Evening journal., 1902-03-11
BLOODY BATTLE
AT WYNBURG
British General Captured
After Being Wounded
BOERS WIN Big VICTORY
Three English Officers and Thirty
eight Men Killed, 200 Missing
and Baggage Captured

London. March lit was an
nounced yesterday that General Lord
Methuen and four guns had been cap
tured by the Beers, commanded by
General Delarey. The news came like
p thunderbolt to London.
The news was received in the house
Of commons amid great excitement.
The reading OF Lord Kitchener's tele-
gram by the war secretary, Mr. Brod-
rick, was listened to in deep silence,
which was broken by loud Irish
cheers. Instantly there We're cries OF
"Shame!" "Shame!" from the govern
ment benches. Then the Irish mem
bers seemed to think better of their
outbreak and suddenly subsided. The
subsequent eulogistic references to
General Methuen were received with
cheers.
In brief, Lord Kitchener announced
that when General Methuen was cap
tured, wounded, with four guns, three
British officers and 38 men were killed
and five officers and 72 men were
wounded. In addition one officer and
200 men were reported missing. Lord
Kitchener's dispatch is as follows:
Pretoria, Saturday, March 81
greatly regret 60 have to send you
bad news of Methuen. He was NOV
ing with 900 mounted men, under
Major Paris, and 800 infantry, four
guns and a pompOm, from Wynburg
TO Liohtenburg, and was to meet
Grenfell, with 1900 mounted men, at
Roviraines Fontein, but Friday morn
ing early he was attacked by De
larey's force between Twe-Bosch and
Palmieteknill. The Beers charged on
three sides.
Give hundred and fifty men have
come in at Maribogs and Kraaipan
They were pursued by the Beers foui
miles from the scene of the action
They report that Methuen and Paris
with the guns baggage, etc, were
captured by the Beers. Methuen
when last seen, was a prisoner.
have no details OF the casualties, ant
suggest delaying publication till car
send definite news. I think this sud
den revival of activity on the part o.
Delarey is to draw off the troops whC
are pressing De Wet"
In a second dispatch, dated Sunday
March 9, Lord Methuen says;
paris has come in at Kraaipan
with the remainder of the men. He re
ports that the column was moving il
two parties. One, with the OK wagons
left Tive Bosch at 3 a. m. The other
with the mule wagons, started an hou
later. Just before dawn the Beers at
tackled. Before reinforcements coul'
reach them the rear guard broke. Il
the meantime a large number of Boer
galloped up on both fianks. These, a
first, were checked by the flank pai
ties, but the panic and stampede o
the mules had begun, and all the mul
wagons, with a terrible mixture o
mounted men, rushed past the o
wagons. All efforts to check them wer
unavailing. Major Paris collected 4
men and occupied a position a mil
in front of the OK wagons, which wer
then halted. After a gallant but use
less defense tho enemy rushed int
the OK wagons, and Methuen wa
wounded in the thigh. Paris, bein
surrounded, surrendered. Methuen
still In the Boer camp"
Then follows the number of casua
ties. The killed include Lieutenant
g. r, Venning and 7. p. w. Neshan
of the Royal Artillery who were bot
killed while serving their guns wit
case-shot.
A dispatch received last evenin
from Lord Kitchener says: 9TH
force under Delarey was almost el
tirely dressed in British uniform
This made it impossible for the II
fantry to distinguish between the
own men and the enemy when tn
mounted troops were driven in o
them. The enemy numbered 1.5C
men. They had one 15-pounder and
pompom." It is feared that LoI
Kitchener's incomplete accounts hay
not told the worst, and the public
anxiously awaiting details.