A BOER WAR AND NATIVE ALLIES.
[BY & SOUTH AFRICAN.)
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1899.
there will be no need to follow the Boer farmers up to their scattered homesteads amongst the kloofs and valleys of their country. The country "dorp is the centre of his country life, without which he cannot exist -ar-all, and if we front this we have a very
substantial hostage for good behaviour.
The Boer meis would be particularly, sensitive to sudden raids and attacks made up on their homesteads Tliese might be threatened from different points, and the very threat would keep the Boers at home and pre vent their concentrating in large numbers any party might easily take
the Boer marksmen will adopt the same tactics where. An aute" and fortify it, provided
advantage of a “
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that it is chosen The Boers, in spite
of the Mujuba, achievement, which is capable explanation as having happened at a hollow trap difficult to defend unless the soldiers show- ed themselves against the sky line, have never been fond of storming strong p. sitions. They have never done so in the various Basuto wars.
Another question is this: Will the Boer farmers of the Cape Colony join the Tran svaalers? This is not probable. Take such a
· (Pall Mall Gazette.) Although, in the event of a Nder war, it may not be judged expedient to arm any of the South African natives, it is still possible to utilize them in a number of ways. As scouts and guides their services may be invaluable It must be remembered that, in alt probability,
in a future campaign as they have adopted is the past, and will pick off our men at long ranges or wherever they can fire at little or no risk to themselves. They will not inass or fight in bodies, but each rider will dismount after his own fashion, throwing the reins over his horse's neck, choose his own bit of cover, whether a large boulder or bush, and then retreat as soon as possible. He will generally be at a place where he has already found the exact distance-say, 100, 500, or 600 yards, and perhaps further. But he will be always very chary about exposing himscif to view. Against onits of this sort a charge of cavalry may be impossible owing to the very nature of the ground that they have selected. Nor will finng guns, of great devastating power, be af much avail, for, unlike the hosts of Dervishes, the Boers have no idea of charging in the impulse of mad enthusiasm. If it were possible for a British force to march over the open veldt to Pretoria or jobpnesburg without approaching any krantzarkopje (that is, clifforhillock) nearer than 600 or 1,000 yards, it is quite possible that they might be perfectly unmolested during the whole route. Except at Domplatz the Boers have never been caught out in the open. On that occasion Sir Harry Smith was a smart officer and knew what he was about, and was favoured
BRISBANE, October 25th. by fortune. If the Boers alter their tactics and
The date of the departure of the Queensland carry about heavy guns, or trust to artillery rather than to rifles, they will probably exposenitely tied, but they are experted in leave on troops for the Truusvaal has an yet been defi- themselves to a reverse. The Germans and others who are said to be forming themselves Monday, in which case that day wit be pro-
claimed a public holiday. into a corps on their behalf will probably alter the fighting tactics a little, but Cerman drill is not Boer drill,
quick
district as that of the Paarl. Gadtshoorn, Swel- lendam, and the south-western part of the Cape Colony, the distance of more than one thou- sand aes-is prohibitive. If there is any treason on a large scale the Civil Commis sioners and resident magistrates are sure to hear of it, and the Transvaal sympathizers become marked men, liable a feast to heavy
fines.
A Boer, as a rule, does not like fighting out of his own district and neighbourhood.
LATE WAR NEWS.
Via Australia.-
The Queensland Contingent.
There are now in camp new Brisbane some 280 men who have volunteered for service in South Africa, and of this number eighteen have been rejected.
The Naval Preparations.
| Lyspos, October 25th, All the British cruises which were mobilized for the recent naval matineas res me preparing for active service, and are being put laté co al
mission.
