Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-11-17
The City Is Completely Surrounded
And No Reinforcements Can
Now Get There.
ARMORED TRAIN WRECKED
The British Hang On Like Bulldogs At The
Besieged Towns, But the Beers Also
Stick to Their Plans Of 0p-
oration,

turned, but without bringing in tn
dead and wounded. The Beers declined
to give any information as to the name
of either killed or injured, referring tn
inquirers to the Pretoria press for infor
nation All they would disclose wal
that three British We're dead and nin'
wounded.
London, November 17.-Mafeking ha:
resisted the Beers so successfully tha
General Cronje is now reported to bt
directing his efforts against Kimberly
1t is known the relief movement toWarC
Kimberly commenced some time ago
Everything indicates important devel-
opments in the region of the Orange
river and along the line to Deaar June
ton, Colesburg, Burghersdorp and Ali
fal north.
Pretoria, November 9.-(Delayed.)- J.
The following dispatch has been re-
ceived from the Boer camp at Glands
laagte under to-day's date: Lady
smith is completely encircled by the
Boer forces. Our second big gun was
successfully placed in position on Bull
wan HILL in front of Ladysmith. The
firing by heavy guns commenced early
this morning, with no casualties to the
burghers up to present. Botha hello
graphed from South Ladysmith that the
British batteries opened heavy fire
dropped shells into the Boer works
around Ladysmith. The Pretoria force
was in tight place, having taken up a
position commanded by British fire,
which was so hot the position became
untenable'
London, November 1.-THE war office
has received the following dispatch
from General Butler:
Cape Town, November 16.-Received
from Hildyard, at Pietermaritzburg, a
telegram dated November Is, of which
the following is the purport: The officer
commanding the troops at Estcourt re-
ports that an armored train left Est
court this morning with a company Of
Dublin. .fusileers and company of Dur
ban volunteers. North of Frere they en-
countered a party of Beers and began
to withdraw. While retiring some
trucks We're derailed. The Dublins
turned out and advanced toward the
pears to have returned without them
to Estcourt. The officer commanding the
troops reports he was sending mounted
troops in order to cover their withdraw
al, but about 100 are missing"
Estcourt, November ia Boer force
has taken up a position near Enners-
BALE few miles north of here. They
have eight 7-pounders and two French
guns. Their strength is 1000 men. All
is quiet here and ready for the enemy
if it attacks.
Estcourt, Natal, November 16.-De-
ed.)-Captain Wyle in an interview
regarding the late attack on an armored
train, said Sergeant Tod deserves spe-
cial mention for having surrounded him
with boulders to protect him from rifle
fire when lying helpless and wounded.
Tod even lay down beside the officer to
cheer him up.
When Winston Churchill requested
Captain Wylie to call for volunteers to
remove the, upset truck, bullets, it Is
said, were dropping on the train like
rim The men throughout stuck to the
work. responding to the noble example
set by Churchill and Lieutenant Frank
lin until the line was cleared. Churchill
actually left with the engine, but got
out at the next station and took a rifle
from a soldier, saying he could not
leave the wounded, and walked away in
the direction of the Beers.
Pretoria, November 15.-(Delayed.)- y
In an engagement yesterday morning
south of Ladysmith the British ad-
vanced with thirteen guns and attacked
$50 burghers Of the Transvaal. A big
gun was fired on the troops, who retired
at O'clock to Kloof, near Ladysmith.
The British loss is unknown. The Beers
had one man killed and three wounded.
In addition they had thirteen horses
killed and seven horses wounded.
Kimberly, November g. via Hope
Town, November 2.-(Delayed.) 1.-The
Beers were busy yesterday throwing UP
fresh earthworks. There has been nc
further bombardment. The Debeers
mines are practically closed. Thousands
of employees are domiciled in the center
of town, being provisioned by the may
ors relief funds. The military authori.
ties ordered all civilians to give up arms
and ammunition, with view to pre-.
venting irresponsibles firing at the
Beers in contravention Of the laws ol
civilized warfare. The natives report
that the Beers cheered each shell as Il
was fired yesterday believing it meant
destruction to Kimberly.