The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-15
BRITISH NEED
j MORE SOLDIERS
Lord hNthuen'S Defeat Causes Great
Sorrow.
DIVISION ORDERED OUT
Report That Butler Is at LadySmith
UnC0niirmed.
OFFICIAL LIST OF CASUALTIES
Newspapers Are Demanding That Fast
Transports be Employed, So That
Reinforcements Can be Speed
lily Sent to the Front

London, December 15.-(4i5 a. m.)-The
war office is still without news from Lady
smith other than that already published.
The general belief is that the large Boer
forces Lord Methuen encountered at Ma
gersfontein were partly drawn from Natal,
and that General Butler will strike blow
before these have time to return.
The newspapers are calling upon the gov
ernment to employ the Cunarders, as we'll
as the White Star steamers, as transports,
seeing the urgent necessity of getting more
men to the Cape as soon as possible. Forty
thousand men could still be sent from Eng
land without calling upon the militia for
foreign service. The militia effective is
100000, and from this body 10000 carefully
selected could easily be spared for South
Africa. Moreover the colonies are again
proffering assistance. The greatest need,
therefore, is speedy transports.
The Daily Chronicles Modder river dis
patch, which is at variance with all the
other reports, reports Lord Methuen's
forces as retiring Tuesday on the camp at
Modder river the result of renewed ar
tillery firing that day. The correspondent
says:
Tuesday forenoon the Beers brought
heavy guns into action. The British ar
tillery replied, but failed to silence them.
Lord Methuen thereupon withdrew his
forces out of range and concentrated at
Modder river"
Orders have been issued at Woolwich to
prepare another siege train to go out with
the Seventh division.
Casualty List
T.0ndnu Dppauhar IN oH3 al
gives the total number of killed, wounded
and missing of all armies in the engage
ment of Sunday and Monday north of Mod
der river as S17.
4 mere were fifteen officers killed and four
wounded, and in addition five are missing,
and one is known to have been made
pT isoner
The war office has received a message
stating there was $50 casualties among the
non-commissioned officers and men of the
Highland Brigade at Magersfontein
The brigade lost ten officers killed, thirty
eight wounded and four missing.
The war office has received from General
Gatacre the following list of casualties fur
nished by a correspondent who was per-
mittcd to visit the Boer camp with the
. chaplains and is believed to be reliable
Second Royal Irish-Ten killed, thirty-two
wounded.
First East Lancashires-One wounded.
Second Northum mberlands-Twelve killed,
twenty-seven wounded.
All the above wounded men are prisoners.
The following list of officers, killed or
wounded at Magersfontein, has been re-
ceived.
Highland Brigade-Killed General Wau-
chort Lieutenant Colonel j. N. C. Coode,
Captain Elton, Lieutenant Edmonds, Cap
tain j. r. Clark, Lieutenant Cox, Captain
cowan, Captain Lamberton, Lieutenant Col
onel Golf, Major Robinson, Captain Win
gate, Lieutenant Cowne.
Wounded: Colonel Kelham, Major Berk-
ley, Major Duff Captain Featherstonhaugh,
Captain Noyes, Captain Wolfe Murray,
Captain Richardson, Captain Campbell,
Captain Gordon, Captain McNab, Lieuten-
ant Hon. w. C. Battle, Lieutenant Scott,
Lieutenant Waterhouse.
Many of the above named officers are
dangerously wounded.
The other officers wounded mostly sus-
tained unsevere injuries.
Second Royal Highlanders-Wounded
Lieutenant Wauchope, Major Cuthbertson,
Captain Cameron, Lieutenant st. j. Har-
vey Lieutenant Berthon, Lieutenant Trait,
who was formerly the amateur golf cham
pion.
Missing: Captain Hon. Cummng-Bruce,
Captain McFarlane, Lieutenant Ramsey.