The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23

london, Nov. Especial dispatches
from Pietermaritzburg and Lourenzo
MARQUES say that Ladysmith is bonn
haried night and day and hard
dressed. On Nov. ., having during the
night placed men close to the town,
the Beers, after Il heavy bombardment,
began an assault, but were repulsed at
every point with heavy losses. The
Beers have destroyed one of the
bridges over the Tugela river.
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London Nov 10. - The absence of
news of any serious movement against
Iadysmith seems to show that the
Beers are repeating the strategy adopt
ed by them at Dundee, when they APP
reared in front and endeayored to e.
feet surrounding movement. This
seems To have been their object re-
gardng Estcourt, and since it is i'm
possible that relief should reach for
some days 10 come, ii Is not unlikely
that a further retiring movement On
Moot river viii be made.
Mai Wolfe Murray has returned to
PieteI1nariMburg To take command of
the line of communication and Col.
Long, of the Royal artillery. has taken
CONN and at Estc0urt. The forces
now st TiptermaritZburg are too weak
to attempt to reopen communications.
Artillery and cavalry especially are
badly Teeded.
From the difficulty experienced in
concentrating divisions at the original
points. il seems clear that the plans Of
Gen. Butler has been entirely changed.
Net The slightest word regarding the
Jew plans have been allowed to es-
cape. The first object was supposed to
be the sending of a British column to
relieve Kimberley, but this seems in
correct. all the accounts regarding the
movement at present in the light Of
reconnaissance. 1t seems, however,
that arrangements for an advance
from Durham are
In Forward State
II an advance has not already COM
menced. Kimberley was all right on
Friday. Nov 10. The burghers at
AliwalnCrth have hoisted the flag Of
the Orange Free State and declared
the tewn in the possession of the Free
State There are reliable reports of
mysterious movements of Free State
rcRimandces along the Orange river
and important developments are ex-
pected. Everything tends to show
that tlie relief of Kimberley could only
be safely undertaken by Strong col
umn.
LourenZo Marques continues to send
Joubert stories, the latest being that
no news has been received from him
ut Pretoria for three days, ana that 1t
was rllm0red that he was a prisoner.
1t is announced that the duke OF
Connaqrht was among the first TO seek
employment in the war, and even Of
fered 10 waive his seniority for this
purpose, hut IT was not deemed eX-
pedient that an officer so senior to Sir
Recvers Butler should serve under
him. The duke was greatly disap-
pointed.
Guardea nv Germans.
Durham, Nov. ia gentleman who
was arrested at Johannesburg, taken
to Pretoria and released. has arrived
here via Delagoa Bay. While at Pre-
toria he was confined on the race
course with the military prisoners. j
comprising 70 officers and 1,7O5 non Il
commissioned officers and men from
Natal; 10 officers aud % n0n-commis-
stoned officers and men from Mafeking
and 4 men from Fort Tuli. The pris- |
oners' guards We're almost exclusively
Germans, and the artillerymen man. |
ming the forts were also mostly Ger
mans. The prisoners were well fed
and We're shown every consideration. |
Most Of the officers were removed TO |
more comfortable quarters In the ,
town.
More Troops Arrive.
London, Nov. 19.-The admiralty an
last evening the arrival at
Cape Town yesterday of the troopship
Auraria with a battery of artillery and
the SCOTS Righ!anders princess
lOuse's) regiment, bringing the rein
forcements up to 1850 of which =
100 have already disembarkei at Dur
ban with eighteen field guns, a num-
Der Of machine guns, engineers and
hospital corps, as well as 100 mules.
The force, with that already between /
Estcourt and Durham, is considered
to enable Gen. Hildyard to
advance and to take the aggressive
against the Beers south of Ladysmith.
Natives VIII Join Beers.
London, Nov. 10. Advices from
lasern, Basutoland, dated Nov. s,
ay that Chief jet, terrorized by false
5oer assertions that the British have
'een beaten in every engagement, and
re being driven out of South Africa,
preparing to join the Beers, believ-
nS theirs the winning side The
'6ers are said to have supplied MIN
With guns. which they have accom-
ansed with specious premises.