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WAS A GREAT BOtR VICTORY
GENERAL METHUEN CAPTURED
lie Was Wounded In the Thigh
Three British Officers kIII-d--2Oo
Men MissiaK--IioePs Captured All
Iiritish BagEaEs-Attack Made NJ
Dawn.

London, March il.-Genefal Methuen
and four guns have been captured by
General DeiaIey.
General MeIhuen Was wounded in the
thigh Three British officers and 50 men
we're killed. Five British officers and ~
men were wounded. One British Officer
and 70 Omen are missing
Ihe tight in which General Methuen
was eaptuTed occurred before dawn March
Z, between winburg and LiehtenbuTg,
Oranss River Colony. The British fore
numbered l3DO msn. The Boers captured
all the British baggage. General Methuen
Ia retained as a prisoner
London, March l2.-The text u Lord
kiiehehers dispatch announcing the cap
turs d General AsIhuen Is As follows:
Pretoria, Saturday, March 9.-I grest
iy ngTst " have TO send you bad nsss
u AietAuen. liz wAs moving with 0OO
mounted men, under Major Parls, and 80
iniantry, Hour guns and a poinPom frun
MynbuTg 10 LehienbuTg. and was o.
useet GTenfell, with 1900 mounted men
81 Northumberland to-day. lesteFdsy
morning, early, be Wss attacked by De
lareys forces between TWeboscA ami Pal
fnietsnill. The Boers charged on three
sidss
Five hundred and fifty men have come
in al Manbogs and krAaipan They wes
pusued by ihs Boers four miles from the
susBs Of action They report that Nd
thaen and Pans, with the guns. baggags
ste, were captured by the iSoers. Me
thuen, when last seen, vas prisoner.
have no details Of the casual .Ies ana sne
ees, delaying publication until can seHo
definite newH think ihis sudden n
viyal oi activity ia the par o. Deisfr!
ls to draw of lie troops pressing Dc~et
4 In a second dispatch. dated Sunday
March o, Load Kitchener ssy.;
Pans has come IN at kmAipan uitA
I lie remainder Of the men. lie rrpaTt,
thsl the column uAs moving Ia toe
( paFtlss. One. With the on wagons, lei'
Z Tveiosoh st a. m. 1As ether, Slih gh'
mule wagon, started al hour Later. Jas
eefoss dawn the lSoep attacked. Beior
lsanioruesDsnta could reach them tie rr.'
guard broke In the mssntInss q lArR'
aumlef " Boets galloPed On both hanks
rheas at dist we're checked by TIE SAM
parties. bu, the panic and sLAmPeds a
The mules Aad begun, and all the mul'
wagons with = terrible mixture q mount
m-n rushed past the on wAgugna
~All sd@1s 10 check tmem were un
awaiting. Major PARIS collected 80 me'
and ocrupied = position . mile IN fron
II the on wagons, which were then hAliso
After a gallant, but useless, desenss ID
enemy rushed into The or wagons, an
Msihusn Was wounded in the th,RA. PAN
bssng surrounded. surrendered Al 10 a. N
Ms,husa is s,iIl in the BoeT camp.
Then follows the numher II casualties
The kil.si included I4eatensnts q. X Yea
ning and 7. 4. w. Nesham q the Roya
artillery, Who ~vre boSh killed vail
serving their guns with oaseshot.
AZ Lord Kitchener announced that NJ
lot Para hsd surrendered and also tell
gTsphesl that he had reached krAAipa
With the remainder of ths men. IT ma
- inferred that the Beers subsequent
released the major and his companions.
Lord kitshoner's dispatch snnouDcin
the disaster to General MCihucn's fore
uss read in both the house Of lords an
the house Of commons today by lord Rc'
ert.. the commander in chief, and N
BIodsrick, the war secretary, resPectivel
They both paid tributes 10 General N
ihucn, the former expressing his sppreci
a A
war, declaring that his task Of forcing u
Bosr position a; MAgcrsiontsin was I
almost impossible one.