The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-07
BOER LOSS HEAVY
Continued From, First pnre.


Methune's division. composed of guards
and British brigades, to the immediate
assistance of Natal. In the use of that
division diversion may be intended on
some or the stores of the Third division,
which are in the handiest position to be
forwarded.
reports that Rosemead and Nauwu
Foort are also to be evacuated seem to
corrooorate the idea that Gen Buffers
hrst business Will be to relieve Sir George
Stewart White
1t 1s believed that the Orange Free
state commanders now have 1000 men
concentrated against Kimberley and on
the Free State southern frontier. OPP
posed to them lare only 1000 British
troops. The towns which lie open to their
attacks are Alfwal North. Burghersdorp.
Steinberg, Parkly and Moelton.
LADYSMITH ISOLATED.
dispatch from Pietermaritzburg, dat
ed Friday, reports that railway communi-
cation with Ladysmith is severed, the
Beers having effected a Judgement at
Notthorpe, south of Ladysnith about sew
en- miles. e-cr
Among those invested at I.adysmith are
Col Rhodes, brother of Cecil Rhodes; Sir
John Willoughby, and It is believed, DR..
Jameson, as we'll as most of the press
correspondents and probably the Earl OF
Ava, son Of the Marquis of Dufferin and
Ava.
All the Cape railways are now in the
hands of the military. Five thousand
tons of supplies were seized on board the
steamer Maria at Durham. consigned to
Delagoa bay for the Transvaal.
Twenty missionaries have arrived at
Durham from Swaziland after many mar
| row escapes.
1t Is learned from Boer sources that the
| big gun with which Gen. Cronje had
! hoped to demolish Mafeking is not sue
cess. 1t is believed to be Schneider
Kanut gun, weighing, with carriage,
| about forty tons. The rebound is so ire
| mendous as to throw the gun out of gear
| every time it is fired. After trying the
| gun the Beers gave 1t up
The Morning Post learns from Maseru,
| Basutoland, that the Boer attempt to
incite the natives against the British has
| failed.
1t is understood when commissioners ar
range terms of peace Natal will demand
| territory which, besides recompensing the
| colony for loss sustained, will place 1t in
a position less open to attack in future
There are renewed rumors Of another
engagement at Elandslaagte, with severe
/ Boer losses.
It is reported from Cairo that the Ger
| man steamer Zanzibar arrived at Port
| Said without passengers, and that, hav-
ing embarked thirty there, she sailed,
| followed and watched by the British
cruiser Fearless
BRITONS BREATHE FREER.
An immense weight was lifted from
the public mind by q brief official dis
patch, published this morning, by which
| the continental stories of disaster at
| Ladysmtth were proved to be false, al
though the dispatch itself revived the
! anxiety of the more timid in another di-
| rection, as 1t indicated that Gen. White,
| instead Of sitting tight and acting wholly
| on the defensive, as 1t Is held in many
| quarters he ought to dc, persists in making
| sorties and risking another Nicholson s
| Mex disaster. Generally, however, the
| CHEEKY tone Of the dispatch, showing that
| there is no anxiety at Isadysmith, as re-
! CARDS the ability Of the beleaguered gar
rison to hold Its own, has had an excellent
| effect on the country.
From the fact that Gen. White is able
| to take the offensive and shell a Boer
| camp, 1t seems that Ladysmith Is not so
closely besieged as was supposed. Not
! much Importance, however, is attached
| to the Smelling Of the Boer lager, as the
war office has no confirmation of the
| story that the Orange Free Staters' camp
| at Bester's has been captured. Were this
| true, 1T might have considerable effect on
| the future attitude of the Orange Free
! State, which is not so Giifecciy concerned
in the conflict as the TransvaaI
The movement of Beers into Cape Col
ony IS beginning to awaken British fear
tina! they have greatly under estimated
the forces they will have to meet, and
! that even Gen. Buffers task may not be
| so easy as anticipated. It Is becoming
apparent that the British calculations
| based on the loyalty Of population are
! hopelessly at sea, or there has been a
! very serious leakage of Dutch sympa-
| thiZers from Natal and Cape Colony
! Otherwise, there is no accounting for the
large force of burghers reported from all
! directions. The war Office, consequently,
| Is being urged to have more troops in
readiness for all possible demands.
REPORT FROM BUTLER.
The war Office issued the following at
| HOS last night:
Butler, to the Secretary of State for
| War: Cape Town, Nov. s, $40 D. NJ
| The commandment at Durham sends the
| following received from Ladysmith by
| pigeon post, dated Nov. g.:
Yesterday Gen. French went out with
cavalry and field artillery and effectively
sheled the Boer lager without loss on
our side. Lieut. Egerton, of the Pow
| erful, Is dead. Gen. Joubert sent In Mai.
Kincaid, of the Royal irish fusi1eers, and
nine wounded prisoners. Eight Beers
We're sent out in exchange, no others be-
! ing fit to travel
Beers FIRE THE VELDT.
The Daily Mail publishes the following
dispatch dated kimberley, Wednesday,
via Cape Town, Saturday:
I 'This morning the Beers fred the veldt
| at Bromberg, seven miles from Kimber-
ley and the flames set on fire the smaller
| Of two magazines, exploding them with
terrible force. Fortunately no one was
injured. The veldt is still burning, and
it is feared the larger magazine, where
there are 200 tons of dynamite, will be
| exploded"
DEFENSE OF PIETERMARITZBUR
PIETERMARITZBUR Nov s.-The
governor Of this place, replying today to
! deputation from the town council, which
called upon him to make inquiries regard
ing the defense of the city, said that
everything possible would be DONE It was
decided to form an emergency mounted
corps, composed Of gentlemen residing in
the district. They will make a serviceable
body Of men, and will supply their own
horses and equipment. An ambulance
corps is also being formed.