Show REPORTED CAPTURE OF MORE BRITISH TROOPS S I England Greatly Alarmed Over News From German Source of Nsasters in South Africa Rumors That Naval Brigade Lost 100 Men and Ninth Lancers Are Prisoners In Boers Hands London Nov 2 430 a mA fresh S interruption in the East African cableS cable-S service at this interesting moment has caused a cessation of war news As yet the war office has not receIved Lord Methuens detailed list of casualties I S nor is any Information at hand regarding regard-ing the whereabouts of the Ninth lan cern who were sent in pursuit of the Boers from Gras Pan The Dally Mall says that a prIvate telegram announces that the lancers are still scoutIng ahead of Methuens advancing ad-vancing colunm but as he announced yesterday that he was givIng his men a days rest this is hardly possIble Indeed the greatest anxiety Is felt and more especial I In view of the fact that a Berlin journal the Deutsch warte which regularly prInts Boer communications announced yesterday before It could have been ascertaIned from British sources that the naval I brigade lost 100 men at Gras Pan und that the Ninth lancers were captured I It Is understood that the government decided to proceed immediately with the mobilization and embarkation of a division of 10000 men uqder a well known lieutenant general Best Thing of Campaign I General HUdards achievements at Beacon hlll is begInning to be realized as one of the best things the campaign has yet shown as it has relIeved the tension of the sItuation in Natal and has brought the relief of Ladysmith within measurable distance General 1 Duller appears to be confident of Lord Iethuens ability and Is devoting aU his energy to Ladsmith I An attempt will be made presumably to reach Colenso in time to cut off the I retreat of the Doers from Weenan over r IOi i 1 the Tugela river It is feared however how-ever that the enemy will get there first and destroy the bridge At Frerti brIdge the British found two massive spans utterly wreclcd by dynamite one piece weighing 221 pounds havIng been hurled 200 yards SIr Alfred Iilner has warned the var I ious relief committees In Cape Ton I fought at Mooder river before Dla inondopolis is relieved I There is some doubt os to what L meant In the statement that the Boere are falling back on 1Varrenton whlcI1 Is fiftymiles north of Kimberley unless un-less the dispatch was intended to fail into British hands in the hope of misleading mis-leading General Methuen The latter however is said to be far too cautious to be caught by such a trick and it Is added that it can be confidentially an ticipat d that his column will sweep steadily forward in spite of the determined deter-mIned resistance he will meet with The conclusion must be accepted however reluctantly that the Boers are deliberate In theIr misuse of the white flags On top of General Methui ens warnIng and other evIdence comes the statement of Correspondent KnIght who has arrived at Cape Town wounded cd He sayS he ccompanled a detach meat or the Northampton regiment I when a force of Boers 600 yards distant and surrounded displayed a white flag The officer commandIng the NOrthamp tons then ordered hIs men to rise When the Boers llberately volleyed wounding Knight and others The command rinchlef at the Cape I has sent the admiralty an addItional list of casualties among the British naval na-val brigade engaged at the battle of GrasPan as follows I MIdshIpman Huddart of the cruIser DorIs and ten sailors and marines killed and thirteen petty officers and I seamen and seventysix noncommissioned noncommis-sioned officers and men of the marines wounded Total casualties lOi The followIng messages has been teLegraphed raphed to the commanderInchief at the Cape The queen desires you tQ convey to the naval brigade who were present at the action at Gras Pan her majeshs congratulations on their gallant gal-lant conduct > at the same time express ex-press the queens regret at the losses sustaIned by the brigade The colonial office has receIved th fOllowing dIspatch from the governor of Natal dated Pietermaritzburg Sunday Nov 25 The Boers are retiring on Weenan 4 1 r + t + + + t + + 1 + t + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 4 + + + S + s > + + b i5r ccr + t Ganeral Ienthuens Forces Marching to Believe Ximbsrley + 4 + + 0 be prepared for the arrival of 10000 Ic Ifugcs from Kimberle as soon as the slegp has been raised r According to a dispatch from De Aar dated Sunday the Boers had destroyed the bridge at Steynsburg the previous point dar and lerebelng reInforced at that I Our troops are occupying a rIdge threll miles northward of the 11001 river In appeSrs that the Boers have found our position too strong and are retirIng towards to-wards Lady mHh with the loot they have collected The river is in flood Bailer has arrived I Telegraphic communication with Est courtwus restored earJyhls morning |