Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-14
VICTORY FOR THE Borps
BRITISH GENERAL cAPT,,p..
5s DELAREY's FORCE o aY

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BRITISH GENERAL cApr,,n-
DELAREY's FORCE. sY
The Casualties Include sever,, q. Sssa
British Royal Artillery ki,.a sas s
at the Guns. MI
London, March 1.-THE ~.
Lord kitchener's dispatch announo, q
the capture OF General Methnan lelns
follows: As q (
Pretoria. Saturday, March q
greatly regret to have to send Won 4.
news OF Methuen. He was mor ~
with 500 mounted men. under LIVING
Paris, and 800 infantry, four pun s'a,or
pompom. from Wynburg to r1;n,s ana I
burg, and was to meet Grenfa1, u a.e
1000 mounted men at Rovirain..sltn
today. Yesterday morning earI,.
was attacked by Delarey's forca ne /
tween Twe-B0sch and Palmiata,,.u e.
The Beers charged on three sidas
Five hundred and fifty mon !.
come in at Maribogs and Kra.i nase
They were. pursued by the Roars s' tsl D
miles from the scene of tho ... lour
They report that Methuen and a Duo.
with the guns, baggage. etc, Tass 7
captured by the Beers. Methpan 6
Wnen last seen, was prisoner.
nave no details Of the casualties ana
suggest delaying publication mia; IuI
can send dennite news. I think th,a
sudden revival ON the part of Dela .nls
IS to draw off the troops press sies
Dewet."
In q second dispatch dated sund.r
March 9. Lord Kitchener saws: "par;,
has come in at Kraaipan, with the = q
mainder of the men. He reports ths.
the column was moving in two nart tiss 4
One, with the ox-wagons, left Two
Bosch at 3 a. m. The other with tha
mule wagons, started an hour later,
Just before dawn the Beers ~
tackled. Before reinforcements con,s
reach them the rear guard broke. n
the meantime large number of Rooro
galloped up on both tanks. These a.
first were checked by the flank parties
but the panic and stampede Of tha
mules had begun and all the mnla
wagons, with a terrible mixture "a
mounted men, rushed past the ~.
wagons. All efforts to check them
were unavailing. Major Paris collect.
ed forty men and occupied a position
mile in trout of the ox-wagons, which
were then halted. After gallant bnt
useless defense the enemy rushed in.
to the ox-wagons and Methuen was
wounded in the thigh. Paris, be;na
surrounded, surrendered at 10 a N,
Methuen is still in the Boer camn 8
Then follows the number of casu.
alties as already cabled. The killed
include Lieutenants G. R. Venning and
T. p. w. Nesham of the Royal Artil.i
lery, who were both killed while sery.
ing their guns with case-shot.
AS Lord Kitchener announced that
Major Paris had surrendered, and also
telegraphed that he nad reached Kraai.
pan with the remainder of the men, 4
may be inferred that the Beers releas.
ed the major and his companions.
London, March 11.-General De,
larey's victory is generally admitted
to be one of the worst reverses the
British have had throughout the war.
The newspaper correspondents in
South Africa have not yet been al
lowed to describe the affair. The only
additional details available are con.
tanned in further dispatch from Lord
Kitchener, which Mr.. Broderick, the
secretary for war, read just as parlia.
ment was adjourning. This dispatch
shows that the first confusion was
caused by native boys with led horses.
voy as the latter was endeayoringi
by Lord Methuen's direction, to close
on the OK convoy. The disorder among
the mules communicated itself to the
mounted troops, and the Beers, dress.
ed in khaki and riding alongside the
wagons, frustrated all the attempts Of
the British officers to rally thei1
forces. Great confusion ensued among
this portion of the mounted troops,
they and the mule wagons galloping
three miles beyond the OK wagons,
where they were cut off. The force
under General Delarey was almost en-
tirely dressed in, British uniforms.
This made it impossible for the in,
.fantry to distinguish between their
own men and the enemy when the
mounted troops were driven on them.
In private telegram just received
here Lord Kitchener says: Il find
l.-ethuen has fractured thigh, bus
he is reported to be doing we'll It ls
feared that Lord Kitchener's incon-
plete accounts have not told the worst,
but among the newspapers and the
public there is tendency to accept
Mr. Broderick's advice to suspend
Judgment pending the receipt OF de'
tails. The morning papers fully ad'
nit the extreme gravity, and even the
humiliation to British prestige abroad,
involved In such a reverse inflicted by
a body Of Beers Of equal numerical
strength. It is recognized that, al
though the damage is more moral than
material, it will certainly have the
effect of prolonging Boer resistance
for many months.
Danish West indies.
Copenhagen, March 10.-ihe treaty
providing for the sale of the Danish
West indies to the United States, was was
discussed in the folkething SATURDAY
The premier and foreign minister, "
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