Show r Tork r D dispatch to the tho nt from C Gt London Bays th II preparing t V Tt It nor fleer at Colenso and hilo hilI I Lord rd Methuen 3 tD 1 forces forcel at and Gen Gatacre n the Free State raiders tM the A Duth ii villages of DC the db di Wt r I or r Colony ot these three themes II I f y uP the attention ot of 71 rIter fr the tho London press aI Is i r fourd urd of oC On Gen eon con In directing the British ns irn r tor fr th the expulsion of the Free oJ f pe Colony and the re rh The I defeat deCent ot of Irmy t ie uhl release forces Corces of oC Nn th from operations I ra Natal and open the tho way It II oC f II a Dutch tinny army t J ln Whence reInforce uld b he sent to the Doer floer laagers langers tenia ens and t either ct at Modder u he southern frontier of oC tha itt rI Uld tl nd to diminIsh the tue brought to bear upon the i raal around Ladysmith for rora a j 1 to ta It a portion ot of these com cam the of oC the Draken I ar Ire the th Lest explanation ot of J men tn in London fit or of Lord Itty tea anI Orn jen Gatacre and It Is to tollo follo them up with the tho t t time lion I on the side of oC 4 ann with It I superior arrangements II for supplies and heavily agaInst the irregularly organized Dutch forces While theories like these are a poor substitute for tor war news the veteran officers are glad to accept t evidence that the generals are aro no longer In hot haste hasle i ito to attack the enemy In stronglY forti I fled positions without maneuvering for protection for Cor the infantry from a dead deadly I ly fire directly tn In front The official news yesterday esterday Included the casualty list In the sortie from Crom l on Nov 28 8 when the hour Dour laager laaser was surprised and captured This was WIlS a serious tI fIght ht for Cor twenty two were vero killed on the British side and amI wounded South Africans identify two names In the lIat ot of killed Major was n a gallant rough riders riller wh who had seen much hard service BenIce In and deem desla under Forbes an CarrIngton lIo Ho was a 11 fine horseman and a man utterly fearless with an inborn love of nd ad adventure venture Wright was las famous as one olle of oC the coolest and most expert riflemen In South Africa and n a match for tor the best het hunters among the Doers DoersAn An official bulletin also came from Gen Oen Duller respecting the losses of oC the tho enemy whIch he estimated at EDO killed and wounded beforE Ladysmith on Nov 9 I and In tight fIght at Willow These TheIl estimates were accompanied 11 by a general charge chargo that the enemy did not admit more than of oC the tho losses suffered As Lien Methuen had telegraphed In Ina ina a sImilar Way ray respecting the Do Doer r lo losses ses at Modder river It was vas evident that the war office had suggested that some something something thing should lie be said by him Gen Oen Duller to counteract the effect of the tho publication of oC the hea heavy casualty lists on the tho British sIde Cues for the thc reo re reports ports had bad come from Crom London where the were annoyed b by Leyds Dais bulletins showing In insignIfIcant Dutch losses liS as an offset to the ter terrible terrible havoc wrought amonG the British battalions |