| Show IJ x DESPERATE SA i AT RIVER den Says it was vas One of the hard n nest est and Most Trying Figh s i iii l the Aln ls of the British Army Troops Fought In tile the Burning Sun Without Water or Food Forced to Qui Quit Their Gain the List Must be leay Expected to r nl Gen Telegraphs the Queen of a hattie atte British Losses at Belmont and Beacon oer Loss Not R Report port British Superior il in Number or of Men and Guns London Nov The war office hl has re received ho the tho dispatch from rom Gsa Olm huller Capetown Tuesday Nov No 8 n reports 4 Modder Ioder Ier Tuesday Nov IS 8 Reconnoitered at r 5 o a 1 rn ton tion on end and lon found strongly entrenched and concealed No mons moans of at the river being ful full Acton Action commenced wl with h I tee r mounted Infantry and cavalry at t 1 gud guard on right ninth un lef left attacked l In widely Iel ex cx tended formation at al GI antI PP d b by 11 tIm artillery found In front a of the whole lr hoer fore force sO strong wih with two large lane Iun gun four et etc The naval brigade render rendered great assistance Cram rein the ri railway After ter deperte desperate han hard WhIch hasted ten hours our men wih with without out water or fo food and In the buring burning sun made the enemy nemy Qui quit hl his pI pIton peel ton tion Generl General WIS was successful In getting n a small email party aeO across the ru river gallantly antl assisted b by IppeN I 1 ep k In terms of high of the conduct or of al nh who wee wire engaged In one of the herdest and mo most t trying fights In the annals of the British or Gr orray ray my I If 1 cn one lO arm p par r It l Is two baUer batteries of ut Iry t at ties hu et lo fought b and Gen Ceo h added I another IY hil hIs or of the past week ek That the Bor defended their positions With lh al all theIr gallantry Is I amply Proved h b Ceo Oen n dispatch and it II wi will probably be further testified to when the list ot of is 19 made mado known Ther There to b be beno n no doubt that Con Oen Methuen his has gained B a seal advantage though the tho delt details mUtt must be awaited lefore before the ful full effect of his ten hOs honis desperate fighting cn can b be CIt the burghers army anny wee waD on Lb luth south bank of the but whether when the nor cr crossed the river northward or In nn an dIrection Into Inlo tt the Or 01 ano ango Free State l Is unknown Possibly the flours or hd had repaired the tho bridge pr pee delro destroyed lI and ond mn man managed aged to withstand the tho attack wih will their rear guard while their min main b body Ca escaped over oer the bridge the rr rear rearguard Guar guard destroying the bridge behind It it The however appear t tv have surmounted the of oC crossing the river and t to have seized for th them themselves selves a position on the Jorth north Ide of ofle of le the strem stream This success of of the British clears on an another other sta stag of tile the r road to th teh siege of which must hare hao partially r In orde order to gle give bottle to General thuen There Is II IUle 1111 reason t to doubt how ho hoever nr ever that the lOt wi will again rally i I as heretofore after a crush In detest unless the they hav lo host their guns o of whIch there Is n no menton mention In Inthe Inthe the c The burghers ar are understood to have havea a strong laage at Sl tour I teen mi miles north of tM the Madder toder ne slyer 8 80 another noth engagement possibly awaits aaU the hellish before they 01 can cOlne commence th the last stage of th the eleven IU miles from to 10 tho though h It II Is out that thaI General Cronje wi will theeb thereby run a great lt risk or of beng being caught between U and Colonel the British commander der at A belated h fro train OZI Orange rh ni nier Ir er says Mr GHeral General trooN ar are advancing und under t the greatest tH ties fighting I en but al most Invisible foe ot it A special fr train Windsor M MOe S Oe dl Uh t to t the qU queen after t the bU battle of Madder cf rY river says Ph battle Wa was lb the boe o of the century T The shelled e led th the ty enemy out of the anti and then chat charged ihie result was 01 terrible A revised l list t of Ih the BrItish casual casualtIes tle tIes at