The Portland daily press., 1899-11-14

are very we'll treated and - have heard,
are the met.
There has bssn no unplsasautness 81
Pretoria. The officers are In q school
building and are allowed 70 walk ~ they
please In the grounds. The surrender In
my judgment was . great biundsr caused
bya Misunderstanding. Major Adve
wss much put out The white nag was
not hoistsd BY the Irish fusiiiers.
THE BoERs REITERATED.
Estoours, Natal, Thursday evening,
November o.-An asmorsd train company
Of the Royal Dublin fusilisrs started at
half pest one shis aftsrnoon and reached
The break In the railway line, about half
. mile from Colsnso. without incident.
Captain Hsnslsy, with several men,
rsoonnoitersd and met . native who said
ths Beers wers occupying the town.
whibs the conversation vas in proGrss4
the Beers opened fire from Fort wyhs but
did NO injury. Captain Bsnslsy thsrsup-
on retired on the train altar the fusiiisrs
voileysd ON ths fort. AZ there was no ~
sponss the presumption was that the
Beers bad retreatsd. The armored train
returned here safely ut six o'clock.
Captain Hensley learned from the
native that ths offers were numerous on
the Lady smith side Of Colonso. During
the afternoon, there was eessstion Of
the bombardment Of Ladysmith. A
heliograph was working from Fort Wyiie.
DISPATCHES FROM GEN. BULLER.
London, November lathe war ofiios
this morning publishes ths following
despatch received from Gen. Butler:
Cape Town, Sunday, November a.
(Night)-Ths following reports have been
received from Col. Baden Powell:
"Aafsking, Monday, October 30 All
we'll here. Enemy apparently shy Of at
lacking. Now olosins to invest ua Are
today destroy Ing railway two miles
with dynamite. sheilins continued. Do
ing very little harm.
"Tuesday, Ootober 8i-Enemy attempt
ed assault today on Canon Kopje and
south corner Of town. Attack most
brilliant, Notwithstanding bot shsl
nred by British South Africa police un-
der walford. Enemy lost heavily. Our
casualties i've killed and five wounded.
The killed are; Captains Hon. d. II.
Marshall. Fourth Bedfordshire; q. A..
Petchsii, Third Kings rifles; . sergeant
major and two troopers. Wounded:
Five non-commissionsd officers and
troopers. All British South African po-
lice.
"Cape Town, Sunday, November Ia
The following Is from Nicholson;
"Bulawayo. Sunday, November 6-The
following is from Baien Powell:
Matching, Wednesday. October a5.-
All well here. Ensmy still Smelling. We
made suocss sful night attacks on his
advanced trenches last night, getting In
with bayonyt. Our losa, elk men OF tbs
protectotats regiment killed. nine wound
cd including Capt. Bitz Clarence. Third
Royal FusiIisrs and Lieut. Swinton.
Ensmy's loss unknown, but consider
able. Enemy hsvs vacated Synal hill
and laAgersd two miles northeast Of the
town and two miles southeast :
BOERS MUST STRIKE sOON.
London, November 13-The simultane-
ous attack on Ladysmith, Mafeking and
Kimberley, which was opened Thursday
manifests full recognition By the Beers
of the fact that every day lessons their
oh ance Of successful ons' s'ausht on any OF
the three British strongholds.
Gen. Joubsrt's chances OF reaching
P,etermaritsburg can be said to have
vanished.
Nearly 5000 troops reached South
Africa during the last As hours, and by
the end of the week from 5000 to 1000
more will be added to the British
strength In Natal. These win probably
be pushed forward to Estoou:t, bringing
the British force there up to 10. 900 men.
THE BoERS DEFEATED.
London, November IA special de-
spatoh from Durham. Natal, dated ThGrs-
day. November o, (evening), says:
Native runners who have Just arrived
hers from the Drakensburg district, re-
port that the Beers suffered severe de-
feat at Lady smith this morning. The
Boer guns were silenoed after four hours
lighting, during which the poer losses
we're heavy. No details have been re-
ceived-"
PIGKoN FROM LADYSMI III.
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