Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-02
A BRIGHTER ASPECT.


The details to-day show the catastro-
phe in Il brighter aspect. The full bat
talions were not engaged, and, there
| fore, the list of prisoners is materially
reduced, while the disaster now appears
to have been not so much the conse-
quence of defects in the plan OF ac-
| ton as to q misfortune whereby the
column was deprived of its ammuni-
ton. Still, IL seems incomprehensible
why the plight OF the luckless column
was not known at headquarters as the
scene OF the surrender was only about
three miles northeast OF Ladysmith,
and Colonel Carleton must have
expected relicr to reach him or,
| instead of attempting to occupy a de-
fcnsivc position he would have retraced
his steps to Ladysmith when he SUI
| fered the loss Of his ammunition.
MEN IN HEAPS.
! Apart from General Whites state
ment that the losses are very numer-
ous there is nothing to indicate the ex-
tent OF them except Il vague report to
tho effect that the soldier who brought
| the news to Ladysmith said the British
| dead and wounded were lying in heaps
and that hundreds needed doctors. This,
however, is hardly borne out by the
long dist of captured officers.
| A STATEMENT DOUBTED.
The concluding sentence of General
| Whites dispatch relative to the safety
of Ladysmith, was received with n GER
tain reserve. In view of the fact that
| similar official assurances were given
| recently at Dundee and Glencoe, and
there is intense anxiety for further
news of the reported renewed attack,
which is not mentioned in the official
dispatches.
The calamity has served to show the
British who were their friends. The
papers comment on the splendid re-
serve OF patriotism existing in the far
away colonies and the deep seated
feeling of friendship and sympathy of
the great kindred nation across the At
lantlc."
FRIENDLY VOICES.
The Standard sums up the feeling OF
the nation, saying:
From the United States and our col
onics alone we hear the voice of friend
| ~ sorrow and encouragement. But
that suiiices All others are welcome
to congratulate themselves over the
misfortunes Of Great Britain"
LIST OF CASUALTIES.
London, Nov. 1.-The War Office to-
day issued the following additional lis.
of rs casualties sustained by General
4ule's force from the time OF the bat
tie of Glencoe until it Joined the force
| Ot OH w mite.
Kings Rincs--Four killed. Is wounded
Le!cestershire Regiment-One wound
| ed, . missing.
Artillcry-One killed, 1 wounded, Q
missing.
Mounted Infantry = Twcnty-seven
missing.
The last mentioned were attached to
the squadron OF the Eighteenth HUI
| Ears that was entrapped by the Beers
| after the battle of Glencoe. They were
undoubtedly captured with the HUI
| Ears
\ careful calculation of the British
It++4es III III ttIu u7Ig1 EycITTuITTF StrICg tho
outbreak OF Notwithstanding the
casualties among the non-commission-
| cd officers and men in Mondays dis
nster at Eadysmith, which are thus far
unknown Nere-gves a total of DIG, to
which nroh2bly 1900 will need to be
! added when details regarding the
l'adysmith reverse are received. This
total Is made np as follows:
onicers-l23 70 being killed. CT
wounded and 80 haptured
| Men-7S3, 1877 being killed. 4o2 wound
ed, and 154 capture&
WHITES MULES COMING IN.
London. Nov. "A ssecial dispatch
| from Pieterlnnriizburg Natal, dated
| Tuesday morning, says:
! "Straggicrs from the Glohccstorshire
Regiment arc arriving ut Lsdysmith.
| y number of mules. With n PARTON of
| the mountain battery. are also coming
| in
ENROLLING FRENCH VoLUN-
| TIERS.
Paris. Nov IA society has been
| formed to render assistance to the
| rransynal Government. Colonel Mon
tell is president and Francis Cope,
Jules Lemaitre. Henry Eochefort and
Drumont. proprietor OF the Lbre
! Parole. are honorary presidents.
The organization is enrolling volun-
| teers to fight for the Beers. and tho
promoters claim that more than three