The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-25
BOERS COULDN'T SHOOT.
Otherwise, the British Would Have Won NJ
Victory at Belmont.
CENSOR is LETTING RuMoRs THROUGH
BUt Tie Is l<ccpinS Most Of the tnc,-
Carefully Conccnicd--situat,o
In Lower Natal Guessed nj.

New York. November IA dispatch
to the Tribune says
London, November 2S,--rhe local papers
publish further details of the hattie OF
Belmont. They show tina; the behavior |
Of the British infantry In charging strong |
I positions held by the Beers WAS magnif
/ cent. In the face of tremendous ire |
the British Guards three times drove the
! Free Staters in flight from their kopies. |
The war report of the Chronicle however |
says that Boer craftsmanship was wretch
ed otherwise not single Guardsman out |
'1f the tS3 battalious OF Coldstreams
/ who carried the position at the point Of
the bayonet could have lived TO reach
| the summit of the ridge.
| The censorship has let In fresh series
1 OF Kuffir rumors respecting a great vie
tory By the Ladysmith garrison On sun
! day, but 1t has kept Out definite intorma-
! tion relating to this anomalous military
situation in Lower Natal The .u;.ors OF
victory come trom many sources but
are untrustworthy and are discrodi,cd 10y
an official repor; from General White,
! via Durham. showing the situation at
I LduyslDlin uUCUtuSSu 4NoNVuinel 81
though based upon a strong inherent prob
ability that trained Indian fighter Ike
General White, discovering that the lines
of the Investment have been weakened by
the withdrawal OF a large force rd,
would not remain idle, but would n:teck
the enemy's positions without delay.
All the news from Ladysmith must be
Observation-Disclosures it comes by pigeon
when there arc three missing Inks in
1nvN MI MT, linn IA
the coast. fourth break has not yet
been reported between the capital of Natal
and the seaboard, But at the worst Eng
lshmen will he able to console them
selves With the reflection that the Beers
can not go outside of Durham without
plungng into the sea,
There are reports OF heavy artillery ire
here and spirited skirm!shing there, but
the curtain was not lifted at midnight
nigh enough to enable any one in Lon-
don to obtain clear glimpse of what
is going on.
The situation In Natal is not . criti-
cal as the panic mongers imagine, Every
important river crossing below Estcourt
has been securely guarded ana the COL
umn is receiving reinforcemsn;s RAPIDLY
from the coast and is slowly pulling t.
self together. Pietermaritzburg is sofe
and the Boer demonstration 10 hardly
more than hazardous If ingenious and
effective method of harassing and block
ing the British advance.
Lord Methuen's victory at Belmont re-
mains as complete as when reported TWEEN
ty-four hours earlier. Later official re-
, ports show that the enemy was taken by
! surprise and forced TO abandon ammun-
: ton and supplies while retreating in good
; oruer. Tho casualty list has not been
seriously increased and the number %
officers is not out OF proportion to the
whole force owing TO Lord Methuens
sensible measures for compelling them Il
protect themselves
: The Daily Mails correspondent pays 4
fine tribute today TO the gallantry of the
J. Guards in carrying position after posi-
tion at the point OF the bayonet and there
are other accounts u this brilliant charge
4 Among he killed were Captain Eager
| one OF th. heroes OF Omdurman. and Lieu
/ tenant Farmer. popular officer of th'
. Grenadiers. Among the wounded tn
most conspicuous officers were Lieutenan
: Colonel Crabbe, Major Hamilton, Majo
Eastwood and Lieutenant Willoughby
n Lord Lancaster's son.
: General Methuens column will hay
o another hard fight at Modier river.
General Frenchs movement towar
4 Colesberg is expected by military expert
10 occupy the enemy and prevent raidin
= against General Methuen's long .E4s :
: communications. But Sir Alfred Miner
proclamation shows that there is seriou
8 danger of Dutch uprising, and that Gen
u eral Gatacre needs to drive back the hos
tile forces as socn as possible. Reinforce
nlents we're sent yesterday to Port Eliza
beth for him. and another small detach
mcnt of cavalry was sent to Durham.
&c The unsanitary condition OF Mafekin
is causing great uneasiness,
% About 10000 troops are still afoat owe
re "a goo having arrived in South Africa G
- whom 65s have been sent 10 Durbai
:, The first battalions of the new diyisio
- sailed Yesterday on three transports an
= the Warren starts today.
:, The German enperors visit viii b
"a returned by the queen at Potsdam afte
= her holiday on the Italian rivera ne
~ sl,ring. There is no public announcemer
~ but this is already well understood
y Automatic circYs Political gossips ~
III already asking whether the secretary +.
~ the colonies will accompany her to con
~ pleto negotiations already begun at Wine
G. sor for there has been diplomacy hehin
10 the scene after all The German emper'
", singled out Nj. Chamberlain for spec
no attentions at the state banquet and talk
y With him so long and so closely that u
10 prominent diplomat, present took note
ne II. The next day Mr.. Chamberlain visi
W cd Hatfield and on the day after held
protracted Interview with the enperl
a. Count Won Bueow and Count Hntzfeld
cd 1he German ambassador, at Windsor. II
10 subject of this conference Is high STA
ity sao, hut The safest conjecture connec
RI, il with Delagea bay. although there
ION auother surmise that reaches as far
ei- Persia The German emperor has eviden
seq " turned his strictly private visit TO sor
~, practical account Notwithstanding Il
II death h. OF Lady Salisbury and the serio
zee ailments OF Count hatfield. Everyihi
me seems to play into the hands of Mr.. Cha.
III 49,, ana Nr Balfours rightful pla
among the mourners at Hatfield ha
broreht the secretary of the colonies
he front as n practical man Of busins
ready TO drive good bargain with I
In German emperor.
W. CUBAN PROBLEM.