The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-02
BRITISH COMMANDER OF FORCES
IN TRANSVAAL SAID TO HAVE
GONE TO LADYsMITvH
DELAGOA CABLE is NOT WORKING
E'OH THAT REASON LITTLE rS
KNOWN OF THE FATE OF THE
BELEAGUERED BRITONs
HUssARs HAVE A CLOSE CALI

FIND Themselves Confronted by an
overwhelming Force of Beers,
but Fight Their Wav ONT UU,+n
Only One Man Wounded - Queen
sympathizes With Gen. WHIT
hlundeF Treated DispassionateIy.
LONDON, Nov. 2.-The break down OF
the Delagoa cable route, combined with
the monopolization of the available te1e,
sraph lines by the government and Prtt.
lsh stan officers, is responsible for the
1act that nothing has arrived from South
AIrlca' The government has received
dispatches rectifying the casualty lists.
Ihese VIII be published today.
Up 20 midnight nothing had baAn ra.
ceived of Mondays casualties. The war
office officials are working under great
strain. Capt. Perrot, staff corresponden+
to the military secretary, has lust died
his end being hastened by anxiety and
overw-ork.
An unconfrmed statement is pub ished
that Cen Sir Redvers Butler has left
Cape Town for Ladysmith
A beleted dispatch from I-adysrnitb.
describing Mondays fight says:
"A couple Of squadrOns of hussars had
narrow escape from disaster earlv in
the day. They found themselves sud.
denly confronted, within easy range. bv
an overwhelming force of Beers, who
seemed to spring from the bowels of thA
earth. Tne hussars We're splendidly hans
dled and We're eXtricated with only onA
man wounded"
The queen is credited with sims
sincere pity for Sir George Stewart
White, and the officials are in nowtse
inclined to Judge him harshly. So far aa
the public is concerned, however, while
qualification is felt at the manner In
which the isolated battalions surren.
dered, there is still severe criticism for
Gen. White and Lieut.. Col Carleton, for
allowing the column to get out of touch.
for the absence of proper scouting. ana
for not retiring when The ammunition
was lost. In favor of Lieut.. Col. Carleton
the explanation Is hazarded that he be-
heved it imperative to the success Of
Gen. whites operations that he should
hold the position at Nicholsons Mex,
PRESS COMMENTS
The Morning Post comments sadly lpon
British contempt for the enemy. as
shown by the belief that the large BoAr
force at Acton Homes could be hold IN
check by Col. Holmes small column. "A
points out that even If the British there
had been supplied with ammunition thov
could only have held out a few hours
longer, 1nasmuch as they wera in the
most complete sense detached. and no.
body, apparently, at Ladysmith, had any
idea of their destination or took any
means to cover them.
THE column is sacrificed" saws +bA
Morning Post because it was sent into
action gagged and blindfolded. It had
neither scout nor patrol Twelve hun.
dred men were thrown away for lack of
cavalry which would not have been
missed from another part of the field"
Inc standard, which comments In SIM
Har terms upon the fact that Gen.
White made no effort to extricate the
column from the impossible situation into
which he had thrust it, draws sad pic
ture OF the men hoping for relief and
then realizing with bitterness of heart
that some one had blundered. that thew
mad been forgotten by their general and
MS stan, and that nothing was left but
surrender and imprisonment at Pretoria
NANiA NIIC cru VI the war.
The Daily Chronicle saws:
1t is evident that somebody b,underad
put more details are required before the
blame can be apportioned."
The Times says:
The dangers of Sir George Whites
plans are patent, even to civilians. but
1t Is not impossible that the Cane bovs
IN charge of the mountain battery. who
quite recently were suspected of dis
anection, may have been tampered with
by the Beers. Otherwise, such 2 Isrga
and comprehensive stampede is a very
extraordinary occurrence from such \
slight cause. Gen. Whites whole move
Inent, SO far as 1t can be understood
from present information, IS ore1 to
criticism, especially in the complete ah-
sence OF communication with the main
body -''''1''
The morning papers comment wi sat-
1sracuon upon Canada's suggestion re-
safdlng the sending of q second con-
tlngent TO South Africa
SOME OF THE WRECK SAVED
LONDON, Nov "A special d:s,atob
from Pietermaritzburg, Natal. dated
tuesday morning, says:
Stragglers from the Gloucestershira
regiment are arriving at Ladysrnith. a
number Of mules with a porticn of the
faiY hof