Show METHUEN AS 5 HEAVY LOSS british casualties at the modder river fight were men blen exclusive of officers killed and wounded loss of men total casualties one of the scotch regiments suffered a to ti the kimberley relief belief force aggregate near 1000 men reinforcements urgently called for are supplied frum cape town Tow bownall nAll all england in mourning british are on south side of modder madder river wailing waiting for the bridge to be repaired joubert again reported killed nothing heard of late from gen clery london dec 2 As surmised the and wounded at the hard wn fought battle of modder fodder river number hundreds the war department gave out the information that the total number of easu casualties ailles was and the number of killed was 73 the revved revised list of modder river casualties noncommissioned officers and land men la Is dl vided aided as follows ninth lancers one wounded Engl engineers two wounded artillery three killed 25 wounded second 10 killed 56 wouna wounded ed third grenadiers Grena diers 9 hilled 38 wounded 4 missing scots guards 10 killed 37 wounded one missing 11 killed sl 31 wounded first Northum berlands 3 wounded second yorkshire hire 0 9 killed 44 wounded FISA north lancashire 3 killed 11 14 winded wo waded argyl and sutherland highlanders High landers IS 15 killed 95 wounded 2 missing first Cold streams 20 wounded south african reserve ono one wound td medical corps one wounded pir from gen forestier walkers dispatch it Is proved that all reports ot of gen Stet huena advance after the battle battie of modder were premature the railroad working he khouli not be long in constructing a temporary bridge his ills enforced delay dou doubtless brUess will be of considerable service la iii giving his hard pushed column needful rest and the arrival ot of reinforcements ot of which he must be sorely in need after three such fights lights placing hors ae combat upwards of a thousand men of less than ithan seven thousand gen foresther walkers announcement that the canadian marksmen and other reinforcements have been wen pushed forward to the neighborhood of the orange eriverto river to protect gen SIet Met huens rear year line of communication has relieved much anxiety here where it was fully expected the doers boers would attempt to attack the vulnerable points of the line of communication latest nowa news from natal indicates that he be bulk of the ladysmith Lady smith relief force has arrived at ame though there Is considerable conjecture as to the whereabouts of gen clery whose movements have are not been chronicled recently it Is in some quarters that he be may reappear in a totally unexpected quarter on the lank flank Q or r rear of gen Jou berls berts force which Is supposed bup posed to be concentrated at 01 grobe laars kloot north of the tugela river AB As gen Hild yards advance guard was in touch with the boers doers as long ago as tuesday ay last developments should not bo be long delayed dundonald Dun donalds s mounted force nov 28 at accompanied compani ed by tour four gune went in pursuit of a body of doers boers returning to colenso they followed tho ithe boers mers to within two and a halt balf miles of colenso when the boers doers replied to the british shells w aub long range guns there were no casualties ual ties Cole colenso ruso bridge it Is added was afterwards blown up another detachment douch ment of throe thousand b british u troops oops sailed for south africa today owing to the phenomenal sale of the newspaper consequent upon the war a paper famine Is 18 threatened it la is reported that the american supplies have failed temporarily |