Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-12-14
Reports That Butler Had Captur-
ed 10000 Beers; Probably
Started by Spectators.
LIST KILLED AND WOUNDED
London Has Extended the Time
of Suhdulne the Beers
to June.


Sunday and Monday north of Modder
River at ST. There were 15 officers
killed and four wounded in addition to
five missing and one known to have
been made a prisoner. The war office
received a message that there were
$50 casualties among the non-cimmis-
stoned officers and men of the High
land brigade at Magersfontein.T The bri-
gade lost ten officers killed, thirty
eight wounded, four missing.
London, Dec. 1.-THE following list
of officers, killed or wounded has been
received:
Highland Brigade: Killed-General
Wauchope, Lieut.. Col. j. N. C.
Goode, Captain Elton, Lieut.. Edmonds
Captain ]. r. Clark, Lieut.. Cox, Cap
tain Cowan, Captain Lamberton, Lieut.
Col Goff, Major Robinson. Captain
Wingate, Lieut.. Cowie.
Wounded-Col. Kellham, Captain
Berkeley, Major Duff, Captain Feather
stonehaugh. Captain Noyes, Captain
Wolfe Murray, Captain Richardson
Captain Campbell, Captain Gordon
Captain McNab, Lieut.. The Hon. w.
G. Baillie, Lieut. Scott, Lieut.. Water
house.
Many above dangerously wounded.
Second Royal Highlanders: Woun-
ded-Lieut. Wauchope, Major Cuth-
bertson, Captain Cameron, Lieut.. st.
j. Harvey, Lieut.. Berthon and Lieut..
TAFT, formerly amateur golf champion.
Missing Capt. The Hon. Cumming
Bruce, Captain MeFarlane and Lieut.
Ramsey Marquis Of Winchester.
Cold Stream Guards was killed, Cap
tain J. Sterling, Lieut. Courington,
Major w. B. Lambton, same brigade
wounded.
Second Seafroths: Missing-Majol
X. R. Mackenzie, Captain Brodie
Mounted infantry: Killed-Major Mil
ton Ray.
London, Dec. 14-A special from
Pietermaritzburg says that Generals
Butler and Clery have entered Lady
smith and captured ten Thousand
Beers.
London, Dec. 1.-THE British war OF
flee has heard nothing of the story o
the relief of Ladysmith. Officials d,
not credit the story. They say tina
act at such an early date is believet
to be practically impossible.
London, Dec 14-On the stock ex
change today at o'clock, Rand Mine
suddenly jumped up Ell on the ru
mors that General Clery had ente1e,
Ladysmith and Butler had capture,
5000 Beers
Lorenzo Marques. Delagoa Bay, Dec
14-Winston Churchill, the newspape
correspondent and former officer O
the Fourth Hussars, captured at tn
time of the armored train disaste
near Estcourt, November 16, has es
capped from Pretoria.
London, Dec. 14-It is freely predicf
ed, even in high military circles, tha
the South African campaign will las
fntil June. 1t is also expected tha
General Methuen will have to retir
south of the Orange river, as it
claimed he could not hold out ion
at Modder River where his ammun
tion and supplies were not expecte
to last over a week. In fact it wa
said his line of communications
probably already cut and it was CLAIM
ed that General Gatacre was similarl
weakened by his reverse.
Modder River, Cape Colony, Dec. !
The details gathered here by re-
resentative of the Associated Pres
among the wounded British and Boel
gave some idea CT the desperate nj
ture of the fight at Magersfonteil
The Highlanders did all that the mol
gallant troops In the world could d
but is was impossible to face the te
rible fire of the Beers. British arti
lery again saved the situation an
divides the honors of the day with IL
SCOTS. The batteries worked fl
hours under calling rifle fire. A
cording to the Boer stories, twas ii
possible for the Burghers to have G
capped fearful loss. One Boer prii
oner said that a single Lydi
shot killed or wounded over sevent
and two other shells burst over tv
bodies of Beers ensconced behind
range, doing fearful damage. i
agree that the Beers fought throug
cut with the utmost gallantry.. The
eharpahooters seldom miss their me-
4 seaforth Highlander says while
vas lying wounded on the field he sa
: Boer of typical German appearant
5aulEIessly dressed with polished t
boots. shirt with silk rufIles and Gig
II mouth, walking among ant hi
picking OF British. He was qal
Aione and it was apparent from 4
quent use he made OF field glasses
Nas signalling out officers. Anoth
wounded Boer says . LydIte sh
fired Sunday fell in the midst OF
open ar prayer meeting held TO of
applications for the success Of Be
aFms. All wounded are full OF pral