The record-union., 1899-11-29
THE CONFLICT
IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Very Little Fresh News From the
Seat Of hostiIities.
Thought to be Due 10 BuIIer's Desire to
Keep Army Movements Secret.
That When Telegraph
Communication is Resumed
News Will Come of Four Simu1-
taneous Battles at Modder
River, Arundel, Stormsburg and
Colenso.

taneous Battles at Modder
River, Arundel, Stormsburg and
Colenso.
LONDON, Nov. 29.-(5 a. m.)-Vir-
tually the only fresh news from the
front is contained in the dispatches of
General Forester Walker to the War
Office The cables continue silent, pre-
sumably because of General Buller's S
desire to prevent leakage regarding i'm
portant moves now being carried on.
1t seems clear, however, that Lord
Methuen is continuing to advance rap
idly, and that finding the railway much
damaged, he left it behind him. When
telegraphic communication is resumed
it is quite possible that news may come
of four simultaneous battles at Modder
River, Arundel, Stormsburg and Co
lenso.
AS the Beers, according te General
Forester Walkers advicas, were leav-
ing Kimberley for the soath, it is re-
garded as not impossible that Colonel
Kekewich is. already marching with =
600 troops to meet Lord Methuen. 1t
is believed that after the relief of Kim
berley Lord Methuen will proceed to
the relief of Mafeking. about which
considerable anxiety is still felt.
LONDON, Nov. 29.-A dispatch from
Orange River, dated Monday, Novem-
Der 9th, and describing the battle of
Enslin, says:
The Beers successfully retreated. The
Lancers attempted to intercept them
and reached them, but a severe fire
opened from a hill forced the Lancers
to retreat General Cronje was with
the Beers. Among the Roer prisoners
are Alderman Jeppe and Commandant
Ressik, who led the Boer force. Many
of the Beers voluntarily surrendered.
THE Beers were shelled during the
final retreat and must have lost heav-
lily, and they succeeded in getting away
northward with their six guns. The
British We're badly in need of more
cavalry
The bulk of the fighting was on Free
State territory, and the engagement
was admirably planned Thirty Boer
wounded are under treatment here. At
the close g the action Lord Methuen
complimentea the naval brigade upon
their splendid behavior and expressed
his regrets at their losses"
THE BATTLE AT GRAS PAN.
ORANGE RIVER, Monday. Nov. IL
The British arms have achieved a bril-
liant victory. The enemy, strongly en-
trenched, held a range OF hills COM
manding both sides of the railway at
Roof Laagte, near Gras Pan. The Lam
cashireS under Lewis, reconnoiterad in
an armored train Friday. The Beers
shelled the train, killing Lewis and a
private.
General Methuen then advanced. His
column made a 1etoCr and bivouacei
for the night at Swink's Pan, three
miles from the Boer position. At dawn
the advance began, the Guards forming
the reserve. The column debouched on
the plain eastward of the 3oer kopies.
The Beers guns opened fire. Two
batteries of British artillery, posted On
each side, shelled the Beers. practice
being good on both sides. The Beers
stuck tenaciously to their positions, fir
ing steadily and accurately. The duel,
which constantly became hotter lasted
three hours The Boer shells wounded
several men of the naval brigade.
Finding it impossible to displace the
Beers by artillery, General Methuen re-
solved upon an infantry attack. A bri-
gade of infantry, including the York
shires, the Northamptons, the North
umberlands and the Lancashires, with
the naval brigade on the right, gallant
ly stormed the Boer positions, in the
face of a withering fire and carried hill
after hill, the brigade under Colonel
Money capturing the main .-osition
against a terrific fire, but suffering ter
ribly.
BRITISH SUCCESS HEAVILY
BOUGHT.
LONDON, Nov. pa dispatch has
been received here from General Bull
ler giving a list Of casualties among
the troops engaged in the battle of
Gras Pan, but which is now officially
designated as the battle of Instin. 1t
proves, as anticipated, that the Brit
ish success was heavily bought The
losses announced to-day, added to ths
naval brigade casualties, previously
noted, make a grand total of 1913 as the
cost of General Methuens second bat
tle The Yorkshires, apparently, bore
with the naval brigade the brunt of
the fighting, as there were, in addition
to three officers, forty-eight of the rank
and file killed, wounded and missing
The fact that the list contains the cas-
ualties of the Ninth Lancers seems to
dispose of the fears that the cavalry
was surrounded and captured, espec-
tally as none of the Lancers are re-
ported missing.
General Buffers list of casualties
shows that among the wounded of the
Second Yorkshire Light Infantry were
Captain c. A. Yates, Lieutenant F. HI.
Fernyhough and Lieutenant c. H. Ack-
royd. The casualties among the nom
commissioned officers and men of the
various regiments engaged We're: Killed
10. wounded II, missing 8.
The War Office has received the fol-
lowing dispatch from General Butler
dated Pietermaritzburg, Natal. Novem-
ber 2Sth:
"Our last news from Ladysmith, No
vember oath, said all well. An old
message dated November 10Th. lust ar
rived, begins:
.Joubert has explained firing on one
Cred Cross) flag previously reported.
Have accepted explanation as satisfac-
tory.
Lieutenant Lethbridge, Rifle Bri-
gade, died of wounds: others wound
ed generally doing WELL Health of
troops good