The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-08
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| reconnaissance Is taken as an indication
/ that the Boer investment has been re-
| Taxed by the withdrawal Of a portion of
General Joubert's force southwark Wnlie'
however, the anxiety in regard TO the
immediate stress Of Ladysmith Is alleVs-
| ated, there is a widespread fear that the
| authorities are badly laundering and may
| find too late that the main expedition
viii prove too weak to complete its task
with safety and despatch, as the Natal
force has already admittedly failed 10 per-
| form what was expected of il
COLOSSAL IGNORANCE
| The confession, last evening, of General
! Lord Walseley. the commander-in-chief,
! that the Beers were more powerful and
! more numerous than had been anticipated,
sufficiently explains the happenings and
! the war office will hereafter have awk-
ward questions 10 answer in regard to its
apparent colossal ignorance OF the Boer
strength. which, both in numbers OF men
and excellence Of artillery. is apparently
! a complete surprise 70 the British mill
tary authorities Mail news from South
Africa shows how inaccurate have been
the estimates of the intelligence depart
CLEANED therefrom that fair estimate OF
the Boer forces is a sfOllows: Around
Ladysmith. $500; traversing Zululand,
1000; advancing on BurgheTsdorp. 5000;
Golesburg, 500; Kimberley, 7,e00; MAIZE
king, 1900. and ON the Northern Transvaal
border 2000. Exact information about the
Boer artillery is lacking. but ii is known
that General Jou5ert's detachment, before
it was reinforced consisted or sixteen
Krupp field pieces of the latest pattern
and two heavy Creuzot siege guns. which,
but for the opportune arrival Of the Brit
ish naval brigade, would have rendered
Ladysmith untenable.
MORE NAVAL GUNS TO BE LANDED
In connection with the naval guns.
most interesting and important expert
ment has been successfully carried out at
Cape Town with a 4.7-inch gun, so service
able at Jadysmith. One of the British
cruiser Terrible's gunes. mounted on a
Scott travelling carriage, was fred in the
same way as a field gun, with entire sue
cess. The Terrible, with a number Of
guns thus mounted. is on her way to Dur
ban and though the guns cannot now
reach Badysmith, they may be OF great
value in the defense Of Pietermaritzburg
which, it seems. will probably have TO
stand a siege. The arrival Of the Terri |
BILE with the relief crews for the China,
and other available men, must have placed
in the neighborhood of 5000 more men at
the service of the military authorities.
SHARP LOOKOUT ABOARD SHIP
Interesting news comes from the chan |
mel squadron at Gibraltar showing pre- |
cautions against eventualities almost I'M |
known in European waters In peace time. |
On the way to Gibraltar the feet spread |
out four miles apart and a sharp look |
out was kept for suspicious craft. At Glib |
raltar extra sentries are posted at night /
at different parts of the ships. with ten |
rounds OF ball cartridges each. The small |
guns on the upper deck and in the fighting /
tops are kept ready for immediate use,
the ammunition being on deck; few men |
sleep at the guns. the searchlights are
kept working, all boats are hailed and not 1
allowed TO approach without permission /
of the officer of the watch.
DAILY FIGHTING AT MAFEKING
Cape Town, Nov. IA dispatch from /
Kuruman, dated Friday, November 8, says |
a despatch rider arrived there from Ma
feking tina tmorning announcing that Col |
onel Baden-Powell had captured a num-
Der Of mules and horses. Fighting was oc-
curing daily at Mafeking. all, il was
added, IN favor of the garrison. Natives
report that Colonel Plumer's force from
Fort Tuli is working It's way from Rhide-
STA to relieve Mafeking
BOERS REPULSE AT MAFEKING
London, Nov. S-News has just arrived
from Mafeking showing that up to Octo-
Der % the Beers continued the lombard
ment firing as many as 800 shells in
thirty-six hours, though causing little
damage and wounding only four men,
That day they close in all around the
town and made a determined attepmt to
rush it The garrison turned out 70
man and delivered a terrific rife and
Maxim fire. which speedily stampeded !
the Beers, who were driven over mines
which exploded and scattered thom In all
directions. It is believed at Mafeking
that the enemy suffered heavily and is
not likely to make another attempt to
storm the town.
MORE BOERS ABOUT KIMBERLEY
Hope Town. Cape Colony, Saturday, Nov.
A dispatch which has been received
here from Kimberley. dated November !,
says: Apparently the Boer reinforce
ments from Mafeking have arrived. as the
burghers are more numerous and closer
around Kimberley. About loo OF them
made a demonstration three miles east
ward. at Premier Mine, today and opened
fire on the De Beers carts, but no damage
was done The explosion OF the dynamite
magazine caused by the Beers firing the
veldt was terrific. The huts contained
thirty-ive tons Of dynamite. valued az
$3.50. All the wounded are progressing
A committee 20 regulate
the supply and price OF food 81 being
formed. Mr. Rhodes Is making an avenue
a mile long at Kenilworth. 70 re called
Siege Avenue A double row Of orange
trees and vines viii be planted on either
side. with pepper trees forming the back
ground"
AT NODDER RTvFR BRIDGE
Cape Town. Sunday. 10 .. m.-Adrices
from the Orange river say It Is reported
that the Beers have destroyed one Ok the
piers OF Nodder river bridge. and there
are rumore, ernaoating from HOPE Town.
that an attack VIII be made on the Orange
river camp.
BOERS WILL BLOW Up JOHANNESBURG
Cologne, Nov. 1.-Tyefters received 1y (
the Cologne Gazette from Johannesburg. / (
dated October r. said the Germans there !
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