The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-17
FLOWER OF ARMY
GEN. BULLER's LOSSES INCLUDE
SOME OF THE BEST MEN IN
THE BRITISH SERVICE
MORE TEAM ONE THOUSAND
DEAD, WOUNDED AND MISSING AT
TUGELA RIVER FOOT UP NEAR
ELEVEN HUNDRED
LONG LIST OF OFFICERS

LONG LIST OF OFFICERS
They Are Among the Killed as WeU
as Wounded and Mfssing-NO La
ter Details of the Reverse Given
Out at the War Omce-LOndOn IL
AGhaSt, and the Silence Grows
More Oppressive-Censor at Work.
LONDON. Dec 1s.-Gen. Butler reports
10 the war office that his losses In the
recent engagement were: Killed. So:
wounded, 667; missing. 34S, a total OF
1.097.
The war Office late tonight issued the
Following list Of Gen. Buffers casualties,
KILLED.
Field Artillery-Capt A. H. Goldie and
Lieut.. G. B. Schrieber.
Lieut.: r. G. B. Henry '0''- '''-O
1nTn1iskilling Fugileers-Maj. ]. F. w.
Charley and Capt. Frank c. LOTUS.
MEDICAL Corps-Capt. NJ. /. Hughes.
Thorneycroft' Mounted Infantry-Ideut.
c. NJ Jenkins.
OFFICERS WOUNDED.
Devonshire regiment, 8.
AiHe brigade (the Prince Consort's OWN L
Fifth brigade, staff l.
1nniskilling fusileers, 8.
Border regiment, 8.
Connaught rangers, 2.
Dublin fusileers. 8.
| Irish fusileers, l.
| Horse artillery, l.
Field artillery l.
medical CORDS, l.
Mounted infantry O.
Natal carbineers, g.
South African light horse g.
The Wounded 1nclude-Capts. N. J. Good
win. J: F. Radcliffe, p. U. w. Vigors,
Hon: st: Leger Jarvis, A. J. Hancock,
" Ut F; H9ey E; J. Beekley. J. 2. s:
II. D. White. Thompson, H. 1. Reed, F.
A. G. Elton and W. N. Congrieve; Ma
and and F a. 8 RsS9n5s RscIngton; a. cois % GGrdSR T. e
Brooke, Long H. Hunt and Lieut. Pom
sonby. of Thorneycroft's mounted IN.
fantry.
officers Taken Prisoners or Missing
Field artillery, 5; Devonshire regiments,
8; Essex regiment. /: Royal Scot fusil-
Thorneycroft's ! mounted @ infantry, 9rfG!l'' and
Lieut.. The Hon. F. s. Roberts, son Of
Lord Roberts, Of Kandhar and Waters
ford.
- NEWS CHANNEL BLOCKED.
! Beyond a partial list and summary OF
the totals Of the casualties in the Tugela
4 river engagement posted at about mid
| night, the war office processes not to
have any news from the seat of war,
while the censorship evidently blocks
other channels of information.
Never within the range of the longest
memory has Great Britain met with
three such military reverses in a single
week, and hence it Is not surprising that
notes of anxiety should be heard amid
the general chorus of press expressions
of grim philosophy and resignation.
Mr.. Asqutth's speech at Newcastle last
evening fairly expresses the moderate
average opinion of the situation. A more
radical view, which, however, has few
r Q4lI
fred Lawson in an address to the Lib-
erals Of Carlisle. He accused the gov
ernment after bringing the country to the
verge Of war with America, Russia,
Germany and France, to have plunged it
into war in South Africa through incom-
petent diplomacy. He thought the people
should insist upon the government stat
ing its terms 50 that everybody might SEQ
] what 1t was fighting for
The Sunday papers mostly follow the
lead OF yesterday morning and afternoon
journals tn their comments on the situs
ation
CLUB MEN CHEERFUL.
At the army and navy and other clubs.
the general impression prevails that the
| check is only temporary.
Government view is probably voiced by
right Hon. Walter Long, president of the
board OF agriculture, who, speaking at
| the ship brokers dinner in Liverpool last
evening, intimated that the cabinet com.
mittee on national defense had consid-
| cred the advisability of utilizing the
militia and volunteers for service abroad
| He emphatically asserted that the gov-
erEment in no way attempted to inter-
| fere with the generals in their military
| operations
Some say that another 100 900 troops are
| y anted, and, declared Mr.. Long, If the
! government does not purpose to send
! will ho -,
the country. For his own part, Mr..
Long said, he failed to see that the ne
cessity had arisen, but If 1t does arise.
| the 100000 will be Forthcoming, and they
will be sent.
METHUEN IN ACTION
MODDER RIVER, Dec. 15.-The Ninth
brigade. under Col Pol-Carew, the Gren-
adler guards and a squadron of the
Twelfth, made a reconnaissance this morn.
ing, supported by the Seventy-sixth bat
terry howitzers on the center and right
and four naval twelve-pounders on the
left A Al naval gun on the right opened
fire at $780, While the brigade deployed
across the plain the howitzers sheled the
Boer trenches and searched the ridges,
the naval gun doing the same.
The Beers unmasked two guns, one Of
which was dismantled by the naval gun,
! and the second of which It was impossi-
BILE to touch. No one was killed, although
a shell fell in the middle of four of the
Northumberland regiment, causing all to
fall but when the smoke had cleared
away 1t was seen the men were marching
as though nothing had happened. All the
| troops returned TO camp. There were no
| casualties
Gen. Methuen directed the operations
| from horseback. His wound is almost
we'll He intends to conduct operations
from here to the northward. The camp IS
fortified, and forms, naturally, an excel
! lent base.
BOERs SLOW TO REPLY.
MODDER RIVER, Dec. 15-During q
| demonstration in force this morning, the
British guns shelled the Beers for
couple of hours The Beers did not reply
until the British were retiring.
The Beers are further intrenching and
| strengthening their old defenses, with the
evident intention of f1ercely dlsputing con-
! troll of the railroad.
TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER.
PRETORIA. Wednesday. Dec 1s.-An
official dispatch from the Modder River
| says:
''The Beers captured great quantity
Of loot, including 200 Lee-Metfords, cases
of cartridges and hundreds of bayonets.
Great numbers of the English have re-
tired from Tweo-Riviern in the direction
Of Belmont. The loss Of the British was