Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-10

nothing of the enemy. The train guard
met native runner. returning from Lady
smith, who said that a party of Beers had
torn up the line within mile of Colenso
station.
The Beers. he asserted were in great
numbers IN that vicinity. They brought big
guns down from Grabler's kloof Hill. point
ed them on the main roadway, and fired
hVe shots into Colenso, only to ascertain
that 1t had been completely evacuated Then
they entered with five empty wagons which
they hlled with goods from Edwards store
ne tram party went scouting and obtained
relaoie news that Colenso was in posses
sion OF the Beers, and therefore. returned
here. bringing the runner with them.
The Natal Field Artillery. with mounted
escorts. returned to camp at / o'clock this
country
The correspondent Of the Daily Telegraph
at PleteImaritzburg. telegraphing Monday
says: Estcourt. Pietermaritzburg and La
dESnlth are all safe for some time to
come Owing to the fact that Iadysmith
Hes low and the Beers, unluckiIy. having
been permitted to occupy Mount RuIwan
and other surrounding big hills. attempts to
open photographic communication have
proved a failure"
Lord Wolseley. in the course of a speech
last night, announced that orders had been
gwen to mobilize another division for
South Africa, and that the government was
quite prepared to mobilize a second armv
corps. Lord WolseIey said:
Offers of Volunteers
Every day applications are received
from volunteers in all parts of the en1pire
who wish to be sent to the front. am
proud Of the sailors, soldiers and volun-
teers, who are all on guard. We have hard
work before US, for our foe is brave. and
1t Is no mimic warfare in which we are
engaged.
When one reads of the work which orr
In Not 11 Ia,-
lew weeks one must deem them worthy of
lars. rs
We at present have mobilized only one
army corps consisting of 90 900 men of
Whom ~ 900 are already on the wav to the
Cape. Today orders have been sent TO mo-
pllize another division. and If called upon
by the minister to mobilize another ar,,I-
corps we are quite prepared to do so"
Three large steamers have lust been
chartered at Liverpool to convey the IN 600
troops OF the division which Lord WoIseley
announced would be modified. The trans
port Arawa has been further DELAYED nv a
Encouragement of her electrical plant The
disabled Persian will transfer her troops TO
next Tuesday. iip'oh
dispatch from Durham announces that
Prince Victor of Schleswig- -Hoistetn arrived
there on Monday and Immediately procead-
ed up country.
Powerful Siege Train
VII
and Devonport for the mobilization of
train, which, it is supposed, is intended
for the purpose of shelling Pretoria. The
force manning it will approximate to the
strength of eight batteries. and will con-
Sist OF ~ officers and l. 104 men. Its arm
ament will be thirty Howitzers, fourteen
siN,lhch guns, eight five-inch guns and
weighing over 5000 tons This will he The
first employment of a modernized sfeoa
train by any European army, and the
progress OF the reduction of the forts by
iyddite shell fire, preliminary to storm
ing by infantry, will be watched with in
terest and curiosity by all professional sol
dierS.
The Times has the following dispatch
from Lorenzo Marquee, dated Novem-
Der 6:
'Delagca Bay is fun of secret service no.
lice, getting information regarding The
movements of the imperial service froons
The wire between Delagoa Bay and Ere
torla was broken during the hurricane IL
was not cut, as was thought at first
mere Is a Boer contingent of 100 men
near komati Poort. l find women have
been leaving Durham for Pretoria with
news, Passes are too easily granted at
Durham.
Greytown Threatened
Il understand that a contingent from
Coienso is marching toward Greytown
and I hear on the best of English author
~ 'iieiI mas bebn stripped
of guns and men, the police force being
composed of Russian Jews"
The Cape Town correspondent of the
Standard says: The ministerial papers
here are giving currency to infamous
charges Of British cruelty to prisoners and
the treacherous of the white flag. 1t
is asserted that the British have bound
prisoners to the wheels of Maxim guns and
dragged them along'
From Port Elizabeth comes the intelli-
gence that the custom officials there have
seized a bale of new flags consigned to
the Free State, consisting of Orange Free
State colors, with the Netherlands flag in
the corner.
At Constantinople it is rumored that
Lord Cromer British diplomatic agent in
Egypt, has received instructions to ar
range with the Egyptian cabinet for the
dispatch of 5000 Egyptian troops to the
Transvaal, but the report is discredited
here