Show I I B BOER ER LAAGER WAS YAS SURPRISED London Dee Dec D 14 to the tho themar war mar olec Pretoria under date of ot ye yelta Lord Kitchener says an I after aCor a long night march Piet loens laager tt at t dawn awn December Ii 12 I nt mit 23 miles northwest of at I killed kle IG IC Bor and captured 79 76 armed prisoners Many others other other were rere BrE wounded antI and nd were score left I ft at seine He lie one of or ii gum Ituna the other having been n nd d troed Two Dive field feld cornets are aro among the prisoner The This recaptured gun gum Is Ishum In hum good god order und and was u uld used td against the retreating enemy enem Hon lion St John CCle tary tr of state date Ila t tot for war wired tIme the gus gov governments o congratulation cn on Ott Gen Oen ii brilliant achieve achievement ment mInt CONCI CAMPS CAMIS CAIS This The delay deity delo In the publication of ot time the October and November returns front from the camps which were Issued today was Wt apparently apparent duo dime to the governments desire to accompany the tho announcement of the tho th pitiably high death rate with wih some official tion lon The Time blume book Issued today today Ih lU deaths ot of whites whits In October of ot which number 2633 were children anti and 2807 deaths of ot whites In Novem Noven ber her of at which 2271 were score children This makes the time total number of ot deaths for the last six fix Ix months or a c death I rate approximating per cr year car per por r thousand Among AmonI the tho colored Colore persons persona there thero were 1308 deaths In two wo months mouths The blue 1110 book bok contains tho the govern menti plans pl nl for breaking gOVel up the tho ramps camps as recently outlined in the speeches ot or the th war secretary te The Tho To war secretary Mr r and the time reports of or the tho medical officers Mi blame the death rate on the tho filthy habits of the floors Boors Hor the tho concealment of or diseases the feeding of on moat fluent heavy heR dough bread b al and black coffee coree und mind Ind the admission to the camps of ot halt half starved refugees riddled with wih disease In one Instance a m rIddle batch of ot refugees refu ee brought In eight lih moribund cues cacti CIU and nd thru three e |