The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-11-04
,POVBRFUL'S GUNNERS
Saved British at Ladysmith From q
Far Worse Disaster.
A BR1ToN's REPLY TO oRoNJE.

"IWnl Let You Know When We Hav'
Enough" Said Colonel Baden. Pow
oil, When Asked to Surrender MAZE
king-A Monotonous Bombardment
London, Nov. 4.-There is very littl,
fresh intelligence today. but 1t is be
l;evsd that the Delagoa bay route. 4
not already restored, speedily will be
TINS giving quicker communication
with the cape. The situation Is still
hopeful.
The accounts that continue to arrive
regarding the fighting on Farquhar'i
farm only confirm its serious nature
and the narrow escape General White
had. On this point The Morning Post
remarks:
Nothing tells such a tale Of battle
as the list of the missing. When the
missing exceed the killed 1t is almost
safe to write defeat across the story
because missing means abandonment
or surrender"
It now appears as IL 1t were only the
arrival of the naval contingent from
the Powerful which prevented far
worse disaster 1t seems that, when
1t was geen that retirement was I'M
perative, two Natal cavalrymen vol
unteered to carry a dispatch across the
Boer lines to Major Adye, ordering hil.l
to retire. but the risk was considered
too great, and flag signaling was EN-
ployed instead. The distance was too
great and the ground too rough for
cavalry to go to his assistance.
According to dispatches filed on
Tuesday defensive works were being
constructed on the hills around Lady
smith, and 1t was expected there that
the big naval guns would he mount
ed the following day. The Beers were
threatening TO attack the town in force
on Wednesday and Thursday and the
women children and other non-com-
batants were being sent by train to
the south. Ladysmith is provisioned
for two months.
A dispatch from Colesburg, dated
Nov. ], announces that six police who
were stationed at Colesburg bridge
were surrender and captured. This
is probably the origin of the story that
the Beers had occupied Colesburg.
Paris and Berlin continue to supply
statements of British reverses, the
latest being that Mafeking has fallen.
The special correspondent Of The
Daily Mail at Mafeking, under date
Of Oct. 20, says: General Cronjes
bombardnent of MafekinR was monot-
onous. The Beers fred 81 shells, but
did no harm, the whole town, even the
ladies, laughing at the affair. He
threatens to bring 40-pounder from
Pretoria. Cronie says he is sorry, for
the women's sake. that he shelled the
town, but that it was not playing the
game to send dynamite trucks among
his men. Fifteen hundred of his COM
mand have since departed to the south
ward. Small parties Of our garrison
issue forth nightly aud harrass' the
Boer outposts.. hear that The Daily
Mails correspondent at Lobatsi is a
prisoner in the hands of the Beers.
An Orange River dispatch, delayed
in transmission, says Kimberley Is
still safe, and the wounded are doing
well.
The Times says it has reliable infor-
nation that there have been no
casualties among the British at MAIZE
king since Oct. 10. After the heavy
commandment General Cronje asked
the town to surrender. Colonel Baden
Powell was asleep when the messen-
ger arrived, but, on being Weakened, re"
ceived him Hospitality, and politely re-
piled: II will let you know when
we have had enough"
The Daily Mail publishes the fol-
lowing dispatch from Ladysmith, dated
Wednesday morning: Matters today
are quiet. The Beers are apparently
mounting more heavy guns to the
north and northeast, which are likely
to give US trouble. A Boer contingent
1900 strong and clearly visible from
the camp is streaming away to the
youth. The inhabitants of Ladysmith
continue to leave the town.
The Paris correspondent of The
Daily Mail says: l learn that the
Transvsal and Free State govern
ments, before the war. placed large
orders with the gunmakers at Lee
Crueusett, but that not all the weapons
could be delivered owing to the sud-
denness with which hostilities began.
The guns the Beers are actually using
are Crueusett 72-millimeter quick
fires and l55-millimeter seige and gar
rison guns-ail mounted on light car
riases and adapted in every possible
way for use over muddy roads. They
had two months firing practice under
competent Crueusett agents. If they
could have had another months prac-
tice no European artillerist could have
withstood them.
Lieutenant General Sir Redvers Bull
Ter is still at Cape Town. and it is not
likely that he will leave for few
days.
1t Is rumored that martial law will
shortly be proclaimed In Cape Town.
There is not the slightest indication
there Of Atrikander disloyalty, as re-
ported in the Hayas dispatch from
Paris.