
received here show that on Thursday,
Nov. &c, a combined force of Free
State and Transvaal burghers occu-
lid T,VnHI,-r ~ Tnnn TnlNnv IN
opposition by the residents, and pro-
claimed the district TO be Free State
territory. The British troOpship Ma
Mia has arrived at Durham.
Occupied by Beers.
Cape Town, Nov. 2l.-The Beers oc~
cupied BurghersdOrp on Tuesday,
Nov. II. and it is believed that they
were ten on their way to seize Storm
burg Junction.
British Prisoners at Pretoria.
Pretoria, Nov. 2t.-At OOn Saturday
ifty-six British prisoners, including
men of the Royal Dublin Fusileers and
seven blue jackets, arrived here. There
were large crowds ut the railway sta
ton but no demonstration "a made.
Winston Churchill, who is wounded in
NlV III "tN Nhh'h w nv "ANNhNA
school. while the rank and file are be-
ing sen TO the race course. one spy
was lodged in Jail. The wounded had
been treated at ColenS0. The BOer
version of the conflict in which these
prisoners were taken says hat two
British were killed ard ten wounded
Not mcered by
Lourenzo Marques, Nov. 21.-The fol-
lowing dispatch has been received
here from Pretoria, dated Nov. 16: The
statement that the Beer artillery is Of
ficered by Germans is denied here. 1t
is asserted officially that all the Boer
artillery officers were born in the
transvaal. although two were trained
in Europe.
1t is reported that the bOmbardment
of Kimberley vas resumed this morn
ing.
Annexed by Free Skaters.
Queenstown, Cape Colony. Nov. 21.-
COmmandant Oliever. with n portion
of the Rockville commando. has Occu-
pied jamestown, hOisted the flags of
the Orange Free State and annexed
the town. Maj, Gen. William Forbes
Gatrier, with his staff and Irish rifles,
have arrived here.
Beers Threaten Kimberley.
London, Nov. 21.-An Orange River
dispatch, dated Nov. 10. says the Beers
were then concentrating their forces
outside of Kimberley. According to
the latest advices from jamestown
there had been no signs of a Basuto
rising up to Saturday last. The Beers
has renamed Aliwalnorth Olieversfon-
teln, in honor of their commandant.
Turned Down by Kruger.
New York, Nov. 21.-A special to the
World from Washington says: At the
request Of the British government the
state department cabled to Consul
Marcum at Pretoria asking If the
Transvaal government would permit
him to take charge of money sent by
England to procure comforts for the
British prisoners of war. Upon trans
hitting h request to President Kru-
ger Marcum was refused CURLY and
told that arrangements respecting pris-
oners must be made through the gen
eral in the field.