Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-01
BLOW. FOR BRITISH !
BoERs CAPTURE TWO nEGrMEsTs
AVID A narTERy. :: o
ANOTHER Bai,ILE psOtespIEs..
son'e SHELLS Failing In ,nays,bfih-
q sRcbtor~e,nents to tYes flushed.
e fson, lShaiaud-sccon.i ArIsy Iorps'
MIX he Called out. t.s ls.f 4

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Z IrhtS be Called oui. ~ 4
Z .3tq.SFg]N, 0c,obnr 81 -,rha war Ofico
IL reeisye'l the folo~ih. d:eplfrh nom
t$.Maal Wine commaa.'.a, the British
.forces At Lsaysmith: 7.
"Latiysmth October 30.zI0.s5 J.. Nj
have 20 report a Disaster 70 the column
Sent by me 20 take a position. ON a Hill is
guard the left. flank ~ the troops. In
these operations to-day the Royal Irish
Fusileers, No. 10. Mountain Battery, and
the Worcestershire Regiment were sur
rounded in the hills. and after losing
heavily had 10 cspimlate The casualties
have not yet been ascertained.
a man OF the Fuslleers, employed as
a hospital orderly, came in under a flag
OF truce with a letter from the survivors
Of the column. who asked for assistance
10 bury the dead fear there Is no doubt
Of the truth Of the report
TAKES BLAME on HIMSELF
81 formed a plan, in the carrying out Of
which the disaster occurred, and 1 am
alone responsible for the plan. There Is
no blame whatever 10 the troops, as the
position was lmtenable."
General White, in Subsequent dis
patch. gives the names of the officers
talxm prisoners. They number furty-two
officers Of whom five were wounded.
st the government Offices no effort was
made to conceal the feeling % d.smay
osllsed by the RECENT of tue news from
General White. one of them sal1 to the
representative Of The Associated Press.
1T IS ineXpsicabie aad j am sorry 20 say
that it's moTd eject S inestfmab.e. We
have lost he,tVily IN many wars. ana have
had regiments almost wiped OUT, but 20
have regiments captured, and by the
Boersl IT Is terrible"
ZEAL. OF YOIrNs oFFIcEfts
IN offcial Of The War Ofllac an 20 The
represeutatice OF the Aysntiated FIRES
o,rGls disaster l. more Rely fp 10 rh9
craze Of our yUInssr officers 70 q8nn-
ellish Themselves. obtain men9aH "a me
disirrfehee. and cam tise Nietp1a cross
Than 80 the faiIlt Of That 7pisntil8 iHsisril
veteran. General White IN spit ~ MS
aVowal.'
The war Ofjcr has sent the fon0Nlng
dispatch 10 cirnerm Butter;
.'rhrap ezra hattalions Of foot and orc
mountain battery With re- rFts VIII
leave Tngiah duriog thc eo1f@s OF -"
days 10 Inakt gn9d fbe caenalfif'@
BunRt sl,FFER sF.FEeELT
r.oND0N. October ia special dis
n,tob rran Taayrrnfh says the Beers sal 2
ferad severely during tHr ene3@enief /.
some persons estimating heir loss az ~
10 dat killed am wounded.
SEcOND CORPS TO BE MoBILHED.
LONDON. October SIT Is learned by
t,e Associated Press thot he War Office
has ordered a second army corps TO pe
i'm readiness 20 be called out.
The military officials have. not yet de-
cided whether the consuming ton or the
MAN will be necessary. but they are de-
taryriued to have everything in readiness.
either for 4 demonstration in Europe or
Great Britains capabilities, OF for SEND
inc even a larger force to the scene vI
action.
i-ntu the receipt OF the news ~ the
I.ad,smith dis ster, the latter course was
considered IT Of tho question: bul 49, w
tltr e Is 30 showing what steps VIII Do
decided upon.
WHITE MAY REriRE TO PETER A.
RirzBI'BG
LONDON. ortuher 3i--f,fports are cur
rent here that General White may reule
10 PetermaI1tzbarg while The railroad is
intact. There is much divergence or
opinion in military circles AS 10 the an-
visibility Of such step
BATTLE YESTERDAY.
CAPE TOWN. october 2i-ie.lo p. NJ
Tho south Africa News publishes the ioi-
lowing dispatch. -, g..
"Iasvsmith. October H-A haitie IS
rroceeling az the foot OF Umbdnbahe' q
few miles from Iadysmith Several she'is
have dropped into the town
MOBILIZATION THIS WEEK.
r0NDoN October A.-The Command
,r-l,,-cbicf Field Marshal Lord N1iSe-
i.v ieeued an order for the InoPuIalloh
n, Novamher 9th of the reserves OBJ the
cnfrois Essex. and Derbyshire resl-
msnts who will be- added 10 the SCUM
Africa forces. 49,
PREPARING TO SHE'LL klNll'E"Al-' l.
CAPE TOWN. October 8l.-lt is re-
portes from Barkley. West, th1l lie
Roers are constructing forts around hiii-
berlov. for the purpose OF Smelling lhe
town.
BIG HOER FORCES.
roNDON October M.-Advices from
r',na Town show that the Beers are gain
orinc. in considerable force southwest OF
radVsnith while large forces Of Beers
arc advancing over the Hclpmaaker road.
4 big Camp of Beers is 20 be formed De-
tween Harrismith Bridge and Potgietere
Farm camp. which, il is said, Will eN-
tend four miles.
An Englishman. who has arrived OF
AIiwal North from Pretoria. whence h.
was expelled by way of Bloemtoniein'
saws that when he left Pretoria az the
stores there We're carrying on business
as usual. President kruger Was sun
there. and he did not see any wounded
al Johannesburg.
BOER JUBiLArION.
Some Of the Transvaal papers are still
published. and contain glowing accounts
of the successes OF the E0er army, say