The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-25
BRITISH GIVE UP DUNDEE.
GIN. ruLE RETREA7s. LEATING HIS
BOUNDED TO THE ENEMY.

BOUNDED TO THE ENEMY.
IT, .Jnin Gen. White Mt Ladysriith and the
Combined Forces Are Expected to Give
Hattie to the Boers-Gen. white Has n
small right with the Orange Free state
H,ers to Cover Yuie's Retreat-Trans-
Xanl a Subscriber to tho Geneva Con-
,.n,iop, and the Wounded, Including
Gen. symons. believed to he Snfe In
nu,dee-British Censorship Very Strict.
yp,tiat cable Dispatches 10 THE Sur.
lc<poy. Oct 25.-Beyond Gen, Yuleis
,nrorently unhampersd retreat from
nnrdee and Gen. whites successful
.,y,r,ns O. the movement there
ia little new from the seat OF
In the absence OF direct information IT Is
,.,red that all the most seriously wounded.
Jrcluding Gen Symons. remained at
nundes, which Is now probably occupied
80 the invaders II is obvious that
r.c Yules column must have been
1s.rsr,t.ly endangered to Justify his aband-
snjno his wounded even to foe who Ia sub
,,,ihsr TO the Geneva Convention. tie taken
g.. Granted here that Gen. Yuhe and Gen.
wit. have Joined forces and the expectation
,asraedv attack on the Orange Free State
Beers Is pretty general
Adespatch to the DdRv Ndlfrom Cape Town.
d,t,d Oct. ~. o:45 T. NJ, says that Gen Yule
,"inad Can White a short distance to the north
ofIadysmith where tho British are now In
no.ition 10 OFFER battle. Tho despatch adds:
after defeating the Free state troops they
u,n uirer battle to Comm ndant- General
Jonhsrt. Only forty miles now separate the
two Boer forces. which together outnunber
,h. british three to one Hence the
need for swift telling action. Hard
fighting ia certain at a very early date. Tho
eghtinc outside OF Ladysmith to-day was q
mere brush The losses on either side were
insign ihcant"
During the night despatch from Gen. White.
dated Ladysmith. Oct "a. referring to the
fight between his command and Free State
hurghers on the road from Ladysmith
n Newcastle. was posted at the War
Office. 1t indicates that the engage
ment was on a comparatively small scale.
Gen. White says he learned on Monday that
the Beers occupied an exceedingly strong
nosition to the west OF the main road from
Jadysmith 20 Dundee. He also learned that
Gen Yule was falling back on Ladysmith BY
way OF the Helpmakaar Road. Beth's. the
Waschbsrk Valley and Sunday River Valley.
e1pecting to reach Sunday River Valley on
Tuesday.
The despatch adds: II therefore moved out
with a strong force to cover the movement OF
Gen Yule's column. The enemy was discov-
cred about seven miles from Labyrinth. In q
position of exceptional strength. west Of the
road When he saw that preparations had
been made. he opened nre with one
gun with great accuracy. Our
artillery got In position and the gun was
senced Our troops were ordered to occupy
stony ridge parallel with tho enemy's posi-
ton. but nearer the road. l confined my Of
forts TO occupying him. hitting him hard
enough to prevent him taking aston against
Gen Yu,es column. Numbers Of the enemy
filed west Firing practically ceased at
O'Clock
Gen. Whites despatch was timed o P. NJ. I,
does not state whether he was joined by Gen.
YuIe, and reads as though 1t was incomplete.
LONDON. Oct. "a In tho House OF Common
to-day Mr.. Wyndham. Parliamentary Score.
tary Of State for War. read Gen. Lord Wolse
ley's summing up OF the situation in Natal.
ten. Yue has fallen back in order to effect a
junction with Gen. White. Hc camped las
night sixteen miles south OF Dundee without
seeing anything OF tho enemy. He has since
reported all we'll on the Wasohbank River
Gen. White fought successfully to-day a force
OF Orange Free State troops ON the road from
Ladysmlth to Newcastle. He should Join Con
lue this evening.
Gen. Yule reports that his wounded are doing
well The wounded Beers are being treated
the same as the British soldiers. Gen. Yule
says he has no doubt the Beers will treat the
wounded British prisoners equally as we'll
Mr. Wyndham read a cablegram from Gen
Sir Frederick Forester Walker. the present
commander OF the British forces In South
Africa. confirming the report that Kimberley
was sal safe on Oct. %.
Mr.. Wyndham also announced that Sir Will
liam MacCormac. president OF the Royal College
OF Surgeons. and Surgeon in Ordinary to the
Prince OF Wales, had volunteered to go to
South Africa to assist the medical department
during the war. His offer was accepted.
Tho House votsd-237 to 25-to raise fS. 900. :
600 by the issuance OF Treasury bills. 1t also
authorized the payment OF tho Elo 900. 900 from
the Consolidated Fund. The vote on this pro-
posal was 255 to %.
Tho Daily Mail says it learns that mes
sage was received in London yesterday from
Cecil Rhodes. dated Kim berlsy. Oct. 10. stating
that tho habitants OF that place desire to cal
the attention OF the War ONCE to the need oil
sending reanforcsments speedily. He added
that the town was surrounded by an increasing
number Of Boers. The Cabinet is consid erinG
the matter.
1t is understood that the telegraph line.
''H4 pleHcoo W Lduysnltn ana DuTDah were
restored yesterday, and the scarcity OF news
from those places 10 believed to be due to the
work OF the censor. The censorship 10 the
nrictest ever known.
PARIS Oct. 24.-The Temps's Lon don cor.
respondent says he has inside Information
mat the War Office has learned that the
British were beaten in the second action al
uIencoe. lie says: They sustained such
losses that the War ONCE wishes TO await
news OF another favorable enRageme nt before
announcing them"
AFTER THE ELASDSLAAGTE FIGHT