Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-11-26
Dutch ARB RISING.
Some in Cape Colony Declare Them
selves for the BOcrs.
TROUBLING BRITISH.
They Fear That General Gaiacre's Ad.
vance viii BE Handicapped by
the Dutch Adtices Show
the Beers Encouraged.

London. Nov - The gravest news
from Cape Town comes from the north
ern part OF Cape Colony where It is now
evident that numbers Of Dntch farmers
have risen and joined the invading Free
State forces 10 Herschell aud Barkley Ia
the eastern disiric.s
a dispatch from Queenstown. Cape
Colony General Gatacre'- headquarters.
announces 400 colonial rebels including
an eymagi-trate % Barley. have Joined
the enemy 30 the latter place and the
whole force is reported 10 b. marching
on Dordreicht. whence u eau operate
aud possibly intercept General Gajacres
advance toreoccupy Stomnrrg junction
a -tategetic point from which General
Gatacrr ctu get iu direct touch. through
railroad with General French at Naauw.
poort. aud thus with the British bs-e at
Deaar
Another dispatch says refugee. are
arriving from Queenstown aud assert
Ladygrey has been occupied by colonial
farmers. aud IL j. feared there that there
il a general movement IN favor Of the
Beers.
Further dispatches from Belmont con-
frmiug the trearherous Use of tue white
flag boy Boer- D. prou-ing Indignation
Tho troops engaged bitterly complain.
ing aud II i- feared the result will bs re-
fusal 90 give the Beers uo quarter
Further detail. Of the battle Of
Belmont show that the behavior Of the
British infantry ia charging strong
positions held boy the Beers was magni.
fcent ON the face Of tremendous
fire. the British guards three times
drove the Free Staters In flight from
their kopies The war correspondent Of
The Chronicle. however. says that the
Boor Workmanship was wretohed.
otherwise. not % single guardsman out
OF the two battalious OF Coldstreams.
who carried tho position at the point Of
the bayonet could have lived 10 reach
the summit Of the ridge
The censorship has let in fresh se-
rie- Of Kafir rumors respecting great
victory by the Ladysmith garrison on
Sunday. but j. has kept out definite in.
formation relating 20 the anomalous
military situation IN Lower Natal The
rumors Of victory come from many
sources. but are uutrustworthy. aud are
discrodted by any official report from
General White via Durham. showing the
situation at Ladysmith unchanged on
Nov -. although based upon a strong
inherent probability that trained In
dian fighter like General White discov-
ering that the lines Of the investment
have been weakened by the withdrawal
of large force southwark. would not
remain idle, but would attack the enc
mys position without delay.
All the news from Ladysmith must be
discredited, unless 1t comes by pigeon
when there are three missing links in
the broken chain Of communication
with the coast The fourth break has
no, yet been reported between the capi.
tai Of Natal aud the seaboard But at
the worst Englishmen will be able 20
console themselves with the reflection
that the Beers cannot go outside Of Dur.
ban without plunging into the sea
There are reports Of heavy artillery
FIRE here and spirited skirmishing. but
the curtain has not been lifted high
enough 10 enable any one in London 10
obtain clear glimpse Of what is going
on. The situation in Natal is not 40
critical as the panic monger imagines
Every important river crossing below
Estcouit has been securely guarded and
the column is receiving reinforcements
rapidly from the coast and il slowly
pulling itself together
Pietormaritzburg is safe and the Boer
demonstration Is hardly more than
hazardous. II not ingenious and eifec.
tive, method Of harrassing and blocking
the British advance.
General French's movement toward
Colesbcrg is explained by military ex.
perts as manouyer tooccupy the enemy
and prevent raiding against General
Methuen's long line Of communications
But Sir Alfred Miners proclamation
shows that there is serious danger Of a
Dutch uprising, and that General Cat.
acre needs troops 20 drive back the hos.
tile forces as soon as possible Reinforce.
ments were sent Friday 90 Port Elizabeth
for him. and another small detachment
Of cavalry was sent 10 Durham
About 90, 900 troops are still ahoat
over "a, OlnO having arrived in south
Africa, Of whom H. 61s have been sent
TO Durham. Tho first battalion Of the
new division sailed Fridav nm thrae