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Show ENCIRCLED BY BOERS. Ladysmith Surrounded by the Kroger Army. Pretoria, Nov. IS. The following dispatch has been received from the Boer camp at Elaneslaagte, under date of Nov. 0. "Ladysmith. has been completely encircled en-circled by the F.ocr forces. Our second big gun was successful' placed in position po-sition on liuluwan hill in front of Ladysmith. The firing of heavy guns commenced early this morning with no casualties to the burghers up to the presen t. 'Tiotha has heliographed from the south of Ladysmi-ih that the British opened a heavy tire with big guns and continuously dropped shells into the works around Lb ''"smith. The Pretoria Pre-toria force was in a tight place, having taken up a position commanded by the British fire, which was so hot that the position became untenable. The British big guns, however, saved the situation." |