The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-21

Wounded Beers and Prisoners
Plans of Gen. JOubert Changed
to Meet Advance of British.
ESTCOURT, Natal. Nov 2O-Maj. Re
thuen's patrol have located the enemy on
the hills about ten miles north. The
Beers would not be drawn.
Fighting is reported at the Mooi river.
The Beers are doing more looting than
fighting and all their parties south of
Ladysmith are foraging on the farms
Advices from Ladysmith tell of brilliant
British victories, with comparatively
slight loss and heavy slaughter of the
enemy. Ladysmith is full of wounded
and captured Beers. 1t is reported that
in the fighting of Nov. 9 the enemy lost
800 killed and 500 captured.
The Beers are trying hard to influence
and consolidate the Natal Kaffirs.
BOER INVASION CONTINUES.
LONDON, Nov 2-The reports of
heavy fighting at Ladysmith last Wednes-
day have not been confirmed On the
contrary, the most reliable advices from
Estcourt indicate that there was nothing
more than desultory cannonade. Prob
ably the rumor of a serious engagement
grew from the fact that the Beers threw
a few harmless shells late Tuesday night
leading to the supposition that an attack
was imminent. Nothing, however, hap
pened Wednesday. Beyond the fact that
the. Beers are daily receiving fresh rein
forcements and supplies, there is prac-
tically nothing new from the front
The Boer invasion of Cape Colony con-
tinues steadily and rapidly. There are
1900 Beers at Colesburg, and news has
reached East London that Ladygrey, near
Aiwal North, has been deserted by the
British and is now in the hands of the
enemy
a Pretoria dispatch announces the ar
rival there among British prisoners of
Maj. Haldane, Lieut.. Brouchie and Lieut.
Hallowel. 1t also declares that the Brit
ish on Monday made two Unsucce ssful at
tempts to oust the Rustenburg commando
from a position near Mafeking, and that
severe fighting took place.
From Delagoa bay come reports of the
arrival Of more German officers and ar
tillerymen, who have volunteered to serve
with the Transvaal force.
ALL NEWS ALIKE.
Inc war once Seml-ofhtcally reports
that all news from the seat of war, from
whatever source, is treated alike
1t is reported that additional forces
have been ordered from India to the
Cape.
The Plan of operation on both sides is
slowly unfolding Itself. Gen. Joubert is
moving south to prevent, if possible, the
junction Of the British relief column and
the force lad
other frontier the Beers are believed to
be concentrating at DOnkerpoort to op-
pose the advance of Gen. Butler 1t is
known that 5000 Beers are massed at
Donkerpoort. 1t is believed the British
forces are advancing in three columns.
one to the relief of Ladysmith. from
Orange River to Kimberley, and from
East London, by way of Queenstown, to
Burghersdorp.
Gen. Butler has wired the commanding
officer at Queenstown, announcing the dis
patch of Gen. Gaterie, with the First bat
talon of the Seventh brigade to East
London. This is the place from which
1t was originally intended Gen Gaterie
should start 1t is possible that Gen. Bull
lers first plans have suffered less modi-
hcation than some have supposed Gen
Gaterie Will be able to keep the Beers
on the Orange border sufficiently occu-
pied to preserve Gen. Methuen from undue
molestation, especially if rumors from
various sources are well founded that the
the Free State burghers are in no Way
enthusiastic for fighting.
GEN. BULLER's BASE.
It is expected that Gen. Butler will
take up his quarters at De Aar, but this
seems doubtful. De Aar, where a vast
amount of stores have been collected. is
the base for Gen. Metheun's advance
and Gen. Butler may have been there
for a day or so. It is believed however.
that he still has his HEADQUARTERS at Cane
Town. Although Kimberley is supposed
to be the objective of Gen. Metheun,
many military critics are of the opinion
1t Will not be toward Kimberley but
across the Orange Free State, in order to
secure complete command of the Orange
river.
The debarkation of troops at Cape
Town is proceeding IN the most satisfac-
tory manner One thousand eight hun
dred and fifty railway carriages have
been collected there for the conveyance
of troops northward. and there IS talk of
suspending the suburban traffic so as to
accelerate military work
The Daily Chronicle in its "war diary"
says this morning:
Hitherto we have hesitated to sneak
Of the quality of the timed meat sup
piled to our troops much of which has
had to be thrown overheard. But we
have made inquiries in quarters not like
ly TO be influenced by mere rumoTs and
we find there suspicious that some of the
meat supplied to the government for use
on British transports was meat which
had been rejected by the United States
during the hOstilities in Cuba, where it
was picturesquely known as 'einbaImed
beef and relabeled with the mark of
the current year. Whatever blunder
there may have been must be laid, not
at the door of the war office, but at the
door of the admiralty, which has uEder-
taken to feed the troops. Not a single
complaint has come to hand regarding
the quality of the war office stores"
YOUNG CHURCHILL'S PERIL
strict Interpretation of an adherence
to the laws of war would justify the
Beers in hanging or shooting Lieut.
Winston Churchill.
AS correspondent of the London Daily
Post, he is technically a non-combatant
and as such is debarred from bearing
arms. He did bear arms against the
Beers.
While his acts were brave and dariny.
they were very rash. Though it is hardly
expected that Gen. Joubert will inf1ict the