| Show SURRENDER OF RUM RUMOR R British War Office Says It Has HasHe He Heard rd of f Belea Beleaguered Town ANXIOUS ABOUT ABOUT NATAL NATALI NATALi i and Moot Mool Rivet Hard Pressed j by the Boers Beers RISiNG IN O COLONY M Iro or drance London No or newt news of the tho death of oC the and Ih the final defeat of oC the dervishes has been here herewith herewith with great JOY III ac a so oft ocr to the serious situation In South Africa A dispatch tram from Cape nn an flounces that tour four hundred colonIal reb b cis II including an of Dark Bark Barkly ly t have hae joInted the enemy enem ut at the latter 1 paea lace end that th the whole brew Is Ia reported to be 00 In whence It can operate to Intercept Oen lert advance to reoccupy Strom Stromberg berg Junction II a strategic point from which len Gen cnn can get In direct touch through the railroad sIth lIb Gen French at and thus with The British base baso at Dc Aar Another dispatch that refugees es arrivIng from Queenstown assert that has hns been occupied b by the cot col onial farmers and that It Is feared th there rc is 18 A general In favor of the DoerR Advices from Belmont Delmont confirming the treacherous use of at the white fia flag b by bythe th the Boer are arc arousing The troops engaged are uro bitterlY tom corn and It Is feared the result will he 00 a refusal to gIve the Boors quarter A Incident to theone which oc occurred at the battle ot of Glencoe when nn an o officer clr was Vall shot by II a wounded I itt reported by the Jondon Times cor correspondent respondent at Belmont Delmont who saYs roya that of the Idler guards cuard was shot eliot b by a wounded Doer whom Ste he heR was R attending Such appear incredible but the they are no now o let Ur b by the It G n Moth nan who has haa sent lent a 11 to the tho saying to our und td ed not to shoot our r I must am you not to use dumdum bullets or Use UBe the slag flag of truce treacherously Such action netlon is 19 In the extreme and ond ondI andI I cannot countenance It All accounts confirm the splendid charging ot of thi British infantry the theS S entering the tho fight with drums beating and fifes The second ridge was the strongest position TIle The Boors there wore worl Il behind ram ramparts arts of bould rt the guards lIard steadily I many of at them coolly mok moki In i ag It I 1 F Knight a welt well known war cot cor TEI who ho went welti to 10 duro dur tag InlO Ih the war WIS waa wounded In the arm by a dumdum bul bulIt bullet let It The hospital train arrived at Orange river In the nIck ot of time tram from Ca Capetown and was sent to Delmont The train II constructed on the corrIdor system with 1 beds ranged In tiers on each Ii de On Its return to Orange rh nv nver or er with Ih the wounded It Il was found a number of oC them were able to walk but there were many stretchers carried The troops In camp lined the route from the station elation to the The wound were cheerful and 8 as the they along supported by medical orderlies ox ex chanced chaff with soldiers In tho crowd Clot Oot an ana loot T asked a soldier Yes was the grim reply tram from the maImed mann man In m my blooming log leg There Is b much discussion now as to whether len Oen Methuen Intends to march direct to Kimberley or double around and cut oft the Free Slaters who have hae Invaded the anti Burghers drop them on lens Oens and French inflict a crushing defeat on them The general opinion however Is that he will north and attack the floors ot at Modder rIver thus thu relIevIng Kimberley There Ther l is much now liS as to the tale fate ot of Mafeking In view I w ot of the latest and despondent advices Jt It was wall rumored In the Glasgow stock cx x change today that Matching has hIlS sur surrendered rendered but th the war oJ officials do dl dare clare they hare hae nothing confirmatory or otherwise In the meanwhile the news from Na Natal Natal tal II not encouragIng and the 1001 river camp are both bolh haN haiti and It seems almost a joke Jok to regard the arrison na Ia form torm lag Ing part ot of the relict force for tor A dIspatch from Pretoria dated Thursday gives n a dispatch tram from south louth of to 10 the off effect t that Ob Gee Joubert that morning shelled B camp but without re response The In Inhabitants habitants of the town vene reported to be leaving A dispatch from Pretoria also cabs that ot of the battle ot of Del Bel Delmont Belmont mont had reached he 1 f Pretoria