Whatever happens, however, in the course of a Boer war, it is clear that the very first thing to be required of an operating force is n-most exact and accurate knowledge of small geographical details. At a distance the South African veldt in its large outline, secras to lic open and free from opportunities of ambuscade and shelter, but a closer inspection, especially in the vicinity of a small hill or spur of 2 mountain range, or near a river bank, will reveal large stones, houlders, ant-heaps, and "sluits." , washed out water holes. If a coud winds near a place of this sort then there will be need for caution. The enemy has probably found his distance with accuracy, as he d-d at "Laing's Nek and elsewhere, and shoots at an advantage
After Elandslagle. It may happen that the adjoining mountain,
It is reported that after the battle at with a broad grassy plutenu above, affords a perlaage the Boers and the British fraternised on fect retreat along a steep path up which a Boer pony, without shoes, can scramble with perfec: belials of the wounded. Safety. Any one who has shot theebok" or pursued "klip-springers along the South African mountain ridges with the aid of a clever little South African pony, which will do anything it is asked to do, will know what uperiority a Boer may have over a stranger in a country of this sort. The Boers with their veldt-schoens are as nimble as so many baboons up the mountains. No cavalry regiment would be of the slightest avail against such adversaries as these, who would have the following advant- ages; a knowledge of the country, a more efficient rifle with a longer
range, and
greater power
of mobilization. The best thing would of course, to avoirl all places in the Sond African veldt where ambusende is possible. For a road across the South African veldt is simply a track cut a random, to be altered very often at the sweet will of the "kurveyors ar carriers, supposing a flood has- washed out a bad place. To choose the best road-namely, the one that is safe from ambuscades, such as we have described, will be the first duty of our pioneers, even if considerable détours have to be made. We are dealing with a foc that hides and does not attack. The work cut out for our best cavalry regiments is really scouting work chiclly, and sept them out with the
idea that they will ever charge the Boers i mass is surely trusting to a chance that may never arise,
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SPOORING.
It is in the work of scouting and of tracking, "spooring," especially that Bastos, Bechuanas, or Awazies may be of the greatest possible use to an expeditionary force. No one can detect with accuracy, the signs and vestiges of a foe so well as natives, and they should be mounted, so as to give them as wide a range as possible. The fime for their greatest activity and alertness should be just before daybreak. With a cloud of spoorers on this side and on that, a British force would run like risk of being led into a tight corner or along a norrow pass; when an unseen foe might pour in a murderous and efficacious volley. A Basuto corps on their stout little ponies, furnished, if necessary, with field glasses (a detail worth mentioning), and ordered simply to reconnoltre and not fight, would be an ideal corps.
The instinct which ibe South African has by nature for interpreting the signs around him and of scenting a foo from afar is simply marvellous. The crushed leaf or broken twig, the imprint of a hoof, the sound of a bird's note of alarm, the scolding of a "dasie" or rock rabbit, and the grunt of baboons up a mountain side are all evidence of a tell-tale character to him. He reads the velut like an open book, and it is he who really has taught the Boer his Craft and cunning. Why should we not use this aptitude of the natives for our own advantage? They must be the eyes and ears of our expeditionary force. They can tell the numbers of a concealed body of skirmishere by signs which no European can read. They will be the feelers of our advancing columns.
FINDING THE RANGE.
With regard to iccurate rifle shooting, it must always be remembered that the South Africati atmosphere is transparent and elusive. The best shot at Bisley, if suddenly transplanted to
The Russian Press..
tructed, namely, the creation of interests purely | Russian in the districts affected, there must be
sufficient number of Russians on the spot reatly to set to work so soon as the railroad is completed. The Oriental Institute, shortly to be opened at Vladivostock for the purpose of instructing Russians in the Oriental languages and in the chief clements of political and come | mercial education, is expected to afford great assistance in this directión.-Inquirer,
NAVAL NEWS.
ENGLAND STILL HAS A GREAT LEAD AND
WITH SHIPS BUILDING CAN.
EASILY, MAINTAIN IT.
France, like the other great powers of the age, is hustling to bring her navy up as near as possible to the British standard. Today she has nearly twenty-five ships building,
As a naval power France stands next in importance to Great Britain, and it, therefore, becomes of much interest to compare the two, and the following table will be entertaining.
Battleships, first-class..... Battleships, second-class Battleships, third-class .... Coast delense ships
England. France,
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Ab Muo, Mrs. Allsopp, G. F. E,
Abbott, E.
Mueti, A. B.. Metman; I.
Mamedine, E. Mansfield, Miss M.
Beeck & Co., A Brooks, Captain J. S. Martheus, A.
Bingham, J. E. Barker, A. M. Baber, Miss Z. Blum, M. Rind, E. G., Daliner, Miss J. Buckley, P.
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Moses, HE. H. McKay, A. L. MacDonald, Mrs. E. Moane, G. H. Mcleod, Mr. and Mrs. Moldajad, P. Machagan, Miss Bachmann, Mrs. E., Martini, Sig. Barrand, N.
Mitchell, J. Bowman, W. Bingham, Mrs. Borrowdale, J. T.
Calder, Miss Crawford, F. O. G.
10
Breitag, Mrs. L.
7
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Corréard, Mons.
18
7
Crawford, T, C
14
14
Cohen, M. C.
Cruisers, armouredh.
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...
Cruisers, first-class .
30
33
Cruisers, second-class
53
17
Cruisers, third-class
44
Torpedo gunboats
34
22
Camillo, C.
