The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-11-29
DUTCH FARMERS
IN CAPE RISING.
"A Gloomy Summary From
British View.

AttoOuSn DIVISION anu q naU maze
now reached Durham that place il
practically powerless until supplied
v;.b cavalry and artillery. and until
there arrive the situation will uu
doubtedly remain grave VITA
three beIesguefed garrisons IN Na,a
beside Kimberly end Msfek,ng and
no signs OF succor in the immediate
fortune. it is no wonder that she OUT
look. is regarded az distinctly gloomy
tonight. and that the most possible is
made Of Gen Mathuen's success.
such az II was Tna, battle decided
the story Of the return Of the parsu.
/. ing cavalry without getting in touch
with the retreating Boers. indicates
that the cavalry discovered 10 time
that IL il had gone on il would soon
have been on the Pretoria race course
With i,s comrades of the Hussars
Ii will not surprise any one greatly
ifthe Beers are shortly again discov
cred in an entrenched position near
che spot from which Gen, Methuen
has just evicted them
From no other point can even a
semblsnce Of success be reported
Msfekipg 10 apparently In worse
plight than the Bri.ishers have hiiher
90 cared to sdmi, aud it Is difficult to
sec how 10 can be relieved for some
time TO come. While the official
dispatch from from the Boer head
lager out eide Lsdysmith. dated
Nov. 26. showed that the town was
stili flying the Union Jack Friday
the cheerful tone Of the message aud
} ths evident !, sn,icipation Of the
speedy reduction Of Ladysmi,h is
not calculated to cheer anxious rels.
sives.
The reported silence Of the. Brit
7sh guns also sgsin arouses fears vf a
. shotsge Of ammunition, snd,the fact
shst the Boers have just placed 10 po
sitiou another siege guu shows that
they have not yet done their worst
!. A Cape Town dispatch received q, .
late hoar touishs reports shs, the
socuy have blown % railway bridge
between Rosmead Junction sud Mid.
alebusg. vith the object Of preventing
% sdvaoes from Por: Elissbe,h This
Wss e6ssted by email commaodo,
vhiob. IL 10 stated, remsios 10 the
seigAborhocd The sffect Of blowing
up this bridge will tend TO isolate
Nssuvpoors. which wss recently
sesseup,ed by the British and mus,
delay the advance Of the troops jus.
arrived % Por, EIjssbeth.
The grsvest oews from Cape Town
today comes frou the northsro par, Of
tho colony wbero, II 10 now evidert.
aawbers Of Dutch farmers have risen
std joined the invading Free State
forces in the HsisoSell aud Barkly
Esss districts. <
N A dispatch from Qussu.,owr. Cape
Colony. Gen. Gatscre's headquarters,
sooouooes ,hs, '.tohr hundred colonial
rebels. including 90 ez-masistrate Of
sseiy Essi. have j,ioed tba enemy"
ss The latter place aud that the whole
force Is reported to be marching 90
Drdreebi. whence !, can operate aud
possibly io,ercsp, Gen Gatacre's sd
vance 20 rsOccupy S,oruberg Juuc,iou,
. strategic point from which Gen.
es'scrs Gao get 10 di-ec, touob, through
shs railroad. With Gen. French at
Nssuvpoors sod thus With the British
bsss % De Asr
Another dispatch Gays that refugees
arriving from Queenstown assert that
Lsdyg'ey has been occupied By the
Colonial fsrosrs aud thar il is feared
Z that there !. . general movement 10
favor Of the Bosrs.
Further dispatches from Belmont
CONFIRMING the resct crous use Of ,Le
shi,e 6ss by the Beers are arousin @
iodienauou. The troops eugse ed are
bitterly complaining AID il il feared The
result will be u refusal to give the
Bo,rs quarter
An incident siui,ar 10 The one which
occurred at the battle OF Glencoe,
whso al ohcsr was sho; by wounded
Boer. is reported by the Londoa Thu es
s,sresooodeot ct B,lmou,. Who saws
cha, Lieu, Bundell. of The Grer adler
Guards, was shot by a sounded Beer
whon he vas tending Such s,a,o.
neu's appear incredible but they arc
so~ confirmed cffi,iAliy. by The protest
OF Gen Ms.heum who has SEPT a
message TO the boer oommar der, say.
log
81 must ask you 10 wsro your
wouoded 90; To shoot our tffieors
nu.t warn you not 10 use dun dum
bollsls. or use the Gag of uuoe treaoh
erou,ly. Such action 10 cowardly ia
tho extreme and | eatnot oountenauce
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