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Show j London, Nov. 3. Special dispatches ' from Ladysmith, - dated Nov. 2, give i further details regarding the bombard-i bombard-i ment. The Boers, having reoccupied j their old positions, remounted big guns, j Their firing was accurate, but almost harmless. Some of the troops were slightly injured by splinters. Lieutenant Lieuten-ant F. C. Egerton and his men from the Powerful did splendid work, and quickly silenced the Boer guns. The Boers acknowledge having suffered suf-fered heavy losses in men and horses j in the previous battle. General Jan Kock, who was second in command of the Transvaal forces, I and who was wounded in the battle of Elandclaagte, died in the hospital at Ladysmith on Monday night. Little light is thrown on the actual situation by the news at hand today. The magnitude of Monday's fight, however, how-ever, is more than ever evident. Virtually Vir-tually three actions were raging simultaneously, simul-taneously, but it is obvious that the intention in-tention to roll back the Orange Free State troops was not achieved. Lord Frederick Boberts of Candahar, commander of the forces in Ireland, while reviewing the troops at Kilkenny, said: "It is useless to disguise the fact that we are engr.ged in a very serious war a war which will put our re sources to a severe test." Boers Sick of Fighting. The correspondent of the Daily News at Ladysmith, telegraphing Tuesday, says: "Dr. Hornabrooke, while searching search-ing for the body of Lieutenant Clapham on Umbulwena hill, which was in possession pos-session of the enemy, met many Boers. On stating the object of his quest he was kindly received. The concensus of opinion among the Boers, he thinks, is that they are sick of fighting and would like to throw up the sponge. They said their loss yesterday was heavy, and due chiefly to our artillery fire." All was quiet at Buluwayo. in Rhodesia, Rho-desia, according to dispatches received this morning, up to Oct. 27. There has been some skirmishing on the border. Apparently extensive preparations are in progress at Deaar, Cape Colony, for the concentration of Lieutenant General Buller's army. Thousands of nules are corraled in that neighborhood, and the transport material is being hurried up from the south. According to another dispatch, the naval brigade at Ladysmith has mounted four more gurts from Durban. The report cornea from Home that Portugal will permit the landing of British troops at Lourenzo Marques. This coincides with the view, strongly prevalent in some quarters here, that the British invasion of the Transvaal will be made trom tnat point. The morning' papers are divided in opinion whether Sir George Stewart White's latest list of casualties includes the losses of Lieutenant Colonel Carle-ton's Carle-ton's column before its surrender. The preponderance of opinion is that they are not included, since, if they were, General White would probably have mentioned the fact. To Seize a Railroad. A report that a Boer force with guns from Koomati Poort is making its way through Zululand is held to indicate an intention to seize the railway between be-tween Colenso and Pietermaritzburg, if it has not already been seized. This, however, will soon be known, as armored ar-mored trains are patrolling the line. The real question for the British public now -is, can General White hold out another ten days or two weeks until un-til the army corps arrirves? Less anxiety anx-iety would be felt on this account were it not that every day seems to bring fresh lists of casualties, proving that much has been concealed as to the real j state of affairs. At the best the coming week must prove a critical and anxious time. The Times, commenting editorially upon the fact that news appears to arrive ar-rive in Belgium from South Africa through some channel uncontrolled by British censorship, reminds the government govern-ment that information valuable to the enemy can similarly le?tk from Europe to the Transvaal. It suggests that the government should fully exercise their right under existing conditions, if any such channel has been for special reasons rea-sons left open, and it appears .to think there may be some truth in yesterday's l Berlin and Paris, stories- The Daily News suggests that these rumors are more likelv intended for propagation at the Cape and to influ- ! ence the Afrikanders. BRITISH OFFICER WOUNDED. Struck By Shell at Ladysmith and Condition Is Dangerous. London, Nov. 2. The war office this afternoon' issued the following dispatch: dis-patch: . . "Lady&mith, Nov. . 