Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-09

=
| exhausted and surrender had become
inevitable. Nearly 200 had then oeen
| killed and wounded
The real question now for the Brit
ish public is, can Gen. White hold cut
another ten days or two weeks until
the army corps arrives? Less anxi-
ETY. would be felt on his account if it
was not that every day seems to bring
a fresh list of casualties, proving that
| much has been concealed as TO the
real state of affairs.
London, Nov. 4.-There is very lit
tie fresh intelligence to-day, but it is
| believed that the Delagoa Bay route,
if not already restored speedily will be,
| thus giving quicker communicates:
with the Cape. The situation is still
| hopeful.
The accounts that continue to arriy-
regarding the fighting on Farquhar's
| farm only confirm it's serious natu1@
| and the narrow escape Gen. White had.
! On this point, the Morning Post re-
! marks: Nothing tells such tale
of battl as the list of the missing.
| When the missing exceed the killed, it
| is almost safe to write defeat across
| the story, because missing means
| uDaTluOnfnpnt or SURRENDER.
1t now appears as if it were only
! the arrival of the naval contingent
| from the Powerful which prevented
a worse disaster. 1t seems that when
| it was seen that retirement was I'M
| pcrative, two Natal cavalrymcn con-
| cluded to convey dispatch across the
lines to Maj. Adye ordering him to
retire, but the risk was considered too
great and the flag signalling was EN-
ployed instead.
According to dispatches filed on
| Tuesday, defensive works were being
| constructed on the hills around Lady
smith, and it was expected there that
| the big naval guns would be mounted
| the following day. The Beers were
! threatening to attack the town in
force on Wednesday and Thursday and
! the women and children and other
non-com batants were sent to the south
Ladysmith is provisiOned for two
months.
A dispatch from Colcsburg dated No
vember / announces that six police
who were stationed at Colesburg
| bridge were surrounded and captured.
| This is probably the origin of the story
that the Beers had occupied ColesL urg.
CoIesburg and Berlin continue to
supply statements of British reverses,
| the latest being that Mafeking has
| fallen.
The Standard publishes a dispatch
| from Luxembourg which says: Until
within "A very few days Mr.. Leyds has
been in telegraphic communication
with Pretoria through an Indirect
| diplomatic channel, by means of which
| he has been able to inform the Trans
vaal of the supposed British plan to
advance through the Orange Free
| State. With a view of anticipating
this movement the Beers will endeavor
| to capture or isolate Lady ysmith and
then to press on to Durham, where
they would be able to prevent Brit
ish debarkation. while the main Boer
army would hastily retrace steps to
defend the line of the Orange river"
The special CORES spondent of the
| Daily Mail at Mafeking, under date of
October 22, says:
| ''Gen. Cronje's bombardment of Ma
| feking was mOnOtOnouS. The Beers
! fired So shells. but did no harm. the
/ whole town, even the ladies. laughing
! at the affair. He threatens to bring
( a 40-pounder from Pretoria. Cron. ie
/ says he is sorry, for the womcn's sake,
/ that he shelled the town, but that it
/ was not playing the game to send
! dynamite trucks among his men. t'if-
! teen hundred of his command have
! since departed to the southwark. Small
| parties of our garrison issue forth
/ nightly and harrass the Boer outposts.
/ ] hear that the Daily Mails correspon-
dent at Lobatzi is prisoner in the
| hands of the Beers"
! Cape Town. Nov. 4.--The Cape Times
! says it has reliable information that
/ there have been no casualties among
/ the British at Mafeking since October
! -. After the heavy bombardment
| Gen. Cronie asked the town to surren-
! der Col. Badcn-PCweH was asleep
when the messenger arrived. but on
! being awakened received him hospit-
/ ably and politely replied: Il will let
/ you know when we have had enough" D."