Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-17
clearing the line. 20 enabIs the engine

clearing the line, 70 enable the engine
tender TO pass.
Later details show that heavy rain
and mist compelled cessation OF firing.
Lieutenant. Churchill bravely carried the
wounded 20 the tender under fire. Wine
tho Beers were destroying tho train their
scouts pushed I'm and exchanged shots
with the British pickets few miles from
EstcOurt 1t appears that tho Boers were
In ambush. As soon az the train had
passed up they emerged from cover and
dislodged tho sleeper bolts"
ALL WELL AT LADYsMITH.
LONDON. November ia dispatch
from Pietermaritzburg says a letter has
been received there from Peter Lloyd,
Commissioner OF Agriculture. dated Lady
smith, November 9Th, stating that all
was well at that time. The lombard
ment continued. but the residents kept
In caves during the daytime.
RED CROSS TRAIN RETURNS.
ESTCOURT. NATAL. Wednesday. No
vcmber l5.--s.30 y. Nat o'clock this
evening. the Red Cross train returned
Or. Bristoe reported that on meeting the
Beers patrol he was halted and asked
what he wanted. He replied that he had
come. with the train. to remove the kill
ed and wounded The Beers told him 10
make his request In writing. and Or. Bris-
toe compiled. After waiting for two
hours another Boer came and informed
Dr. Brist0e that. as General JOubert was
very far away, no answer % the request
could be- furnished until tomorrow morn
ing. The B0er said that II Or. BristOe
would then return with a white flag ne
could count upon a reply from General
Joubert. Dr Brlstoe inquired whether
there were many wounded. The Boer de-
clined 20 give any Information regarding
Lieutenant Winston Churchill.
II has raiued all day ANA is still rain
ing.
MIDNIGHT BOMBARDMENT
LOURENzO MARQUES. DELAGOA
BAY. November ia local newspaper
reports that Ladysmith was subjected 20
% very heavy bombardment an day Tues
| day. and that at midnight al the cannon
| ON the hills surrounding the town opened
tire simultaneously pouring shells from
! dli parts of The compass. Several build
| .ugs took fire the newspaper asserts. and
| could De seen from Bulawayo Hill.
THE ARMCRED TRAIN INFATUA-
TlCN.
! LONDON. November rs A. M.-Mis-
/ fortune steadfdstly pursuea the British
! employment UI diluHIrN Ildui~s the ldr-
! cin8tion for which has given the Boer
| their first and latest victories. The Bri-
J d.h seemed to havo walked into a delibe-
| rate trap. with tho result that. according
| 90 tho best accounts. ninety men are
either killed. wounded. or missing OF
| these the Fusileers claim fifty and the
! Durham INFANTRY forty
IL ig believed that few escaped. and
! that Tie others are prisoners in ,ne hand.
Of The Beers. Many OF the wounded were
brough. back or tho locomotive and ten
dor of the afmoreG train Captain Hal
sane. of the Gordon Highlanders, was at
| t4ched TO the Fusileers. and other officers
were with them. Tho list or casualties
! d. awaited with great anxiety. I'm time
of trouble Lieutenant Winston Churchill
! ha. proved himself moro soldier than q
| correspondent and his gallanlry Is high
/ rs praised on all sides.
JOCBERT RTMOR DISTRIBUTED
The rumor of tho death Of General Jou
| lart lis discredited. IL Is understood that
| tn. War Ollie, has news THAI ne is still
| directing affairs. IT. Is also rumor2d from
| piotermaritzburg that the Boer losses ai
| Iadvsmith on Thursday wero heavy, arc
! included General Lucas Meyer, who was
! either killed or wounded.
The report as 10 General Joubert prob
ably arose from the fact that his wife has
! left the Bocr camp at Ladysmith Tor the
| Free state.