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at 500 men, but this is probably exag.
Killed and Wounded.

at 500 men, but this is probably exag.
gerated.
Killed and Wounded.
An official dispatch from Ladysmith,
the British headquarters in Natal, dated
10 p. N. yes, ,'rday. gives the following
list of casuaiv,es among the prominent
Beers Ct the battle of Elansiaagte:
General Viljjocn, killed.; General
Kock, wounded and captured, (slnce
died); General Rocks son, killed; Col
onel S@hiel, German officer command
ing the artillery wounded and prls.
oner; Commander Pretorius, wounded,
prisoner. Several Boer standards cap
tured
The following is al official list Of the
British casualties at the battle Of Elans.
laagte:
Imperial Light horse-Colonel Scott
Chisholm, killed; Major Campson. Cap
tain Orr, Captain Mullens, Lieutenant
Curry, Lieutenant Shore, Lieutenant
Barnes, Lieutenant Forbes, Lieutenant
Campbell and Lieutenant Norman,
wounded.
Second battery field artillery-Cap'
tain Campbell and Lieutenant Man!ey,
wounded.
First Devonshire regiment-Captaln
Latone, Lieutenant Cunning, Lleuten.
ant Haley, Lieutenant Green, wounded:
First Manchester regiment-Colonel
Curran, Captain Melville, Captain New
bigging, Captain Heaton, Lieutenant
Danks, wounded.
The following casualties occurred
among the rank and file:
Fifth lancers-Three troopers wounded.
Imperial Light Horse guards-Two
sergeants and four troopers killed and
35 noncommissioned officers and men
wounded.
Twenty-frst field battery-Three gun.
ners wounded.
Forty field battery-Two gun
uers and driver wounded.
First Devonshire regiment-Twenty-
nine noncommissioned officers and men
wounded.
First Manchester regiment-EieVen
noncommissioned officers and men killed
and 26 wounded.
S-v-rc Blow TO Beers.
Colonel Scott Chisholm, the only Brit
ish officer killed, Was formerly attached
to the Ninth lancers He served with
distinction il the Afghan war and or
ganized the present Imperial Light
Horse, majority OF whom are refugees
from the Rand. The death Of General
Viljoen is seTere blow to the burSherS
and the death OF General kock and the
capture of General Pretor.us will hand
leap the further movements OF this
column.
According to advicss from Durham,
Natal, the Boers have entered Zululand,
large column advancing towards Me-
10th.
The best opinions Go rot credit the re.
ports that the Beers are suing for peace,
or that they ere likely to yield at pres
ent, though they think the Beers prob
ably will retreat to their line OF defense
in the mountain passes Of Laings Mex
and D:akeHturS, where they have
blocked the passes with great boulders
and masses OF rocSs blown up on each
side and where, if they so desire, they
would be able TO hold ou5 until the ad-
vance of Major General Sir Redvers
Butler through the Orange Free State
should compel them TO leave the Natal
side to meetthe Invasion from the south.
The sensational ru:Mors Of the designs
OF the foreign powers lnlmical to Brit
ish interests meet with scant credence,
though it is admitted that it IS difficult
to explain the immense forces on land
which Great Britain is now modifying.
Hussi. 10 Gee C:uta.
In Vienua it is reported that the Brit
ish naval movements are due to rI-
NOR thav Russia, vita the assent of
France, is about 70 acquire from Spain
Ceuta or some other naval station on
the African coast.
Elsewhere it is stated that the move
mens OF tire French Mediterranean feet
in the neichborhood of the Lsvant,
where it could easily be Joined by the
Russian Black sea fleet via the straits
of the Dardanelles, is cccasionlng sus'
picion.
LADY Randolph Churchill and Mrs.
Arthur Paget are organizing a fund
among American ladies in England,
with the iutention TO completely equip
hospital ship .or service on the South
African coast 3: g cost OF eS, ,000 Lady
Curzon and Mrs Bradley Martin have
been invited to join The committee.
The authorities in Australasia are
much exercised at the reports that the
imperial government has ordered canned
meat in America. though the wac Office
had promised to conserve Australasian
interests. Those in the best position to
Judge, however. predict that the pack
ers of the United States will secure
large orders. Is the British colonies are
unable to supply tithe OF the quantity
required, ii the campaign continues
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