Torpedo boats, first-class....***176
145
Charousset, I'
Tarpede boats, second-class...
12
78
Colent Miss M.
Torpedo boats, third-class.......
14
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Chanson, Mme.
Clemens, Mrs. I.
406 393
*Fice building. **Ten building.
***One handred and eight are destroyers. Neither of the foregning lists include trans- puts or ships out of service, England has nearly one hundred ships building.
It is intended to increase, the French fleet by programme covering a period of several years. the total sum proposed to be outlaid during eight years beginning with 1898 is 721,825,572 fines. In all, the programme ingans the con- straction of eighty-five vessels, eight of which are battleships and ten first-class cruisers.
Among the new French vessels are the fear
the urinal and La Hire, The Henri was launched not long ago at Cherbourg in the presence of Vice Admiral Dienkouard, the Maritime Prefect and Commander-in-chief at These preparations are an obviously, bey d
det port, and M. Bertin, er designer. The the recessities of the trouble in South Affieuri took the water amid the cheers of that it is reganded now is an open szeret i 2
12,000 spectators and the playing, of the Government fear grave complications with Marseillaise" and the Russian hymn by the others of the Great Powers before many weeks. band. She is a ship of a new type in the Frans ch navy, and ranks as a second-class battleship, destined principally for coast defense. Her Elands-structure is in part that of a battleship and in part that of a monitor-battleship at the bows, with a high freeboard, and monitor at the stern, where her quarterdeck is only a yard or so abrve the water line. The Henri IV is 100 menes (433 feet-long anti 22 metres (86 feet) in width & beam much greater than is usual in ressels of, that length. Her tonnage is 8,950, and her horse-power 11,500. She has three propellers, and her estimated speed is seventeen knots. Arnanient: Two 27-centimetre (101- inch) guns, in turrets, and seven 14-centimetre quickfirers, with fourteen smaller guns.
The Durandal is a torpedo boat destroyer of job tons, having a length of 55 and a width of 6.30 metres. With her indicated horse power of 5000 she has teamed over twenty-seven armainent on knots, with her coals, stores and board to the weight of eighty tons more than twice the weight (as the French naval writers take a natural pleasure in pointing out) of the corresponding equipments, etc, on foreign vessels of her class. The gun platform of the Durandal is rather higher above the water level than usual, and gives her guns as much scope as in vessels of much greater displacement. Her armament consists of one 65-millimetre quick-tirer and six of 17-millimetre, with two torpedo tubes. The Durandal was built at
The Russian Press speaks in highly lauda- tory terms of the bravery of the British in the recent fighting at Glencoe and at Elandstangre.
Lee-Metfords for Volunteers. All the Cape Volunteers have been supplied with the Lee-Metford rifles..
Barricados at Kimberley.
LONDON, Octuber 26th. Latest reports from Kimberley state that the place is now completely invested. The streets are barricaded, and the reads blocked with barbed wire fencing.
Intervention Improbable. Owing to the recent inavements of the Rus- sian and French Beets, the Times this maming discredits the fears of any alarming Continental combination at present.
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Dawson City Volunteers. Hundreds of nien are volunteering at Dawson City for military service in the "fransvand,
Boor Civility.
The Boers are reported to have treated the British burial parties at Elindslaagte with great civilby,
Mafeking.
The Boer artillery has sheiled Mafeling, and several houses caught fire and were soon in flames.
The Boers on Friday removed all their guns from before inpati
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Another Proclamation. President Steyn has issued another procia mation in which he calls upon the colonial Boers to help their brethren.
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The already powerful feet which France maintains in the Mediterranean will very shortly receive a small but useful addition in the new torpedo catcher La Hire, which is now undergoing her final trials at Cherbourg. La itive is a vessel of Be tons, and though her speed does not exceed twenty-three knots an laurxher designers consider that her superior size will enable her even to become a formid- able menace to destroyers, not to mention tar- pedo boats, in an ordinary seaway. The against these smaller craft, should she prove to anament which is to be brought into play
have the capabilities claimed in the way of speed at sea, consists of a dozen quick firing cannon. Six of these are on the spar deck and fire shells weighing about eight pounds apiece, while the other six are three-pounders and are distributed between the bridge, the spar deck Ackson, Sergt. C. and the after deck. La lizz is about 256 feet -in length, with a beam of 27 icet, and her twin screva are driven by engines of 6,400 horse power. She has two funnels and the same number of light pole masts.
