Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-17
He Lost More Than a Thousand
Men in Fridays Battle.
JoURERT's PREDICTION
As Usual Large number Of HrilIsh
Officers Arc L"id Low by Bocr
Mnrksmen = Lnoi,ntinn In dor.
mnny Revdf-e Creates Profound
lmfrcs.ion n, Rome-Hoor COM
nInnd"r-in-chlefs Letter Help
Tor tho British.
tBy Telegraph to virginian- pilot.)

NoS lSlcSIlpll W
London, Dec. 1G.--General Butler re-
ports to the War Office that his losses
in yesterdays engagement were killed.
81; wounded, 667; missing, 34S, IL total
of 1907.
The revised list OF the British casual
ties at the battle OF Magersfontein
shows the total to be 96a, OF which nuns
Der seventy were officers.
LIST OF CASUALTIES.
London. Dec. l6.--Thc War Office late
Tonight issued the following list OF
General Buffers casualties:
Killed: Field Artillery, Captain 4. IL.
Goldie and Lieutenant g. Il. Schricbcr;
Dublin I'uriiers, Captain y. II. Bacon
and Lieutenant X. &. Is. Henry; lnnis-
killing Fusiliers, Major j. j.. w. Char
ley and Captain Frank =. Lotus; Med
ical Corps, Captain NJ. !. Hughes; rhor-
neycrofts Mounted Infantry, Leuten.
ant l.. G. Nj. Jenkins.
Officers wounded: Devonshire Regi-
ment, five; Rifle Brigade, (thc Prince
Consorts OWN one; Fifth brigade,
staff, one: Inniskilling Fusilicrs, s.
Border Regiment, 81 Connaught
hangers. =; Dublin Fusiliers, 3: Irish
Fusilicrs, ]: Horse Artillery, l. Field
Artillery, 3; Mcdican Corps. l.
Mounted Infantry 3; Natal Car
Horse. ..
Officers taken prisoners OF missing:
Field Artillery, 8: Dcvonshirc ReGi-
mcnt, 3; Essex Regiment. /: Royal
Scots Fusil'ers, 6; Royal Artillery, 3.
AT MAFEKlNt.
Pretoria CThursday) Dee. 1i.-Gcn-
cral Snyman reports from Matching
under date Of Wednesday. December
13th. that the British attacked Il Boer
fort. The Boer casualties were one
man killed and one wounded. The dis
patch also says that Commaudant
Schoemann had brush with the Brit
ish Tuesday, December 18th. at the
Geldenhuis farm. which the British
were bomharding Wednesday.
JoUBERT'S CONDITION.
The condition Of General Jouhcrt
who is; in at Nolksrust. Is improving.
The Transvaal government is employ
ing natives 10 work in mines paying
them tpound n month, ana feed
ing them.
BOERS WILL RESIST.
MGdder River. Fr dag, Tee. 15.-Dur-
ing a demonstration in force this morn
ing the British guns sh He! the Beers
for Il couple of hours irhc liocrs did
not reply unt!l the l}riiish were retir-
ing.
The Beers are further entrcnching
and strcng thenng siTU7T old defcnsC7
with the evident intention of fiercely
lisputing control OF The railroad.
JUBILATiON IN GERMANY.
Berlin. Dec. i6.--The German press
ana people are jubilant over the news
frcm South Africa, and everywhere in
the streets people stop each other and
offer congratulations. Among the press
comments tonight Is that of the 1lreuz
Zeitung. which says:
'.rhus the lighting power of the third
column is destroyed and the campaign
against the Eocrs is disastrously end
ed. What however IN ans more, is tina
Iingland's decadence, long ago appar-
ent to far-sighted statesmen, has thus
become visible bafore the whole
world"
The Nossischc ZeitunG says
The English yesterday met the
greatest defeat i'm this campaign, so
productive OF disappointments and
losses"
IMPRESSION AT ROME.
Rome, Dec. 16.-Gencral Bulers re-
verse produced II profound impression
in all circles here, where il is regarded
as most serious for the military prest-
igc of England. The afternoon papers
devote long articles to the subject.