The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-11
GEN. GATACRE
DEFEATED BY
THE BOERS.
s.,r stormberg, Where he Found
the Eenemy's Position Prac-
t1cally Impregnable.
FITH FEARFUL CASUALTIES
Among his Troops BE Was Forced
by Hot Fire to
Retreat.

LONDON, Dec. H. 4:45 a. m.--1t is
hardly too much to regard General
catacres repulse near stOrmbers as
,be most serious defeat British arms
have vet sustained In the whole CAM
naIrR, Already the official adylces
show that two men we're killed, nine
oeBcers and seventeen men were
wounded aud nine officers and Ave hun
1,sd and rlnety-six men are missing.
nut it is evident that the worst IS not
yet known. The proportion OF wounded
and killed is so small when compared
With the mlsslng-who are undoubtedly
prisoners in the hands Of the Beers
mat the supplementary list Of casual
Ties is awaited with serious mlsglvings.
II is also feared that there were Eerl-
Uus losses Of guns and equipment.
The most serious aspect of the nffair
/, the effect 1T is likely to have on the
Dutch in Cape Colony. who have been
vaverinE as to whether to throw in
heir lot With the Beers. Hosts Of the
northern farmers are now likely to join
me rebellion. The defeat is also seri-
Gus because 1t will delay the Junction
q General Gatacre with General
French at Naauwpoort. The plan was
for their combined forces to relieve the
pressure on Lord Methuen's column,
The disclosure OF such a strong force
., s,ormberg was quite unexpected.
Doubtless General Gatacre was the vice
tim Of treacherous guides, but the re-
suit points also to the absence Of proper
cavalry scouting.
The British troops who recently oc-
cuped Arundel are advancing. They
have had several sklrmLshes, but no
casualties. Three miles north of Arun-
del they sound the Boer1 1000 strong,
The Pretoria reports OF renewed
fighting at Moddar rived originated
from the fact that the British, with q
team Of thlrty-two oxen, hauled a
rayat guu to the top OF high ridge
north Of 1loddar river town, whence
hey fred lyddite shells. .s.,.
MoLrENo, Cape Colony. Sunday,
Dec. lO.-Generai Gatacre left Putters
Eraal by train for Molteno and then
proceeded by forced march twelve miles
towards slormburg. He had two
thousand men, including the Northum-
Serland fusiIlers, the Royal Irish rides
and two batteries OF field artillery.
The British were unmolested by the
Beers until the Boer position was
reached, xhen hot Rre was unex-
p,ctedly opened upon the advancing
column.
The engagement began at 4;l5 a. m.
At 4 a. m, after a sharp artillery duel,
the British retired. They are now
marching toward Moltenp, General
Gatacre found the enemy's position i'm
preguable. 1t was impossible for the
British infantry to get at the Beers.
LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE war office
publishes the following dispatch from
General Walker at Cape
Town:
ua'acre reports. ussp's 80 ,-s.. - ~
verses in the attack on stormberg. l
was mislcI as to the enemy's position
4
10y lne suines' ana iounu ilnp'%Sals. ,........
VIC SFOuha' o9suu'''es' 81 tuF 10 "''
y presen;, are; 80, -, ..,,..
second nattalloh ioy@i irlo,' I,'es I,,
"ou"ueu' A1'eu'el'tie s' n,, e,-,',. -'t,'
Major seaton' CAPTAIN 1e,' S@p'a"" .1.
nfllS' Lieutenant ssepnsi's' l'.st'e1am' ,I,
oarnardstnh' SECOND l1.eueenan. s','., -,"y
natu' tweiVe men; lnisst.s' SaPtaaA 20.
Mler Lieutenant Cnrlstle, seuonu ,.ls. L'sS-
tenant Nodney' TWO hunuFeu anu n'"s's
me"' So.
seVenty-tourtn nela D.f',eEy.-''eSete- ,,..,
y Wounded; l-'eutenah' Aewls' '"t's
Isa' sash'iy "oanaeei : NO. Amo l"y,I ,',,,,,
oe'enty-seVehth nslu O'-..e Ss, 80 80
Sne gunner Wounded' MAJOR fsF''-
fsl' ,,,,
Northumoerland fls'llsrs--Nl''s,ns ,,.,,
AaIor stevens captain Il'ten.r, ,,,',l, ~
ta'n ~, Morley Second 1leulenahl Wa, wa
second sas Lieutenant cOulSon' i
Radcliffe.
DaFsetsh're res'neht-'.lilaius : - :. -
sunaFed ana six non-cot'''n'ss'0"eu u
Uee'" and men. ,,,,,.,
Royal berkshire reslnene-fNl'''u'
One private 80,
The remainder OF my casae'.ies ""i
Oe wired as soon as nseertainea.
MoLrEEo' Cape Colony suhuay,