Show BRITISH BEATEN BY BV BOERS GENERAL METHUEN AND FOUR GUNS CAP CAN BY GENERAL three british Oft officer leere and thirty 1 ight ma blen killed seventy sern wounded ad diio mi two lluhi dred men aleu it la Is announced that genethal loid methuen and four guns guna have been cap aured by the boerst boers commanded comin by general delacey De larey the news came like a thu rider bolt to london the edtia editions edit tous of the evening papers giving an account of tile angerly bought up readers hurried abrou through gh the streets vv with I 1 tit anxious faces land and bitter remarks v were ere passed on the subject of the government a declaration that the war in south africa was over the news was waa received in the house of commons amid great excitement the reading of lord Kitch eners telegram by mr bir It rodrick the war secretary was listened to in deep silence in brief lord kitchener announced that when general methuen was captured ap wounded with four guns three british officers oili cers and thirty eight men were killed and five officers and seventy two men were wounded in add tion one officer and men reported missing the full text tet of the HIB dispatch fol follow lob b pretoria saturday batur day march 8 6 1 I greatly to have to bend you bad news of methuen Ale thuen lie was moving with BOO mounted men under malor paris aad 30 infantry four guns and a pom pom from frocia lynburg yn burg to litchen baig and was nas to meet grenfell Gien fell with 1300 mounted men at today yesterday morning orning ni early lie he was waa attacked by Dela delacey reys s force be tween two twe bosh bosch and tile the boers cliar charged gd on abl ee sides 1 I live iva hundred and fifty men have come in at Marl Mari bogs and Kraa ipen they pursued by the boers four miles from the scene of 0 the action ahey report that methuen and paris with the guns baggage etc were captured by the boers methuen when last seen was a prisoner Noner I 1 have no details of tile the casu casualties allies and suggest delaying publication until I 1 can send definite news 1 I think this sudden revival of activity on the part of delacey is to draw off the troops pressing dewet in a second dispatch lord FLIt kitchener chener says paris lias has come in at Kraai pan with tha reina remainder inder of the men ile he reports that the column was moving in two parties parties one with ox wagons left twe dosch bosch at 3 a m the other with mule wagons stinted an hour later just before dann tile the boers attacked before reinforcements con could id reach them the rear guard broke in the meantime a laige number cumber of boers boera galloped gallop Ld upon both hanks flanks these at first i ei a checked b ba the flank pat pai ties but the panic and stampede of the mules had and all the mule wagons with a teril ble mixture of mounted men rushed past the ov 0 wagons all efforts to check them were unavailing major pans Patis collected forty men and occupied a position a anilo n ile in front of the ox OK wagons which were then halted after a gallant but useless defense the enemy rushed into the ox wagons and methuen uen was wounded in the thigh paris being surrounded surrendered at 10 a m bleth methuen nen is sam in the boer camp general Ale thuen uen commanded tile the sent to relieve kimberley in tile the hattei part of 1899 and while on that service fought fou flit tile the boers boera at del mont Gr grasian Oras aspan paa the alie modder river and at the battle of 0 gras pan the boats were under tinder command of general delacey De larey who is general Ale thuen a captor now after cheke engagements general lord roberts ww sent to lo houth africa where he took personal pel onal command of the british advance on Kimber lev and relieved reb feb 10 16 1900 1000 |