Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-17
BULLER's LOSSES, 1907.
British Casualties at Mngersfontein
oG:,-Gerpans Are Jubiinnt.

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LONDON, December 1G-General Butler
reports to the War Office that his losses
in yesterdays engagement were: Killed
81: wounded, e67, missing. Si8; total OF
1891.
The revised lst Of the British casual
ties at the battle OF Magerstonteln shows
the total to be aS. OF which number
seventy were officers.
CASUALTIES AMONG OFFICERS.
LONDON. December l5.-The War Office
late tonight issued the following list OF
General Buffers casualties:
Killed-Field Artillery, Captain A. H.
Goldie and Lieutenant c. =. SchrieDer
Dublin F'usneers. Captain A. H. Bacon
and Lieutenant r. c. b. Henry; Ennis
kiilen Fusileers, Major j. +. ". Charley
and Captain Frank c. Lotus; Medical
Corps. Captain VI. |. Hughes; Ih0rney-
crofts Mounted Infantry. Lieutenant j.
". jenkins.
officers Wounded: Devonshire Regi
ment. 3: Rifle Brigade che Prince Con
sorts OWN, /; Fifth Brigade staff,
Ennlskillen Fusiieers, 8; Border Regi-
ment. 3; Connaught Rangers, 2; Dublin
Fusilecrs. 3; Irish Fusileers, 3; Horse Ar
tillerv /: Field Artillery. 3; Medical Corps
/; Mounted Infantry 3; Natal Carbineers
2. South African Light Horse 2.
officers taken prisoners or missing
Field Artillery, 5; Deyonshire Regiment
3; Essex Regiment. !; Royal Scots Fusi-
leers. 6; Royal Artillery, g.
SORTIE FROM MAFEKING.
PRETORIA, Thursday, December II
General Snyman reports from Mafeking
under date Of Wednesday, December 18th
that the British attacked a Boer fort
The BOer casualties were one man killed
and one wounded. The dispatch also say,
that Commandant Schoemann had q
brush with the British on Tuesday, De
cember 18th, az the Geldenhuis Farm
which the British were bombarding on
Wednesday.
JOUBERT IMPROVING.
The condition OF General Joubert, who
is i'll at Volksrust, IS improving. The
Transvaal Government is employing ma
tlves 70 work IN mines, paying them Il
L month and feeding them.
SITUATION AT THE MODDER
MODDER RIVER, Friday, December
5-During demonstration In force this
morning, the British guns shelled the
Beers for a couple OF hours. The Beers
did not reply until the British were re-
firing.
The Beers are further entrenching, and
strengthenlng their old delences, with
the evident intention of hercey disputlng
control Of the railroad.
ITALY ASTONISHED.
ROME. December 16.-General Buffers
reverse produced profound impression
in all circles here. where it is regarded
as most serious FOR the military prestige
Of England. Tho afternoon papers devote
long articles 10 the subject.
GERMANS JUBILANT.
RERL.IN. December l6-The German
press and people are jubilant over the
news from South Africa. and everywhere
In tho streets people stop each other and
offer congratulations.
Among the press comments tonight Is
that OF the Kreuz Zeitung, which says:
Thus the fighting power or the third
column Is destroyed, and the campaign
against the Boers is disastrously ended.
What however means moro Is that Eng
lands decadence. long ago apparent TO
far-slghted statesmen, has thus become
visible before the whole world.
The Vossischo Zeitung says: THE Eng
lish Yesterday met the greatest defeat IN
this campaign. so productive or disap-
polntments and losses"
RECONNAISSANCE AT THE MODDER
MODDER RIVER. Friday. December
1.-THE Ninth Brigade. under Colonel
pole-Carew; the Grenadier Guards, and