The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-11-27
GENERAL LORD METHUEN.

! GEN ERAL. lDRD MEL HUEN.
known that 81 were killed and As
wounded. More than so horses were
| found dead in one place. One battery
fired 500 rounds
Our force must halt one day at
Gras Pan to rest and replenish am
| munitiOn. The force worked splendid
| ly and is prepared to overcome any
difficulty. The naval brigade, the Royal
| Marines, the light infantry and the
| First battalion of the North Lam
cashire regiment especially distin-
| guished themselves.
The admiralty is in receipt of the
following dispatch from Rear Admiral
Harris giving the following casualties
in the action at Gras Pan Saturday:
Killed-Commander Ethelson, of the
| Powerful; Major Plumbs. of the Doris;
Captain Guy Senior, of the Royal Ma
rines of the Monarch. Wounded-Flag
Captain Prothers, Of the Doris, severe
ly; Lieutenant Jones, of the Doris. The
| other casualties are not yet known.
The fact that in the Gras Pan action
one British battery fired 500 rounds
proves the desperate nature of the
casualties we're heavy. 1t is now
| known that no guns were captured in
the Belmont engagement.
Five hundred Beers attacked Kuru-
man, in Bechuanaland, on Nov. 10.
The fighting lasted almost continuous
ly for six days and nights, but the
Beers were finally beaten off with a
loss of 80 in killed and 2S in wounded
| The British lost one killed and one
| wounded. The Beers suddenly disap-
| peared, for some reason unknown to
the British
The troopship Medic arrived at Cape
Town yesterday with the Australian
| contingents. The Pindari and the Idaho
arrived there Saturday, bringing three
batteries of artillery. The Servia,
with troops, has left Cape Town for
| Durham and the transports Mohawk
| and Manchesterport have arrived at
| Durham.
The utmost activity prevails in get
| ting war necessaries to the front. Five
| thousand men worked all day yester-
day at Woolwich arsenal preparing
| stores. The arsenal employs 10000,
who have been warned that they need
not expect holidays at Christmastide.
Among minor items of news is a
rumor that President Kruger Is suf-
| fering with Brights disease and that
his condition is giving rise to anxiety.
GEN. JOUBERT's CONFIDENCE.
Boer Commander Says He Has Fifty
| Thousand Men In the Field.
Berlin, Nov. 27.-The Deutsche lei
tung publishes a letter, purporting to
come from General Joubert and dated
at Ladysmith, Oct. 27, in which the
writer says:
Even If we do not succeed in pre-
venting the concentration of General
Buffers troops the British army will
be weakened from natural causes to
such an extent that not more than 3d.
900 efficient troops of 10000 at the out
side, can take the field. The others
must be employed to protect COM
munications In this connection it is
to be borne in mind that not only
Natal, but Cape Colony, with base
of operations covering 435 miles, must
be considered.
"Our bases of supply are at home
and organized on the relay system in
three directions. To protect these does
not require 500 men. The British will
have to contest every step under in
conceivable difficulties, and must be
prepared at every moment to fight on
two or three fronts.
Then will begin a guerrilla war
which the British will not be able to
! endure. Already we have $1,000 men
in the field, so we do not need to cal
culate upon a rising of the Beers in
Cape Colony and Natal. Nevertheless,
if the British stir up the natives and
employ them to fight us, a rising of the
whole Of Afrikanderdom is certain"