Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-04
SIGNAL TO KIMBERLEY.
Communication by Force 4
Modder River.
nETnUEN.s CASUALTIES OVER $50.
That Many Given Out as Being Killed
and Wounded at the Fight at the River.
Big Battle Expected at Colensc, Beers

LONDON, Dec. 4.-The war ofice pub
fishes the following dispatch from Cape
Town:
1.-The transport Ismore is ashore on
the rocks in St. Helena bay. The troops
have been safely landed, but the horses
are still on board. H. M. S. Doris and
Niobe, with the transport Columbian.
have gone to her assistance.
Colonel Kekewich reports under
date Of Thursday, Nov. 30, that the
Bechuanalano police captured the BoeI
laager west Of Kimberley, Tuesday,
Nov. %.
Communication by searchlight with
Kimberley has been established from
Modder river"
AS surmised, the British dead and
wounded at the hard fought battle
of Modder river numbers hundreds.
Only the bare total, 452, of which mum.
ber rs were killed. had been given out.
The revised list of casualties. non.
commissioned officers and men, is di.
vided as follows: Ninth Lancers,
wounded; engineers, wounded; artil-
lery, 3 killed, % wounded; Second
Coldslreams, 10 killed, sc wounded;
third Grenadiers, 8 killed, IS wounded,
a missing; Scots Guards, 10 killed, 81
wounded, missing; Northumb berland
Fusiliers, IL killed. "a wounded; First
Northumberlands wounded; Second
Yorkshire, 9 killed, A wounded; First
North Lancashire. killed, 16 wounded,
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Is
killed, 81 wounded, missing; First
Coldstreams, 20 wounded; South Afri.
can reserve, wounded; medical corps,
l wounded; Remington guides, 3
wounded.
DURHAM, Natal, Tuesday, Nov. 2S.--
The Natal Mercury published the fol
lowing dispatch from It's correspondent
at Frere:
"The Beers have reconcentra.ed at
their old positions near Colenso, back OF
Groblers kloof, and everything points to
determined attempt TO prevent ths
British crossing the Tugela river.
'sThe reports of wanton destruction of
property by Boer looters are confirmed.
PRETORIA, Monday. Nov. a7, via Lou.
renso Marques, Dec. 3.-Commandan
Delarey has reported to President Kru.
ger that the Burghers, in spite of their
determined defense at Gras Pan, Nov.
%, were completely surrounded by the
PRETORIA, Monday, Nov. 21.-The
Boer commander ON the western border
reports that IL Burghers were killed
and 40 wounded in the fighting at Bel
mont.
PRETORIA, Sunday, Nov. 2S.-Com.
mandant Dutmot probably Dutoit)
sent the following report to the council
of war from Kimberley:
early yesterday the British made
sortie, supported by cannon and Max
inns. Under cover of darkness they ad-
vanced in the direction of Bloemhof.
Two hundred Burghers encountered
them and brought up an additional
100. Nine Burghers We're killed and II
wounded. The British left two on the
ground, but an ambulance removed
these
PRETORIA, Tuesday, Nov. 2s.-The
Boer laager at Derderpoort was at
tackled last Saturday by stong force of
the Natal mounted police. Mr.. Bar
nard, member of the volksraad, was
killed,
LONDON, Dec. 4.-Dispatch reached
London announcing that Lord Methuen
was asain in the field, and it was also
said that Count Gleichen, who was
wounded in the fighting at Modder
river, was struck by bullet in the
neck.
Serious news came from the northern
sections of Cape Colony. The whole
border district between Colesborg and
Burghersdorp declared for the Beers,
In Nentersted alone more than 1000
Joined the rebellion. The farmers
formed a Communicating committee and
talked confidently of a triumphant
march on Cape Town. Gen. Buffers
was torn down and tram
pied upon and the loyalists were hidden