Show BRITISH BEATEN BY BOERS GENERAL METHUEN ANO FOUR GUNS CAP BY GENERAL three britley officer and thirty eight men killed seventy seven vonnied Vonn ded and officer and two ann dred men it ia announced that general lord methuen and four guns have been cap aured by the boers commanded by general delacey the news came 1 ke a thunderbolt to london the extra ed eions of the evening papers giving an account of the disaster were eagerly bought up their readers hurr ed through the streets with anxious faces and bitter remarks were passed on the subject of the government s declaration that the war in south africa was over the news was received in the house of commons amid great elc lenient the reading of lord s tele gram by mr brodack the war secretary was 1 to in deep s lence in br ef lord kitchener announced that when general methuen was cap aured wounded with four guns three brit sh officers and th arty e men were killed and five officers and seven ty two men were wounded in addi tion one officer and men were re ported m ss ng the full text of the d follows saturday batur day march 8 I 1 greatly regret to 1 ave to send you bad news of methuen he was moving with mounted men under maior pans and ajo infantry four guns and a pom pom from lynburg to litchen burg and was to meet grenfell with 1300 mounted men at bov today yesterday morning early he was attacked by delacey s force be t veen twe bosch and palm the boers charged on three s des five hundred and fifty men have come in at and kraa pen tf ey pursued by the boers four miles from the scene of the action ahey report that methuen and par s with tl e guns baggage etc were cap aured by the boers methuen when last SP was a pr I 1 have no deta of tie casual t es and suggest delaying publication until I 1 can send definite news I 1 th th s sudden revival of actie ity on the part of is to draw off the troops pressing dewet in a second d lord kitchener says paris 1 as come in at Kra alpan with the remainder of the men he reports that the colu nn was moving in t vo part es one with ox wagons left awe bosch at 3 am a m the other with mule wagons sta ted an hour later just before dawn the boers attacked beffie ie could deac i tl em tl e tear guard broke in the u bant me a large number of boers galloped upon both flanks these at first were checked by the flank parties b t the pan and stampede of the m lies 1 ad begun and all the mule wagons with a ble sture ol 01 mounted men r dished past tl e ox wagons all efforts to check them were unava 1 ng major par s collected forty men and occue ed a pos t on a ie n f ont of the ox wagons wh ch were tl en halted after a gallant but useless defense the ene ny rushed into tl e ox wagons and methuen was wounded in the th gh pans being surrounded sur rende ed at 10 a m methuen is st 11 in tl e boer camp general betl uen con banded the collumn sent to ie eve kimberley in the latter part of 1899 and while on that service fought the boers at bel mont tl e modder river and Magers fontein at the battle of gras pai tl e boers were under command of deberal delacey who is general Mel huens captor now after these engagements beneral loid roberts was sent to south aar ca where he took personal command of the br tish advance on kimberley and relieved kimberley feb 16 1900 |