The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-12-02
WHM N9NNI FOR CABLE TRANSPORT OHIO PORT AAw mB FIGHT BELMONT GETS EIGHTEEN MONTHS
BRITISH DEFEAT THEM WITH
LOSS.
Gen Methuen Wins a Victory on His
Way to Kimberley-Joubert is Push
ing to the South.

LONDON, November 25.-The Secre-
tary of War has received the follow
ing dispatch through General Forester |
Walker, from General Methuen, dated |
Belmont, Cape Colony, November 23d: |
Attacked the enemy at daybreak |
this morning. He was in a strong posi- !
ton Three ridges were carried in sue
cession, the last attack being prepared !
by shrapnel. The infantry behaved !
splendidly and received support from
the naval brigade and artillery. The
enemy fought with courage and skill. |
Had | attacked later l should have
sustained heavy loss.
Our victory was complete. Have |
taken forty prisoners. Am burying a
good number of the Beers, but the |
greater part of the enemy's killed and
wounded were removed by their COM
rades Have captured a large number
of horses and cattle and destroyed a
large quantity of ammunition
General Methuen, who is leading the
British force to the relief of Kimberly, |
reports complete victory over the Beers
at Belmont, station on the railroad
some fifty miles south of Kimberly.
The British sustained heavy loss fifty
eight men being killed and 149 wound
ed. The proportion of officers hit by
Boer bullets was large three being
killed and twenty-one wounded, many
II.
LONDON, November 23-The Daily
Chronicle publishes the following from
Durham, dated Wednesday: THE Bo-
ers are reported to be 1000 strong with
in twenty-five miles of Howick Fails,
near PietermaritZburg. The iniabit-
ants are fleeing from Howick to Picte.-
maritzburg The Beers have also
reached Dargle, another position forty
| miles from Pietermaritzburg.
The Daily News has the following
| from PietermaritZburg under Welnes-
| days date: Your correspondent man
| aged to escape from the Mooi River
district yesterday before the arrival of
5000 Beers who are looting farmsteads
! in all directions. Natal Beers, an1ouc-
| aged by the success of the Transvall-
ers, join in the looting. The main no6y
! of the Beers made rapid march from
| Ulundi, southwest of Estcourt, 10 d
point near Fort Nottingham, south of
| the railway in a single day. They are
within fertS miles ~ Pietermaritzourg
/ at the farthest, and it is said that they
intend to attack the town.
The Daily Telegraph publishes he
| following from Pietermaritzburg, dated
| Tuesday: Communication with Est
| court is Interrupted, The mail train
| tonight runs only as far as Mooi Yer.
/ Government officials have received liz
| telligence from the magistrate at I'm
/
ers, believed to be a raiding party, is
| reported to have arrived in the district
| thirty miles west of Pietermari t.burg.
| | am officially informed that no anxiety
| prevails with reference to the safety OF
| Pietermaritzburg as by tomorrow the
| strength of the garrison will have been
| increased to 1000 men with six guns
| LONDON, November 23.-The Daily
Mail publishes a dispatch from Nauw-
poort, dated Wednesday, which says
a large force under General Methuen
has crossed the Orange River and is
advancing to the relief of Kimberley,
PRETORIA, Tuesday, November 81.
General Snyman, who is outside Ma
| feking, reports heavy fighting Monday
| afternoon. The British briskly fired on
| the cannon and the Boer forts. The
| Beers replied, bombarding the British
| forts with good effect. The loss of the
British is unknown. One Boer was
wounded.
DURHAM, November 22.-About 5000
Free State Beers, with guns, are
marching from the west, by way of
Fort Nottingham
LONDON, November %, A. M
General Jouberts plan, apparently, is
a daring attempt to defeat the British
| relieving column from Durham in detail,
| while still attempting the reduction of
Ladysmith. A serious attack on the
Mooi River camp is now hourly expect
| ed, with the object of destroying the
| bridge at Wester. Should this be ac-
| complished the Beers would be free to
| turn their attention again to Estcourt
| and later join the investing forces
about Ladysmith.
1t was announced from Paris that
Colonel Vile de Boise Mareui
French officer, has accepted the post of
chief of staff to General Joubert in sue
cessiOn to Colonel Schniel the German
| officer, who was wounded and taken
prisoner at Glands Laagte. From the
same source it is reported that the Rus
sian officers, Lieutenant Colonel Co
netzki of the Guards and General Zelet-
I'll of another crack Russian regiment
have resigned and are going to join the
Beers.
About 35, 900 of General Buffers army
corps have now arrived in South Africa !
LONDON, November 22.-Late last
evening the War Office made public
two dispatches from General Butler at
Cape Town. The first had been receiv-
ed from General Clery, dated Monday, !
November 20, and announced that three
privates We're wounded the previous
day at Moo River.
The second was from Colonel Baden |
Powell, dated at Mafeking, November |
6, saying: "All well here. We have |
had a few successful sorties. Our loss |
is two officers and seventeen men killed |
and four officers and twenty-nine men |
wounded. The enemy's loss is heavy |
His numbers are decreasing, but his |
guns remain and shell us, keeping out /
of the range of our small guns. Have |
had no news from the outside since |
October 90"