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General Methuen Is Well Intrenched
at Modder River.
POLICE OCCUPIED DARDRECHT
ngagement at Ladysmith Took Place
Last Thursday.
OFFICERS KILLED AND WOUNDED
Joubert Returned to Camp Near Ladysmith
and B0mbardment Continues.
PRISONERS WERE SENT TO PRETORIA
Many Reports Arc Current of Fcnian
organization in the United
Stntes-No Protest Made.
OFFICERS KILLED AND WOUNDED
Joubert Returned to Camp Near Ladysmith
and Bombardment Continues.
PRISONERS WERE SENT TO PRETORIA
Many Reports Arc Current of Fenian
Organization in the United
Stntes-No Protest Made.
Gibraltar, December 2s.-Lord Kitchener
has arrived here from Egypt


London, Decembe 26.-The war office has
received the following dispatch from Cape
Town. dated December %. saying: There
is no change in the situation at Moddel
river. General Methuen is well intrench-
ed and the Beers have not disturbed him.
General Gatacre reports that force of
100 police have occupied Dordrecht. tie
Beers retreating with no loss"
London. December 26-The war office
has received dispatch from Pietrema-
ritzburg, Natal. dated Sunday, December
"a, announcing that in an engagement at
Ladysmith December %, Major a. C. King,
Captains Walthen and Cakes, Lieutenant
Hulze and Lieutenant Colonel Fawcett
were wounded and that nine non-c COM
commissioned officers and men were killed
and ten wounded. This engagement had
not been recorded before this.
London, December q, 4:50 a. m.--D.s-
patches from South Africa are still greatly
delayed, but they are arriving more freely.
which shows that the censorship has been
relaxed. There appears to be no great
change in the situation.
A dispatch from Lorenzo Marquee dated
Thursday, December q, gives the follow
ing from the Boer lager dated Tuesday,
December 10: THE British naval guns
at Colenso have been cannonading Bull
a view of smashing 1t. The bombardment
of Ladysmith is proceeding slowly. GEN
eral Joubert has arrived here and has been
accorded hearty welcome. He addressed
the burghers December IS. More British
prisoners have been sent to Pretoria in
Colonel Butler, Major Walters,
Major Bailwark. Major Foster Captain
Nortern, Captain Ftz Herbert. Captain
Ford Captain Hutchinson, Lieutenant
Bonham. Lieutenant Smithers, Lieutenant
Thcurne, Lieutenant O'Conneyghey, Lieu
tenant Christian, Lieutenant Briggs, Lieu
tenant Hartford. Lieutenant Tarbull and
Lieutenant Jones"
a dispatch to the Daily News from
dated Friday. December 49, by
says: Another sortie last
night. General Hunter with 500 volun-
teers destroyed one siX-inch Creusot gun,
one howitzer and one Maxim. One Briton
killed. The Boer gunners fed
There is an idea in some quarters here
hat General Buffers destruction of tho
Tugea bridge heralds an attempt to cut
off the Beers now south of the river but
he general opinion is that the British
will not make any serious move, pending
he arrival of Lord Roberts
Advices from Capetown say the New
zealanders with Captain French at Nauw-
ooort were in tight corner December Is.
they were nearly surrounded by Beers
and retired under hail of bullets fired at
short range. but sustained only small
oss.
Among the Beers killed at strombers
we're many Of that locality who had Joined
he Orange Free State forces.
Several newspaper correspondents have
'eturned to Capetown from the Modder |
liver apparently confirming the belief that |
IN immediate advance OF the British is
projected.
A dispatch from Capetown dated We'd
iesday. December 90 says that CHAMBERS
las broken out among the mules, OF which I
here are 100 at the Steenbosch rpmount
arm. Twenty-six of the mules have been
destroyed and seventy eight have been
solated. The dispatch says sedition is
preadng in Cape Colony. Three mem
,ers of the Cape parliament are said to
10 implicated and one of them is said to
rave presented Free State flag to a
,oer commander. at the same time eS
the hope that he would carry
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