The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-07
WORKING TO AN END
. e,,,I.t The Forces Which Are to
Il Beers on Defensive
- DUTCH LOSSES REPORTED
s,..... ny Buiier and Me-
~ .,red by the Foreign.
~ = inset Casualty List

,.,.r,ser GA dispatch to
.,, ss''i from London says Ger General "a !
lrs'D' .,u,,ly preparing to turn the
..,,ss at colsnso and relieve e Lacy,
's ~. lord Methuen holds Genera'
ss a,,.. at spy,fontein and Jacobs
c.,,ral Gatacre is playing with
~ w. W., ra,dsrs among the Dutch
NJ s' ,ss dIssafrected of Cape Col
y -,,,,ons OF these three themes
~ ..cupy the attention of MIL
uN " :, the London press. Evil
s'' ,s,,nd Of General Buffers con-
Ina in directing the British cam
!. 4. expulsion of the Free stat
ZANE colony and the relief Of
,.,v The defeat OF Cronjo's
IA relieve forces of considerable
,os NV, operaticns remote from Ma
'su Law sr me way for the concenira-
y y hutch army at Bloemlohtein'
y v achievements could be sent to the
'u , betyeen Colenso and Lady
a1 pes,ra,ure action either at Modder
y the southern frontier of the
.,s would tend to diminish the
~. s now brought to bear upon the
~. camps around Ladysmith for
asi,oxal At a portion of these COM
l. .a,he masses of Drakensburg range.
VI AVE- the best explanations offered
l Nn,,,,r men IN London clubs for the
.n,s ,ractlon OF both Lord Methuen
4 a,ssr,l tiatacre and it is always easy
.,,,sr them up with the reflection that
III I. an the side of the British army
4 n. superior discipline and systematic
.s,,,men,s TOR supplies and heavily
rst ,he irregularly organized Dutch
I'm. theories like these are a poor
I,.i,r,. for war news, the veteran Of
II NJ clad to accept evidence that the
[,,ls are no longer in hot haste to at
4 Il. enemy in strongly fortified posi-
I, Without maneuverlng for protection
! b. Infantry from deadly fire directly
| front
N, official news yesterday included the
La,lty list In the sortle from Kimberley
kvnbr Is when the Boer lager was
tsised and captured. There was a Sc
M tsht, for twenty-five men were
El.i on the British side and thirty-one
Evpisd. South Africans readily identify
\ names In the list of killed. Major
It.Turner was gallant rough rider,
b bad seen much hard service In Mata-
hill and Rhodesia under Forbes and
Irngton, He was fine horseman and
i utterly fearless with an Unborn love
adventure Lieutenant Wright was IA
au as one OF the coolest and most eX-
II riaenen In South Africa and match
! De best hunters among the Beers.
Al official bulletin also came from Gen.
h Butler respecting the losses OF the
sny which he stlmated at 500 killed
\ wounded before Ladysmith, November
Nd thirteen in Hildyard's fight at Will
FUinge. These estimates we're ACCOM-
lid BY general charge that the enemy
Dot admit more than one-tenth of the
vs. suffered. As General Methuen had
ts1phed In similar way respecting
,,Bcer losses at Modder river, 1t was
seat that the war office had suggested
! snething should be said by him and
lsnl Butler to counterfeit the effect Of
publication OF the heavy casualty lists
~ British side. Cues for these reports
come from London, where officials
annoyed by Leyd's Brussels bulle-
! Showing Insignificant Dutch losses as
dTsst to the terrible havoc wrought
'is the British battalions.