Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-11-08
TRANSvAAL WAR ITEMS.

Roberts cannot leave South Africa
because one of his daughters has en-
teric fever in Pretoria.
Lord Roberts telegraphs from Johan-
nesburg, under date of Nov. 3, that in
operations in the Belfast district, Nov.
2, Capt Chalmers of the Canadian
mounted rifles was killed, and Major
Sanders of the same command was
wounded.
Prince Christian Victor, of Schles-
wig Holstein, eldest son of Prince
Helene, of England and grandson OF
Queen Victoria, died from enteric fever
at Pretoria on the 2sth. He was major
in the Kings Royal Rifles.
Intelligence reached Pretoria on Oct
81 that mmandant-General Botha
was marching with a strong force to
invade Cape Colony near Kenhardt,
where, it is said, the irreconcilable
Beers are ready to join him.
Gen. Brabrant, who has been a =
pointed TO superintend the recruiting
of the Cape Town irregular forces, APP
peals to the men to come forward, al
leging that under present conditions
anything like general return of ref
ugees is impossible.
The Dutch church is the only build
ing left standing in Bothaville, owing,
it is reported, to the strong British
measures. More Boer women have
been deported from Jagersfontein.
They were sent TO Bloemfontein, where
they are imprisoned with others a few
miles outside of the city.
The foreign Office officials at Paris
believe that President Kruger will
travel incognito during his visit TO the
European capitals, relinquishing it in
each city long enough to permit an eX-
change of visits between Mr.. Kruger
and the head of the nation. His stay
in Paris will not exceed As hours, and
possibly only "a.
A dispatch from Bloemfontein, dated
Oct. 26, says The telegraph lines are
still interrupted and mails delayed ow-
ing to the Beers derailing train south
of Edenburg. All Beers over Ia years
of age, living outside a radius of IL
miles from Bloemfontein, are being
surrounded by British troops and taken
to that place, to prevent their rejoin
ing the commanders.
The London war Office has received
the following from Roberts, dated Pre-
toria, oct Is: Knox successfully en-
gagged Dewct Oct %. During the Boer
retreat Knox caught Dewet in the
Rensburg drift. The Beers lost con
siderably and left two guns and three
wagons in Knox hands Another am
munition wagon was blown mp by q
| shell. The British casualties were nil
A belated dispatch from Pretoria tell.
of the failure of the British negotia
4 tions with Gen. Botha for the surrender
of the Beers. Botha received Gen
| Paget's flag of truce courteously ant
admitted his defeat, but said it was i'm
possible to treat for surrender as long
as any burghers wished to continu,
the war. President Steyn was more ir
reconciliable. He refused TO even SCI
the bearer of "A flag of truce.
Lord Roberts, according to dispatches
| from Cape Town on the 18th, has taker
! his sick daughter to johannesburg
and Lord Kitchener is left in command
! 1t seems likely that he will have plenty
of work Gen. De Wet is reported t.
have made his appearance near Frank
fort in the northeastern corner 81
Orange River colony, and small bodies
of Beers continue harassing tactics. II
is asserted that Lord Kitchener intend:
to stop the pursuit of commanders and
to try TO settle the colonies by garrison
and organizing the towns for rapiC
raids with mounted troops.
Lord Roberts, in a dispatch from
johannesburg, dated Nov. ., reports
no less than eight fights at different
| points, all unimportant but signifcan
Il the activity Of the Beers Gen
Kitchner, after "A night march, sur
prised Schoeman's laager, at Steen
kampsberg and then pushed on t
Schalksbmger' laager, at Rooikranz
i5ut the British were prevented from
following up the Beers, who trel<keC
north. Prisoners i'm the hands of the
/ British say the Boer losses in the fight
with Gen. Barton Oct. % were Ia
killed, wounded and missing.