The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-02
A FINAL SORTIE.
The British in Ladysmith Prepar-
ing to Make One.
DESTROYING THEIR BIG GUNS.
Beers Said to Be Actively Bombard-
Ing the Town.
PLUM PUDDING IN SHELLS.
ENGLISH FORCE ENGAGES SUPE-
RIOR NUMBERS OF THE
ENEMY.
Forced to Retreat to Dordrecht-An
Uprising of the Bechuana Far
mers In the Vryburg
PLUM PUDDING IN SHELLS.
Forced to Retreat to DOrdrecht-An
Uprising of the Bechuana Far
mers In the Vryburg
District.

LONDON, January IA dispatch to
the Mail from Lourenzo Marques. dated
Dec. 20, says:
SIT is reported from Ladysmith by
way of Pretoria that the British are de-
stroying their heavy cannons, prior to
"a final sortie.
''The TransvaaI agents here have
bought up all the available milk, sugar
and coffee. They have managed to get
large orders sent for shipment here by
French and German steamers. Prices
have advanced so per cent in conse-
quence, and the stocks are very short.
Something like famine is threat
ened, as the British government is
stopping all goods consigned here from
coast ports. Several members of the
Volksraad meet every steamer, doubt
less to give further orders.
Portugal is doing her best to main
tain neutrality, but foreign opinion il,
Lourenzo Marques is generally in favor
of actively assisting the Beers to pro-
cure food supplies. Herr Pott, the
Transvaal consul general here, is losing
Lloyd's agency and the agencies for the
Castle, Union, and Bucknail steamship
lines, in consequence of the position he
holds"
SMELLING LADYSMITH.
The following heliograph message
has been received by way of Weenen
from Ladysmith, dated Dec. q:
''The Beers are actively bobarding
the town. One shell struck the Devon
shire mess tent, killing Captain Dalvell
and wounding seven lieutenants."
| A later dispatch from Ladysmith, by
the way of Weenen, dated December 2s
says:
ssAll well. The Beers have been fir,
ing plugged shells containing plum
pudding and the compliments of the
season. They are still fortifying thei,
positions, and are evidently determined
to make firm stand.''
!, The War Office publishes the follow
ing despatch dated yesterday, from the
General officer commanding at Capt
Town:
. "Methuen's position is unchanged
French reports that the Beers, fearing
their communication would be cut BY
our cavalry, have retired to Colesburg
, Hear unofficially from Sterkstroon
: that q British reconnaissance, sever
, miles north of Dordrecht, engaged su
perior forces, and was obliged to retir'
ion Dordrecht."
ell BOERS CUT OFF.
: A dispatch from Fresse Camp, Natal
. dated Dec. 30, says:
d sowing to the flooding of the Tngel
8 river, large party of Beers has bee
t cut off on the south side. 1t is reporte
D to be in the hills to the right of Chiev
= eley."
y The Mail publishes the following dis
: patch from Cape Town:
;. "Ninety-five per cent of the Bechu
II ana farmers in the Vryburg distric
/ joined the Beers, helping them to loo
: the stores throughout the countr
It north of Orange river. They also ur
d dertook to Invest Mafeking while Ger
b eral Vronje's men went south to NEE
General Methuen. Government {
r Bechuanaland is being administered a
if the Dutch had been in possession fo
If ages"