Norway agreeing to become the neutral arbitrator. November 8 – The New York Zoological Society opens the Bronx Zoological Park to the public, in New York City. November 9 – The first British transport of supplemental troops arrives at Cape Town to enter the Second Boer War against the South African Republic. The Boer attack on Ladysmith is repulsed by the British artillery, with the Boers sustaining 800 killed and wounded. November 10 – At the age of 20, Sir Ranbir Singh is invested with full ruling powers over the princely state of Jind in British India, after having ascended the throne as Maharaja of Jind on March 7, 1877, at the age of 8. November 11 – The Battle of San Jacinto is fought in the Philippines, with the U.S. 33rd Volunteer Infantry forcing Philippine Army General Manuel Tinio's troops to retreat. The battle demonstrates the limitations to the heavy, wheel-mounted Gatling gun, in uneven territory. November 12 – Philippine Federation President Emilio Aguinaldo abolishes the federal government system in the Philippines as the U.S. Army makes further incursions into Filipino-controlled territory, and moves his capital to Bayambang. The city of Puerto Cabello in Venezuela surrenders to General Cipriano Castro after heavy fighting. November 13 – Philippine President Aguinaldo dissolves the remains of the Filipino regular army and moves to a strategy of guerrilla warfare against the U.S. occupational forces. China's Hunan province opens to foreign trade for the first time. In Colombia's Thousand Days' War, the Battle of Bucaramanga ends with a victory over the Colombian Army against an attack by Liberal Party rebels, who suffer 1,000 killed and 500 wounded. November 14 – The first aerial crossing of the Mediterranean Sea is made by Louis Capazza and Alphonse Fondère in Capazza's balloon Gabizos. The group departs Marseilles in France at 4:30 in the morning and arrives at 11:00 a.m. on the island of Corsica. November 15 – The American Line's becomes the first ocean liner to report her imminent arrival by wireless telegraphy, when Marconi's station at The Needles contacts her off the coast of England. November 16 – A British Army train carrying troops is wrecked in South Africa near Estcourt by the Boers, and 56 men are taken prisoner, including war correspondent Winston Churchill. November 17 – "Naval Station, Honolulu" is established by the U.S. Department of the Navy with on the island of Oahu