The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-17
METHUEN'S STORY.
lie Tells How the Beers Defeated Him
aud Made Him Prisoner.
WAS ATTACKED AT DAWN
Held Out Until Their Ammunition Was
Nearly All Expended.
B0ERS WORE ENGLISH UNIFORMS
Even at Close Quarters They Could Not
Be Distinguished.
SAYS HIS MEN ALL FOUGHT WELL
Every Man but One Who Had CHARGE OF
Gun Was Hit and that One Was
L.u.L 4. %
BOERS WORE ENGLISH UNIFORMS
Even at Close Quarters They Could Not
Be Distinguished.
SAYS HIS MEN ALL FOUGHT WELL
Every Man but One Who Had Charge OF
Gun Was Hit, and that One Was
Killed for Refusing to Surrender.

London March 16-The war office has
received tho following communication from
Lord Kitchener NJ Pretoria; Lord Nc
thucn has cent me stan officer with die
tnteG dispatch from which 1t appears that
certain particulars previously given ave in,
accurate. The rear screen ot mounted
troops Was rushed aud overwhelmed al
dawn. There was a gan Of mile between
the OK and mule conveys The mounted
supports TO tho roar Of the screen with
General Methucn Immediately reinforced
by all the available mounted troops aud a
section of the Thirty eighth battery, main
tained themselves for an hour during
which the Conveys were closing up without
disorder
In the meanwhile 200 infantry were he,
ing dcpoycd by Lord Methucu TO resist
the Boer attack which was outnanklng the
left OF the rear guard whom the Bocrs
pressed the attack hard and the mounted
troops, attempting 80 fan back ON tho In.
fauuy got completely ont Of hund curry
ing away With them In the rout the hulk
NJ the mounted troops Two guns Of the
Thirty eighth battery were thus loft unnro-
tcc,ed. but continued In action until every
NAV, with the exception or Lieuteuant
Nesham. WAS hit Lieutenant Ncsham was
called on to surrender and upon refusing 70
do So was killed..
Lord Mcthucu, with 200 Of the North.
cumberland fusilicrs ana two guns of the
Fourth battery then found himself isoIat-
ed but held on for three hours, During
this period the remaining infantry, namely,
100 Of the Lancashlrcs with some forty
mounted men mostly cape police who had
occupied the kraol near the wagons also
continued 60 hold out against the repcuted
attacks or the BoerS nv this time Lord
Methuen was wounded md the casualties
were exceedingly heavy among hts uicn.
Their ammunition was mostly expended
and the surrender was made al about 0,3u
o'clock In tho morning The parry Ia The
kraal still held out and did not give In M
~ two guns and pompom kcrr brought
10 hear upon them Of 10 o'clock. making
their position untenahlc.
1T is confirmed that most Of the Beers
had on our Khaki uniforms. Many also wore
our badges Even al close quarters they
could not be distinguished from our own
men
"The infantry fought wolf aud the artil
lcry kept M the traditions Of their repi
ment IN addition to the forty members
OF the cape police already mentioned, a few
parties or imperial yeomnnry g. cape 20.
lice continued TO hold their ground after
the Beers had swept the bulk of the mount
ed troops of the held,"
BoERs HAVE SEVENTEEN Guns.
Brussels, March l6. II is rsid here that
MIR. Kruger has sent messenger 10 South
AfTigu with disnntchos for General S.huiL.
hcrhcr. Members Of the cntouragc of M
Kruger assert thar the Bocrs now possess
seventeen guns
BOER ENJOYS OK METHUEN'S RE,
LEASE
Chicago, March lj-'lhc Borr Cuvoys
Messrs Cornelius H. Vessels and y w
Womarans, accompanied by Montague
white, are in this city
I'VE were surprised 10 hear that Lord
Methucu was released. We have hccn loo
humane throughout the conflict TO carry on
war, as some think II should be,
"Thc release OF General Methucn Is Ia