Despatch from Estcourt on Ladysmith fighting and rumors
A despatch dated Nov 6 from Estcourt reports continued hostilities around Ladysmith with shells in town and hospital, a Boer bombardment aftermath, and eight killed and about twenty wounded among British forces. It notes civilians abandoning dwellings for bomb proof shelters and lists Captain Knapp and Lieutenant Brabant among the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Buller
Cape Town
Estcourt
Joubert
White
Ladysmith
Dewdrop
Cklehurst
Bulwana
Dundee
Knapp
Brabant
Lentz Responds to Governor Roosevelt in Print War
Congressman John J. Lentz of Ohio censures Governor Roosevelt for his New York remarks about Aguinaldo, the army, and the Platt machine. He accuses Roosevelt of demagoguery, calls out misrepresentations on Cuban policy, beef trust corruption, and San Juan Hill veterans, and questions West Point training and wartime leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Lentz
Ohio
Roosevelt
New York
Aguinaldo
Massachusetts
Cuba
Boston
Platt
Hanna
Black
Hbimeel
Lyes
Rea
Beef Trust
San Juan Hill
Tenth Regiment
Hoar
Mason
John Sherman
Thomas B. Reed
Hale
Boutwell
United States
Santiago
West Point
Boer Explosions Raise Alarm Near Kimberley Cape
Despatch from Kimberley dated Nov 1 reports Boer reinforcements near Kimberley and a massive dynamite magazine explosion at Premier Mine. About 1200 Boers demonstrated east of Kimberley, with fires from veldt attacks and concern over 1200 cases of dynamite in a larger magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Town
Cape Colony
Kimberley
Mafeking
Premier Mine
London Daily Mail
Dronfield
Rhodes
Kinilworth
Boers Poised to Win Says Johannesburg Publisher
Gustav Schlacht, former publisher of the African Jewish Gazette, arrived in New York from Johannesburg and predicts Boer victory if their provisions hold. He claims Boers have prepared since the Jameson raid, importing arms including 140,400 rifles from Germany and fortifying every pass and canyon in the beery country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Schlacht
Johannesburg
New York
South Africa
Gustav Schlacht
African Jewish Gazette
Germany
Beer Country
The Boers as Fighters in Cromwellian Image
The Louisville Courier Journal likens the Boer fighters to Cromwell's Ironsides and the banished Cavaliers in Flanders. It cites religious fervor under Kruger and Joubert as guiding their invincibility and belief that God protects their lives in battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier-Journal
Oliver Cromwell
Macaulay
England
Flanders
Spain
France
Cromwell
Kruger
Joubert
Dom Paul
Americans Give to US Abroad During Boer and Spanish Wars
A table compares sums Americans contributed for the British hospital ship Ma ne and for the Spanish war effort. Many names show no record of contribution. The note mentions J. Morgan & Co of London and J Pierpont Morgan selling the Corsair to the U S government for 125000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nement
United States
Spain
England
J. Morgan & Co
London
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Boer War Parallels Drawn With Puritans In Faith and War
The article argues Boers share Puritan-style devotion and Bible faith, noting they will fight well if properly led. It praises General Joubert as a brilliant commander, his tactics showing military genius from the outset, with trialed results in recent battles and Majuba Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siepert
Joubert
Majuba Hill
Channel squadron at Gibraltar enacts strict peace time precautions
News from the Channel squadron en route to Gibraltar reports unusual precautions in European waters. The fleet spreads four miles apart, extra sentries are posted at night, ten rounds of ball cartridges are kept at each position, small guns are ready on upper deck, ammunition is on deck, searchlights stay lit, and boats are hailed with permission required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Channel
Gibraltar
Boers destroying bridge pier near Modder River
Telegraphic despatch from Cape Town reports Boers destroying a pier of the Modder River bridge with rumors of an attack on the Orange River Camp and warnings from Hope Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
Orange River
Modder River Bridge
Hope Town
Telegraph Lines Halted Beyond Burgheredorp and Hstcourt
Western Union announces interruption of telegraph communication beyond Burgheredorp Gape Colony and beyond Hstcourt in atal. The outage affects regional routes and messaging service in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Burgheredorp
Gape Colony
Hstcourt
Atal
Appalachian Club Walks Through Amesbury Hills
Nearly fifty members of the Appalachian Club hiked the hills around Amesbury yesterday starting from Salisbury Point on the 9 o clock North station train. They visited Powderhorn Monday and Powow hills, lunched at the Whittier home, then climbed Whittier Hill in the afternoon. A separate note confirms that Ralph D Redfern the US secret service agent in New England is replaced by Owen Owen of New York as district head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Club
Amesbury
Salisbury Point
North Station
Powderhorn
Powow Hills
Whittier Home
Whittier
Ralph D. Redfern
United States
Secret Service
New England
Owen Owen
New York
Boston
Approval for temporary Malden bridge structure plan
Secretary of War Elihu Root approves City Engineer Jacksons plans for a wooden pile temporary bridge built around the Malden bridge draw. The 1015 by 40 foot structure includes one sidewalk two driveways and a double line of electric cars with a 45 foot draw opening while the old bridge is rebuilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elihu Root
Jackson
Malden
Post Map Lets Readers Track Boer British War Fronts
The Post presents a relief map of South Africa showing where British and Boer forces clash. Officials praise its accuracy and offer cutout flags and pins to reproduce daily moves similar to the Cuban war strategy board. Natal near Ladysmith and Mafeking Kimberley in the left area mark the active fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
War Department
Natal
Ladysmith
Mafeking
Kimberley
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James R. Keene
Princess Hatzfeldt Marshall Fox
J S. Morgan & Co
Co H Sandford
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Eevee
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Henry Aoe
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Ae. Seillieres
Meyer Te Ebeere
Mildmay
Sergeant Drill Company
Seveavene
von Ndre
Ismay
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Burns
Joseph Chamberlain
Adair Weet
Henry White Seer
Mary E. Schenley
Transvaal
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