The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-17
ADVANCE OF THE Beers
THEY PASS NEWCASTLE, BUT
THEN FALL BACK.
KIMBERLY is PROBABLY INVESTED
As the British have Good Force There, Little
Anxiety is Felt for the Place. More
Stirring News is
Promised,


correspondent of the Morning Leader,
telegraphing Sunday night says:
1T is reported that fighting began at
Kimberley this morning. The railway
has been cut at Belmont. A special
dispatch filed at Dundee, Natal, Sunday
afternoon reports that commandment Vii
ioen's force had left Newcastle for
Dannhauser, where the TranSvaal flag
has been hoisted over the town hail.
The gradual cutting off of outlying
points at the scene of hostilitles i'll
South Africa from Geographic commu-
nication reduces the accurate news OBJ
tainable to a minimum. Thus far, how
ever, no reliable information has been
received of any actual fighting outside
of the affair at Kraaipan and occasional
exchanges of shots at various OutpoSts.
There is no lack of cireumstantial
stories regarding the fighting at various
points, but these are scarcely published
before they are denied.
The only salient facts in this morn
ing's kilograms are that the Beers have
advanced beyond Newcastle and formed
a lager near Dannhauser about twelve
miles north of Dundee, and that kim
berley is isolated and probably in
vested.
Kimberley has thus become the imme-
date center of interest The last mes
sage from Kimberley prior to the cut
ting of the telegraph and railway by the
Beers said:
"Al the troops at Kimberley are
we'll"
AS there are 5000 troops there, little
anxiety is felt for the safety of the
town, especially as the Boer forces
are said to be only of about the same
strength. Many stories of brisk fight
ing ut that point are in circulation, but,
although the forces are likely to have
come into contact, all alleged details
must be regarded as premature and
speculative. especially if the reports he
true that the Orange Free State troops
are now i'll complete possession of the
railroad from Kimberley to Orange
River, 20 miles away.
The alleged yirulence of the Boer at
tacks upon Mafeking and Kimberley can
readily be understood when it is realized
that Bechuanaland is to the Beers what
Alsace Lorraine is to France.
1t is therefore probable that both
towns will be forced TO undergo long
and dreary investment before the British
are in a position to send relieving
column.
On the other side of the country, the
Beers are closing around the British
outposts and have already come into
touch with them and exchanged shots.
Therefore more stirring news is expect
cd.
COURTESY OF THE BOERS.
Cape Town, October To- Evening.)-
Conyngham Greene, British Agent at
Pretoria, received every civility ON his
journey from the Transvaal capital. Six
of President Kruger's body-guard ac-
companicd Mr. Greene to the border of
the Free State and he received the same
courteous treatment in the Free State.
CUT THE TELEGRAPH.
Cape Town, October 16.-The Orange
Free State troops have cut the tele-
graph wires and destroyed the railway
track at Norvals Point, just across the
Free State Southern border.
A dispatch from Dundee, Natal, says
that Beer commando, estimated at
1000 men with sixteen field guns, has
reached Dannhauser, northeast of Dun
dee, with the probable intention of sur
rounding Dundee and cutting off the
garrison from communication with Glen
coe and Ladysmith.
1t is supposed that this force is com
manded by Comnapdant Nilineu end
comprises the German gunners.
The rest of he Boer force from NV
castle is believed to G narchi lg around
~ 10 itC
Ladysmith.
As the refugees in Cape Town threat
en- to become troublesome, and nave
hooted and mobbed num9ar OF iead!nS
Dutchmen. there is some expectation
that martial law will be proclaimed.
NO MATERIAL CHANGE.
London, October 16.-The War Office
has issued the following note this af-
ternoon with respect to the situation in
South Africa:
sgrhe dispatches received do not point
to any material change in the military
situation. Small bodies of Beers are
reported to have crossed the Natal from
tier ut various points and entrench-
ments are said to have been thrown UP
at Van Reenans Pass"
WILL THE CAPE DUTCH RISE?
London, October 16.-Dispatches from
the Cape are very meagre tonight bur
they include an important message from
Glencoe Camp, dated 3:35 this (Monday)
afternoon, announcing that the Boer
commanders which invaded Natal
through Laingis Mex, and after occupy
ing Newcastle, advanced to Pannhauser,
retired on Ingagane yesterday evening
their transport service being reported
defective. This will delay indefinitely
the anticipated and hoped-for assault
on the strong British position at Glen
coe. Another dispatch reports activity
| on the part of the Free State commando
| in the neighborhood of Alwal north, or
| the southern frontier. The Beers adj
| vance patrol, the dispatch says, go to
| the frontier bridge nightly to keep
watch, firing shots ut intervals as sig
nails 1t is believed the enemy intends