2. Lieutenant Egerton, H. M. S. Powerful, dangerously danger-ously wounded this morning by a shell left knoe and right foot. Life not in danger at preeent." It is inferred from this c'ispatch that '" . ' i 1 11 1 . n nil nm un the artillery duel between the Boers and British continues, as Lieutenant Egerton was a gunnery lieutenant with the big naval guns. EAGER FOR MORE NEWS. Reported Shelling of Ladysmith Causes Anxiety In London. London, Nov. 2. The brevity of the news from Ladysmith since Tuesday night has not relieved the anxiety prevailing pre-vailing regarding, the position of the British army at Ladysmith. The war office iics no information of Major General Gen-eral Buller, the British commander-in-chief in South Africa, having left Cape Town. - Colenzo, in the rear, of General White's force, is believed to be well defended de-fended by a composite naval and mili- ' tary corps, and it is understood the two naval twelve-pounders mounted near the bridges Ttver the Tugela. one of the most vulnerable points along the railroad from Laaysmith to Pietermaritzburg, Pietermar-itzburg, ought to.be able to defend 'it and prevent its destruction. If the Boers succeeded in destroying, this bridge it would mean the interruption of railroad communication with Ladysmith Lady-smith for an indefinite period. While the Boer attempts in this direction di-rection are not confirmed, it is claimed that they may be expected momentar- I ily, and the reported shelling of Lady- smitn, n is aadea, points to tne intention inten-tion of the Boer -commanders to keep General White occupied while their strategy is carried out. ' The only information received this morning from the seat of war, in addition addi-tion to the bn,ef. dispatch from General White, saying he was well and holding his position, were the lists of casualties. casual-ties. An official telegram reporting the condition con-dition of the injured at Kimberley, addg that Colonel Kekwith, the British commander com-mander there, has learned from various var-ious sources there that the Boer losses on the occasion of the late sortie of the British troops from Kimberley were very heavy. The newspapers here continue to express ex-press keen pleasure at the sympathy of the United States. The St. James Gazette says: "Few more graceful examples could be imagined of the courteous spirit of American sympathy with this country, which has been so often evident of late, than the project of the American ladies' hospital ship, which will probably be fitted out with many of those American Ameri-can nurses whose services were so highly valued during the Cuban war. This is the first example of a hospital ship provided by a nation .which is at peace for another during the stress of war, and the widespread and generous responses to its appeals from both sides uj. me Atlantic snow now warmiy tne merciful idea is accepted by the citizens in both countries." CAPTURE OF A PRIEST. Chaplain Matthews of Irish Fusi-leers Fusi-leers In Hands of the Boers. New York, Nov. 2. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: Among the officers of tha Gloucesters and Irish fu-sileers, fu-sileers, alive or dead in Boer hands, considerable interest is evinced by Roman Ro-man Catholics for the fate, of Father Matthews, chaplain of the latter regiment. regi-ment. Colonel Carleton is the youngest regimental commander in the service, being only 42. He had seen no fighting before. There is a touch of hard luck for Meiklejohn, sr., subaltern of the Gordon Gor-don Highlanders, son of Professor Meiklejohn Mei-klejohn of Standres university. He had been fighting' on the Indian frontier fron-tier with the First battalion for the last five years, and was one of the heroes he-roes of Dargai, where he was wounded twice. Exchanging into the Second battalion, bat-talion, he went to Natal to lose his right arm at Elandslaagte. As he is left-handed, it is hoped by his friends that he may remain on the active list. A T THJTTITI rt-O A TT T1 -v-r-. - n t. Report of Another Fight Which Was Disastrous to British. Paris, Nov. 2. The Havas agency this evening publishes the following extraordinary dispatch, which the agency says was received through its ccrrespondent'at Brussels: "Cape Town, Nov. 2. The news of the Boers' two victories around Ladysmith Lady-smith has created considerable excitement excite-ment among the Afrikanders, .who do not conceal their joy. Sir Alfred Mil-ner, Mil-ner, the British high commissioner, is perturbed at their attitude. General White in these two engagements lost about 350 men, killed, wounded and prisoners. - -. "The second victory was won by the Free Staters; commanded by Lucas Meyer,' who seized Colenzo, thus cutting cut-ting off the retreat of General White, who is wounded, The investment of Ladysmith is complete and the Boers are masters of Pietermaritzburg and the Durban railway. . "News has . reached General Wrhite , that Mafeking is closely besieged and that the Boers have repulsed the sorties. sor-ties. The surrender of Mafeking is expected. ex-pected. It is also confirmed that the Free Staters have seized Colesburg." London. Nov. 2. The secretary of the war office, who was- shown the Cape Town dispatch of the Havas agency, said the statements made were utterly baseless. Brussels, where the Havas dispatch originated, is the headquarters headquar-ters of Dr. Leyds, the diplomatic agent of the Transvaal, and it is thought the Cape Town dispatch may be an exaggerated exag-gerated Boer version of the recent fighting. DEARTH OF NEWS FROM FRONT. British War Officials Have Not Heard of a