The record-union., 1899-10-26

We're taken prisoners"
A squadron of Hussars usually con-
| sists of three troops of twenty-eight
men each, SO about eighty officers and
men of the Eighteenth Hussars are
supposed to have been captt I'd.
A dispatch to the Morning Post"
from Kimberly, dated October Dist via
Orange River October oath, says:
"An armored train was engaged this
evening, one of our men killed and two
trucks of dynamite were removed from
the town for safety and were blown
up by the Beers The Boer loss is un-
certain.
''The Boer artillery moved around,
trying to draw the force covering the
town. There was a small engagement,
but nothing of consequence happened.
We are completely isolated and as safe
as a bank. Not one man has eft
Rain is approaching.
Our troops met the enemy cutting
the line to-day, and a Maxim gun on
the train did good work and cleared
away the wreckers.''
WOLSELEY'S REPORTS DOC
TORED."
LONDON, Oct. 25-The Commander
y,
has apparently now been convicted of
"doctoring" official reports from the
front, and there is a strenuous demand
on all sides for reversion to the ear
lier practice, when the reports of Gen
eral Sir Stewart White, the British
Commander in Natal, were given out
textually as soon as received. The
Commander in Chiefs summary as
read in the House of Commons yester-
day, spoke of General White having
fought successful action, whereas
General Whites own account puts an
entirely different complexion on the sit
uation, reduces the movement to it's
proper proportions and shows that
further exciting intelligence may be ex-
expected from the same quarter at any
moment. 1t is quite evident that the
war in Natal has only commenced and
that the Beers are by no means dis
couraged at losing the first two battles
Many experts are satisfied that General
Joubert is even now close to the heels
of the British and that decisive ac-
tion may be fought to-day or to-mor-
row.
The main fact that the British were
forced to evacuate the Natal triangle.
which the Beers naturally and rightly
claim as a conspicuous success and
4 which they even emphasize by a pro-
jrfrmation annexing Northern Natal. is
proving an unpalatable pill to the pub
lie, whose appetite has been whetted
by the previous successes, which had
been assumed to be greater than they
really We're, as the determination and
gallantry Of the Beers enabled them to
quickly reorganize and achieve desired
objects by other methods.
Later estimates of the Beers losses
at Glands Laagte give 800 killed Their
coolness, bravery and good aim can be
judged from the fact that out of seven
teen or eighteen officers with the half
battalion of Gordon Highlanders, four
We're killed and thirteen We're wound
ed while the casualties among the rank
and file were - per cent during less
than three hours firing Lieutenant
Campbell of the Gordon Highlanders
has since died from his wounds
A dispatch from Cape Town to-day
says that General White has engaged
the Orange Free State Beers. who were
advancing on Ladysmith, about seven
miles northward, and that it was be-
lieved the advance had been repelled.
This is probably another version of yes
terday's fighting, as already known
Other dispatches from Cape Town
say that advices from Mafeking con-
firm the statement that fifty Beers
were killed by the explosion of two
trucks of dynamite, purposely sent out
by Colenel Baden Powell to draw the
Boer fire.
The offer of General Cronje. the Boer
commander in the vicinity of Mafeking
to Colonel Baden-Powen to exchange
prisoners, referred to Captain Nesbitt
and others of the armored train.
wrecked at Kraalpan
Some significance is attached at Cape
Town to the proclamation issued at
Pretoria by the Transvaal Government
with the view to safeguard British
property.
The situation in the west is becom-
ing complicated. The Boer proclanaa
tion of annexation and the claims of a.
, victory at Glencoe are likely to induce
the Dutch to side with their country
men already in the field.
1t is also believed that the Dutch be-
. yond Griquatown are only awaiting en-
couragement to declare for the Trans
, vaal.
r AdVices from Philipstown yesterday
say that the searchlights of the kim
berly defenses were visible there on the
> previous night. and, therefore. Kim
berly is still intact
: Dispatches from Kimberly give de-
r tails of the arrangements made by the
BRUSH Commander, Colonel Keke-
wiche, for the defense of the town. The
meat consumption is limited to a pound
: daily fire bucket brigade has been
: formed. and its members are prohib-
2 lted from Joining in the defense of the
, place, as their services are likely to be
7 otherwise required.
. A dispatch from Masarou. dated Octo-
2 Der 24th, says Commissioner I.agden
7 was to start to meet Lerothodi and
) other Basuto chiefs at Putiatsuz River.
where the chiefs have assembled at the
request of Lerothodi, to pledge loyalty
l to the Queen
: A dispatch from Durham, dated Octo-
I Der I'D, says Information has reached
there from Melmoth. Zululand, that on
Sunday large Boer force was an
preaching. The inhabitants forthwith
entered Fort Maxwell. anticipating an
attack at dawn on Monday
. According to a Brussels dispatch DR..
Leyds. the diplomatic agent of the
Transyaal in Europe, has issued a
!, statement that the Beers have now