New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-14

ny OFFICIAL knowledge OF General Whites position
and resources The experts hope that General
Me'huen VIII be able to await the concentration
VI the whole division before advancing. and thus
nave better chance OF dealing a telling blow
AT Heherai Jouoerts main army. which, II Is as
serted Will be caught between two British
iorces and compelled either to fight a general
action or retire To its stronghold
a Drakensourg dispatch. brought TO Durham by
hainr runners. reporting a severe defeat OF the
Boers at Ladysmith on Thursday and adding
mat the Beers guns were silenced after four
hours or lighting. may turn out TO be correct
In view Of previous experience. II must be re-
ceiVed with caution. 1t appears. however. GER
tain that heavy fighting occurred and that the
lyddite Of the naval guns must have had a dire
enect on the burgher forces il it reached them.
JOUBERT'S DILATORY TACTICS.
belated dispatch from Ladysmth. dated
November G. by way of Estcourt under date OF
November 3, confirms the idea that the tenn
porary cessation OF the Boer bombardnient was
due to General Joubert awaiting the arrival Of
other position guns before tackling the work In
earnest. 1t also says:
Every one is cheerful and confident. We
can show a rigid front for weeks to come
Hitherto the bombardment has done little
damage Yesterday the Beers sent in eight
wounded from Dundee We have been by train
TO the Beers advanced post. The Beers con-
slider their success due to the business of their
cause. They have been guilty Of abusing the
Red Cross flag. News from the South is
scanty number OF guns are in position all
round us. 1t was difficult at first TO locate
them. as they use smOkeless explosives. but a
balloon managed to discover all the positions.
All the news from Kimberley and Mafeking
continues to point to the ability of the places
10 hold out until the plans OF relief now matur-
Ing can be contaminated
Captain the Hon. Douglas Henry Marsham.
reported killed in the dispatches received to-
day from Captain Baden Powell. sent from
Mafeking under date Of October 81. was the
third son Of the Earl Of Romney. Captain c.
A Petchell also mentioned in the same dis
patches as among the killed. had seen consider
able service in India, including Chitral
The stopping Of the French steamer Cordoba
by the British cruiser Magicenue near Lou
renco Marquee, Delagoa Bay. is bound to be
much commented on.
ARRIVAL OF REINFORCEMENT
Advces received here to-day announced
that the British troopship Oriental. with sew
enty-hve officers and 121S men on board. has
arrived at Cape Town. The British transport
Hawarden Castle has sailed from Cape Town
bound for Durham.
The Colonial Office to-day gave out the fol-
lowing extract from a telegram received from
the Governor of Natal
Lieutenant Lethridge. of the Rife Brigade
who was dangerously wounded November at
Ladysmith Lieutenant Nisbet, OF the Glouces-
ter regiment, and the younded prisoners at
Pretoria are reported by refugee TO be doing
well.
The afternoon newspapers. commenting on
Emperor Williams approaching visit TO Eng
land and the improved relations between the
Germany and Great Britain, voices the general
opinion here, saying:
The latter is in a great part due TO the vast
change in the relations between the United
States and Great Britain which precede IT,
and from which Germany has drawn the OBJ
vious deduction that legitimate colonial and
commercial ambitions cannot possibly he full
filed in the face Of the hostility of the two
English speaking peoples.
According to THE St James's Gazette" with
the establishment Of good relations between
London and Washington it became necessary
for Germany TO stand on friendly terms with
both There has been. the paper adds no un-
qualified promise Of future armed support, but
the three countries have decided to live on civil
terms for business reasons.