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Clement, Com mmand Re
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ported Missing
FURTHER Il 4 DETAILS Del A Of BoEF VICTORY.
Catnstropbe AMONG the Worst OF tie
sNarPapers rs {, I'M me n nting on on
| isa.fer Take Occn u ON to Attack
en-. .BulIer-ParIiaInent m en- Il Proro os ned
sA fterS Voting War Funds. s3S 3sss5 s.s|
ss|S London. Dec. i - lord Kit chener's
messag to the war office is as fol-
lows: ..s @
:E .:TE'reto oria, Dec lements brought in
his force to Commando o Mex, nno opposed.
The casualtie were, regret to say, heavy
--kille five officers and nine Of other
ranks missing, IS officers and 555 Of other
ranks These latter8Were four companies
8ofIthes N rthunberland fusile eers,Wh h o were
stationed on the hi1l,s and some syeoma nry
and other details senttup to support them
Names and nature of wounds are s8 beine,
telegraphed from Cape Town. 55sf< 5s
I3roadWood's brigade took no part in the
engage ments The Beers suffered severely.
s4Kno drove De. Wet north to the Thaban-
schu-Iady y brand line, which was held by our
troops. De Vets force about 5000 strong,
made several a ttempts to get through dur
/ ing the day, assisted by a force OF Beers
operating from the north. These attacks
We're driven back, though some Of the Beers
from the. south were able to get through
the line..'''5 z 5s4s @Sl7.:
Reports Loss to De Wet. *.
Wiring later, December IA, Lord
iti hnu 4 7
the lines in neighborhood of fss1'haban-
4chu De Vets force lost#considerably
The South African light horse and
Thorneycroft,s mounted infantry cap
tured a15-pounder, taken at DeWets-
.dorp, pompon. several wagons with,
ammunition. % prisoners and some
horses and mules. A portion of the
enemy has not been abe to pass
north. $3@a # te5 Z EtT I, r. &. /. i. :, z
Coma rms Worst Fears. ~
Sen, tKitchener's supplementary dis
patch referring to the .disa ster at, the
.Magaliesberg confirms Fridays most
pessimistic fears and demonstrates
that the catastrophe is among the
worst of the war. The matter was
brought up in the house of commons
Saturday, but the secretary for war,
Mr.. William ST.. John Brodrck. had no
information to add. except that the
wounded numbered six officers and As
men.
Attack on BuIler
The newspapers see prearrange-
sment in the recrudescence OF Boer ac--
.tiyity everywhere, the object being to
strengthen Mr.. Kruger's hands, while
the fact that the news of the fresh
disaster comes on the anniversary of
the battle of Colenso furnishes the
editors with an excuse to demand the
head of Gen Butler. The St. James
Gazette declares it has reason - to
credit the National Reviews recent
statement that Butler. after his first
failure to drive the Beers from the
Tugela, counseled Gen, White to sur
render Ladysmith.
The ST. James Gazette holds Butler
alone blameable for the disasters of
the Tugela campaign, and says:
.When comparable blunders occurred in
the navy court-martial meted out jus
tice Why, therefore. should not the same
rule hold good in the army?''
.~ Public Little Affected
The public, apparently. is little af-
fected by the fresh troubles. Soldiers
are still eager to go to South Africa,
the news from the Magaliesberg hav-
ing resulted in offers from volunteer
regiments to proceed to the front.
In contrast with the apparent in
*sufficiency of the troops to master the
situation in South Africa comes a rev.
@elation of the military resources at
home still at the disposition of the
government in Saturdays announce
ment that $4,000 troops will be sent
from Aldershot to London to partici-
pate in Lord Roberts triumphal entry
January 3.
E.& Parliament ProroEued.
! London, Dec. 17.-Parliament was
dismissed Saturday, until the middle
of February, with the reading of the
shortest of the queens speeches. It
was as follows:
4 My Lords and .Gentlemen: I thank you
for the liberal provision you have made for
he3expenses incurred by the operations of
my armies in South Africa and China y
The proceedings Saturday in the
house Of commons were. a repetition
in miniature of the debates of the
brief session. The ministers were
heckled, the war was viruently de-
nounced, and Mr.. Chamberlain was
further attacked. The war funds
were finally voted after the secretary
#of state. for war. Mr.. yBrodrick. had
given assurance that the government.
during recess, would cordially cooper
4 ate with Gen. Kitchener in AN en-
deavor.t to end the war .
Outrage eon Civilization. s&.ls
articnlarly singing We're the re
marks Of John Bryn-Roberts. liberal.
member for the South Elton division
of Carnaryonshire. He declared that
the British treatment Of the Women of
South Africa was an outrage on civili-
Szation and that il was blasphemy to
hold Christian services in st. Paul'sin
connection with the return of Lord
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