There is a remarkable difference in the appearance of first-class battleships of the British and. French navies. The Hoche is of 20,823 tons displacement, her heaviest armour being 18 inches thick. Her armament con- sists of two 13.4-inch guns; two 10.8-inch guns; twelve 5.5-inch quick-fire guns, and twenty-nine small quick-fire guns. She has five to
of 11,000, and a normal speed of 17 knots. Aa torpedo ejectors, an indicated horse power to the evenge, she is of 14.150 tone displace- ment, her extreme amouring, like the Hocht, being 18 inches. Her 'armament consists of four 67-ton guns; ten 6-inch guns, of quick-fire pounder quickfirers. The Revenge has seven pattern; sixteen 6-pounder and twelve .3 torpedo ejectors, an indicated horse power of 13,000, and a normal speed of 17.5 knots.
the South African voldt, where a glininter to pay duty. However, as is the case in all peclable torpedo flotilla, Argentine has now
ST. PETERSBURG, September 16th. Events have been moving with such rapidity in every quarter of the globe during the past month or six weeks that the progress of great Russian railway enterprise has been of mou overlooked. Since M. de Witte, the Minister of Finance, received the Imperial com mand on August 11th to take the necessary steps for founding a new town at Talien-Wan, to be called in future Dalny, which is to be the eastern terminal of the Trans-Siberian Railway, a great dent has been done. The Bay of Talien Wan possesses all the natural properties r quisite for its becoming one of the principal Centres of of enterprising men of all nationalities. The _general, trade” and for the attraction town of Dalny is being developed on a regular plan, and no speculative building is permitted. It certainly augurs well for Dalny that it has been declared a "free port" so long as the ing preparations for that attack on Chile, which
The Argentine Republic appears to be mak territory of Talien-Wan is ceded by China to South American statesmen have long regarded Russia. Thanks to this privilege, the port of Dalay will be able to
as almost inevitable. By buying successive import and export freely cruisers constructed for the Italian Government, every kind of goods without being compelled building others at Elswick and creating a res other "free ports," tonnage, anchorage dues raised herself to the position of being the strong- and all other harbour dues necessary for the est naval power in South America. Brazil, proper maintenance of the part will be duly which has a slower development, looks on with curiosity at this new activity. The energy of The commercial development of the port of the Argentines is not confined to the buying of Dalny cannot fail to exert a great influence ships. They have adopted a plan of geast de upon the traffic of the Trans-Siberian Railway, fense, and are building forts armed with 10-inch and the freedom of trade will pernit Russian Krupps and mortars at many important points. and foreign merchants to establish sound busi- Bahia Blanca is the centre of activity, while known the exact distances.. No doubs all these esse, depends in great measure upon tegentine l'ortsmouth. It lies in a secure post there. The success of the railway, Port Belurano is designed to become the Ar things have long since been thought out care course, fully, by our military, authorities, but, all the regularity of the intercourse ultimately marcial the whole approach is to be lined with forts. A establish lion, reached by a well-defended channel, and saine, when large numbers of troops are landed ed for the first time
upon the South African velit, centres of the Far East. In view of this fact, truths have to be insisted upon mere Obviouser 2191356,5 to spot sudura Arca is as difficult as the valleys which were the ship service in the district eventually to secne of our recent frontier campaign in India served by the Frans-Siberian time, the fussing But the Boer foe is different from an Indian authorities considered the question of establish foc. Let us grasp his mode. of fighting thering a Russian service of steamers in the Pacific. oughly let us use the native for information The Siberian Railway and the various sub and tracking, and above all study the small geographical features of the land. It may be Impossible to use the railways in the Trans vaal in the event of hostilities, and so our advance may be. by road or trackway, I the chief towns or dorps can once be held,
mirago so often prevails, would find out of it, at any rate at first. It is in finding the right range and distance that a colonial-born man, with hand and eye trained on the South African veldt, has an advantage. There are plenty of English colonists, however, who are quite as good shots as the Boers. It must be added that at Bronker's Spruit, Laing's Nek, In gogo, and elsewhere the accuracy of Boer shooting was owing their having already
levied.
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consequence of the tendency of late and there is to be ample accommodation for
twenty of the armoured cruisers which the Ar be gentine
done my affects, with torpedo basins, a dry apparatus, workshops, barracks, and every pe- gunnery and other stores, coat sheds und cessary for repairing, filing and equipping warships. The port will also have the naval school and observatory, a large hospital and quarters for officers and men, with a great drill ground where 19,000 men can be exercised,
sidiary enterprises connected with it will natu rally be potent factors in reviving and riveting the relations between Russia and the countries
of Eastern Asia. But in order to preserve Evidently the Argentines are resolved to hold
the mastery in the southern part of South Ame
them essentially Russian, and to make them answer the purpose for which they are cons- rica.-Pa. Record,
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BUTTERFIED & SWIRE,
Agents. Hongkong, 16th October, 1899. [1307
NOTICE.