al Belmont lmont shows killed 4 wounded 22 non noncommissioned commissioned on officers and Ind privates killed oune of which the guards ha had 3 3 kie killed and 1 39 wounded a A ren revised lust of the sue tamed b by forces forcH at atthe th the battle of 11 Iho shows J t 1 13 rounded 64 n oustIng lug 1 prisoners S 8 Sl 11 l marked th the departure too to today da day ot of the first flut detachments of the tho composite batalon of the going to South Africa Burg urs lag masses thronged Windsor Cheering and singing and similar scenes ne In London In spite otho of the de dense t fog lArd Lord olle be bade the horse rC guards the Uhe blues farewell Knights at barrack Il made a speech h remindIng Ih the IH men o of the grand military deeds ot of the blues bluel In ho he was waa they ley would 10 go through th the to 10 Id I to the Sia glen of a r regiment of which theY vere I so justly proud and wishing th theta n Ool ro good luck un end a set Nt r to turn Struggling crowds crowd lue hued the lisa rute route tu to the station Uon incessantly anti and cheerIng uni until the We were on en trained fi fat Southampton where embarked on boar board the Ma Thee There was on an interesting ceremony at nr tOA teds when th the Queen lb Ih the men o of th the guards who r recently f and conversed nver with the and of the lold r who have gone OC t to South Arica Africa from the Windsor district The wether was S The he Quen Queen w wn am amI 1 by Henry of flatten aten I burg and Irle t After An n of the tro Mr It ty bristly Idd COY COT J tf on the sPI dl conduct of th the In rind nd Jeep regret a at the 1st c ci sustained Queen were al all th the more treat Inasmuch worl l as just JUI I rore tier her arrival at the barracks ohio ehe receIved news G of Gen Oen Methuen great vIctory In which another nother tale tele gram ram received lt at the barrack terme termed I It the battLe tit Jf the century el I the queen for lor hn hei kind words ord and the guards roo cc TOw fl 11 of 01 the 1 eel die dicta were then grouped In frt ot of the thero 1 ro aI and he ties 11 syn pathetically addressed tl them mIJ HII saying J how much h he tilt for Cor them end hop F Fleg In leg they 11 hae have good nt ot at thir their husbands and fathers The ease It lade 1 was unique Anxious wives lh Ith crowl crowing ni bable babies In An urine or Is In tb baby cir car pissed In front of the queen Uen who In leaned forward droppIng words ot of and nd hope wills lh true woman I h There h hiss been no lews of any kind from Natal up to this mornin morning elate nl Gsa Oen BulEr Hullers I message o of yesterday The he t stopped abruptly wih with the that Con hd had been oree ordered to ad adVance Vance 00 on cli Therefore there Is 18 considerable solicitude regarding the OI course of Jonda Preta Pretoria Nov to re ports that the British made a 8 sortie fn from early Saturday morn mornIng lag Ing and IrId tired on nn the Ur floors with aril tr tee anti 1 infantry In the darkness Th The Irle where the I Hoer fo force was Vas stationed Un tn or our the ha haI I II hoer Ide aide th there re vere 1 0 inca Ge Gin who was wal nine nino miles le oto off has haS tene tined to the assistance of the nl hof contingent wih with a hundred roan men Nine Ino hul burghers were kUlt killed nten and there WI were some e missing The British If left on the ne field a private and a sergeant I It Is reported th the Heft lehi Ih attempted to leave e en U the Nt east Ide side to assist th the troops from trem wound wounded Commandant Lubbe WA was slightly This Th IrlUe British ha have e re the damage to the railroad The lr 1 engaged with the hellish were overwhelmed b by numbers ud and ater alter I a brae brave stud stand until the ater after afternoon nn noon w we were fN compelled to take up other on the other Ide sIde of 1 the railroad Del y Ia says It La give tie the number of ad and oun It hOsts but th the 10 lou is not great The Rr hid had for four guns to tb the Deft ishi Ih The gen general 1 says Nfl the 11 Fr ar are ful full of courage Th The latter IUt part o of the foregoing die patch from Th The Fr Free Stater t t en engaged 1 refers to either r th the bt battle 0 of Belmont o or the battle if af or G Gras Pan Jan |
