The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-03-13
MAS 4 GREAT BOtR VICTORY
GENERAL xETHuEn CAPTURED
He Was Wownded In the Thigh-
Three British Officers ktlle<a--2OO
Men Missing-Bocrs Captured All
British Basaaxe-Attsck Maae ~
Davtn.

London, March ll.--Geneml Methuen
and four gums have been captured by
General Delarey.
General Methuen was wounded In the
thigh. Three British officers and 81 men
were killed. Five British officers and e
men were wounded. One British officer
and 20 Omen are missing.
The fight in which General Methuen
was captured occurred before dawn March
I, between Winburg and I.ichtenbnrg,
Orange River Colony. The British force
numbered 1900 men. The Bocrs captured
all the British baggage. General Methuen
ia retained ~ 4 prisoner.
London, March l2.-The text Of Lord
kitchener's dispatch announcing the cap
ture Of General Methuen il a. follows:
pretoria, Saturday, March p.---I great
" regret to have to send you bad news
Of Methuen. He was moving with p0O
mounted men, under Major Paris, and SOC
infantry, four guns and pompom from
Wynburg to Ichtenburg, and was ID
meet Grenfell, with 1900 mounted men
at Northumberland today. Yesterday
morning, early, he was attacked by De
larey forces between Twebosch and Pal
mietenill. The Beers charged on thres
sides. .
Five hundred and fifty men have com,
in at Maribogs and Kraaipan. They wes,
pursued BY the Beers four miles from tn,
scene Of action. They report that Me
thuen and Paris, with the guns, baggage
ETC., were captured by the Boers Ne
thuen, when last seen, was prisoner.
have no details Of the casualties amt sug
gest delaying publication until can sens
definite news. | think this sudden ~
vival Of activity on the part 81 Dclare,
is to draw of the troops pressing Dewet,
In second Dispatch, dated Sunday
March Q, Lord Kitchener says:
paris has come in at Knaipan will
the remainder Of the men. He report
that the column was moving in tws
parties. One. with the OK wagons, LET
Twebosch at 3 .. m. The other, with til,
mule wagons, started an hour later. jus
before dawn the Boers attacked. Befor,
teinforcements could reach them tho rea
guard broke. In the meantime = larg
number Of Beers galloped on both TANKS
These at first were checked by the hani
parties, but the panic and stampede Q
the mules had begun, and all the mul
wagons with terrible mixture Of mount
men rushed past the OK Wagons.
IAN efforts to check tmem were I'm
awaiting. Major Paris collected 40 me
and occupied position mile In from
Of the OK wagons, which were then haltec
After a gallant, but useless, defense til
enemy rushed into the OK wagons, an
Methuen was wounded in the thigh. Par
being surrounded, surrendered at 10 a. n
Methuen is still in the Boer camp"
4 Then follows the number Of casualtiel
The killed included Iieutenants G. r. Ven
ming and T. p. w. Nesham Of the Roys
artillery, who were both killed Will
serving their guns with caseshot.
As Lord Kitchener announced that Ma
jor Paris had surrendered and also tele
graphed that he had reached Kraaipa
with the remainder Of the men, 1t ma,
be inferred that the Beers sub.equentl,
released the major and his companions.
Lord kitchener's dispatch announcing
the disaster to General Methuen's force
was read in both the house OF lords ans
the house Of commons today by LORD Rob
erts, the commander in chief, and Mi
Frederick, the war secretary, respectively
They both paid tributes to General Me
thuen, the former expressing his apprecia
ton Of Methuens success throughout tn
war, declaring that his task Of forcing tn
Boer position at Magersfontein was al
almost impossible one.