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DEBTS.
Neither the CAPTAINS, the AGENTS, nor the OWNERS will be RESPONSIBLE for any' DEBT contracted by the Officers or the Crews of the following Vessels during their stay in Hongkong Harbours -
EUCE, American ship; D. Whitmore Stan
dard Oil Co..
Shipping.
SAILING VESSELS.
FOR PHILADELPHIA & NEW YORK.
THE 3/3 ALL. American Ship
"ST. MARK,"
Captain Dudley, is ready to take Cargo hera for the above Ports and will have quick despatch.
FOR BALTIMORE & NEW YORK. "HE 3/3 A41. American Ship THE: Captain Whitmore, is ready to take Cargo "REUCE."
here for the above Ports and will have quick despatched.
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FOR NEW YORK..
THE 3/3 L.1.1. American Bark
"ADOLPH OBRIG," " Captain Amsbury, having arrived will shortly load here for the above Port and will have quick despatch.
For Freight, apply to
ARNHOLE, KARBERG & Co. Hongkong, roth November, 1899. (14054
Consignees.
IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
5.S. "KOENIG ALBERT."
THE above named Steamer having arrived, that their Goods, with the exception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables, are being landed and stored at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, Kowloon, whence delivery ay be obtained.
Optional Cargo will be forwarded unless notice to the contrary be given before Noon, TO-DAY.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 22nd instant, will be subject
to rent.
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will b examined on TUESDAY, the 21st instant, and THURSDAY, the 23rd instant, at 9.30 AM. All Claims must reach us before the 1st Desember, or they will not be recognized. No Fire Insurance has been effected, Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the Undersigned.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.
MELCHERS & Co.,
Agents...
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Hongkong, 15th November, 1899.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
FROM BOMBAY AND STRAITS, "HE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s Steamship
THE
"NANKIN."
Consignees of Cargo by the above-named vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at theirwick in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each 'consignment will be sorted out mark by mark and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed.
Goods not cleared by. the 21st instant, at 4 P.M., will be subject to rent.
No Fire Insumice will be effected by me in any case whatever,
All damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns and a certificate of the damage ob. tained from the Godown Company within ten days after the Vessel's arrival here, after which no Claims will be recognised,
H. A. RITCHIE,
Superintendent, Hongkong, 15th November, 1899.
"BEN" LINE OF STEAMERS. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
STEAMSHIP BENLOMOND,” FROM LEITH, LONDON & SINGAPORE.
CONSIGNEES ofsage
informed that all Goods are being landed
at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remain ing undelivered after the 24th instant, will be subject la rent.
All Claims against the Steamer must be pre- sented to the Undersigned on or before the goth instant, or they will not be recognized
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 24th instant, at 3 P.M. No Fire Insurance has been affected Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
GIBE, LIVINGSTON & CO.,
Agents. Hongkong, 18th November, 1899. (14419
Entinrations.
F. BLACKHEAD & CO., SHIP-CHANDLERS, SAILMAKERS, COAL AND PROVISION MER CHANTS, NAVAL CONTRACTORS AND GENERAL COMMISSION ·
AGENTS,
PRAYA CENTRAL HONGKONG, SOAP MANUFACTURERS,
SOLE AGENTS FORUMUN HARTMANN'S RAHTIEN'S GENUINE COMPOSITION RED HAND BRAND, HARTMANN'S GREY PAINT, DAIMLER'S PATENT MOTOR LAUNCHES,
&C.,
Sole Agents for FERGUSON'S SPECIAL CREAM and
P. & O. SPECIAL LIQUER SCOTCH WHISKY, &c. EVERY KIND OF SHIP'S STORES AND REQUISITES ALWAYS IN STOCK AT REASONABLE PRICES, Hongkong, 14th May, 1896.
MEE CHEUNG,
PHOTOGRAPHER, TOF FLOOR OF ICE HOUSE, IN Ice-House Rod.
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TS now in a position, in his New and Com
modious Premises, to eclipse, as heretofore, ALL PHOTOGRAPHIC ART PRACTICED in the Colony or in any part of the Far East.
GROUPS AND VIEWS
speciality, Hongkong, 22nd September 1848.
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