The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-10-20
MASSlNClN FORCE
The Beers Cut the Railway at
Belmont and Are Erecting
Fortified EarthWOrks.
KIMBERLEY IS IN A STATE OF SIEGE.
The Town Is Isolated, Both Railway
and Telegraphic Communication
Having Been Cut Off.
Firing Heard in the Direction of Kimbe riley
A Force Under Commandant Niljoen,
From spitzNep, Occupied New
castle saturday Afternoon.

NAPE IOWN, OcI. II'-f BHLlnp Is go
ing on south of Kimberly. 1t is re-
ported to be at Spyl, on the railroad,
few miles to the south.
DURHAM, Natal, Oct. lit is Off
cially announced that the flag of the
Transvaal is flying over CharIestown,
which has been occupied by the Boers.
CAPE Town, Oct. 17-Latest adv Cos
from the front contain no news of a.
tual engagements between the Beers
and British, although reports Show
general advance of the Beers. The
van of the Boer invading column N
Natal, $500 men, with 16 guns has
reached Dannhauser Is miles nortl-
east of Dundee and 10 miles from Glen
coe. The British are strongly fortit d
at both Dundee and Glencoe. Lady
smith is 40 miles to the south. 1t S
thought the Beers intend to isolate
Dundee from Ladysmith.
The main body of the Beers has
reached Ingagani Station, 10 mil S
south of Newcastle. An attack on
Dundee may take p ace Monday or
Tuesday.
LONDON, Oct. 17.-The Daily Nails
Cape Town correspondent, telegraph
ing Sunday evening, says: kimberley
is besieged and the Beers are massing
in force. No details, however, are OBJ
tainable. The Beers have cut the rail
way at Belmont, have seized the spy
fontein railway station and construct
ed fortified earthworks. There are
strong defending forces at Modder
bridge and the Orange river bridge.
The object of these energetic opcr-
ations is believed to be the capture of
Cecil Rhodes. Kimberley is now isolat-
ed, both railway and telegraphic com
munication being cut"
The Daily Mails Glencoe camp cor
respondent under date of sunday says:
"A force under Commandant Viljoen,
from Spitzkep, occupied Newcastle
| Saturday afternoon, and it is reported
planted their flag over the town hall.
1T is rumored that the Beers have
captured police patrol OF six men at
De Jagers Drift on the Buffalo river
Gen. Joubert is believed to be a
Laings Mex which he is terrifying.
CAPE Town, Oct. 17.-The Moddel
river station master reports that firing
has been heard in the direction o
Kimberley, and the station master a
Belmont telegraphs that a force o
Beers is advancing southwark.
Flowerdew, the engine driver o
Capt Nesbitt's train, which was de
rallied and bombarded by the Beers
stated that if the train had returne,
when warning was received that tn
Beers held the line it could easily hav
made its way back to Maribogo, bu
Capt. Nesbitt insisted upon an endeay
or being made to reach Mafekinr.
"When the pilot engine was derai
ed" said Flowerdew, tive spent a hal
hour trying to replace 1t on the TRACK
Then the Beers commenced firing, an
several men wero wounded. The fiji
ing was kept up all night but withou
effect The Beers were careful to cor
centrate their fire upon the engines S
as to save the armored carriage an
ammunition trucks. Al dawn the
commenced to lombard the cars.
escaped by crawling a mile and ha
on my belly in the sand. When bot
engines were. destroyed Capt. Nesbi
exhibited flags of truce but the Boel
continued their firing for another qua
ter OF an hour.
There is no doupt that all the otl
ers on the train are prisoners, and tn;
the carriage and the ammunition il
2 tact fell into the hands of the Beers
, There is an unconfirmed rumor thi
: the imperial forces intercepted bod
Of Transvaal Beers who were attemp
e ing TO join the Boer forces at Modd,
: river, and that heavy engagemeI
+. orcurred at spyfontein station, sout
Of Kimberley.
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