Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-24

| IlEUTENANT' GENEhAl LOtSD MEIdUENs
fought with courage and skill. Had
attacked later I should have had fal
heavier loss.
..Our victory was complete. Have
| taken 40 prisoners. Am burying good
number of the Beers, but the greater
part of the enemy's killed and wounded
were removed by their comrades. Have
captured large number of horses and
cows and destroyed large quantity OF
ammunition.
"Brigadier General Fetherstonhaugh
was severely wounded in the shoulder,
and Lieutenant Colonel Crabbe Of the
Grenadier guards is reported wounded.
Our other casualties are the following:
sGrenadier guards, Third battalion,
killed, Lieutenant Fryer.
Wounded, Lieutenant Blundel, dan
gerously.
.Grenadier guards, second battalion,
wounded, Lieutenant Leslie, Lieutenant
Vaughan, Lieutenant Gurdon-Rebow
and Lieutenant Russell.
Reported wounded, ,Lieutenants Lyon
and Cameron.
eGrenadier guards, rank and file,
killed, .26;, wounded. 36; missing, ID.
'.Coldstream Guards, First battalion,
wounded, Lieutenant Grant.
''Coldstream Guards, Second battal-
ion, wounded, Lieutenant the Hon. G.
Willoughby and Lieutenant Burton. the
latter severely.
e'"Coldstream Guards, rank and file,
killed, s.; wounded, 23; missing, g..
"Scots Guards, First battalion,
wounded, Major tine Hon. North Dal-
rymple- Hamilton, severely; Lieutenants
Buikely and Alexander.
'.Scots Guards, rank and file, killed,
8; wounded, "a. ''-
northumberland Fusiliers, First
battalion, killed, Captain Regar and
Lieutenant Brine.
"Wounded, Major Dashwood and
Lieutenant Festing, dangerously; Cap
tain Sapta and Lieutenant Fishbourne.
severely.
Northumberland Fusiliers. rank and
file, killed, 13; wounded, 80.
''Northamptonshire Regiment. Sec
ond battalion, wounded, Captain Free
land and Lieutenant Barton, severely.
South Yorkshire Regiment, Second
battalion, rank and file, wounded. g."
The war office received the following
dispatch from General Forester Walker
at Cape Town:
General Gataere reports having yes
terday wednesday, encamped a bat
talon of infantry near PutUers haal,
and that reinforcements of mounted
troops, with half a battalion of infantry,
arrived at the same camp today.
"The Dutch rising continues in the
Broken Nail districts. The police at
Molten report that armed Dutch have
left Cradock (Cape Colony to JOIN the
rebels at Broken Nail, taking with them
armed natives.
General French conducted recon
noissance toward Arundel, which he
found held in strength. He Withdrew
with three men wounded.
"The Beers are reported moving from
Natal to the vicinity of Bloemfontein.
Telegraphic communication with Bel
mont has been reopened and a heavy
engagement is reported. The postmas-
ter at Hopetown reports that the Kuru-
man people have defeated the north
rebels.
The war Office issued dispatch from
Cape Town which was a brief official
diary of events at Kimberley from
Nov. IL to Nov. II. 1t showed that no
serious engagement occurred between
those dates. that the British losses had
been infinitely small and Boer losses
were probably very small. The final
entry indicated that the Beers, antici-
pating the advance Of the relief column
under General Methuen, had taken up
defensive positions to the south OF the
town.
An Official dispatch from Sir Alfred
Miner ,to Mr.. Chamberlain reported
that thus far the efforts OF the Beers to
provoke an uprising among the Basu-
tos, or to start a civil war, had been
unsuccessful.
DURHAM, Nov. 24.-The Natal Times
said:
During the night attack on Sunday,
General White captured several Boer
positions, with guns and much ma
terial."