| Show r II BRITISH LOSSES AT MODDER RIVER They Foot Up to Making More Than 1000 Out of M Men n in the Battles at GIas Pan and Madder Modder Almost of General Army Arm Rendered Hors du Much Heavier than lien by Amer Americans ians at Column is Unable to Proceed for River Bridge to be bc is Being Re Delay Wi Will Let Relief Force Sti Still at Oen Flying Column Out Outto to Surprise the Bridge Bown Blown re Troops for South Famine London Dee war ar hu has received the tho following from Crom Gen Gas For esler Walker Capton Capetown Friday Dec lOen Oat acre reports ni no change In the situation O Gen n French had modo made a sanco torn to The troops returned todDY today Oen Gen teah flesh wound Is alight He is III at oder river tat for the reconstructIon of oC the bridge Am reIn reinforcing forcing hIm wih with and a aea ea cavalry corps Hore Horse artler artillery the Canadian Australian contin genie gentl and three battalions an Infantry moved up to the Do De Ar and Belmont line lne lineAs As AI surmised the ho Brish British dead and wounded at the tho hard baro fought batte battle of at Modder river numbered hundreds The Tho war ar deportment toda today gOO gate out the In Information I formation tha that the total number or of cu cas wa was Rn and th number ot of klC killed was 73 3 The revised list of oC Madder Modder river ca cas unitIes non officers and 1 men men I Is divided I as follows tollow Ninth lancers one wounded Engineers two wounded Second Col ten killed fifty six elx wounded ThIrd grenadier nIne killed thIrty eight wounded tour four mining wounded Scota one missing mining ten killed Northumberland eleven wounded pr First ir r n t three re t d tour four wounded r fourteen First North wounded three kl killed I anti and Sutherland I fifteen killed two to missing FIrst twenty wounded South African reserve one wounded Medical corps one wounded From Fram Gen Wa die patch It prore proved that 11 all reports ot of Gen acance advance after aCler the battle of oC Modder Ioder river were premature though with 11 the railroad working he should not I I be IonS long In constructing n a temporary brige bridge Ills enforced delay lelay doubt doubtless wi will be ot of considerable service In n Iv IvIng Ing his needful rest and In allowing the arrIval of re ot of which hI he be sore lore I in nee need after aCler three such fighte InA lag hors hor tie de combat upwards of oC a thou thoUsand sand men out uC of lees leu than 70 Gen J announce announcement meat ment that the Canadian marksmen anI anti other reinforcements ha have been pushed forward to the neighborhood of lw Orange to protect Gen lne line of oC communication ha has relieved m much ch anxiety hr hero where I It was fully expected the Dors Beers would attempt to ot or attack communication the vulnerable points ot of the th ln line The latest latet news newl from Natal Indicates that the bulk of oC the force torce has arrived at though ther there is II considerable cn cun Jecture ni as to the whereabouts of at hen Uen Cler Clery whose movements have hare not been chronIcled recent recently I It Is surmised I in some quarter quarters that he may rca reappear pear In Inn Ina n a totally unexpected quarter on the flank nank or rear ot of hen Gen force torce which I Ic supposed to b be concentrated It at north of oC the Tuge IDi let river riverAs Al As tiers Oen advance gard guard wAln vas in touch with the noer flours as tong long Igo ego ns as Tuesday last developments should not be long delaYe delayed mounted force No Nov 21 S 1 b tour our guns went vent In pur pursuIt pursuit suIt of a 0 body of oC lol Boors to Colenso They toJo followed the Beers to withIn two and halt half miles ot of Colenso when the Doers Daer replied to the British shells with long long range guns There Thero tre 10 no casualties Colenso brIdge It Is II added waa ras wards up A Mt uJ ono diled lei t for i tod tod Owing to the sale ot of the tho n consequent upon the war waro wara o a pal pater r famine Is threatened I It II I reported that the have failed temporarily According According to a special from Crom Gen Joubert was killed Nov 10 lut but Gen Cen Cf Not No 2 showed hoo that Gen Whitt wa was Its In communication with hen Gen Joubert rt or somebody Not No 1 IP hIm bins abut about |
