The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-14
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bscaktGE - thr Czss coast czhss serv
t-u press dispatches hase Eos throurh
dustn< he last fsu days I 80 tAss ns-s-
s2Er before thc wires Nens down n
30 oicicck yesterday affrrnoon. ~.s
the uficial dispatch EixtnE the parskaI
its; Uf the casualties of Mundaris hat
tic.
whai has happcned ssnre that daf.
uhcn tuo British rcEirnrnis pcre cap
turcd. ts mostly aedncsiun from the
mraErc messages that GONE through.
Not = single correspondcni ts allowed
to s1y uord aboui tha; disaster. so
beyund the trKi of TIE oficaal repors ~r
kn"~ n"ihinx- not does she Govern
meat.
Great crguds have bossoe.d the War
oihcc for rnany days asking in vain for
ness of trScnds and relatives IN she
regiments.
l-adysmith uas san holding out al
30 o-ciock yesterday affrrnoon. Mh~n
General Whites lsss message Mas dis
patched Il IL certain that be seat rnorc
ncus about the critical situation. bot
| the Government rrfrained from max
Ing "a public.
As nearly az can DC judged. here is
| uhai happcncd az l.adysmiih sinc~
Mondays disastrous hattie:
General White Withdrew his forces
into the toun and sent out al the WON
Gu and childrcn. The Beers quickly
resumed their old position CO the com-
mandinx hills. to the top Of which shey
| dragged their biE guns. nhich must
have cost them prodigtons labor Then
began the druprinx of shells inso the
British camp. We know this from the
rcpoFs that Lieutenant EdEcrsen sc the
cruiser foscrfnl ~ss seriously wound
| 81 Ia The foot "wednesday hr a shell
II - h. Hn.4H
bad s~rn rushing to Durham and land
Ing every available man and scnding
ashore liEht and Dodium-slssd guns
which ucrc hastily mounted on tmpro-
Vtsed carriages an hurried 40 the rail-
Say TO l-adyFnish.
liow many binegacksss and guns
reached g~ncral white is not snowa-
bat ii ts thought shc naval brigade has
io act "n thc defensive a. Coienso
bridge.
The cpssinE OF the wires looks .s
thUBEh The d~frnse of Colcnso failed.
aithOuEh London ts ssginE io Ecs Some
comfort Uts uf shs possibility that a
rncrc rstdinE party nspped the wires.
Coicnso bridge ts an trnpofaans stra-
trEtrzi point fours@en miles soush of
l.sdysrn4sh. 1f the Hoers snoreed ln de-
siroytrE "a shc bopo of rushing troops
and supplies o. grnefsl Waite bg rail
way from Durszn and Psesermarsfs-
burz ts ronc.
General Joul,ess. rvsd.nsly. 10 reprsf-
inE hSs spcnessful sarsics whirh caused
the cvsrustiDn ps glrncoc aud Dundce.
but Nc is taking more precauasons this
time to cut 90 The retreat of the nrst-
ssh-
som. military critics shink shaf cen-
csal White has evacuated 1adrernlth.
which ts not verg strong Ia natural de-
gcnscs. and has fsilcn bach GA Colen-
, So taking = position on The south SIDE
of The Esvrr. Whcrs he could make a
uprh sirunErs dcfrnsr. and also r,re-
veat the possible capture % Ghs enilre
! army. u seems to be = mighty hins sis-
nasion i"niEht foe the IsrSsssh srsns I'm
; Natal.
THE SURROUNDING NOT coNsID-
Erred SURE
NEW YORK. NoE. "A dsspasr.h 60
, the Tribune from London says
The ness that trlegrsphBc communI-
! cation With Lzdysnish has been insss-
Fupsed does not necessarily prove that
. the Beers have surround-d ane town
, and closed ins lf SEEMS most prohzble
that they have placed Themselves OPP
; on the British lines of conrnunlnafsoa.
. slreprsiinE .SsrsiF their Dundee tactics.
Apparcntly gcnrTsl loubcfl mans 60
, sttetnpi to capture gcpersl whssers
: force. Ia the hope either. 60 brsnx Eng
> land so terms or lad TO tcnropozn an
! / ItcrVentton.
\ ciEcumsszntisl Fvport CONES from
2 Paris relating that Ccaerzl Lucas N~y-
GO. after fighting another battle south
/. OF Is3dysmith. ia which the nrtsfsh
, lost = thousand men. hzA occupied Co.
: i-nso In force and holds the railway
from I-adFsrnith - PscsrTnar5tzburg.
! Noshing IL. however. kno~n ia REGARD
9 10 this matter ~ he War Ofrice. aoc
p the runuT L. not credited ia any re-
? sPonssblc quart.r.
= ANXIETY FOR WHITE.
LONDON. Nov. ss-The real question
J. nov for the BFisssh psshssc 10. can Cen,
-ssi White hold pat another ten days
lor tuo Ueess. unsil the army CORPS ar
lriV-ss LESS sn1scsy would be fels e,r
this sccount ucFc % rot thai every dsy
sesrns 60 brinE fresh iss;a of czsaaisbcs.
prDSinE t6as tnpch has been conoasls.d
!. ss TO tho real STATE of affairs. At fhs
!. l,@si The co-nins week nnsz srore =
critical and anKsons time
LORD ROBERTS
LONDON. Nov. z.-i.ord Roberts q.
Candshzr. corarnSador uf The forces ia
ireland Uhile reviewing the troops =,
NilkrnnF. said 1T a. useless 10 die.
zuis~ tAc fsrs thst ne sre enEsEee ia
Nery sefsDss Waf. = wsr ~hBrh W.
!. put our resgzroes and courage 80 = se
,. Vrss tFf
|. BOER LOSSES.
70 LONDON Nos. s-Fpocia1 das
= patches from 1.aaFsrrish. datod Nozfm
y trr >. Stale thst tf. fpcfs arl1nonleas.
having sunsTod heavy losses fn aissf
s ard hur'ses 5n she nHrFsuas hass1e
.- errffsl Ssasl kprk A. Who U.as sarUrd N
:. corEfnzr0 90 sba TrsnsEasl forces. apf
o Who sFss sounded 81 she haii1e .