| Show PORTED RELIEF OF LADYSMITH t Generals Buller BuIler and Clery Reported to Have Entered the Town and to Have aye Cap I Ten Thousand Boers I rit h War Office Ollice Does Not Believe it Is Practically Report Says Boer Prisoners Winston Churchill Losses in the Battle at Number Lose About Did All That Men Could Do but it Was Impossible Impossible sible to Pace lace tile the Terrible Loss is Very heavy Fought with the Utmost Shells In a Boer Prayer Public Indignant 14 p mA sp special lal Let tt o Dee Dec says have entered 11 huller Duller and Clery Cleo I And A have fino s S Sn n War ar om e lias beard ci the reported relief of at lAdy ii be om rio do not credit tho fart rrY and the thc say lay the act at luch an wIT t Is i believed W bo be practicallY Ot the be exchange today nt at 2 fland mines suddenly jum jumped ed edtl tl 1 on the that General 27 had Id entered Ladysmith and that Duller hold captured three J 4 Delagoa Day Bay Dec Churchill the tho newspaper and former officer ot of the rth who vho wa captured at ati i time ume of the armored train Iff Estcourt November has hIlS from 1 Dec revised list of the tW IJ to the British troops places the tho J AI A ocial report gives the number SI kI wounded w and missing ot of all LJ J I the engagement of Bunday and tw lay north of Madder river as corrected tre nm were killed and I It t r wounded and Irr hr are ad olle oe Is i known to made prisoner TIe ne ur tI hILS ha received 1 a there were vere among emong 1 and men mena a e highland 1 brigade at Ibe brigade lout 10 officers killed and 4 n following list of at officers killed or tied his haa been received Gen Leut Cot Col J N C Goode Capt t cD Lieu Capt J It H Itt hi t Cox Capt Cowan Capt Col ol Goff Major nob Itoh nobL L at LI ut Comic vJ ci 01 Capt 7 1 jr Iut Capt tb rapt Capt Noes oyes Capt 17 1 I apt Capt Campbell ct pt Gordon Cap Capt IC ab the theW th thEa Ea W C Scott and ia use or of th officers Lt L wounded The other im mostly un kT te s d Major jajor Captain Cameron r 1 harvey Lieu and andt x t TaR Taft who wai formerly the thet t LZ t i gf champion Captain The Tho lion JIon Cum CaptaIn McF and ilL t marquis of Winchester ot of the c guards was killed Cap f BI lIng Codrington anti 11 Tb Un l i W D 13 ot of the were wounded and ot of the thell ll nl sIx were killed and forty Y re Winded Uth One killed tn One killed nine nino t i Seaforths Major and Captain wound maor Yal viti taken prisoner Infantry Killed Major tl t and Major hay ay nar War office has received from Gen Oen Genth rth the th toll owing lilt of casualties ta by y a correspondent who was wasted ted to t visit alt the hoer Doer camp with and II believed to be r ro t noyal Irish Ten killed and J wounded First East Lan LanS S ril One wounded rounded Se Second ond Twelve killed t lea All the above 4 are River Colony Tuesday Tuelda gathered ather he here by n a ot of the A Associated Press r r the wounded British h and floors ae of tue desperate nature natureS I S ti fht at I The Theia ia k did all that tho mot most gal p h ps In fl the tho world could do but tl to face the terrible the e lIvers The British artillery again saved the situation and divided the honors ot of the day with the Scots The Tho batteries worked for hours under undera a galling rifle lire fire According to the fiber Doer stories It was Impossible for tor the UtI burghers to have hae fearful loss One prison prisoner er Cr said ald a 11 single Ingle shell killed or wounded over 70 and that two others burst bunt over two bodies of Doers en ensconced the range doing fearful damage All MI agree that the Doo Doers fought throughout wIth the utmost gallantry Their sharpshooters seldom missed the mark markA A Seaforth Highlander says that while ho be Was val wounded on the field he saw a Doer DOIr ot of typical German appearance faultlessly dressed with polished top boots blot a shirt with silk lIk rul e and a cigar In hi his mouth walk walkIng log Ing among the ant hills picking ort oft the tho lie was quite alone alono and It was 11 apparent from the frequent use ule he made of at field that he was VAS sIngling out officers Another wounded Doer says ays that a shell hell fired on Bunda Sunday tell fell In Inthe inthe the midst ot of an open air pr prayer er meet meetIng lag Ing held to otter orter supplications for tor the success ot of the arms All Ml the tho wounded lire are full tull ot of praise for tor forthe the treatment thy they received from the tho medical department on the battlefield London Dec the outward calm cairn attitude of the pre press s and people here during durin the present crisis corn com admiration there Js Is an under undercurrent undercurrent current ot of Intense Indignation against the tho war and the tho government which threatens to have hlo a serious addi Hon tn In the blunders of the generals and of the brOk ak down of the and departments are aro dally daily coming to light It was freely predicted this morning even In high military circles that the South African campaign will last until June JuneIl It Il Is also expected that General Me Methuen Methuen thuen will have to retire south or of the Orange river ns as It Is claimed he could not hold out longer loncer nt at the Modder nv nver er cr where his ammunition and toad food supplies were not expected to last over oer overa n a week in fact It said that his hll line ot of communication was wall probably already cut and It was claimed that Gen Con Oat Gat b his acne arre was similarly weakened by reverse and the revolt ot of the colonists and It was lidded added that he might have havo to choose between a siege and a 1 no treat The scenes at the tho war office this morning when Gen casual casualties ties were posted were highly dramatic There was a 11 steady incursion ot of aux bus from the tho moment the doors opened and there thero was WILS Intense excitement when an official appeared bell bearing ring the ominously long loni list ot of names The women present crowded eagerly forward arid begged for copies ot of the list but the supply was WUI not cleat clent and the read out the lists Intense tee feeling ling was evident on all the faces Some or of the women were so overcome that they had to be assisted from the room The afternoon papers ot of all 1111 shades ot of follow the tho morning papers In facing the situation courageously and demanding the Immediate dispatch ot of reinforcements Thus the radIcal Star says saI The Tue stake the gambler Chamberlain has thrown upon the table is I not merely South Africa but the empire Ills It Is too toolate late Inte to regret the game ame We have no choice but to play pia It even een It if It In Inoes oes sending abroad the militia Our armies In South Africa must bo be amply reinforced The Globe sass The country Is prepared for tor any sacrifice In the fern OUI words of at General Sheridan all must now co o In InThe InThe The St James Jame Gazette says When WI we have hae retrieved our defeats end ond hava hae restored the tho supremacy ot of our nail flag lIe we can criticize and Investigate Today we must act Continuing the tho St James Gazette urges urgel the government to take the White Star line steamships from the tho Oceanic dawn and send end another corps coros to South Africa The Westminster Gazette a liberal neWspaper which has actively opposed i ithe the war says sal We are bound to carry the campaign to 1 a successful Issue and adds i The reckoning with the government I Will come later Inter on The war am office co this evening made the tho announcement The sixth division has hils been mobil mobilIzed mobilIzed and tour four battalions ot of this division |
