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Show BRITISH USE A BALLOON. L4t This Means Locate the lioer Guns at Ladysmith. Loudon, Oct. 31. Patrols from Ladysmith Lady-smith report that there are four large Boer camps within a radius of ten miles, extending in a semi-circle northeast north-east of the town. Evidently the enemy is concentrating all his forces. Commandant Com-mandant General Joubert is in supreme eammand. One Boer laager has a Red Cross tent carefully posted in a conspicuous con-spicuous place. A war balloon, very small and so light that two men can hold and haul it down with a wire strand and which can ascend 3,000 feet, is now in use, and the full position of the Boer guns has been ascertained. The heavy and incessant rains have flooded Tugela river, which will prove an effectual barrier to any Boers proceeding pro-ceeding southward. The remaining bridges are strongly guarded. |