The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-01-12
KILLED AT LADYSM|TH.
War Office Says the Dead
Are 1876, Wounded
242.
IBy Gable to The Associated Press !

| LONDON, JAM H. 1900.-The War Office
this morning received the following dis
| patch from General Butler, dated SPRING
| field, January II, $50 evening":
81 occupied the south bank of the Tugela
River at Potgieters Drift this morning
and seized Pont: The river is in flood.
The enemy is strongly entrenched about
| four and "a half miles to the north
| The War Office, later in the day, an
nouneed that the British casualties at
Ladysmith, January g. among the rank
and file were 1876 killed and 242 wounded.
! The casualties among the officers are
scattered among numerous regiments and
| few of them are we'll known. The only
| wounded officer of special prominence Is
| Lord Dufferinfs son, the Earl of Ava.
| Lady Methuen has issued an absolute
contradiction of the rumors that Lord
| Methuen is i'll or that he was injured by
| the falling of his horse at the Battle Of
| Maggersfontein.
+ Apart from the definite news that Gen
eral Butler has commenced second at
tempt to cross the Tugela River the only
| official new sthis morning is the list of
casualties among the British officers in
| the fight at Ladysmith. Among the
wounded was Lieutenant-Co William
Henry Dick Cunygham. v. c.. commander
! of the Second Battalion of the Gordon
Highlanders since 1897 who has since sue
cumbed to his wounds. He was i'm
| mensely popular everywhere and his
| death will cause widespread sorrow.
| General Buffers movement, obviously.
| is of a fanl1ing character, but whether 1t
| is INTENDED to push the advance home or.
/ h; ofHlxr fnip
| to cover an attack in force on the Boer
position at Hlangwana Mountain remains
| to be seen.
| Springfield, where General Buffers de-
| spatch was sent from, is sixteen miles
west of Frere. The last news from Spring.
| field was that itwas held by the Johannes
| burg Corps under General Ben Viljoen,
| and. that the Beers mad big guns in posi-
| ton at Potgieters Drift, apparently six or
eight miles north of Springfield and across
the Big Tugela. The possession of the
drift and the pont is regarded as of great
| Importance.
1t is reported here that General Butler
submitted his plan of campaign to Lord
Roberts Immediately after the latter land
ed and that Roberts sanctioned it.. There
| is belief in some quarters that General
Hector Macdonald will succeed Lord
MethueI command OIL the fDFlllSu lOlCS
at the Modder River.
There was a unique and interesting
ceremony at the Guildhall today when
five hundred of the City of London I'M
perial Volunteers received their kits and
the freedom of the city. The big crowds
in the vicinity cheered the arriving voun-
teers each of whom received a parch-
ment certificate of the freedom, enclosed
in neat blue case. The ceremonial ad-
mitting the officers, this afternoon was
more elaborate. It occurred in the pres
ence of the Lord Mayor, Mr.. A. J. Newton,
bridge This portion of the regiment
which sails tomorrow, will attend spes ial
service in ST. PauPs Cathedral tonight
and will afterwards be entertained at
supper by the Benchers OF the Inner
With reference to Washington report,
cabled here, that the Beers will refuse
to receive Mr.. Adelbert S. Hay, the new
United States Consul at Pretoria, now on
his way to his post, on account of the
fact that he was in constant commune
cation" with the British Foreign Office
while in London, The Associated Press is
informed that Mr.. Hays communication
with the Foreign Office consisted of
social call on Lord Salisbury, which last
ed only few minutes, and was under
taken purely because as son OF the
United States Secretary of State and
former Ambassador at London, he desired
to personally pay his fathers compH-
ments to the Premier.
The Associated Press Is officially IN
formed that Lord Salisbury and Mr..
TIay did not discuss Transvaal matters.
In reply to a telegram from The As
sociated Press, Dr. Leyds, the Diplomatic
Representative of the TransVaal, wires
from Brussels
II see no reason why the Transvaal
Government should not recognize Mr.
Hay as representative of the United
munication with my Government is cut
off. !"