Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-10-27
Lord Woolseley Convicted of Ed.
iting War Bulletins For
the Public.
Real State of Affairs Differs Con.
siderably From the Official
Statements.
Tho Great Percentage of the Cor
don Highlanders Put Out Of
Service.

Service.
LONDON, Oct. 26.-The commander.
in-chief Field Marshal Lord Wolseley
has apparently been now convicted Of
''doctoring" official reports from tho
front and there is strenuous demand
on all sides for reversion to the earlier
practice, when the reports Of General
Sir Stewart White, the British COM
mander in Natal, were given out textu-
ally as soon as received. The comman-
der-in-chief's summary read in the
house of commons Tuesday spoke of
General White having fought sue
cessful action, whereas General Whites
own account put an entirely different
complexion on the situation and reduces
the movement to its proper proportions
and shows that further exciting intelli.
gence may be expected from the same
quarter at any moment.
War Has Only Begun.
It is quite evident that the war in
Natal has only commenced and that the
Beers are by no means discouraged at
losing the first two battles, and many
experts are satisfied General Joubert il
even now close to the heels of the Brit
ish and that decisive action may be
fought within day or two.
The main fact that the British were
forced to evacuate the Natal triangle,
which the Beers, naturally, rightly
claim as conspicuous success, and
which they may even emphasize by
proclamation annexing Northern Natal,
is proving an unpalatable pill to the
public, whose appetite has been whetted
by the previous success which had been
assumed to be greater than they were
really, as the determination and gal
1antry of the Beers enabled them to
quickly reorganize and achieve desired
objects by other methods.
Boer Eyssieht still Good.
Later estimates Of the Boer losses at
Elandslaagte give 500 killed. Their
GOODNESS, bravery and good aim can be
judged from the fact that out Of II or
18 officers with the battalion Of Cor
don highlanders, were killed and l2
wounded, while the casualties among
the rank and file were 27 per cent dur
ing less than three hours fighting.
Lieutenant Campbell of the Gordon
Highlanders has since died from his
wounds.
A dispatch from Cape Town says that
General White has engaged the Orange
Free State Beers, who were advancing
on Ladysmith, about seven miles north.
ward and that it was believed the ad.
vace had been repelled. This is practi.
cally another version of Tuesdays fight
ing, as already known.
General White has officially notified
the war Office that the bullet had been
extracted from General Symons' wound
and that he was doing we'll.
Other dispatches from Cape Town
say that advices from Mafeking con.
firm the statement that 90 Beers were
killed by the explosion Of two trucks Of
dynamite. purposely sent out by Col.
onel Baden-Powell to draw the Boer
fire.
The offer of General Cronje, the Boer
commander in the vicinity Of Mafeking,
to Colonel Baden.P Powell, to exchange
prisoners referred to Captain Nesbitt
and others of the armored train wrecked
at Kraaipan.
Complications in the West.
Some significance 10 attached at Cape
Town to the proclamation issued at
Pretoria by the Transvaal government,
with the view to safeguard railroad
property.
The situation in the West is becom-
ing complicated. The Boer proclama-
tions Of annexation and tho claims Of
victory at Glencoe are likely to induce
the Dutch to side with their country.
men already in the field. It 10 said, for
instance, that the Boer forces have
evacuated Vryburg, which, it il added,
will be garrisoned by the local Dutch,
among whom are prominent Bundites
and government employees.
It is also believed that the Dutch be.
yond Griquatown are only awaiting en-.
couragement to declare for the Trans
vaal.
Bosr Forces Number 400. 900.
According to q Brussels dispatch, Dr..
Leyds, the diplomatic agent Of the
Transvasl in Europe, has issued q state.
ment that the Beers have now nearly
100, 900 men In the field, made up 20
follows:
Boer regulars $1,000, artillery 1850,
,aaaiaa 1.A7o: ORANGE Free State troops.