Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-11-03
THE AFRICAN WAR
British Are Almost Surrounded at
Ladysmith and May be Gut Off
From Durham.
THE DEADLY NAVAL GUNS
The City Of Kimberly Not Yet Taken by
The Beers British War Office Opt
mistic as to The Garrison at
Ladysmith.

| London, November 3.-The war offic,
this afternoon said that no information
had been received there as to any ,fresl
BOer movements at Colenzo or Sc
where. The officials were not ava. t i
the railroad to Ladysmith was intact O.
not.
| London, November 3.-Belated dis
patches from the British camp at Lady
| smith, Natal, add little information re.
garding Mondays fight except the esti
/ mate of the Beers losses, which are
now said to be ninety-fve killed and 20(
wounded, mostly victims Of artillery
shells, which wrought such great havoc
| that 1t Is said General Joubert, the Boel
commander-in-chie has written a let
ter to General White the British com
mander, protesting against the use OF
lydlite, the new explosive used
According to all accounts the pres
ence at Ladysmith of long-range guns
and the splendid shooting Of the blue
jackets materially improved the posi-
ton of the British. A temporary armis-
tice was declared Monday evening to
allow the collection of the dead and
wounded.
A dispatch from Kimberly, dated Oc-
tober 20, said that all the wounded are
doing well. Small bodies Of Beers, about
400 strong, were then frequently seen.
They apparently came from Mafeking
for, the purpose of either assisting in the
attack on Kimberly or to resist the ad-
vance Of re-enforcements. The absence
of water outside Of the place causes the
Beers to continually move their camps.
London, November 3.-While the
wires to Ladysmith are cut the optim-
ism Of war officials yesterday evening
in refusing to believe that Ladysmith
was completely invested or Colenzo
captured appears to be justified, as this
morning it was asserted the railroad is
still open, though traffic has been con-
Quoted with the greatest caution. What,
however, was only rumor yesterday
evening, may, 1t Is claimed, be a reality
any moment, as General Joubert with
q AeSA &c clhu WOliOCA Aully AOASC, Ap
expected to uetach a force Of several
thousand men and make a dash at the
railroad. %"Hf e-,4
Rumors of all kinds are springing up
here. 1t is even asserted that General
White has been compelled to fall back
on Pietermaritzburg, leaving the
wounded behind. Probably such rumors
have their origin in recollection of the
ominous silence which preceded the
evacuation of Dundee. But, on the other
hand, it Is asserted the conditions are
altered, and British guns now seem
more than equal to the artillery Of the
Beers, thus enhancing the difficulty Of
any assault ON the British lines. A
Cape Town dispatch reports repulse
Of the Beers by the British yesterday.
London, November 3.-An army or
der issued this evening instructs the
proper authorities to mobilize thirty
five battalions of militia at their re-
spective headquarters on various dates
after November 20.
Lorenzo Marquee, November 3.-Fve
bodies of Beers, totaling 1000 men, with
field guns are concentrated at Bethelue
bridge. They have collected much food.
London, 9:15 p. m.-The war office has
just received cablegram announcing
that communication with Ladysmith
has been restored, and messages from
that place are now coming through.