Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-12-15
BATTLE OF TUESDAY
The British Again Seem to Have
Suffered the Most in the
Severe Conflict.
BOERS USED AMBULANCES
Transvaal Troops Made Stubborn Resist
ance At Every Point in the Modder
River Country -Ladysmith Has
Not Been Relieved.

Lorenzo Marques, Delagoa Bay, De
cember 13.--Charles E. Macrum, lat,
United States consul at Pretoria, viii
leave for New York December 16. w
Stanley Hollis, United States consu
here, will assume the duties of Ma
crums office until the arrival Of the
= .atter's successor. a.
Frere Camp, December 1S.-Ihe ex-
pected artillery duel between the Brit
ish and Boer forces did not come off to-
day. The British bombarded positions
around Colenso, but the Beers did not
reply.
London, December l5.--The war officg
received the following dispatch from
the officer commanding at the Orange
river, Thursday, December IA: Yes
terday' part of the mounted infantry
under Captain Bradshaw and York
shire and Lancashire Guards under
Lieutenant McFarlane, patrolled in the
direction of Raman and Zoutspan drift,
about ten miles east of the Orange river,
to reconnoiter and report the strength
of the enemy reported to be holding the
drift. The mounted infantry found a
strong detachment Of the enemy at the
drift, and sharp engagement ensued.
The enemy ultimately retreated to Goe-
mansberg. Captain Bradshaw and three
men were killed; Lieutenant Gregson
of the East Kents, and seven men were
wounded. The Beers had five men killed
and several wounded"
New York, December 15.-A dispatch
to the Herald from London says: The
rumor of Ladysmith being relieved and
10000 prisoners taken, it is said, was
got up by a clique Of brokers to stop a
slump in South African shares.
Pretoria, December 15.-Gen. Cronje
reports that yesterday there was desul-
tory fighting till g. when the heavy can
non fire was resumed. The Scandina-
vians stormed a difficult position, bu-
1t became untenable, and they suffered
severely. l was unable to send help
The British were in overwhelming force,
but must have had at least 1000 men
put out Of action, either killed or
wounded.
Another official report from Captain
tlnnhart says. There were no signs
OF surrender, the burghers lighting with
conspicuous bravery and maintaining
their positions under the heavy British
fire. Our cannon were Of very little use.'
The British We're greatly assisted by
balloons. Twenty-four ambulances
were working backward and forward
between the fighting line and the enc
my's camp. Our loss is not definitely
known. I estimate 1t at 100 killed and
wounded"
The telegraph operator at the Modder
river wires: Gum and maxim firing has
been proceeding since $50 O'Clock this
morning. At 10 the cannonading was
proceeding, and at the fighting was
reported very severe. The Boer force
along the river bank was being heavily |
attacked, and is receiving assistance
from other Boer forces.
1t is not known whether the operator
refers to the fighting Monday or re-
newed fighting Tuesday
London, December ia special from |
the Modder river says the firing report
ed by the telegraph operator was a re-
sumption of the fighting between Gen.
eral Methuen's forces and the Beers.
The war office has a dispatch from
Colonel Kekewich, dated Kimberly, De- |
cember 10, saying: THE Beers reat-
tackled Kuruman and were again re. |
pulsed by Loyalists and Bechuanes. The |
Kimberly forces made demonstration |
northward December and drew 500
Beers and three guns. Fighting ensued
several hours, and the British casual
ties were one man killed and seven
wounded"
Pretoria, December 15.-It Is officially
announced that Molopo, west Of Mafe.
king, was bombarded December II.
Sharp fighting occurred The Beers at
tackled the British post of Mafeking
during the night Of December H. After
severe fighting the Beers were repulsed
and retired to Suyman's ford