The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-18
BOERS MOVE ON ESTC0URT.
ayITJyG INTO POSITION TO CHICK
gyS. BULLER,s <DTIyCK

Now Hold Ennersdaie and VIII Probably
Destroy the Mooi River Bridae-An Ar
tiliory Duel at Ladysmith on Nov. IA
Heavy Firing Heard Again on Thursday
Road to Kimberley Said to BE Open and
Relief Near for the Besiegod Town.
Spsciai Gable Dsspatho to TuE Sun
IoxroS, Nov. 1S.-The latest news from
t.bysmlth which comes from Boer sources.
,.ems to show that the British attack on the
investing force on Nov, IA was rerulscd and
,ba. this was succeeded at midnight OF tho
same night by bombardment OF the town
from oil sides
an. connonnde as turning the quiet darkness
n,the night into lurid inferno OF whistlins.
.h,l,ting shells that sped from all points OF
tho COMPASS to the doomed city. Several build
,,ss were seen to lie aflre." The result Of the
homhardment. however. is not reported.
LuipdIcatlons 20 to show that the Boer in
xsd.rs Of Natal ard Cape Colony are turning
,belr attention to checking the expected adj
vance o, the British relief column and to this
and are concentrating In the neighborhood of
Estcourt
I, ia thought likely that the commandos
xh,ch have been reported "a moving in Zulu
I,nI and northvard OF Greytown are now GEN.
,sred at Woenen, from which point they Will
bs able TO move rapidly on either Colensa or
r.,eourt-each OF these places being eighteen
mile, from Weenen.
The burghers apparently held the railroad
a, Epnensdac. a few miles to the norths'st OF
fs,court and 1t Is not Improbable that it will
,oon b. learned that the Moot River bridge has
been destroyed. thus cutting OH oil rail COM
muniratlon with Estcourt.
There il no reliable data rs 20 the
strength OF tho commandos which are
payng attention to Estcourt, but II the
rsrort that 1000 hurRhers have been de-
tached from the Laiysmith force is correct
ivouli seem that a. least 5000 Beers are
prerafed to dispute the advance OF Gen.
Hildyard's relieving column. which will be
hardly ready TO take the field effectively In less
than q week
There : no confirmation ~ the story that
British column ia within f'ty mics " Kim
berley. The story o. the recent reconnois-
tance. In which Col. Keith-Falroner was killed.
Is curluusly mixei
4 statement in tho .>'GTidri and biCcsrs'
N,., Is to the effect that there are 1888
British prisoners OF all rank at Pretoria.
The Ndnidrfs Brussels correspondent at
tribute, 10 ur. L"yd~ IA statement that the
Beer positions north 81 laiysInth are 80 well
fortified that the hurEhrrs vii he able To de-
t-a' anv attack hy Gous linlcr and White.
even with the heavy British r"-en'orccmcnts
The Beers now tosieE.Le La ysIDIth exceed
g-,pt
ds.ra'ch o. Tho TN - rom LORENZO Mar
,uea says ds-ra'rhas received from Ladysmith
rn Nv /" s'at.I that tho town was
being = o.. - 3as ard 'cht nni was hard
lrr.-.i Og" o. hoe lr !sps over tho Vugsla
river lt. boon destroyed The corrrspont tent
HNls '|is '''i.E 'r.' A." er"c'in.: fur' flea.
tons .rfE ITO .f,'nr l'por en- s-ari.4 are
"rH.u.1|' '1s atTr through here. The Beers
come. us irn'- ~ tho districts which they
have c.rIrcred TO Join them or leave within
trSn'y.'pir hours.
EsrrovRT. Nov. 1.-THE Beers have, taken
W 5 POSITION with str nE force AMI egh:
guns near .n-r.!i.e. Ave miles northeast oi
this Place
The Beer commando numbers about two
thousand men. Some Of them told Store
keers: Henderson at Enn"rsiar that they
would be In Estrourt either tonight or to-
morrow. Hsnlrrson's store was looted
LORENZO MARcrE7. Nov. 1.-THE Standard
and NQg9's .N7-s. the Boer organ At Johhn.
nesburc. says that 1000 hurghers lot posi-.
ton North NJ Ladysmith on Nov. II. vi.h tns
purpose Of Joining Ger. B1tha'S cumman Il neat
Estcourt and lnterceptiHg Gen. Buffers al
vance.
LORENZO MARQUEE. Nov. 10 A cor
respondent in the Boer camp near Lady
smith reports an engagement between a
British battery and Free State artillery.
men on Nov II Two o. the burghrrs
were killed and six wounded. The British
were comrelled TO seek the shelter % a hill
owing to the Aerceness OF tine Free State artll-
lery FIRE. and finally fell back on Lalysmith.
The British losses are unknown.
LONDON. Nov. IA Boer account OF the
Ladysmith bombardmrnt, dat,d Nov. .. says:
there were no casualties among the
buTchsr4 The British artillerIsts kept
dropping shells continuously In the Bocr
works around Ladysmith. The pos ton ~ the
Pretoria commaio became un,cnable on nc
count OF the hot fire. but tho big gun saved the
situation.
EsTcouRT. Natal. Nov. ID. 1890 A. VI. DO
hyed In Enthusiastically British picEets
report that at o'clock this morn nR there was
heavy firing In the direction Of Ladysmith
The cahnonading contin ued for Atteen minutes.
BOERS OCCUPY iIJWiL NORTH.