The Yale expositor., 1899-11-03
TRANsvAAL WAR ITEMS.

public without mourning the FISK here
after of the charge of high treason if
the Beers are ultimately defeated.
Col. Kellewich, on hearing of it, inn
mediately issued a proclamation noti-
flying the people that if any British
subjects were found assisting her ma
jesty's enemies, either directly or in
directly, such person would be pun
ished summarily as base rebel. Sew
eral arrests of Cape Dutchmen have
since been made.
Gen. Yulc of the British forces made
a brilliant stratigical movement on
the gath and effected junction of his
forces with those of Sir George Stewart
White, slightly to the north of Lady
smith. The two are now in position
to offer battle. The two sections of
the Boer army, which outnumber the
entire British force three to one, are
now only 40 miles apart. Hence it
will be necessary for the British forces
to make swift and telling action. Be
fore Gen. Whites forces were united
with Gen. Yule, they were attacked by
the Beers who killed ~ and wounded
80 Britishers. Five are missing.
During the momentary lull in the
fighting in Natal comes news from the
western border, which temporarily
shifts the scene of chief interest to the
beleagured British force at Kimberley.
The sharp struggle there on the cath
appears to have been the result of a
sortie with the view of breaking the
Gordon surrounding the place. The
British, apparently 500 strong, met 700
Beers, and, according to the official
and other accounts, routed them after
severe fighting, in which the armored
trains appear to have done valuable
service The British loss was slight.
The colonial office at London has re-
ceived a cablegram stating that Presi-
dent Steyn of the Orange Free State
has issued proclamation annexing
that part of Cape Colony which is
north of the Vaal river. This means
Griqualand west and Bechuanaland
and is apparently in consequence of
the Free State forces having seized the
railway and all stations north of Kim
berly, except Mafeking, unless MAIZE
king has fallen since the last news
from there, which is now more than a
week ago.
special cable from London says:
London was startled on the oath by
direct charges that the war Office had
deliberately suppressed news of a
crushing British defeat at Glencoe,
with heavy loss. The London CORE
spondent of the Paris Temps says that
the British were defeated in the Sec
ond attack on Glencoe and sustained
such losses that the war Office wishes
to await news of another favorable en-
gagement before announcing them.
After the victory of the Goth the
British imagined they were free from
further lnolestation for some days, but
they soon found that the earlier re-
ports of a sweeping success were exag-
gerated. The reported capture of all
the Boer guns was incorrect. The
burghers succeeded in removing some
of them before the British carried the
hill, leaving only the riflemen behind
TO cover their retreat.
A dispatch from Ladysmith on the
Goth says Gen. Yule's column marched
into that place at midnight after a
very hard march during night of ex-
ceptionally heavy rain. 1t is now APP
parent that Gen. Symons' fight at
Glencoe was not anything like the de-
cisive victory at first alleged, and Gen.
Yule wouls in all probability have
been annihilated or have met with the
same fate as the captured Hussars if
he had not retreated.
According to returns at the London
war office the British have suffered a
loss of $40 killed and wounded since
the war started. OF this number IS
officers have been killed and So wound
ed; 70 privates killed and AS wounded,
and 10 unaccounted for. This total,
however, does not include the 18th
Hussars.
A special from Cape Town on the
eth gives details of the defeat of 700
Beers by the British at Riverton, north
of Kimberley in which the Beers were
completely routed with heavy loss,
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and 20 men, including two officers,
wounded
Great Britain will bring her huge
airship into use in her war with South
Africa. 1t will be used in making OBJ
servations of the Boer movements.
The London war Office on the Goth
issued orders for an additional 5 900
troops for South Africa. They are to
sail between Nov. 4 and Nov. IS.
The prisoners who were captured
when the armored train was destroyed
by the Beers at Kraalpan are now re-
ported alive and we'll treated.
II is reported that agents of the
Transvaal government are in Chicago
seeking 20 enlist Americans for service
in the ranks of the Beers.
1t is believed that the whole squad
ron of the 18th Hussars, consisting of
so officers and men, have been cap
tured by the Beers.
The Transvaal government has APP
propriate $50 beds in private houses at
johannesburg for wounded troops from