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Show (KUUGER AT MONT. TRANSVAAL'S PHESIDUNT EN- COUnAOINO HIS TROOPS. nif tlalll Inaalaaalal Idirnllh, whtre I 11.000 llMra Are Oppmlat 11,000 j llrltlah Soldi. ra. London, Oct. 31 Th petition at I Ladyamllh, without being alarming, j la tufllclenlly dangerout to excite anil-jrly anil-jrly Lvldently the Hoer are trying lo repeat their Dundee tactic. Hough-ly Hough-ly rtlinaled, they have I7.CXW men a 'agalntt I 000 llrltlth llrncral Sir (lenrge .Stewart While hat the belter artillery, but hit It of letter range The delay In the lloer attack It reported to be due to the non arrival of lominandant (leneral JoiiIh ertt column Thl ha given the llrllltli a much needed retpite alter their recent exerlloni l.verythlng, It 1 now contldered, hinge un (leneral Whites rctoune and judgment Nothing I known j regarding the progret of defensive work fur the protection of Lady-amltli Lady-amltli larmtra In the neighborhood of Ijtilytiultli have left their farm and atock at the mercy of the Hoer ami are congregated In the town Two gun the Hoer have mounted arepow-rrful arepow-rrful weapon 'J hey are Ihe one utrd In aliclllng Dundee, and it I matter of cunalderahle turprlau hutv fHtav if.. laVi ' - 3 iVVi i'iikbidrnt Kiiuai:n. they managed to traiitHirlkiich heavy piece. It I reHirtrd Unit I'retldcnt Krugrr acciimpaiilrd (lent ml .Ion her I to tliu front In a tplcndldly titled traveling wagtin The Standard rorrrtpondent at I Trfidytmilli tend a tlalrmciit that the Hoer have captured I, ion mulct, a lutt tlitt mutt tcriuutly cripple llrltlth i LtrantrMirtallun. The tlempl of the . llnera to cut the railroad at I'leler wa fruttrated by llrltlth cavalry I The wife of (leneral Jan hock ha I arrived at Ladyiuilth under a 11. g uf I truco to nurte her wounded huituiiid j I All the unnouuded lloer prltonrr I have been tent to Durban to prevent any attempt al rttcue 'I ho explanation of the alleged Hoer mattacra ut Dundee appear tu l that a portion of the town guard, nl-though nl-though fairly warned by Oencrnl Yule before hi letliemenl, continued to carry nnua and thirty of ihrui wcro hot before th Hoer dltcovcrcd who they were. |