Victory at Ladysmith. London, Nov. 2. The war office officially of-ficially declares that It has no information infor-mation of any further engagement at Ladysmith, or of a British victory, as reported in New York. The war office has received a telegram dispatch from Ladysmith at 9:23 a. m. today, saying that General White was well and holding hold-ing his position. A special dispatch from Ladysmith says twenty British dead and 100 wounded have been counted on the scene of Monday's disaster, while 850 prisoners were sent to Pretoria. Another list of casualties at Dundee was issued by the war office today. It gives eighty-two non-commissioned officers of-ficers and men of the- Dublin fusileers missing, indicating that the Boers captured cap-tured as many fusileers as they did hussars. THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. Gen. White Sends Names of Unfortunate Unfor-tunate Officers to London. London, Nov. 2. General Sir George ctm.-t ii'kiti. Hoot nulilcwt fTift n-.nr nfflpf that in the engagement on. Farquhar's farm near Ladysmith, Oct. 30. when Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Colonel Carleton's column- was compelled to surrender, six officers were killed and nine wounded. Among the non-commissioned officers' and men the casualties were fifty-four killed and 231 wounded. At 12:40 a. m. the war office issued the text of the dispatch, which is dated at Ladysmith Nov. 2, 10 a. m.. giving the list of casualties among the officers, which is us follows: Royal artillery, killed: Lieuten'ant J. T. McDougal. Wounded: Major John Dawkins slightly; Lieutenant Harold Belher severely. , King's Royal Riflle corps, killed: Major W. T Myers, Lieutenant H. S. Marsden and Lieutenant T. U Foster. Wounded: Major Henry K. Buchanan-Riddell and Lieutenant H. C. Johnson, both severely. Roval Irish fusileers. wounded: Captain Cap-tain "J. B. H. Rice, and Captain W. U. Silver, both severely. Gloucestershire regiment. wounded: Captain S. Willicock, Captain B. O. ryffe and Captain F. S. Stayner, all se- NaUonal mounted, killed: Lieutenant William Chapman. Medical corps, killed: Major Edward Gray. The list of the names of the non-commissioned officers and men killed and wounded is promised for tomorrow. A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from Ladvsmith, filed Monday night, giving a description of the battle, says: "A similar mule stampede occurred to Lieutenant Colonel Grimwood's column nn tho Ruluwavo side. The ammunition was lost, but our infantry held their own. It was a serious misfortune that the Powerful's blue jackets were not summoned sum-moned sooner, as the result of the engagement en-gagement would have been different. KIMBERLEY HOLDING OUT. British Inhabitants Believe They Can Stand Off the Boers. Hopetown, Cape Colony, Nov. 2. Magistrate Harmsworth has arrived from Klipdam and reports that 'there are 6,000 Boers around Kimberley, and all the roads are strictly patrolled. He says he passed close enough to Kimberley Kimber-ley to see the searchlights, and was informed in-formed that the defenders of Kimberley Kimber-ley were satisfied they could hold out, but were wearied with the inactivity, and hoped that a relieving force would soon arrive. Stories of Boer victories' have spread rapidly along the western border, and Magistrate Harmsworth estimates that over half the Dutch residents of Be-chuanaland Be-chuanaland and Griqualand will join the Boers after thedeclaration of annexation. an-nexation. TOSS TO BRITISH WAS GREAT. v . Independent Account of Fighting at Ladysmith. London, Nov. 3. The Daily News has a dispatch this morning from Lady-smithi Lady-smithi dated Tuesday at 10:30 a. m which gives the first independent account ac-count of the cutting off of Lieutenant Colonel Carleton's column in. the engagement en-gagement at Farquhar's farm. The correspondent says: " "The column was seut out Sunday night, made a wide detour and reached the spurs of the Drakensburg before dawn. Colonel Carleton stormed the heights with the bayonet and made his position against great odds, until his ammunition was exhausted and. surrender sur-render had become inevitable. Nearly 200 had then been killed and wounded." Communication Is Interrupted. London. Nov. 2. The war office has informed in-formed the Associated Press that a dispatch dis-patch had been received from the governor gov-ernor or Natal, Sir Walter Francis Ilely- Hutchinson. announcing that communication communica-tion with Ladysmith has been interrupted inter-rupted since 2:30 this afternoon. This is not regarded by the war office, however, as in any wise "confirming the rumor of a complete Investment of Ladysmith or of the capture of Colenso. From Second Army Corps. London, Nov. 3. Again it is asserted at Aldershot that the mobilization of a second sec-ond army corps will begin Nov. 10. and that the whole reserves of the transport branch of the army service corps will be called out. A composite detachment of Royal marines will be formed at Portsmouth, Ports-mouth, consisting orf experienced men for inland service in South Africa. |