Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-11-10
garrison is about to retire further SOUTH

garrison is about to retire further SOUTH
ward.
and Davenport for the mobilization of a
Siege train,, which, it Is supposed, is in
tended for the purpose of shelling Pre-
torla The force manning 1t Will approxi-
mate to the strength of eight batteries. Its
armament will be thirty HOwitzers, four
teen six-inch guns. eight fiye-inch guns and
eiSht four-inch guns, the whole train
weighing more than 5000 tons. This will
be the first employment OF a moderniZed
siege train by any European army, and
the progress of the reduction of the forts
by lydditc shell fire. a preliminary to
stormirg by infantry. will be watched with
interest and curiosity by all professional
soldiers.
Three large steamers have just been
chartered at Liverpool to convey the TO-
600 troops of the division which Lord
Woiseloy yesterday announced would be
mobilized. The transport Arawa has been
further delayed by Il disarrangement of
her electrical plant. The disabled Persian
will transfer her troops to the Goth. which
VIII leave Southampton next Tuesday.
A dispatch from Durham announces that
Prince Victor, of Schleswig-HOlstein ar
rived there on Monday and Immediately
proceeded up country.
The Times has the following dispatch
from Lourenzo Marques, dated Novem-
ber .!nS., q; ,o,. cam o,,. ...,.,o.
lice, getting information regarding the
movements of the imperial service troops
The wire between Delagoa bay and Pre-
toria was broken during the hurricane. 1t
was not cut, was thought at first.
There is a Boer contingent of 750 men
near Komalipoort.a l find women have
been leaving Durham for Pretoria with
news. Passes are too easily granted at
Durham.
Il understand that a contingent from
coiens9 Col Is marching toward nai Greytown, ;novIis
that Johannesburg has been stripped OF
guns and men. the police force being COM
posed of Russian Jews"
graph at Pietermaritzburg, telegraphing
"Estcourt., ,.Pietermaritzburg. and Lady
Owing to the fact that Ladysmith lies low.
and the Beers, unluckly. have been per-
meed to Mount Buiwan and
failure"
The Cape Town correspondent of the
here are giving currency of. Infamous
charges of British cruelty to prisoners and
the treaeherous use Of the white flag. 1t
prisoners to the wheels of Maxim guns and
0fssfea EsfcoHRT, 1psn asSaf &TAL. Monday Evening
from reconnoiterirs in the direction of
Colenso and reports having seen nothing
of the enemy. The train guard met a ma
who said that a party of Beers had torn
up the line within a mile of Colenso sta
ton. -
The Beers. he asserted, were in great
numbers in that vicinity. They brought
big guns down from Grabler's kloof hill.
pointed them on the main roadway and
fired five shots into Colenso, only to ascer-
tain that it had been completely evacuated.
Then they entered with five supply wagons
which they filled with goods from Ed
wards store: The train party went scout
ing and obtained reliable news that COlenso
was in possession of the Beers, and, there
fore returned here, bringing the runner
with them.
The Natal field artillery, with mounted
escorts, returned to camp at o'clock this
afternoon, after patrolling the surrounding
country.