The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-12
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TRUE STORY

London, Doc 1.-THE British loeses In
South Africa reported 10 date ara: Killed
-G68; wounded, 2Os7; captured and miss
ing. 1877. This IL two thirds Of the total
British loss ~ Waterloo.
Thu Third Grenadiers have suffered
mo,t killed and wounded, 1871. The Kings
Royal Rifles alone have had II officers
killed and wounded.
Tho Daily Mail say the defeat Is not
sGatlyrs's fault. but 1t 10 the fault OF the
I NATURALIZATION at home; that hs has not
/, had superior numbers and adequste caval-
~, For several weeks the Mail has been
\ urging the dispatch OF endorsements and
mote cavalry.
Even the full story Of Gatacre's defent Ia
untold An air of mystery clings about
his retreat. The neagro accounts of the
latter part Of tho engagement have q
strong suggestion Of the censors blue
pencil
IA No full list Of casualties has been pub
.lishsd. 1t seems incredible that tho few
already reported were the only ones killed
and wounded. There are many hints that
lhe retreat was In solid phalaDx but
widely scattered dash to avoid the she lis
which the Beers rainsd down on the re-
tirtng British Strong criticism is being
lsvelled at Gatacre He has long been
\ known AZ back breaker.
Z Dublin, Dec. 1.-THE Lord Mayor OF
@Dubiin. Daniel Talon, presided at a meet-
! ing Of the Corporation today called to
prote il against the South African war.
Tho clerk Of the Corporation declared
that there was no quorum, but the Lord
Mayor insisted on making u statement,
In which he said the war was "wanton
and unprovoked aggression undertaken
BY Mr.. Chamberlain and capitalists
4 against handful Of farmers" He also
4 said that America Is opposed TO this
ubiquitous war.
In the meantime the members pre- sent
shouted No quorum!' and 'Order!" and
y lmult in the galleries drowned all the
hboeches. Eventually the Lord Mayor
Aett tho chair, with the galleries cheering
fDr President Kruger.
: No attempt was made to adopt this pre-
yiou5ly prepared resolution against the
war
Paris, Dec. 1l.-Tho news of General
Gatacre reverse in Cape Colony made an
Immense impression In Paris.
Although the Paris newspapers predict
tho gravcst consequences in disaffected
Dutch portion of Cape Colony. they can
not be accused of unseemly exultation
over British misfortune. Most OF tho
Journals see in the defeat an undoub:ed
trap laid by Beers working in conjunction
with Cape Colony Dutch. The journal
des Debats epitomizes the general opinion,
SAYING that Sir Alfred Milner has threat
onsd in vain to overwEalm the Dutch
with the thunderbolts of British wrath,
and that en- he must reali2e that race
sympathy is stronger than loyalty. 1t
SOUS In the attitude Of tho Afrkanders
''the inevitable result Of the tactics Ian
Rulge of the British press in referring to
th. war as struggle between tho British
snd Dutch for supremacy IN South Africa.
The Temps says; 1.-The story Of the am
bush at Stormberg reads like chapter
from Cocper's The Spy The situation re-
sembles that Of the American war of
Independence, when the Colonists devoted
themselves to deceiving, misleading and
ambushing the British general for love OF
ihsir country, and with tho assent Of
Washington.
Berlin, Dec. ll--Genernl Gatacres re-
verse Strombers was joyfully greeted by
the people on the streets If Berlin, but the
newspapers for the most part are reticent
on the subject.
The Berliner Tagebiatt, which prints
long letter from u German in LonNon sd-
vising the public here against lemonstra-
tive anglophobiu, gives the news Of the
repnlse without comment. The Nossische
Zeitung comments in Il STRAIN almost
friendly saying:
After the soldiory virtues which the
British have already shown in this war, it
may we'll be believed that General CAT
acres troops fought as if on the parade
gtpunu. 30. E-..--y