The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-21
BOTH HAVE PLANS.
General Joubert Is Marching South to
Meet the British
TOPREVENT LADYSMlTH RELIEF
While the Beers Are Concentrating in
Great Numbers at DOnkerpoort
TO OPPOSE GEN. BULLER'S ADVANCE.
EStcourt Reports a Battle at Ladysmith
Last Wednesday at Daybreak,
BUT THE NEWS Is NOT CONFIRMED
The Beers Have Occupied Camp He'll.
Boer Invasion of Cape Colony
Continues stcndily.
The Beers Have Occupied Camp He'll.
Bocr Invasion of Cape Colony
Continues STEADILY.

London. November y. a m.--The plan
of operations on both sides is slowly I'M
folding itself. General Joubert is evil
IDENTIFY moving south to prevent, If posi-
BILE. the junction of the British relieving
Ladysmith, while on the Orange river
border the Beers are believed to be con-
centrating at Donkerpoort to oppose Gem
eral Buffers advance 1t is said 5000
Beers have already laagered at Donkcr-
poort The English plan was to be a
smith. from Orange river to Kimberley
and from East London by way of Queens
town to Burghersdorp. General Butler
has wired the commanding officer at
Queenstown announcing the dispatch of
General Gatacre with the First battalion
of the Seventh brigade TO East London,
This was the place from which it was
originally intended that General Gatacre's
column should start Thus it is possible
that General Buffers first plans have suf-
fered less modification than some have
supposed.
Hopetown, November 16.--Yesterday the
Beers occupied Camp Bell in west Griqua-
land.
London, November 20--A special dis
patch from Estcourt dated November 20
says report has reached there of bat
tie at Ladysmith Wednesday, November
10, lasting from daybrcak until in the
afternoon. Many Beers are said 10 have
been killed and many are reported to
have been taken prisoners. The British
other battle is said to have occurred
Thursday. It is described as the heaviest
yet fought. The Boer dead, it is added,
number hundreds, while the British
losses were comparatively small.
London. November 81, 5 a. m.--The re-
ports of heavy fighting at Ladysmith last
the contrary, the most reliable advices
from Estcourt indicate that there was
nothing more than desultory cannonade.
Probably the rumors of serious engage
ment grew out of the fact that the Beers
threw few harmless shells last Tuesday
night, leading TO the suppostion that an
attack was imminent. Nothing however,
happened Wednesday.
Beyond the fact that the Beers are daily
receiving fresh reinforcements and sup
plies there is practically nothing from the
front. The Boer invasion OF Cape Colony
continues steadily and rapidly. There are
1900 Beers at Colesburg and news has
reached East London that Lady Grey, near
Aliwalnorth, has been deserted by the
British and is now in the hands OF the
enemy.
A pretoria dispatch announces the ar
rival there among the British prisoners
of Major Haldane, Lieutenant Brochic and
Lieutenant Hallwey. II also declares tnat
the British Sunday made two unsuccessful
attempts to GUST the Rustenburs command
| from a position near Mateking, and tnat
4 severe fighting took place
! From Delagoa Bay comes reports oil
| the arrival of more officers aud artillery
men who have volunteered to serve with
the Transyaal forces
| The war office asserts that all news re-
caived from Africa has been published
Win ,hs exception of demands for the
,onawal of stores, war material and the
like. .,,r,or ,h,,
more troops have been ordered from India
| Ia the Cape.