Show DEAD AT NOOH1IEDACUT British Casualties to NonCornmtssioned Officers Offi-cers and Men Were 60 KilledS A and i 62 Wounded + Sharp Engagement Takes Place Near Kalkspruit With Two Parties of BoersBoth Were RoutedRumor Printed in London That Kimberley Is Seriously Threatened by the BoersRailway Near I De Aar Torn Up in Several Places i London Dec 23Snce Lord Kitch eners dispatch of Wednesday last re porlipg the crossing of the Orange river Into Cape Colony of two bands of Boers nothing official concerning events In South Africa has reached the public Last night the news was most meager Reports were received from Capetown that the railway had been torn up in three places north of DC IAar i A column of 500 of all arms under un-der command of Maj Shute lefL Coles burg December 18th by the Philips town road to relieve a post of twenty yeomen who were Invested on a farm at Hamclfontcin The Boers had been beaten off by the yeomen before the relieving re-lieving column arrived Two wounded Boers were captured They stated that their party had lost tWO killed and twelve wounded FIGHT NEAR KALKSPRUIT S A Sfanderton dispatch dated December Decem-ber 18th says a sharp encounter took place with two parties of Boers near Kalksprult ten miles south of the railway rail-way One of the Boer parties numbered num-bered 300 Both were routed afler obstinate ob-stinate resistance One retlml In the direction of Gobeisaars Drift and the other toward Vllllersdorp It Is supposed sup-posed that they lost severely The British force lost two wounded and captured a quantity of livestock and forage KILLED AT NOQITGEDACHT Many j people of all classes gathered about the War office last evening anxious anx-ious for the welfare of friends engaged In the war and especially for that of those connected with the regiments Which were engaged In the Xooltge dachtjbnltle At a late hour a list of the casualties to noncommlsaloned officers of-ficers and mm was posted showing that sixty had been killed and 361 wounded Jfln JSvcnfng Standard lust evening I said a report has reached London that I Kiraberley Is eriousty threatened by the Boers None of the leading South African firms Intcrcsted Kimberley have received Information tending to I confirm the Evening Standards report BOERS IN CAPE COLONY The Boers who have Invaded Cape Colony are commanded by Gens Hett zog Philip Botha and Haasbropk Besides Be-sides the commands already reported another force has crossed at Zoutzpan to reinforce nil the Boers occupying Phlllpstown |