The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-22
CASUALTY LIST IS FEARED.
THOSE AMONG THE OFFICERS INDI-
CATE 1T WILL BE HEAVY.

Lord Roberts Report of the Loss Oi
FOrty-Nine Officers Taken to Mean
THAT There Were About 500 Cas-
uaIties Up to Sunday Evening.
CrOnjc Is Thought TO He Strength
cning His POsitiOn-Rig Fight EN-
pectcd on the ThgeIa.
London, Feb. %. a. m-Lord Roberts
list of forty-nine killed and wounded Of
fcers, including two generals in the en-
gagements up to Sunday evening, causes
anxiety, especially as in the officers list
neither the losses of the Welsh and Es-
infantry are included.
This is about the number that fell at
Colenso, where the nom n-commissioned Of
fcers and men brought the total losses TO
go
II is considered strange that when send
ing his casualties Lord Roberts gives no
information as to the result of the fighting.
If he has sent such report the war Of
fee is Withholding it.
Moreover, nothing is known as to what
took place Monday, Tuesday and yester-
day. This absence of details from Lord
Roberts dispatch, contrasted with his
rather full narratives during the first part
OF his operations, produces uneasiness
among military observers.
All the comment in the morning news
papers, both editorial and critical, is
threaded with the disturbing suggestion
that. despite hard fighting, Gen. Cronje
has been able to beat off his pursuers,
has escaped, and Is being reinforced by
rail from Ladysmith and by forces on foot
and horseback from Northern Cape Col
ony, as well as the late beleaguers of
kimberley.
Fought Them to "A StandstiII.
As the correspondents with Lord Roberts
are silent the telegrams from Boer sources
receives some countenance. The latter
aver that Gen. Cronje, while the British
were endeavoring to surround him between
Paardeberg and Koodoos rand, received
relnforcements under Dewet, and that to-
gether the Boer commanders fought the
British to standstill
At any rate, while no one doubts Gen.
Roberts ultimate success, there is fear
Of temporary disappointment, and that a
vl VI ildlu AiS Alt4iS II .NSt OIL lne
British.
The latest report regarding Gen. Bull
Ter circulated in the House of Commons
last evening was that an agent of the De-
Beers Company had received cablegram
rom Cape Town, which must have passed
the censor, to the effect that Gen. Bur-
toms Fusilier Brigade had reached the
hills commanding Ladysmith Quite
apart from this, however and from every
other rumor. the early relief of the be-,
leaguered garrison is thought inevitable.
4 victory and a Defeat.
The Daily Mail has the following dis
patch from Lorenzo Marquee dated Feb
q:
'Boer newspapers dated Feb 10, report
that Gen. Dewet won a brilliant victory
over the British troops at ModGer river.
Gen. Dutoit reports being defeated by
the British cavalry column, which got
into Kimberley. He Tetreated to Riverton,
sixteen miles north of Kimberley, having
lost all his guns and had seven men kill
ed.
According to the same papers, Gen.
Cronje succeeded in getting through a
message to Koffyfonte in with the news
that he is holding all his positions and
that the Boer Gordon is around Kimber-
ley again.
The Beers expect a general engage
ment on the Tugela. All is quiet at Lady
smith,"