Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-03-15
WAS A GREAT BOER VICTORY
GENERAL METHUEN CApTuRrn
He Was Wounded In the Th,u
ihfee British Officers kilIed-aoo
Men Missing-Boers Capturea \.
British Baggage-Attack Mad.
Dawn.

LONDON march ll.-Geneml Methu.n
and four guns have been captured q
General Delarey.
General Methuen was wounded =
thlgh' Three British officers and 80 mas,
were killed. Five British officers and =
men We're wounded. One British ofsa.-
and 20 Omen are missing.
The fight in which General Meth,,.
was captured occurred before dawn ~
Z, between Winburg and Lichtenbun,
orange River Colony. The British fores
numbered 1900 men. The Beers cantn,os
all the British baggage. General Metbuea
is retained as a prisoner.
London, March 1.-THE text O, t.,
hltcheners dispatch announcing the can
ture ofGeneral Methuen is as follows.
Pretoria, Saturday, March 81 great.
~ regret to have to send you bad nev.
OF Aethuen. He was moving with ooo
mounted men, under Major Paris. and sCo
infantry, four guns and a pompom from
Wynburg to Lichtenburg, and was 10
meet Grenfell, with 1900 mounted mo,
at Northumberland TO-DAY. Yesterday
morning, early, he was attacked by De.
lareys forces between Twebosch and Pal.
mietenill. The Beers charged on three
sides.
Five hundred and fifty men have come
In at Maribogs and Kraaipan. They were
pursued by the Beers four miles from the
scene of action. They report that Me.
thuen and Paris, with the guns, baggage
ETC., were captured by the Beers. Me.
thuen, when last seen, was a prisoner.
have no details of the casualties ana sup.
gest delaying publication until | can send
definite news. | think this sudden re-
vival of activity on the part OF DeIarey
is to draw off the troops pressing Dewet.'
In second dispatch dated Sunday,
March 9, Lord Kitchener says:
Paris has come in at kraaipan with
the remainder OF the men. He reports
that the column was moving in two
parties. One, with the OK wagons. left
Twebosch at 3 a. m. The other, with the
mule wagons, started an hour later. Just
before dawn the Beers attacked. Before
reinforcements could reach them the rear
guard broke. In the meantime large
number OF Beers galloped ON both TANKS
These at first were checked by the flank
parties, but the panic and stampede Of
the mules had begun, and all the mule
wagons with terrible mixture Of mount
men rushed past the OK Wagons
All efforts to check tmem were un-
availing. Major Paris collected 40 men
and occupied a position a mile in front
OF the OK wagons, which were then halteo.
After gallant, but useless defense the
enemy rushed into the OK wagons, and
Methuen was wounded in the thigh. Paris
being surrounded, surrendered at 10 a. m.
Nethuen is still in the Boer camp
Then follows the number of casualties.
The killed included Lieutenants G. R Ven
ming and T. p, w. Nesham Of the Royal
artillery, who were both killed while
serving their guns with caseshot.
As Lord Kitchener announced that Ma
lor Paris had surrendered and also tele-
graphed that he had reached Kraaipah
with the remainder of the men, it may
be inferred that the Beers subsequently
released the major and his companions.
Lord kitchener's dispatch announcing
the disaster to General Metnuen's forces
was read in both the house of lords and
the house of commons today by Lord Rob
erts, the commander in chief, and Mr.
Broderick, the war secretary, respectively
They both paid tributes to General Me-
thuen, the former expressing his apprecla'
war, declaring that his task OF forcing the
Boer position at Magersfontein was an
almost impossible one.