Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-30
MARsHALLTowN. IOWA. MONDAY. OCTOBER 80 1899

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patch, on the evening of the oath, says:
Blackburns force, in skirmish at
Rhodesdrift, killed twelve Beers. A
Kaffir spy reported many Beers lying in
the drift, dying. Blackburn died of
wounds on returning to Fort Tuli.
Scouts there report the Beers concen-
trating strongly on the Rhodesian bor-
der, with Maxims.
Beers Looted Dundee.
London, Oct. 30.-Later accounts of
the first battle and the evacuation of
Dundee do not give these affairs
roster hue. Owing to the shelling of
Glencoe camp the telegraphers were
compelled to scamper with numerous
unforwarded dispatches.
| When the Beers entered Dundee they
| indulged in a general looting of the
stores, but apparently did not other
wise molest the populace.
| In the first battle the Beers captured
| a Maxim of the Eighteenth Hussars,
but only after the entire crew with one
exception had been disabled. The sur
vivor effectually damaged the gun.
lOnly two officers of the staff of Gen.
|Symons came off without wound.
| According to the latest reports from
| Capetown Gen. Joubert has Joined
hands with the Free State forces and
there has been some outpost fighting
President Kruger has arrived at Glen
lcoe.
! There is no fresh news from the west
ern frontier. The mines are stlll work
ing at Kim berley, where there are pro-
| visions enough to last nine months.
/ Cecil Rhodes has mounted fully
equipped town guard of 400 men a a
|cost OF e15.OOO
The household guard, it is announced
have received orders to form a COM
Iposite regiment for South Africa, in
Icluding the First life guards, quartered
at Windsor, and detachments of the
Second life guards and royal horse
iIguards.
The Standard voices the general
anxiety regarding Sir George Whites
position by remarking the adaptability
and able strategy of the Beers. for
which they hitherto have not been
Igiven credit. 1t says:
Their strategy was so we'll planned
that it is impossible to doubt that 1t is
4 a product of some officer trained in the
lbest European school of war;"
4 London Is Depressed.
\ London, Oct. 30.-A week ago the av-
lerage man in London was talking about
the Beers laying down their arms inside
Iof ten days owing to the moral effect OF
British victories. Now there is shaking
Iof heads and gioomy representations.
with no news. unhappily, calculated to
relieve the tension.
The significance of the last eight
days fighting is now thoroughly real
: lied here and the result is a general de-
preston. Until Gen. Butler arrives at
the front the British must remain on
the defensive. attacking only when it is
safer to attack than to await attack
At Lady an attack on the Trans
vaal Beers and tn Orange Free STATE
Beers simultaneously would be divis
ion of forces that could not be other
wise than disastrous. While for Gen
White to attack one force of Beers with
his full strength would amount tc
evacuating the city to the other So nov
it is safer TO stick to the defensive.
The war office has made public de-
tails regarding Gen. Yue's movement
southwark from Dundee which show
that change of base to have been pre-
ciseiy retreat and more, for it was a
retreat under fire. The official advice
!, alleges that the movement was under-
taken because of Information that large
forces of the enemy were threatening
Dundee from north and west. While
! the British We're throwing up intrench-
ments and shifting their camp tbs
i Beers placed two six-inch guns on I'm