| Show BRITISH BEATEN BY BOERS BOER Sll GENERAL METHUEN AND FOUR GUNS CAP BY GENERAL three ahr of fletta and 1 thirty right sten killed benenty seven n wounded rad pud 0 air 0 1114 r and two ilon dred mn it la Is announce that r cheral lord methuen and coir gun guns leave been cap aured by the boera boers commanded by general delacey De larey the daws news came like a thunderbolt to london the extra edition edit loni vt of the evening papers giving an account of the disaster vero eagerly bought up their readers hurried through the streets with anxious face faces and bitter remarks vera were passed on the subject of the governments declaration that the tile war in sooth south afric i waa was over the news was received in the tile house of commons amid great the reading of 0 lord 3 KUch telegram by mr Il brodrick rodrick the tile war secretary was vas listened ta tola in deep silence in brief lord jord kitchener announced that when general Ale thuen was captured wounded with four puns runs three british and nod thirty eight men were killed and five officers aid aad seven ty two men were wounded in addition ono officer and men were reported missing the full twit of the dispatch folio follo a pretoria saturday march 8 1 I greatly regret to have to 0 o send you bad news nes of methuen lin was moving with mounted men under maor paris and ojo infantry four guns and a pom pom from lynburg to litchenburg a and nod waa was to meet Gren grenfell foll with 1300 mounted men at today yesterday morning early he lie was attacked by Dela delacey De larey reys force between twe bosch and nod the doers churned charged on an three ider sides five fire hundred and atilt fitly fifty men have come tu lu at Marl Atari bogs and Kra alpen they were pursued by the boor bocra asfour four miles from the scene of the nedion ahey report that ble methuen thuen and paris with the tile iuna guns baga bag a ase c etc were captured lv iv the boera doers ble methuen thuen when I 1 lh was a prisoner I 1 have deli dett the tile casualties and suggest delaying delu ying publication until I 1 can send definite news 1 I think this sudden revival of activity on the part of Te larey is to draw off oft the troops pressing dewet in a second dispatch lord kitchener says 1 I a paris has come in at Kr alpan with the remainder ot of abe be men lie reports that the column was moving in two parties one with ox wagons left twe bosch at 3 a ra the other with mule wagons started an hour later just before dawn the tile boers attacked before reinforce reinforcements matits could reach them the ret rei broke in the meantime a largo large number of boers galloped upon both flunks flanks these at lit first were checked by the flank bank parties but the panic and stampede of the mules bad had and all the mule wagons with a terrible mixture of mounted meat men rushed past the ox wagons all efforts to check them were unavailing major paris Parla collected forty men and occupied a posit position lon a mile in front of the ox wagon 4 which were then halted after a gallant gallent bat abd tbd rubbed iivo ino the tile ox wagons and methuen was wounded tn in the thigh parts being surrounded eur rounded surrendered at 10 a tn methuen is to still in the boer camp general methuen commanded the tile collumn bent sent to relieve kimberley in the latter part of 1839 1809 and while on an that Bervice fought the boers at belmont Oram pan the tile modder river and at the battle of gras pan the tile boers were under command of general delacey De larey who is general captor now after these engagements general lord roberta roberts waa was sent to south africa where he lie took personal command of the british advance on Kimber kimberlain lair and relieved kimberley feb rob 16 1000 1900 A deplorable accident resulted in the death of agnes carpenter dearst near st george lust geelt miss Car carpenter pintor with it anns un fridli in a wagon going to the river for waler water t and on crossi tig a ditch both bolli were thrown out fracturing bliss cur car pen kentera pent tera cre beull ex state joseph monica blonson of logan while engaged ID in inea suring ground with a steel tape line live brought the tapo tape line lu acu ecu tact with a live electric wire he be being knocked for some time but will recover all 5 s 4 i 11 a w ip i o 0 |
