The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-22
NEW LEADER CHOSEN.
Lord Roberts Assigned to Command
in South Affica
Lord Kitchener to He Chief Of STAG
Large body Of ReenfOPceMents
to He Sent to the Front
at Once.

ASvAU AA1NCuCACE ~ nc Cn1S1 Oh St0A-
Large body Of Reenforcenenss
to he Sent to the Front
at Onee.
London, Dec. 18.-Shortly before mid
night the following notice was posted
at the war Office:
Acting upon the advice Of the military
authorities, her ma1esty's government has
approved the following measure: All the
remaining portions of the army reserve,
including section d. are called out. The
seventh division, which is being mobilized,
Will proceed to South Africa without de-
LAY. Nine battalions Of militia, in addi-
uon 10 two battalions which have already
Volunteered for service at Malta and one
1or service in the Channel Islands, vii.
We allowed to volunteer for service outside
" the United KingdOm; and an euuiva-
tent number Of militia battalions will be
embodied for service at home A strong
Aofce OF volunteers, selected from the Yeo-
many regiments, will be formed for serv-
Ice in South Africa. Arrangements are
oelng made, and will shortly be announced,
LOT the employment in South Africa OF
4 Strong contingent of carefully selected
volunteers. The patriotic offers which are
Delng received from the colonies, will, SO
lar as possible. be accepted, preference be-
ing given to offers Of mounted contin-
gents"
New Commander.
London, Dec. 1S.-Baron Roberts Of
kandahar and Waterford, commander
OF the forces in Ireland, has been ap-
pointed to the chief command in South
Africa, with Gen. Lord Kitchener, of
khartoum, as his chief of staff.
London. Dec. 1s.-The war office has
issued the following announcement:
AS the campaign in Natal, in the opin-
ION OF her majesty's government, is likely
10 require the presence and undivided at
tent1on OF Gen. Sir Redvers Butler, it has
been decided to send Baron Roberts of
kandahar and Waterford as commander
IN chief in South Africa, With Lord
Kitchener as chief Of stan.
Lieut.. Roberts Dies.
London, Dec. 1s.-Lieut. Hon. F. H.
S. Roberts, son of Baron Roberts Of
kandahar and Waterford, who was
wounded in the engagement at Tu-
gela river. is dead.
Disregarded Flag of Truce.
London, Dec. 1s.-The war Office has
received the following dispatch, dated
December II, from Gen. Forester
Walker at Cape Town:
Methuen reports that Lieut.. Chandos-
Pole was taken prisoner last Thursday
wnen gong to meet flag OF truce. He
was waving his handkerchief in response
and was unarmed. Gatacre has removed
MS troops and stores to Sterkstroom from
Putterskraal French has established
headquarters at Arundel. vandermerwe.
with command. is reported south from
Jacobsda!."
To Send More Troops.
London, Dec. 1s.-Beyond partial
list and summary of the totals of the
casualties in the Tugela river engage
ment posted at about midnight the war
Office processes not to have anv news
from the seat of war, while the censor
ship evidently blocks other channels of
information. Never within the range
of the longest memory has Great Brit
ain met with three such military re-
verses 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.
No further news has been received re-
garding the battle at the Tugela river.
I.he latest accounts regarding the bat
tie at Magersfontein show that the re.
tirement of the British troops was exc
cuted with the greatest GOODNESS and or
der under heavy Boer artillery fire on
Tuesday.
Losses Enormous.
1t was high time that something very
energetic was done. The British losses
in killed, wounded, prisoners and miss
ing throughout the campaign now reach
the enormous total of 1850.
Buffers Losses.
London, Dec. 1S.-Gen. Butler re-
ports to the war Office that his losses in
Fridays engagement were: Killed,
81; wounded, 667; missing, 34s. A total
of 1907.
Will Stay at Windsor.
London, Dec. 1S.-The court news
men have issued the following an
nouncement: THE arrangements made
for the queens departure from Windsor
have been postponed until after Christ
mas, as. owing to the present state of
affairs in South Africa, the queen is I'M
willing to be at a great distance from
London"
Not for years before has the queen
decided to spend Christmas away from
Osborne. Her decision to remain at
Windsor, in touch with the cabinet, is
measure of the gravity of the crisis
and of the anxiety her majesty feels for
the welfare of the country.
The Enresrm u,...
London, Dec. 1s.-The foreign press
regards Great Britain's crisis as grave,
possibly portending dissolution of the
empire. The Partisan press is gleeful,
Austrian sympathetic and German I'M
usually reserved. There is little talk of
interference or of an attempt to take
advantage of the situation.
Recaptured.
Lorenzo Marques, Delagoa Bay, Dec.
1S.-It is rumored that Mr.. Churchill.
the newspaper correspondent who re-
Gently escaped from Pretoria, has been
captured at Waterfalboven, about half
way between Pretoria and Por: uguese
territory.
Allen Will he Seated.
New York, Dec. 1S.-A special dis
patch to the Herald from Washing
ton says: Republican leaders in the
senate say there will be no difficulty
about the seating of Senator Allen,
They say the Nebraska legislature dis
charged its duty in electing Mr.. Hay
ward, and the fact that he did not
qualify before he died does not affect
the situation.