The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-12
HEAVY BRITISH CASUALTIES.
THEIR LOSSES NOW AGGREGATE
ABOUT $4,000 MEN.

Mony killed i'm Action or Died From
wounds or Disease-LittIe Fresh
Intelligence of the Operations.
The Recall of GEN. Gatacre-Report
Of Bnden-POweII's Death Is Not
credited Fighting Continues at
Weuener and in Natal.
london. April 1.-THE war office issued
+bis afternoon return of the total Brit
isb casualties up to April Z. 1t was as
follows:
Killed in action, 211 officers and 1860
men. Died of wounds, As officers and 465
men. Missing and prisoners 16S officers
and &722 men. Died of disease, AZ officers
and l4g5 men. Accidental deaths, Off
GERS and "a men. Repatriated invallds, 26S
officers and 1894 men. Total, 1886, exclu-
sive of the sick and wounded now In hos
pital
To the war Office returns Of casualties
must be added the losses of the last week
and the wounded, aggregating about 10000
making a grand total of upwards of $1,000
officers and men put out of action.
In dispatch to the war office, Lord
Roberts says kilograms, books, clothing
and luxuries are freely distributed to the
Boer prisoners in his hands, that small
sums of money are given direct, that
larger amounts are given to the command
ant for distribution, and that clothing Is
being issued to prisoners who need it.
Little That Is New.
London, April p, $40 a. m.-There is lit
lie fresh intelligence from the seat of war
in South Africa. 1t looks as though Lord
Roberts may be preparing to take a strong
force to clear the Beers from behind him.
A Cape Town dispatch says he will not
move for another week, owing to the ne
cessity of gathering stores and supplies.
Sir William Gatacre's sudden removal is
the theme of much speculation The curt
r amer in which 1t is announced causes
much comment. The general impression
is that it is connected with the Redders-
burg affair although there are many who
consider that there must be something
much more serious, as other generals in
South Africa have been retained in COM
mand after blunders more formidable than
Gatacre's.
The war office has received no news of
the death of Col. den-Powell, and ut
terly discredits the rumor.
The operations in Natal have not yet
been fully explained. There appears to
have been an attempt to outfank the
British at Elandslaagte and to sever them
from their base at Ladysmith.
Boemfontein.
There are now fifteen grandsons of the
Duchess Of Abercorn serving with the
British forces.
It is announced from Bloemfonten that
Col lingo Jones has been appointed to
the command of the Guards Brigade, Col
Maxwell to the command of The Four
teenth Brigade, Col. Knox to the command
OF the Twenty-third Brigade, and Maj.
Drazier-Creagh of the Indian staff corps,
10 the command of Roberts Horse.
Hocrs StiII on the Move.
The Bloemfontein correspondent of the
Morning Post, telegraphing Tuesday,
says
The Beers to the southwest are cx-
hiolng indecision Of movement possibly
railway
Bodies of the enemy are still moving
rom Winburg southwark through Thaba
Nehu Their destination has not been as
cerlained. The Beers in the neighborhoo1
ol Fddrdeberg show no disposi lion to in
terrupt our communication with. Kimber-
ley from which point civil conveys are
sun arriving"
Dcfenses of BIOemfOnteih.
The Bloemfontein correspondent of the
DAILY Telegraph, in a dispatch Tuesday,
says:
The permanent defenses are nearing
competition, so that the Gown can be held
ny relatively small garrison
British scout who has visited the
LIoamionlen water works reports that
'N, machinery and dams are intact. Only
d levy Beers remain in the neighborhood.
Ae enemy have trekked six miles north
"Ho formed lager near Watervaal.
news from Gen. Brabant at Wepener
SHOWS that all is going satisfactorily
mere The troops are getting new khaki
serge uniforms and boots''