Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-22
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.
IT'LL NO DEFINITE NEWS FROM
SCENE or CONFLICT.
REINFORCENEETS PROR ENGLAND.
Volunteering Active I'm the Extreme,
and Includes the Highest Socially,
and the Wcalthicst, NJ Well as
Others fn the scale.

LONDON. December IFS a. NJ
There IS sun no definite news regarding |
Che military operations IN South Africa.
probably this IS because the only cable |
ih3t is now working IS choked with Off !
.al dispatches.
General Buffers casualty list at CO.
..aso. just published. shows that iiG were
l.lcd and 7i6 wounded. Two hundred
and twcnty-scvcn are described as miss
n-. and Of these about forty are known
,1 be prisoners ga the hands OF the Beers
Iis makes a total larger than General
Isiers original estimate.
Royal letters, signed by the Queen, are
ng circulated 10y tho Archbishop TO tho
4. ehops OF the various dioceses authoriz-
.c "a collection in the churches through
lt England on January 7th ia aid Of the
and Tor sick and wounded soldiers and
.s.r families.
AID FROM CITY GUILDS.
Interest centres Tor the moment I'm the
operations TO send out rcinforcemcnts.
The various city guilds have given am
additional $4,000 for the expenses Of the
imperial Volunteers. besides gifts or
horses. mbuiances and other parapner-
MALTA Tho latest notable volunteers ln-
Jude two ncphcws of Lord Roberts. Ma
r Charles Sncrston. ana Major Max
Shcrst0n. Their brother was Killed
Glencoe.
..e admiralty have decided 90 dispatch
thor naval brigade of 600 men 10
do Auica.
is believed that in modifying The
.ntl Division the War Office viii have
...llrso to some extent 90 the militia, d
-rnr deemed madvisable 90 denude the
na garrisons over much of regulars.
$50 CABINET DIFFERENCES
The Chancellor OF tre EXchequer. sir
hacl Hick--Bcach. has issued for-
ai denial that any differences exist In
Cabinet regarding war expenditure
according 90 Oh dispatch from cape
nn. there is "a good deal of distress IN
orange Free state. owing TO scare
NJ grain.
KITCHENER OFF TIE TRACK.
CAIRO. December I.-The train con-
r.y.ug General Lord Kitchener now ON
.. u.u the S0udar 90 South At
rin. thls city. was derai.cd north
L.,ur General Kitchener subse-
rtg arrived 300 this city, and was
.rsu reception ly Lord Cromer, the
sh representative in Egypt ana
I,is. lie Immediately boarded train
llexaudtia.
NARLROROUGHS COMMAND.
LONDON. December I.-The Duke of
Marlborough who is q lieutenant in the
Yorkshire Neomoury. and who has vOlun-
.r FOR service iu South Africa. viii
aitl him $50 men. and horses for
troop lie VIII personally furnish the
Uuelt for these men.
... Earl of Warwick, the Earl of Dud-
.. t.e Earl of Londsdale. and Niscount
Galway are among the other members
.l t.. austocracy who have volunteered
rrce in the campaign against Tie
...NJE RUDE TO METIJfN
I.N... December H.-4.0 j. NJ
IL. N.r Office has received the follow
Ing Im General F0restier-W alker the
British mauder OF Cape Town.
"Cape vn. Wednesday. December
-Mcthuen wires that be has received
rude reply from General Cronie. pee
.urs l.s representations as 90 Lieu
.alt Chaudos-Pole-Gen, saying that
officer ls regarded as a SPY. Gene
M .r0uI- also states he will hold no
t..r communication with Methuen."
E SCARCE rs THE TRANsVAAL
ILI Monday. December H. via
..-IENZO MARQUES. Saturday, De-
..u.er lG--Colonel Plumer, with a strong
..lra1itcrIue party OF horsemcn, has Zee
..I here after "a weeks expedition
-ransvaal territory. lie reached a
atty miles from Petersburg. in the
African republic but found no
the country being seemingly
empty of men.
BRITISH BRAVERY GREAT
LONDON. December u.-Belated stories
..m Cl.aEeley Camp Natal. AN concur
saying Che British did marveis i'm an
impossible situation. The oldest war cor
.nlUdeuts say they never saw anything
r.psrabie 90 the bravery of the men
the officers. The naval contingent
.ted an immense Juror. engaging the
.rs sinsle-handed. and hailing shrap-
and lyddite shells ON the fortincauons
h of the town, in a vain effort To
rce tho murderous fire OF the Beers
the British forced the passage
..- river.
I. advance Of the Second Brigade
be road leading TO the bridge, in
.aca OF deadly fusiliade is described
llcent. The British made their
t.ss the fire zone under q perfect
s,elm cd bullets from the invisible Beers
The r.t.r of the bullets on the dry plain.
f %. raised the dust like heavy
on water.
.rrORIA NOT HYsTERICAL.
queen has been greatly annoyed
unfOunded statements that she is
health and perpetually weeping A
-.ph cOntradicting these stories app
s TO the papers which add that fl
-ser been her Maiestys habit to
grief ike a hysterical school
-AufsuTH WELL PROVlSIONED.
LONDON, December 1.-THE Daily
A. ys. 1--WE understand that news
rVed from General White 10 the
l hat Ladysmith is well supplied
Hl u0l and ammunition. ana can hold
o-- much longer than has been ESTE
mated Ihe troops are described as IN
s-1- ..rIts and anxious % fight"
hIICHENER or THE SEA.
ALEXANDRIA. December 2l-L0rd
At...ao, arrived this evening and went
% Ae British secOnd-ciass cruiser Iris
'.ia Immediately sailed for Malta