The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-29
SHELL BRITISH PATROL
OUTRAGES AT DUNDEE C1ARG-
ED AGAINST BOERS.
THEY FIND A CASE OF DUM-D DUN BULLETS
And Some Would Have Used Them on the
British, by Whom They Were Adam
doned, But Kruger Refused
His Permission.
His Permission.


London. October 2S,-The hull in the
news from Ladysmith, Natal, which
was beginning to be regarded as omnibus
has at length been broken by a Cape
Town dispatch under this mornings
date saying:
Scouts from Modderspruit having re-
ported the Beers in force on the Help.
makaar road, General White ordered
out a strong force of artillery, mounted
infantry and cavalry. A small patrol
of mounted infantry was shelled by the
Beers nine miles from Ladysmith, and
the Boer positions was finally located
three miles beyond Modderspruit. The
British force is now four miles from
the Beers
The dispatch does not give the date
of the above occurrence, bat it must
have been since Thursday, when the
last news arrived from Ladysmith, SO
the Boer advance from Dundee south
ward and from Bester's Station east
ward evidently proceeded steadily in
the interim and the engagement fore
Swallowed by the above dispatch may
already have been fought.
The other news from the front does
not enlighten the situation in Natal.
Fragmentary details are arriving of the
occupation Of Dundee by the Beers. 1t
is alleged that twenty men of the town
guard occupied an outpost couple of
miles from the town. when Boer shell
dislodged them and the men fled to a
neighboring hill, where 800 Beers sur
rounded them and shot the majority.
The Beers then entered Dundee, dragged
several civilians out of their houses and
pistolled them in the streets.
As pendant to the above comes a
story from Cape Town to the effect that
several cases of dum-dum bullets were
found by the Beers at Dundee which
the British abandoned in their flight
Some of the Beers wanted to use the
duni-dums in the next battle, but Presi-
dent Kruger vetoes this, saying:
No. it must not be So Whatever the
British are we Beers are at least hui
NAME"
The bullets were then destroyed
Further details from Buluwayo, Rho
desa, show that the armored train
from there OH October 18th sent towards
Mafeking under the command of Lieu
tenant Ilewelyn, got within seven miles
of Lobatsi when the British found the
railroad badly DANA ged. Beers were
visible on hills in the vicinity. Lobatsi
had been looted. The train encountered
the Beers three miles south Of Crocodile
pools and the British opened fire with
their Maxims and drove the Beers back
to the hills whence they had advanced.
Besides eight men killed. the Beers lost
eleven horses.
London, Oct 2S.--The War Office posted
at midnight an official report of the fight
at Kimberley ON Tuesday last, giving the
British casualties as three privates kill
ed, Lieutenants II. "A. McClintock, of the
Royal Engineers; J. G. Lowndes and C.
III. Bingham, and sixteen prvates
wounded
The troops, according to the report OF
the War Office, fought splendidly.
SLAUGHTER OF A CANINE.
Cape Town October 2S.-A dispatch
from Mafeking dated October 21st, says:
.'All is well. There was a four hours
bombardment during which a dog was
killed.
A SCHEME AGAINST STEYN.
London, Octiber 2S.-According to a
special dispatch from Cape Town re-
ceived here today, rumors of dissen-
sion at Bloemfontein, capital of the
Orange Free State, have reached Cape
Town 1t is said movement is on
foot to depose President Steyn and in
stall Mr.. Fraser as President.
JOUBERT WRITES TO WHITE.
Durham, Natal, October 2S.-Delayed
in Transmission.)-In reply to an in
quiry made by him, General Sir Georg,.
Stewart White, has received the fol
lowing telegram from Commandment Gen
eral Joubert:
Il must express my sympathy. Gen
eral Symons, unfortunately, was badly
wounded and died. He was buried yes
terday | trust the great God will
speedily bring to a close this unfortu-
nate state of affairs, brought about by
INSCRIPTIONS spectators and capitalists,
who went to the Transvaal to obtain
wealth and, in order to further their
own interests. misled others and brought
abput thi1 rhaneful state of warfare
over all South Africa, in which so many
valuable lives have been and are being
sacrificed, as instance, General Symons
and others.
Il express my sympathy to Lady Sy-
mons in the loss Of her husband"
BRITANNIA'S EYES ON WHITE.
Copyright 1899 by the Associated Press
Lnodon, Oct 2S.-The South African
war has now been i'll progress nearly