The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-11-22
They Are Repeating the Tactics
at Ladysmith Adopted by
Them at Dundee.
EFFECT A SURROUNDING MOVEMENT.
Another British Armored Train Was
Wrecked and Most Of Those on
Board Killed or Captured.
Pisas Of oss. BuIisr ssv. nee. wh.iiy
Changed Kimberley was ssf. FRIDAY,
Nov io-Js.bsr, st.ri.s Sent Out
From Lsessuss nsrqusa

iestiy purtucs brltisn employment OF
armored trains the fascination for
which has given the Beers their drst
and latest Victories On this lsst oc-
casion the British seem TO have walk
ed into = deliberate trap. with the re-
suit that according 10 the best accounts
90 men are either killed. wounded or
missing.
Special dispatches from Estcourt es-
innate the wounded and missing Of
the armored train contingent at from
100 to $50 The missing include Capt
HAldane.
II Is hoped that some escaped over
the vsldt and will return TO Estcourt
In . few daya
DURHAM, Natal Nov. Is The Natal
Advertiser has . dispatch from Eat
court which says:
when part of the srmored trails
was overturned By the Bosrs turning
up the raila the British siirh,ed and sx-
changed vollsys with the Bosra The
engine driver. when the rails were re-
placed. seeing the position was hope
lees, steamed back to Esteourt with .
few OF the Dublins and is Of the Dur
bans, including Capt wylis. who was
wounded, on the tender. The fate Of
the remainder OF the Durbaus and
Dublins and Lieut. Churchill 10 ua-
known.
EsTcouRT. Nov Is Seven Of the
Durbsns have just come in. makiag %
missing. Only Is Of the Durtans have
returned. The Natal T-poundsr, " hich
was In front Of the truck, had arsd
three shots when 1, was shattered BY
the Boer artillery. The Armorsd en-
CINE has many bulls, marks and its
dome cover 10 smashed. ~ also 1. les
automatic exhaust pipe and aston
screw jack. The tender In also pitted
with bullet marks
II Is rumored that Lieut. Churchill
10 . prisoner.
LONDON, Nov. lathe absence Of
news of any serious movement against
Ladysmith seems to show that the
Beers are repeating the strategy
adopted by them at Dundee when thsy
appeared In front and endeAvored TO
effect . surrounding movement This
seems to have been their object re-
garding Estcourt and since IL 10 irnpos-
sibls that relief should reach there for
some days TO come II 10 not unlikely
that q further retiring movement on
Moot river will be made.
Kimberley was safe on November 10.
Lat Tuesday . Boer force of 600 en-
tered Aliwsl North, Cape Colony,
hoisted the nag Of the Free State and
the town and district to be
part OF the republic The activity OF
the Beers In this locality would almost
point the necessity Of insurinE the
safety of the eolumA marching 70 the
relief of Kimberley from attack from
this dirsctisA or from Bloemfontsin.
In view OF the rstiesnce Of Gen. Bull
Ter IL 10 almost useless to speculate re.
garding the report of . movement to
relieve Kimberley. 1t can only be in
tended 10 withdraw the Beers, II pos
sibls, from Natal The object Of the
OF Aiiwal North IL un-
derstood TO be to prevent the
large quantity OF ammunition
IT Herschel being forwarded to
aud thence to the Queens
Own. The Beers have notified the in
habitants that no looting will be al
lowed.
LourenEo Marques continues to send
Ioubert stories, the latest being that
10 news has been received from him at
Pretoria for three days and that IL is
umored he was taken prisoner Itis
that the duke OF Connaught
was among the frat to seek employ
nent In the war, and even offered to
waive his seniority for this purpose.
out IL was not deemed expedient that
an officer so senior to Sir Redvers Bull
or should serve under him. The duke
was greatly disappointed.
Special dispatches from Fisherman
.tzburg and Lourenzo Marques say
hat Ladysmith is bombarded night
and day and hard pressed. On Novem-
Der 0, having during the night placed
men close TO the town, the Boers. after
, heavy bombardment began an az
,auit but were repulsed at every pOi.t