The Lamar register., 1899-11-08
BOERS AREADVA ANGLING
INVASION or CAPE COLONY
BEGINS.
British wtthdr.~ Frsn cnis-hsrx-col~.s-
80 In Boe< Hxaz.s -Ftxhtaax as L~Ay-
.zIEh tsetsnnes.

8
commenced the suvasio1 % Caps Cob
ouy with a str0ng force
As was expected tksF have chosen As
the scene OF their operafseEss tbs Soses-
burg district which l. the sentsr Of tie
AKElEaus4er dissatisfaction. and where
= rising Eas been expected at any time
The eneE1y had ben cr5Dce1F-astn=
their fsrcsS AT Be5haIss and at SPEi1s-
feutsin- They crossed the fron;ssr
Wednesday AZ SorvahS Point o. TIE
railway bridge over the Orange river.
and advanced along the railway and
highway.
They esrzpsea Coss~bnrE withoar rs-
st<saEce- The ouly tarce AZ uoaesburg
was sFnaR ssluad 0t police uz5Sg a ser
giant They surFeEstesed and are nn7E
prisoners 0f war Colesbur- has 2.osl
inhabitants, al Dutch Tas- British
troops are concentrating At De Aar
Junction
The NevE south WAKES Ian~prs have
arrived 81 Cape Town. md we're WARM
IL greeted They Were sssit IN a special
train Immediately % De Aar.
4 nun8he< u British Hc1nssesf fTpfn
T-zdysEnifh have zrrivs,i At Cape Town
. Large crowds AZ the docks ehesres AID
encouraged the Sznerers A. tAeg we've
carried ashore The cr0svyEs sang Raie
B-tEanniA7 and rA= saldir-s q the
Qpssn, sogae woazded Joined le,-i5y
ia the singing
The British w0untIe8 prisoners we're
landed AZ the dJ.Eyara st Siuoustown-
Scar CSpe TOHa- Tksze wzs 70
Demonstration
The large British camp a StsrzleSsr.-
Junction has bs-en br'2kea Ep hy csrJ3er
Of tfeEsFzl Bglier and the z-nS a1a
Storvs have bssn rensvpsf 70 QRas-as-
town, EfSv Enila@ southeast. Th@ szss-
Esy appears to b-s awaiting iufnzzzzri,as
before i-laklaS szT further move sourh-
Tie i11pTesssn1 h4re = that rAsz ~
uluvAl er th~ stsrr1he-z szEIp zlay -p-
SHlT IN a large uzasl--r q esBczlsz Bo-rS
iainiE-- tks- eneay- and rlss El-lss6 $50
t1ao > utterly ursszt ~ tie y ,zses7s7EaE
of the British tc1-Es Gzd The ssEaGls5
news rrnF1 Natal
The ten<soz hetEesz - Flrr--h a1ss
the EnEitsh azs t-st1 izcrsasszs- h=srp
daring tie Ezss Gag s- twa. Ense z~vrs
of tAe disaster "a CaE8zsl Ez<ssrar's
eolUusz has hat azFshzz-- arEE =7B-sf
e1scs 90 TIE EfG-zz = ~. { ssr-szzs ar
II nzsles fru-l Cape Taxz A2iE --isv
make no atrenzpE 70 7ssseaf ciis3z- ss.sf-
tzSS q szrzsSzerssE EE 2g1sA ~
ve-=zs
Lous5su. Sev- +-T1ae VIZ assfeas sns
As's14-i tAss fcJlyEBz.- --zzUEssless-l.szg
TIE eaA1z-1I al-sss- hzsas ---eszss8 =
49, a----aaa1a -
aave wSEhss-zWz f-uRn CaaHs.ess szsz
have euzsaszsrzt@-1 sz-rAe- zn-.gs asz-
We have - 1e-zx - Any sz-z-,.zzsszr =
Eilzr zeS<A Hs1-E1.i-z~
Ta@ eTREzassaa - t-asez,ss i T--
esEEhFssfsT : z11alzz Ssr4,griz sza--sa- sp- vsss
Brzrlsa r NzyzL "a + zar a.cIz ss-szses
70 th@ euzs5sse Ezveszzss1- - L.zltr-
szatzh y ne Bae=S- haE zsz.kea ta.s -
LEI % EseD=rzl S2- Csau--e Srust-- sSsssrs
zn sxrr=z@sv dzrss~7zlz oferarsaz-
Cosensa = the PaEuf Ea@-r -sa M
waT frnaa L-asiysaaizh crosses tse T--
-ela river. whieA : asw in 1a-sss- Tls
toSn itsetf = q snail Essrar1znre- +
= dominated By the hills or fs.s ussrsa
SIDE Of The river and - was uuTesss -.
II the Beers have advanced A. fh..v
seen 10 have aoa-- M0rn1Tsr only 4
small naval and colonial forrr was STA
toned AZ CSieuss-
The seriousness of the sTacns rlsr.
however. les in ths. fact fha. Ss,,r,
H1antlant General J0absrt- while eor,-
pietely investing slS Georx. wis!re A.
Ladysmith. can seize tbs Tul~za
bridge and, II he has sufficient t-r.lfsz
can dstaeh force and ss-rs. IL s,s1-h.
ward 90 PhereruarifZbnrg and. IN unv
case by destroying the bridge and rail
way. can prevent any relief erpesiitS.as
reaching Sir George white fd- some
time
Military men ogssiuiIs;icaiiy u-s-sJer
that General JSgbert wIl wffhdrzw
frun Natal Immediately after Sfr Re,F-
yers Buffers f0Ere enters In. Orsu-a
Free STATE. hut The LATTER cannot b. far
on his Way for AT least three or tour
weeks and even then General I0uI-.rr
may not deeide 10 Intercept the British
On the Free States open b..If. which
would suit the British zdrnirahEv. btt-
be may wal; until the last mors.er4r ana
then proceed by train hack 10 Pretoria
and take up strong defensive positions
on the range Of hills lying in frpur IN
johannesburg and Pretarfs.
Thus General Jouh-rT might remain
In Natal several weeks longer. eadeay-
orinz 10 force Sir George White into
capitularion. the destruction Of the tn
gela river bridge helping him by cut
ting of British relief
Thus IL viii BE- seen, the position I'm
Natal taking into consideration a r.,s.
sfble uprising Of the disahecre-f Durcb,
= most diSquieting. and. in fact. NAV
be described rs critical Brush rein
forcenenfs in any number cannot reach
Durham before the end Of nert week
\ dispatch from I-adysrnIth. dated
November 2nd tmorningi says-
During the night the Beers moved
Tho R-frfzn