Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-03
RECENT BRITISH LOSSES.
More Details Furnished the War Of
flee by Gen. W hite.

| Dispatches from London last night give
| the following regarding recent British
losses General Sir George Stewart White
has cabled the British war office that in
the enga cement on Farquhar's Farm. near
Ladysmith, on October 80, when Lieut. Col.
Carleton's column was compelled to sur
render six officers were killed and nine
wounded. Among the non-commissioned
officers and men the casualties were fifty
four killed and 231 wounded. Gen. White
promises list OF the missing later.
The text of the dispatch, which is dated
Ladysmith. November >, 10 am, giving
the list Of casualties among the officers, is
as follows:
Royal Artillery-Killed: Lieut.. J. T. Nc
Dougan. Wounded: Maj. John Dawkins,
slightly; Lieut. Harold Belcher, severely.
Kings Royal Rifle CorpS-Killed: Maj
W. 7. Myers, Lieut.. H. $. Marsden and
Lieut.. 7. L. Forster. Wounded: Maj
Henry E. B Ichanan-Riddell and Lieut. II.
c. Johnson, both severely.
Royal Irish Fusiliers-W ounded: Capt.
C. B. H. Rice and Capt. w. b. Silver, both
severely.
Gloucestershire Regiment Wounded:
Capt. 5. WiIcock Capt. b. o. Fyfe and
Capt. F. 5. Stayner, all severely.
Natal Mounted Rifles - Killed: Lieut.
William Chapman.
Medical Corps - Killed: Maj. Edward
Gray.
Account of Mondays Fight.
The Daily News has a dispatch from
Ladysmith. dated Tuesday, at 1870 am,
which gives the first Independent account
of the cutting off of Lieut.. Col. Cartoons
| column in the engagement at Farquhar's
Farm The correspondent says:
| The column was sent out Sunday night
made a wide detour, and reached the spurs
of the Drakonsburg before dawn. Col.
| Carleton stormed the heights with the bay
| 1,s 7Gf
great Odds until his ammunition was eX-
hausted, and surrender had become ineVita-
| bic.
| Ladysmith, filed Monday night, giving a
| description of the battle, says:
| "A similar mule stampede occurred TO
| Lieut.. Col. Grimwoods column on the Bull
| wan side. The ammunition was lost, but
| our infantry quite held their own. 1t was
| a serious misfortune that the Poweffui 5
blue Jackets were not summoned sooner as
| the result of the engagement would nave
been different.
| Another list of casualties at Dundee was
| issued by the war office today. 1t gives
| eighty-two ron-commissioned officers ana
| men of the Dublin Fusiliers missing, lndi-
| eating that the Beers captured as many
| Fusiliers as they did Hussars.
Preparations at De Aar.
Apparently extensive preparations are in
i progress at De AaT, Cape Colony, for the
| Capitalization of Lieut.. Gen. Buffers army.
| Thousands of mules are corralled in that
| neighborhood, and transport material Is
| being hurried up from the south. ON.
Butler is reported TO have left Cape Town
| for Durham, Natal, but there is no official
| confirma ton of this
| Belated special dispatches from Lady
| smith give further details regarding the re-
| newal of the bombardment on Tuesday.
| The Beers, having reoccupied their old po-
| sitions remounted big guns. Their firing
| was accurate but almost harmless. Some
| of the troops were slightly injured by spin-
| ters Lieut.. F. G. Egerton and his men
| from the Powerful did splendid work and
| silenced the Boer guns.
| According to another dispatch, the naval
brigade at Ladysmith has mounted four
| more guns from Durham.
! The magnitude of Mondays fight is more
| than ever evident. Virtually three actions
| were raging simultaneously, but 1t is OBJ
vious that the intention to roll back the
| Orange Free State troops was not achieved.
BY Way of DeIagoa Bay.
The report comes from Rome that Por-
| tugal will permit the landing of British
! troops at Lourenco Marquee. This coin
| cides with the view, strongly prevalent in
| some quarters here, that the British inva-
| sion of the fTransvaal will be made from
| that point :
News has reached Lisbon that a British
| warship in Delagoa bay has fired on a sail
| ing ship which was entering the harbor
| without having displayed a flag. The YES
| sci proved to be British, but there is some