New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-27

ern edge also have been arrested Tor lncltlnB
the natives TO take UP arms and rebel against
the Crown. Strong measures are evidently needed
in that part of Cape Colony but Lord Meth
uens victories hardly fail to exercise great
influence when the details fully known
among the Dutch villages /. N. f.
METHUEN'S REPORT OF THE BATTLE.
BRIEF BUT LUCID ACCOUNT OF THE
FIGHT AT GRAs PAN.
London, Nov 26.-Ths afternoon the War
Office posted the following dispatch. dated Cape
Town, 1920 p. m to-day from General Fores-
tier Walker:
terday (Saturday) at 3:30 a. m, with the Ninth
Brigade the mounted corps. the naval brigade
and two batteries, the Guards following with the
baggage. Near Gras Pan (about ten miles
north of Belmont on the railway line to KIM
berley), $500 Beers with six guns and two ma
chine guns opposed him. The action began at
a. m Our batteries fired shrapnel very accu-
ratey till the heights seemed clear: Then the
naval brigade and infantry advanced to the as as
sault The fighting desperate until III
a. m. when the heights were carried the Boers
retreated on the line where the 9th Lancers
were placed to intercept them Ihe result was
not known at the time Of telegraphing. Inc ar
tilery took immediate advantage Oh 'lie ei'
my's retirement. .
Early in the action five hundred Beers at
tackled our rear guard. The brigade met this
and also protected the TANKS Ine navai ord orr,
Suffered heavily, but no particulars are yet
known. ,,oa.
The enemy showed the greatest stuboornness
and must have suffered greatly. IWenty WEI :
buried II is known that thirty-one were kliieu
and forty-eight wounded. More than HIty
horses were found dead In one place one pa'-
terry fred five hundred rounds.
our force must halt one day at Gras ran 10 10
rest and replenish ammunition: The torce
worked splendidly and Is prepared 10 oveTeOi1
any difficulty The naval brigade the hoya'
Marines. the light infantry and the nrst pa.
talon of the North Lancashire Regiment espe-
cially distinguished themselves w.
Regarding Thursdays fight; Eighty-one boer
| k,Iled are accounted for Sixty-four wagons
We're burned large quantity OF powder,
10000 rounds of ammunition and '2o shens sis
were blown up. Commandant Albrecnt GhLei aed
| of the orange Free State artillery. commandeda q
the Boer artillery. General Dolewy was IN chiei
command.
COMMANDER OF THE POWERFUL KILLED
The Admiralty is in receipt Of the following
dispatch from Rear Admiral Harris dated Cape
Town, November 26
deeply regret to report the following casual
ties in the action at Gras Pan yesterday
KILLED
Commander DTHELSToN. of the Powerful
Captain SENIOR. OF the Monarch
Flag Captain PRorHERo. Of the Doris. severely
Lieutenant JONES. Of the Doris
The other casualties are not yet known com
nander De Horsey, Captain Morgan and Lieu
tenant Wilson all of the Monarch, have pro-
ceeded TO join the Naval Brigade with Lord
Methuen.
A further dispatch from Cape Town, dated
yesterday, says;
The officers non-commissioned ofhcers ana
men in the hospital at Nynberg are doing Well'
except a driver and gunner. both OF whom are
seriously III. Two privates have died or pneu-
monia The Belmont wounded are due mere To-
morrow by the ambulance train. LORD Metnueh
IS in photographic communication with Kim
berley.
A Cape Town dispatch says:
Renorts received here Of the brilliant success
or l ord Methuen at Gras Pan say that the Boers
had eighty killed and many wounded, ana that
the British took numerous prisoners 49,
on the arrival Of the Belmont wounded, win
the Boer prisoners taken in that engdseHenl, |,
most Of the wounded will be lodged in Beauiort
UoenitsI where 1915 beds have been prepared.
one of the Boer prisoners, who was Wouhueo
In the orange River engagement on being ASKED
What he thought Of the British bayonet charge,
answered. Almighty! DO you thinK "ateu
for that" ~, ,,.,oo,s
THE Cape Argus" says: Lord Methuen !
letter IN the Boer cOmmandant warned MN thdt
the British commander would not recognize any
thing but a fair flag Of truce, adding' 80 80
Mace q white handkerchief on rifle and tc
take advantage Of your enemy is a cowardly
action which neither you nor can eouite'