The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-01
BRITISH DISASTER IN NATAL
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"A man of the Fuslliers, employed as
a hospital orderly came in under a
flag of truce with letter from the sur
vivors Of the column, who asked for
assistance to bury the dead. l fear
there is no doubt Of the truth of the
report.
II formed PLAN in the carrying out
of which the disaster occurred, and /
am alone responsible for the plan. There
is no blame whatever to the troops, as
the position was untenable"
General White, in a subsequent des-
patch, gives the following list of the
officers taken prisoners: staff Major
Adye. Irish Fusliers-Colonel Carrie
ton. Major Mum, Major Kincaid, Cap
tain Burrowes, Captain Rice, Captain
Silver, Lieutenant Heard, Lieutenant
Southey, Lieutenant Phibbs, Lieutenant
McGregor, Lieutenant Holmes Lieuten-
ant Kelly, Lieutenant Dooner. Lieuten-
ant Kentish, Lieutenant Kinahan Lieu
tenant Jeudwine, Chaplain Matthews
cor the above Captains Rice and Sill
yer and Lieutenant Dooner were
wounded.)
Worcestershire regiment = Major
Humphrey, Major .Capel-Cure. Major
Wallace, Captain Duncan, Captain
Conner Lieutenant Bryant, Lieutenant
Nisbet, Lieutenant Ingham, Lieutenant
Dayy, Lieutenant Knox, Lieutenant
Temple, Lieutenant Radice, Lieutenant
Bre,l, Lieutenant Hill, Lieutenant
Short, Lieutenant Smith, Lieutenant
Mackenzie, Lieutenant Beasley, Lieu
tenant Gray. (Of the above Captains
Duncan and Conner were wounded)
Royal Artillery-Major Bryant.
Mounted Artillery Lieutenant
Wheeler, Lieutenant Nugent, Lleuten
ant Moore, Lieutenant Webb"
A despatch from Ladysmith says the
Beers suffered severely during the en-
Sagement, some persons estimating
their loss at 900 to 1000 killed and
wounded.
1t is learned that the war Office has
ordered a second army corps to be in
readiness to be called out. The mill
tary officials have not yet decided
whether the contamination of the plan
will be necessary, but they are deter
mined OF have everything in readiness,
The war office has sent the following
despatch to General Butler: Three
extra battalions of foot and one noun
tain battery. with reserves will leave
England during the course of ten days
to make good the casualties
The COMMUNICATIVE chief, Field Mar
shall Lord Wolseley, has issued an or
der for the mobilization by November
6 of the reserves of the Suffolk, Essex,
and Derbyshire regiments, who will be
added to the South Africa forces.
Apparently the full extent of the dis
aster is not yet acknowledged. Inquiry
at the war office seems to indicate that
the military dispatches contain other
particulars which it is deemed nexpedi-
ent to publish Immediately, but the Sc
rious nature of which is not disguised.
The story, as already known, however,
is sufficiently bad. The loss in effect
i've men must be appalling to a general
who Is practically surrounded. Two of
the finest British regiments and
mounted battery deducted from the
garrison weakens it about
fifth of its total strength and alters the
situa ton very materially in favor of
the Beers, The disaster cost the Brit
sh from 1900 to 1000 men and six
seven pound screw guns, and, as the
3oer artillery is already strong, the
capture. of these guns may be a great,
help to the Beers. IL
Apart from the immediate loss in eff