The record-union., 1899-10-24
only attempting to escape when further
lighting was hopeless

BY Z O'Clock the British had gained
the position, and cease firing" was
sounded. Threee 1211a- pounder Norden-
feldts were captured, with quantities OF
munitions.
The Boer dead and wounded among
the rocks, who were numerous, were
attended to as far as possible in the
dark.
General French thanked the troops or
the field, especially mentioning Colone
Ian Hamilton's splendid handling o.
the infantry.
The British bivouacked on the cap
tured position Saturday night Some
estimates place the Boer losses at 5OO
but this is probably exaggerated.
Colonel Scott Chisholm, the only Brit
ish officer killed, was formerly attached
TO the Ninth Lancers. He served with
distinction in the Afghan war and or
ganized the present Imperial Light
Horse. a majority of whom are refu
gees from the Rand.
The death of General Viljoen is a Sc
we're blow to the Burghers, and the
death of General Kock and the capture
of General Pretorius will handicap the
further movements of this column.
The Parliamentary Secretary of the
War Office, George Wyndham, made q
statement in the House of Commons
to-day, saying:
Lord Wolseley sums up the position
in Natal early this morning as follows
In the battle of Glands Laagte. Oc'
tober Dist, two guns We're captured
from the Beers, who lost heavily.
"A large column of the enemy ap
peared advancing from the northwest
on General YuIe, who consequently had
fallen back from Dundee and was con
centrating at Glencoe Junction. In this
operation we gather in the wounded
and medical attendants left at Dundee
General White was in position al
Ladysmith and is being reinforced from
Pietermaritzburg.
The enemy appears to be in large
numerical superiority"
BRITISH VICTORY WAS AT HEAVY
COST.
LONDON, Oct. 23.-An official dis
patch from Ladysmith, the British
headquarters in Natal, dated 10 p. M.
yesterday, gives the following list OF
casualties among the prominent Beers
in the battle at Glands Laagte:
General Viljoen, killed.
General Kock, wounded and captured
since died.
General Rocks son, killed.
Colonel Schill German officer COM
manding the army, wounded and .
prisoner
Commander Pretorius, wounded and
a prisoner.
Several Boer standards were cap
tured.
British casualties at the battle OF
Glands Laagte:
Imperial Light Horse-Colonel Scott
Chisholm.
WOUNDED.
Imperial Light Horse-Major Samp-
son, Captain Orr. Captain Mullens,
Lieutenant Curry, Lieutenant Shore
Lieutenant Barnes, Lieutenant Forbes
Lieutenant Campbell, Lieutenant Nor
mans.
Second Battery Field Artillery-Cap-
tain Campbell, Lieutenant Manley,
WOUNDED.
First Devonshire Regiment-Captain
Lafone, Lieutenant Cunning, Lieuten-
ant Haley, Lieutenant Green.
First Manchester Regiment - Colone,
Curran, Captain Melville, Captain New
Digging, Captain Paler, Lieutenant
Danks.
KILLED
First Leicestershire Regiment-Lieu-
tenant Hanna.
Gordon Highlanders - Major Denne
Lieutenant Fantmose, Lieutenant Muir
ray, Lieutenant Bradbury
WOUNDED.
Lieutenant Colonel Dick Conyngham,
Major Wright Captain Haldene. Cap
tain Buchanan, Captain Mikeljohn,
Lieutenant Findlay, Lieutenant Gillat,
Lieutenant Campbell, Lieutenant Hen
messy.
The total number of casualties now
stands at forty-two killed and 153
wounded
The following casualties occurred
among the rank and file:
Fifth Lancers-Two Sergeants and
commissioned officers and men wound
ed; one man missing
Twenty-first Field Battery Three
gunners wounded
Forty second Field Battery - Two
gunners and a driver wounded
First Devonshire Regiment-Twenty-
nine on-commissioned officers and men
wounded
First Manchester Regiment - Eleven
non-commissioned officers and men
killed and twenty-six wounded.
Gordon Highlanders-Five non-com-
missioned officers and fifteen men
killed, and fifteen non-commissioned Of
ficers and sixteen men wounded.
PARLIAMENT PROVIDES SINEWS
OF WAR
LONDON. Oct 23-The Chancellor OF
the Exchequer. Sir Michael Hicks
Beach, made a statement on the ques-
tion of the expenditures made by the
Transvaal war. He said the expendi-
lures for the year had been increased
by the supplementary vote to a total
of t12l ,0O0, but he added that the
revenue had increased. and he expect
ed there would be an increase of f3,
oOo,OOO over his estimated revenue This
would be a considerable contribution
toward the unforeseen expenditures
and would leave about tt 600. 900 to he
provided. He thought there should be
no addition to the fixed debt, but the
former should be raised by temporary
addition TO the floating debt The Chan
cellor Of the Exchequer. therefore, ask
ed for power TO raise fS,000,0O0 by
treasury bills, the whole question o1
| repayment and the question of fresh
taxation to be left over the next finan.