The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-09
THE QUEEN rs HOPEPUEA
Thinks White VIII Be Able to Hold 08t
ut Ladysmith-Estcourt
Reinforced.

helnIOrceU.
LONDON, Nov. CIT is hoped General
White can keep the British flag flying
over Ladysmith until he is relieved
The feeling of relief inspired by the
recent good tidings is tinged by Il GER
tain anxiety lest General White should
again make some fatal miscalculatiom
involving a repetition of the Nicholson :
Mex disaster Her majesty does noc
share this anxiety, and apparently Is
sanguine of his ability to pull through
successl uliY. 1t is asserted that she has
written to Lady White expressing sym
pathy with her husband III the TIL. j.,
and difficulties lie is Row ex leriencing.
and assuring lady White OF her 0wa
undlmlHlshCd confidence IN Us genera
snip. The purport OF TINS letter Il >
been cabled to General White by ,ne
Marquis OF Lansdowne
Interesting news is a dispatch f:0n
Estcourt Announcing the departure . a
strong force or mounted troops and ar
tlllery for destination not given i'll ,Ae
adVlceS. Another message annoul. Us
the arrival at Estcourt and Pleternar.
ltzburg, within the last few days, OF le-
Inducements from Durham, and that
5000 troops are assembled ready for an
advance to Colenso when the opportu-
nifty arrives.
The latter dispatch throws light upon
the former, and the force which lu4t
Estcourt Monday has doubtless reocGu
pied Colenso, and possibly is now ..u-
vanclng cautiously up the railroad g.
ward Ladysmith. General WHITES
sortle Friday, almost to the banks Of 81.
Tugela river, encouraging its co..
mander i'll the hope of joining ha.,.,
with him.
General Joubert, the latest adv.e,
would indicate, drew in his horns aIt.r
fridays engagement and has 5 II e
Withdrawn the southern Boer cont.n-
gents, leaving only Outposts on the I,A
from Ladysmith to Colenso. The Bic
who occupied Colenso about the mldu.u
OF last week retired without damagiu.
Bulwer bridge over the Tugela river o
the railroad as far north as the will .A.
of Nelthorpe, seven miles south of Lac y
smith.
Evidently they nurse hope of eve.i.-
ually utilizing both in their descent q
Pietermaritzburg. Meanwhile the LII
lsh are able to use both, as they haNs,
already done, in running up an armor, ,
train which may at the present monet
be covering the advance of the Estcou.
force.
At Estcourt and Pietermaritzburg the,
defensive works have been greaDr
strengthened within the last few daya.
and they are now believed capable o.
holding their own against any Boer
force which General Joubert would at
the present juncture risk sending
against either town. Both are likely 10
be strengthened before the week is out
by further naval force, and even by
the first detachment CT General Buffers
army corps.
1t is possible that dispatch boats have
been sent to meet the troopships, with
instructions to proceed direct tie Durham,
and i'll that event the war office state
ment that not one has arrived at Cape
Town would be literally correct, even
though several should be half way be-
tween Cape Town and Durham.
The situation looks brighter at MAIZE
king, where the Beers are apparently
disheartened at the unexpected resist
ance, large body of their forces having
been detached to the south to assist in
the investment of Kimberley, around
which the Gordon is drawing tighter
Evidently the Beers intend to make u
concentrated effort to capture Kimber-
ley and their arch enemy, Cecil Rhodes
The reported departure of Boer con
tingent from Pretoria, with German
artillery gunners, moving in a southerly
direction, is taken to mean cooperation
in the invasion OF the northern portions
of Cape Colony.