Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-12-14
BRITISH LOSSES
The Casualty List Shows That the
Beers Still Pick Off the
Officers.
A COOL SHARPSHOOTER
London Gets Excited Over Rumor That
Ladysmith was Relieved and Thousands
Of Beers Taken Prisoners By
General Butler.

London, December 14.--A special from
Pietermaritzburg says Generals Butler
and Clery entered Ladysmith and cap
tured 10000 Beers.
London, December 14.--The British
war office has heard nothing OF the
story of the relief of Ladysmith. The
officials do not credit the story. They
say the act at such an early date Is be-
lieved to be practically impossible.
London, December 14.-The official re-
port gives the number of killed,
wounded and missing in the engage
ment of Sunday and Monday north OF
the Modder river as S17. There We're tif-
teen officers killed and four wounded in
addition to five missing, and one known
to have been made a prisoner. The war
office has received a message stating
that there were $50 casualties among
the non commissioned officers and men
of the Highland brigade at Magersfon-
tein The brigade lost ten officers killed,
thirty eight wounded and four missing.
The following list of officers killed or
wounded has been received: Highland
brigade--Killed, General Wauchope,
Lieutenant Colonel J. N. c. Goode, Cap
tain Elton, Lieutenant Edmonds Cap
tain j. r. Clark, Lieutenant Cox, Cap
tain Cowan, Captain Lamberton, Lieu
tenant Colonel Goff, Major Robinson,
Captain Wingate, Lieutenant CoWie.
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Bedkeley, Major Duff, Captain Feather
stonebaugh, Captain Noyes, Captain
Wolfemurry, Captain Richardson, Cap
tain Campbell, Captain Gordon, Captain
McNab, Lieutenant Thehon, w. c. Bail
lie, Lieutenant Scott, Lieutenant Wa
terhouse. Many of the above mentioned
officers are dangerously wounded.
Second Royal Highlanders: Wounded
Lieutenant Wauchope, Major Cuth-
bertson, Captain Cameron, Lieutenant
ST. J. Harvey, Lieutenant Berthon, and
Lieutenant TAFT, formerly amateur golf
champion Missing-Captain Cumming
Bruce Captain McFarlane and Lieuten-
ant Ramsey.
The Marquis of Winchester, Cold
streams Guards, was killed. Captain J.
Sterling Lieutenant Courington, Major
F. B. Lambton, same brigade, wounded.
Second Seaforths: Missng-Major *
r. Mackenzie Captain Brodie.
Mounted Infantry: Killed--Major Mil
ton, Major Ray.
London, December 14.-On the stock
exchange to-day at 2 o'clock Rand
mines suddenly jumped up 81 on the
rumors that Gen. Clery entered Lady
smith and General Butler captured 5000
Beers.
I1ourenco Marques, Delagoa Bay, De-
cember 14-Winston Churchill a news
paper correspondent and former officer
of the 4th hussars, captured at the time
of the armored train disaster near Est
court November 16, escaped from Pre-.
toria.
London, December Alt is freely
predicted, even in high military circles,
that the South African campaign will
last until June. 1t is also expected that
General Methuen will have to retire
south of the Orange river as it is
claimed he could not hold out long at
the Modder river, where his ammunl
ton and supplies were mot expected to
last over week. In fact, it was said his
line of communications had probably
already been cut, and it was claimed
that General Gatacre was similarly
weakened by his reverse.
Modder River, Cape Colony, Decem-
Der 12.--Details gathered here by repre-
sentatives of the Associated Press
among the wounded British and Beers
give some idea of the desperate nature
of the fight at Magersfontein The
liant troops in the world could do, bu
it was impossible to face the terrible
fire of the Beers. The British artiller!
again saved the situation and divided
the honors of the day with the Scots.
The batteries We're worked for hour
under CALLING rifle fire. According t.
the Boer stories it was impossible fo
the burghers to have escaped fearfu
loss. One Boer prisoner said a singl
lyddite shell killed or wounded owe
seventy, and two other shells burst owe
two bodies Of Beers ensconced behind
range, doing fearful damage. All agre
that the Beers fought throughout wit
the utmost gallantry. Their sharpshoot
ers seldom missed their mark
A Seaforth Highlander says while h
was lying wounded on the field he sa'
Boer of typical German appearance
fautlessly dressed, with polished to
boots, shirt with silk ruffies, and ciga