| Show BLOODIEST BATTLE general methuen in his brief description battle fought at modder crip tion 0 the river tuesday refers to alie engagement bloodiest battle of the as alie century this would indicate heavy british as wall as boer losses unless hemmed in between the the boers were british forces and the modder river disaster to the and annihilated a enemy not even hinted at in the message but gen methuen must have read forgetful way when he sees history in a fought between troops in a battle all told the most sanguinary of the cent battles the killed and wounded at gettysburg shiloh or halt a dozen other conflicts in our civil war were greater than the entire number of men in both and cronies Cron jes armies in the fighting at gettysburg the casual ties aggregated about men if the fight at modder river shows equal loss in proportion to the number of men engaged england will be in mourning when the casualty lists are made public and gen joubert will of bis followers bo minus a big fraction along the western border of the free state |
