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Show BOER ARMIES ADVANC1NC. f liuultaneoua Attack Threatened at Five Different Polnta. London, Oct. 14. So far as news received re-ceived thus far shows, no shot has yet been fired. The evacuated district between be-tween Charlestow n and Newcastle, Natal, has an area of Sr-O square utiles, and consists chiefly of hilly mooreland sparsely populated. The Jacobsdal command of the Free State Boers is marching on tha Modder Mod-der river. A dispatch from Yryluirg, Cape Colony, Col-ony, dated yesterday afternoon, says a body of Hoers have cu!, the boraer fence, advanced to the railway and cut the telegraph wires. Two thousand Boers are now occupying the railroad line. In Johannesburg war was declared yesterday. The formal declaration occurred oc-curred at 10 o'clock in the morning. Martial law has been proclaimed in Pretoria, and Britisii residents without permits must leave the Transvaal within with-in eight days. A dispatch from Kimberly states that the artillery stationed there have been out practicing at a dummy force at a range of from 2,500 to 3,000 yards. The practice showed excellent results. According Ac-cording to the same dispatch, defenses have been erected in all directions, and the garrison declare they are "quite ready to meet the tortoise and give him a warm reception when he puts his iieuu auuve Lne Kopie. Judging from present appearances the Boers are preparing for a simultaneous simul-taneous invasion at five separate points, Lai'ugs Nek, Kimberley, Vryburg, Mafeking and Lobatsi. Therefore it is almost impossible to guess the plan of campaign. |