Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-10-13
BOERS INVADE NATAL
Thc Var Between Great Britain and
Tansyaal Is On.
MANY WILD RUM0RS
No Active Ilosiilities Are Reported. bu
Clashes Looked for Every Moment.
all News Tends 10 SHOW
Active Preparations.

London Oct. y. Official ooniirina
tion of the announcement that ths
Orange Frees State burgher- have enter ]
ed Natal by way Of Vaureeuen- i- 20
hand Il leaves no further ronm i''
doubt that sets - war have already h'-''t
committed aud the campaign begun.
News Of the invasion on the northern
border is also generally accepted a. r'-
liable
II seems improbable therefore that a
clash between the forces Of the Britot
and Boer cannot long be delayed. IT M
deed iJ has not occurred already.
Dispatches furnish ample details oi
the situation on the frontier aud enabls
= clearer exposition Of the military
status. II now seems the Beers intend
10 act in two columns with those from
The Transyaal working FROM th'
north. and those from the Orange Fres
State. working from the west, with the
object Of keeping the British. forces At
Ladysmith and Dnndee occupied whllel
parties Of Beers slip past 20 destroy the
bridges along the railway. forming the
, line communication between the British
al Bourbon. Natal. and the advanced
base ~ Rieiermaritsburg and front.
Il j. regarded as possible for the
Beers 10 occupy Estcourt where there
are only 100 naval brigade. and the
news that the Beers are raidiug Zuzu'
land Ia the nsighborhood Of Eshowe is
taken as confirmation ofthis possibility.
A dispatch from Mafeking says Col
Baden-powell has sent strong
British force from Maieking toward the
boidar with field guns and ambulanoes.
with a view OF occupyingan advantage
ous defense on high ground.
Dispatches from Durham. Natal. con.
firms the report that the Orange Free
State authorities have seized Natal
train that loft Lsdysmith for Harm.
smith They also stopped a train leav-
Hmrismith All rolling stock has bseu
ordered down the country out Of reach
OF seizure
OIL Is understood that telegraphic com
munication with The Tuusvaal ceased
st 5o'olock wednesday Afternoon.
/ (Transvall time
Free State burghers according 10 "a
private message received here. have
crossed the Orange river into Cape Col
ony and have occupied Philipstowu
Their object. Il il supposed, Is TO cnt
railway communication az Deaar juno
ton. which Is considered an important
sirategetic point
The imperial reserves Of Natal have
been called out Everybody left Charles
ton on the last train bringing away the
railway staff 10 New Castle. while the
exodus from New Castle also continues
The Fifth dragons have arrived from
India and at once proceeded 10 the front
Information has reached here that the
Beers have mined three piers Of the
bridge at Komati Poort on the Komati
river.
The latest information regarding the
number OF burghors assembled along
the Kimberly border is that they do not
exceed $500. The Beers only have four
field guns A successful attack upon
Kimbely il therefore considered i'm.
possible.
The authorities Of Mafeking are hourly
expecting an attack in which event the
wires between Mafeking and Kimberly
will be- cut and information entirely
shut of.
According 20 dispatch from Cape
Town il il asserted there that the Beers
have arranged with Cuef Linoh.We. a
prominent chief on the northwestern
border. - take up arms against Great
Britain.
Half Of the battery of artillery from
Kimberly has arrived az Mafeking The
police Of outlying stations have been or
dered 20 concentrate within the town
limits No one is allowed to leave boy
either road or train without a specia
permission, which is not granted to any
Ablebodied men. Nearly all Of the
women and children have left Conf
dcnce in their ability to rcpul'e th,
Beers is increasing among the British