The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

-. many dead and wounded. as well as
8 the whole camp and equipment in the
hands OF the British. Their success
will upset Tia" plans Of the Orange Free
State commanders and possibly vii!
5 prevent them giving the British fur
ther trouble from the west"
successful Sbrtip.
London, Nov. &. The war office is.
sued the following at 1I:to p. IN. yes.
terday:
Fuller TO the Secretary of State for
Nar-'ape Town, November ). $40 p.
m.-Ihc comInan.ant at Durham sends
the following, received from Lady
smith by pigeon post, dated November
3;
"Ncstcrday Gen. French went out
with cavalry and field artillery, aud Of
trctiNrIN shellcd III" I'ocr Ia0grr, with
out loss ON our side.
Lieut., E%"rton, of the Powerful. is
dead. Gen, .joubcrt sent in Mai. G. :.
hlncaid. of the Royal Irish fuSilicrS,
and nine wounded prisoners. Eight
Beers were sent out in exchange, 10
others being fit to travel.
"tof, Rrc"hIchurst. with cavalry,
field artillery, the Imperial light horse
and the Natal mounted volunteers. was
Engaged to-day with the enemy to the
southwest of Iadysmith. The fighting
lasted several hours, oar loss was very
small.
"Ihr bombardmrnt of lAdysmith
continued yesterday and to-day. many
Hoer shells being pitched into the
town.
"onl troops are in good health and
spirits. and the Wounded are doing
we'll
| think that Gen, Frrnrh's name is
given by mistake for Rrrcklchurst's."
Arrival Of Ne" south Wales Lnnccrs.
Cap" Flown. Nov, >. IDclaycd in
tranSmisSionl THE British transport;
\in"Nch arrived to-day from England,
bringing the New South Wales lance"y
from NIdcrShut. The |lancprs on land
ing were enthusiastically welcomed by
III" municipal authorities and o
lace.
The presence of IN" lancrrs WIS
eagerly seized upon Mt once as atfor,l.
ing tn" people Of Cape Colony an Oh.
p~ortuuitN Of showing their gratitude
Ton the hclp rendered by IA sister col
onv.
The news of the losses at Ladvsmilh
an unmistakabIc depression.
especially when coupled with the fact
that the Beers invaded the colony al
most simultaneously,
The Dutch of the colony are showing
loyal to the British govern.
mcnt. and Sc far as has been ascrr-
few of them have joined the
Beers.
The l'oer prisoners have arrived ut
Town. near Cape Town. where )
are we'll treated. {
Reported Capture of Lad,smith.
brussels, Nov. 6.-lhe Belgian news ..
papers continue TO publish trleprams .
from Amsterdam and Berlin report. =
ng the capture Of I.adysInith. but no -,
such information has been received nt +
he official residence of DR.. LcydS. /
The members of the Transvaal iunta
ieclare that the only knowledge they !,
rave on the subject is derived from the +
newspapers. They decline TO divulsc r
he whereabouts of DR.. LrvdS. bar say +,
ie il neither in Brussels or Berlin. =
M " ~
Paris. Nov. 6.-rhr Temps rorrobor- y
les the statement of the Eclair that y
lie Beers have decided to employ priv, y
tccrs, and SAYS: -"
There is an immense fleet of trans u
now AT sea carrying troops. The {
rhnsNaal government can not seri- -
usly threaten these, but there is no
oubt that it has issued letters If q
in Europe and the United It
tates and British commerce may suf-
IF. even II the transports do not"
On the Lookout for Privatccr.. lc
Madrid, Nov. Ga dispatch from the s
says that a British war ship al
exercising II close surveillance of Vi
'pping' being presumablyon the out II
ok for privateers. re
The captain of a merchant vessel re-
'rts from Nigo. Spain, that u British
of six large vessels was seen
I Nigo harbor on the night OF No 81
mber ;. that one vessel accommodated e,
'e harhor. and that the squadron "
He'd in the direction of Gibraltar. "
a
va
Basutos Rise Against the Beers. ~,
London, Nov. 6.-According to Il spe. of
Al dispatch from Cape Town. it is re- in
there that the Barutos have in
zen lJainSi the Orunme Eree Stafa M