The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-19

the Britain troops bcxin their advance. The Stat>
Artillery detachment consists Of 10 Krupp guns
Of the latest pattern and some 800 mon The
Bocrs have taken some trouble with their artillery
since the Jameson raid. The srtillerymen srs
certainly nne body Of men and excellent riders.
They themselves arc convinced that tbsy win dc
great execution and very much surprise the
British Blu, the Older Beers look upon artillery
a. dangerous innovation which may scriously
hamper the freedom Of tncir movements There
was grcs, grumbline even In tho Pretoria camp
whom II was heard that In the event Of pitched
battle the Pretoria commando would Be required
70 asss, the artillery Beside the Krupp held
pieces there were two heavy Crsurot Siege guns,
which by dint Of great efforts the artillery had
succeeded In getting dragged up 70 the top Of
Noun, pog woni opposite Maiuba whence they can
command Naiuba, .sines Mex, and the ap-
proarnes 10 II within thrce or four miles. The
knapp will no doubt DO placed on the Mex "
all and make he position an extremely difncult
perhaps nlmos, impoedble ono 70 take
The various corps Of foreign volunteers may
perhaps number 200 In all and no, 1000 or
5000 - wss generally represented In the prcaa
There was a German corps Of 400 mon or more
under Col schie, on the Frce Stats border Ivy
the Kip River the larger part Of which has
marched into Natal with the Froe State comman
dos A considerable section. however. broke "a
while | was at Sandsprui, because they objected
personally to Col Schiel. and marched across 70
Join Gen Jouberts force. The Hollanders al
Sandsprui, numbered sbou, $50 Neither thoy
nor the Germans are held Of much account by
the Boers, and many stories were In circulation
In the camps 70 their skill In falling of their
borsc. The Observation-Disclosures mainly
numbered about 100 mon. and may now amount
10 double that pumber, oampcd under a green
nag with the harp on u They consis,cd Of some
Of he wors, swcepinss Of Johannesburg ied BY
American ndventurer called Col Blake.
Their avowod object WAS loot and probably that
Ia all they would be any good for. Tho Bocrs
themselves he'd tho poorest opinion Of them and
were very anxious TO keep them out Of the way
70 prevent their doing anything dsGraceful
Tbs confidence OF the noers In the certainty of
rbcir succ-aa WAS unbounded They never doubt
ed Tor = moment that having ono, Crossed lainEs
Mex. the, would march straish, down 70 Durham
destroying ,be more handful Of British In their
path. As for Cape Colony tina, would rise on
every side W welcome them Only very lev Of
the more educated among the Pretorisns contem
plated The possibility Of defeat and even they.
ai,or a week 10 camp were caught by the gon.
oral eontaK,on Theii confidence waA based
chiefly on the cSccilsuce Of their rife shooting
and on the enthusiastic spirit which animated tho
wh"l. country As " the iotmor bad opporN
tunity n Judging though confess W feeling .
little douhtul nhoutit when heard them quoting
the events Of the Jameson raid a. an evidence
thereof On one occ,sion tried 10 test the Beers
capacity for estimating distancea Tor which they
40 celebrated ! took distance | euessod 10
be 700 yards and asked perhaps DOZEN Bosrs
and protnrians W tell me what II was was sur
prieci 10 get every possible est alto from $50 70
-. l.xis. t,l- 49,.
about 500 yards On stepping II | found u " DO
about $50 yards II Is quite posaible that " any
very heavy engagements take place In which tho
Beers are themselves exposed to severe Ore the
quality Of their mnrksm anship will fall very much
hort Of their reputation
The reception l met With both from the Pro
way Wenuly ann nosWhoio ana nan nothinR
p" complain o' WINE "as IN 'ho camp Every
onns'ae'au"h' 700 "ae pa4o 70 my somewhat UNI
usual p"Huoh sna n"'n'ns was even saio na'
eouo IN any way nave ooen oohs"uoo a. ouon-
hVe br' had noN oeen more 'hah DAY or TWO
In VIC camp ocfofe neafd 'nn' 'nefe was q Ger
tain soVs"n IN our camp ana IN some Of 'he o'hor
campo VINO on'oc'eo very suonSy 70 inc presence
OF an hnEhsn correspondent. IN hoii midsN ana
"ero oe"'m'hen 70 so' 'o OF mo "he'her any
"'hk ""uiu 'o""y na'e oeon uohe " inc eahho'
hsey-ou' somo OF my u'onas IN 'ho camp ~o'o
very anh'oun ana ao'u'on ms "'eA'o soohe' 'han
gH Shos winch was aSsuioo- was W oo my ia'e
after 'he hts unsueooSsui engagement was
not able 70 pun my opinion Of tho ma'er 70 The test
a. on 'he morning OF ocN ~ luS' a. we Whoio
camp was moving Oh 70 sok"uN 70 Cross the
border suddenly received an ofaof rom Con
Jouoen 70 go 70 Sandsprw' sauon ana make
my way 70 fre'ora oy the nov unin was Told
ny 'nend 'ha' mo 'oner~ hah been stopped
VIII II ndins round The evening before BY depu'a-
uon who informed MIN tha' " No and The En-
Ee'sch Eennd lawyers Of Pretoria could stand tho
presence oil roo'nes spy In 'ho camp they could
mol ann 'ha' 'hey would hnd thoir own means OF
ret'ing rio OF me oole nonaos Intruder unless
no was removed on The spot
The Sidrdard's correspondent arrived q, cApc-
town on Oct ., and II seems strange, In the light
Of later knowledge. TO think that on thu, day. only
a month ago, he and a group Of mon stood In
scani ATTIRE on the rain-wAshed deck. eager TO
learn whether Il was peace or war A few hours
in Capetown however was enough to bring con