The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-29
TFACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT THE BOFp''

so The official title Il &. !,
south African RepubI ~ 's,'
a Before the des,ructi H. !.
Colenso the London M. - 81,
pert said: The ws. n,aily clruI
eeIa, q the eoa'e es,s Y the bs Sls' Z
, uer the task Of sen S =. Which Nh
n iIe, OF Sir George VIII oop i q ,
aifficulty." The err ms.ss oas d y.
tention to the two XII. tustha ~,
Builer's generals a ~.u's o. iords \.
attempt a,n n to cross the rIr pssaIsisd IL
r sin case the bridge ws Az, a., 2 uea +
result result In no pleasant - aasss'iroysdj y,
experts predictions have SS..n,s ssE,
80 'sl Il,
General French's cs,,,,..
was 81. In odd contrss, ID c,,..', asal
at stormberg. Arundel, v as', ! NJ
as q natural fortress ana ~. u. y tsu4
pos s was taken BY col Oh = Ia
a force of dragon pr rv'vnel Forts 4
infantry consisting Of Nv All asssI
10, Town and attempted 10 .s. sssa:u
Inc aney were, however oui ssv y. - sd
one, onel Porter occupied ~ "
A lVssag a man. IN this eu, W. ~
: ,,s.. y and the New z s.1s.
uhuer nre for the first lin. ss ~ 4
h huply' The only casualty S' \, - ! ~ I.
oheveley, where General Mn.
camp and retreated after ~ W., s..' -
onslaught, Is Ave miles from 60. -
w Twelve miles south Of Lady,n,~ a :.
OF ooienso the country Il XII, I' Y
mn, mus ana neks. Buffers deiss, NJ. e.
wen the Beers have been ahla Z. .oon
Ladysmith. This latter P,I ~. Z tuiisu
is now Invested on all side, :. hdt
ana a, It's relief seems further u II ~, X. g
Win Buffers great army ON A.. VIZ y,
WHITES division Of 10000 !, ~ ~
the Beers are showing sunsrs s .ss.!
not only preventing themselys. , ss.sleI
tes,royea between two Hres I'M +
tually slaughtering their ioes -, ~ y
ing guns and men. NV ap'l
OF thirty British infan,rv
That have UP to the present en,,,.s
the enemy five alone account 4, Is.
OF looo men and officers missIns w NJ.
mat approXimates to a full rsv,,....
a half on war strength. Tbrss y !,
are Irish regiments. The Raw,
I uslieers are stated to have lost ii
ana seventeen officers. the Ssro,S i.
lin Fusileers 122 men and six ofsss.
Royal Irish Rifles 200 men ths
worcestershire nineteen officsr. =.
men. and the Northumberland b.s.
BOZ men. : s'
Between De Aar Junction and "a
room there are fully 25OOo AM
troops, but the frontal line Of oosn,,
s SO extended that this strong ann,
broken up into forces approrimi,tIy
follows:
De Aar and Belmont ..........,.,
hanover .......... /;
......
=. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Under such conditions 1t Is ptcSl
iatacre will remain quiescent until n
creed.
1t is said that there has been snr
etirement of the Boer commands III
we're threatening Rhodesia on The u
# the Transvaal. The Dutch wes
ctive on this boundary early Ia IL
mt investigation has shown thai
ave withdrawn their forces Into III
erior. probably to send them saA
oubert and Schalkburger and Cfoi!t
~
General Gatacre is now qusrterd
terkstroom and is holding CspGyii
Heck. Cyphergat d I'D
n the line seven miles from Adla
'ushman's Hook Is a long spur d
tromberg mountains. which runs out
he valley south of the station, he
laking sharp bend around It Nol
as been abandoned. and Gatacrt \
acked, will make his stand at b
lan's Hook.
Altogether there are 300 Boar prin5
Cape Town, including Karl Jeppe, %
or of the yolksraad, and Conimila
issik, who led a commando At
lort. Great freedom is allowed
risoners, WHO are permitted to play
al and tennis and otherwise ~
Lord Roberts staff will consist o.
eneral Pretyman, Colonel ylf
owne. Major Cowan, Major Henaa
aptain Waterfeld, Captain LORD ~
,ott and Captain Lord Setringtop,
eneral Kitchener as chief OF sun
General Cornelius Clery Is nov =
command to Sir Redvers Bullet
observation-disclosures