BI a It II says ys hen heavy fighting is Ie reported south ot of Kimberley today between the Free Staten and n a supposed ed relief force torre from the Orange river The foregoing dispatch also refers reter to the attack on the floor r position at Willow Grange Orang outside ot of urt the da day which wa 1111 reported b by the English newspaper correspond tnt eMs The attack Is acId to hll have been II a surprise and the British re no tired on they did not rdo Io so 10 until thy they had cl eighty ht noe and captured all their equipment n a number ot of horses hurtt A bl big gun posted In posItion III the capture of at which ap appears pears to have been the British objective wac a found to bare been n remold The story II Ia thus cIrcumstantiaL No confirmation II yet forthcoming An official statement U hued at Durban yesterday that there were no floers south ot of the tho Mool river The IM however as 81 shown In recent dispatches are rapIdlY closing round the Mool river camp Another armored train and mounted patrolmen reconnoitered the country and report l seeing none of the tho enemy nem But Dut today toda the Doers were In strong force Coree In two to nearby shows hows tho mobility of the Doer forces forcee TI Tb b DonA have surrendered to the his nf at Nottingham Road station south ot of river and theme are reports thAt the floor Door ford are re clan lag which explains their raidIng tarn tann loyal Natal have taken the tho field neli In rell response Ome to the call for tor mobilIzation of the rUle rifle lions and are nu now doln scouting work Tv To ot of those thOle volunteer cheeked checked the Boors near Moot 1001 river rhe government has baa realized the value ot of their and yesterday au an th raisIng ot of a mounted Corps corll or of farmers to check k Doer Boer raiding molding The reported determination of the United Statta to compel ger to allow ollow Consul General Macrum to exercise his rights as agent lit at Pretoria hits has created an excellent in hare and has coiled out varl you ous OUI ex ot of and The Th St Paul Gazette says The United States government is II I not nol stand on any e from President Kruger Jl It Will was the British who kept all eu eye ee on Hobsons captivIty at Santiago and anil it 11 WitS wets the representative who did similar tor or ca captured tu Amr Amer leans everywhere In Cuba and the l Pretoria Nov 0 fAn Ith the Dr Doer hed head laager langer out aide Lad Ladysmith dated FrIda Friday No Nov 2 21 11 he garrIson at wAi wAs strangely rangel quiet yesterday The cannon tide ade toay today hart hardly evoked a re response pon The balon balloon no lon longer er icon Te The third Ilg big cannon which the Poem hae have hap bap tze Suzerainty Wi was lit In post pol polton ton Lion to today a Tl The German ar arrIved rIved mIred last nigh night The Bor Doer generala think they wil will the tal fall of Ladysmith at the tho end ot of thIs Ther There wa was n A terrific thunderstorm last night Four hosts guarding a cnn can cannon non were vore seriously I FALL BACK DACK tool Moot River Natal Fida Friday No Kov 24 SIA I In force torre In the direction of Highlands staton station has hIlS discovered a abig abig big force ot of Doers with guns The BON shelled Ind and the tho BritIsh guns replied The also aha reported another etron strong Doer torel force to the northwest of oC the tho camp The British guns have me turned to camp and the infantry has falen fallen hack bOlk The Jha mounted Infantry is 19 still out out WOUND D c COMING mm J I Orange Cap Cape Colony J Nov No 2 24 60 p InIn ni all wounded Including several Hors have arrived here from On One ot of the Beers rs I a aboy by boy 1 II years e S of age nce was com compelled le to take lake U un arms arma wih with his hia father who Is Isa isa a A wounded Jor Beer said that twenty mE men sero selected from each section ton to pick ot off the BritIsh officers But Dut ho added on tM the advance of at the British force torce the marksmen were be and It wa to 10 the who wore the theale same ale a as the men menThe menThe The marksmen were re alN also unable to mak oUt th the sergeants and other non officers WhO who strIpes had b bEen en removed l Paris ars Nov 0 anto caricatures In connection wIth the war culminate culminated In grossly obscene Insulting Queen QUn Vie Ie tone torla In L La Caricature entitled Ing ng flab Correction which the pollee seized lol R as the outcome ot of Brit fl l embassy |
