Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-18
TIDE TURNING NOW.
BRITISH REINFORCEMENT IN
SOUTH AFRICA NUMBER 23.5OO.
ADVANCE ON BOERS TO BEGIN.
Ladysmith Holding Out satisfac-
tority-Number of British Prison.
Fight Nenr Estcourt.

LONDON. November 1.-THE admiral
" announced this evening the arri-
val at Cape Town to-day OF the
troop-ship Arcana. with a battalion OF
the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders
0he Princess Bouse's Regiment, bring
ing the reiniorcements up TO 1850, OF
which 100 have already disembarked at
Durham. with eighteen field guns, a num-
Der of machine guns, engineers. and hos
pital troops. as well as 200 mules.
This force. with that already between
EstcOurt and Durham, rs considered suff-
Gent 10 enable General HildyaTd TO adj
vance and to take aggressive action
against the Beers OF south OF Ladysmith.
According 10 the latest advices, Lady
smith is holding out satisfactorily. every
thing having been well mp 10 Wednesday.
In view OF the BOer destruction Of
bridges. the War Once has issued orders
for the shipment of "a quantity OF bridge
work between this and the end OF the
year.
LONDON November LIT Is reported
that the British Government has pur-
chased the 'creusot guns ordered by the
Transyaal, but not delivered.
An official dispatch confirms the state
ment that Captain j. a. Haldane. Of the
Gordon Highlanders. attached to the Dub
lin Fusileers. and Lieutenant 7. ii.
Frankland mot franklin. and thirty
seven nOn-commissioned officers and men
of the Dublin Fusileers. are missing
Captain Haldane distinguished himself
by his services in India. for which he
received the D. $. o. champion Of the
Distinguished Service order. He was
also wounded at Elandslaagte.
GERMANS IN BOER SERVICE.
DURHAM. Thursday, November ia
rtna faI uf
nesburg. taken 10 Pretoria, and released
has arrived here. via Delagoa bay. While
al Pretoria he was confined on the
race-cOurse with the military prison
ers, comprising - officers and 1915 nom
commissioned officers and men, from
Natal. 10 officers and - nOn-cOmmis-
stoned officers and men, from Mafeking.
ana men from Fort Tuli.
The prisoners guards were almost ex-
clusively Germans, and the artillerymen
manning the forts were also mostly Ger
mans. The prisoners were well fed, and
We're shown every consideration. Most
OF the officers were removed 10 more
comfortable quarters i'm the town.
ENGAGEMENT NEAR LADYSMITH.
PRETORIA. November 1j.-Wednes-
day.-ln an engagement yesterday morn
ing south of Iadysmth. the British adj
vanced with thirteen guns. attacking $50
BuIEutlS OF the / ldN~Nddl. y blE gun
was fired on the troops. who retired at
o'clock to q kloof near Ladysmith. The
British loss is unknown. The Beers had
one man killed and three men wounded.
IN addition. they had thirteen horses
killed and seven horses wounded.
COMMANDMENT At MIDNIGHT.
LONDON, November 1.-THE follow
ing censored dispatch from Pretoria
gives details of the engagement referred
TO I'm the Associated Press dispatches
from Pretoria OF Wednesday, November
18th:
1.-THE Free Staters had taken up posi-
ton on a small hin when an English
battery advanced and attacked them,
sending a hail of shells on the hill for an
hour. when the Transvaal cannon put
some shells right I'm the midst of the
battery, sending the English TO cover
behind the hill. Two Burghers were kill
ed and six wounded. When the Brit
ish fell back on Ladysmith several shells
exploded among them, but the execution
done could not be seen.
AT midnight all the Afrikander can
non on the hills surrounding the town
opened fire simultaneously on Ladysmith,
turning the quiet and darkness of night
into a lurid inferno Of whistling Shrek
ing shells. speeding from all points Of the
compass to the doomed city. Several
buildings on fire We're seen from Bulwan
Hi
During the day the troops left the
city deserted, and sought shelter on the
edge of the hill, 10 escape our death
dealing shells"
PRISONERS AT PRETORIA.
The dispatch from Pretoria also says
that the prisoners at that place include
the Eighteenth HussaTs 1 officers, and
81 non-commissiOned officers and men;
the Dublin Fusileers. officers and 100
nOn-commssiOn officers and men; the
Irish Fusileers. 10 officers and 533 non
commissioned officers and men, the
Gloucesters, II officers and 800 non-com-
missiOned officers and men, the artil-
lery. . officers and ~ non-cOmmissioned
officers and men; the Rifles. 3 officers
and 50 non-commissioned officers and
men: the Leicesters, no officers, nom
commissioned officers and men; the Dra-
goons. ] man; the Natal police, l
man: political. G. men; sick. IS men.
The dispatch adds "The trains are
working eXceliently from Pretoria 20
Ladysmlth. The Beers have ample food.
but are short of clothes, boots and
macllintoshes."
SITUATION At KIMBERLEY.
KIMBERLEY Thursday, November o.
Evening via HOPETOWN Sunday,
November 12.-The Beers were busy yes