The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 17, 1899, Page 25

DG i o s o S S8 G TR Be RBRL RS Sng E X A ade Db BRITONS STILL. HAVE GREAT FAITH IN THE ABILITY OF GENERAL BULLER:. - -+ + . P ¢ : . :Pages 2ht0 38: :Pages 2510 38: < & 1 1 - > g B P - + - L2422 4400004404 400444+ win s o ot b b b B e 2R AR E R AR DS S K VOLUME LXX XVII—-NO. 17. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1899—FIFTY-TWO PAGES, PRICE FIVE CENTS. _ | [0-0-00-00-00 000000000 000000 Although the Commander in| : BRITISH LOSSES IN : Chief Lost More Than a e LAST TWO REVERSES « Thousand Men in the Tugela| : ® . > ° River Disaster, He Is Expect-| L LONDON, Dec.. I6.—Ger)ercl Buller reports 2 ) e ETie | ) to the War Office that his losses in yes- ° ed to Soon Retrieve His Error. o terday’s engagement were: Killed, 82; J The Imperial Gr;i\‘i(-'rnmenl Accepts the ® wounded, 667: _m'ssmg’ 34.8_—0 total of‘1097. Y s ot Fhnihor Ad Erom the Golonies e Therevised list of the British casualties at ¢ ':.{;1 \({v . ur A‘nevz .~PA( hos )on«mnqq - m~ey e the battle of Magersfontein shows the total g ‘?_Q ‘1( . ]\ 3 l\ D“:KJEL;I):\;' g lI;lexhuen e to be 963, of which number 70 were officers. ¢ I ey T [ e The Black Watch were the heaviest suf- ¢ s oW [ e ferers. Of the rank and file 42 were Killed, o ONDON. Dec I e 182 were wounded and Ill are missing. ° L hough o mor Bethulie Railroad Bridze Over O i T S gl i il 5. Ay portance e e S e GENERAL BULLER'S LONG CASUALTY LIST. i 1456 feet in leng ver and the ¢ by the F h will seri LONDON, Dec. 16.—The War Offic the following list of General Buller’s KILLED. Field Artillery—Captain A. H. Goldie and Lieutenant C. B. Schrieber. Dublin Fusileers—Capta C. B. Henry. ht issued Free State. SORON ACCORD WORNO ROROL O UORORO 2 2 ¢ SULZER'S RESOLUTION TO O BELLIGERENT RIGHTS TO THE BOERS A. H. Bacon and Lieutenant R. WASHINGTON, HEADQUARTERS, Dec. oi s g is, « S¢ on the rduced a r a state of war exists ir Inniskillen Fusileers—Major J. F. W. Charley and Captain S B ts to the Transvaal Gover ! TF resoluti Is as follows: ~ g, 4 % i i : S c¢ . lved, By the Senate and the House of Representatives, that the Government of the United Frank C. Loitus. ve e P ¢ the ¢ States recognizes a condition of public war between the Government of Great Britain and the Govern- ment of the Republic of the Transvaal, and the United States of America hereby declare that they will maintain a condition of strict neutrality between the contending powers and accord to each all the rights of belligerents in the ports and territory of the United States. The Congress of the United States protests and remonstrates against the barbarous manner in which the war has been conducted by Great Britain, and the President is hereby authorized to take such steps as may be expedient in his juagmem to secure an observance of the laws of war as recognized by all civilized nations, and in bringing about an honorable peace. 5 Medical Corps—Captain M. I. Hughes. Thornycrofts Mounted Infantry—Lieutenant C. M. Je and Lieutenant the Hon. F. H. ¢ . Roberts, son of Lord Roberts of Candahar and Waterford. OFFICERS WOUNDED. Devonshire Regiment, five; Rifle Brigade (the Prince Con- king a brave an cretely or openly ) hts Tesantits sort’s Own), one; Fifth Brigade Staff, one; Inniskillen Fus = S i P "f,,‘f;‘(;f':"“‘ sl eight; Border Regiment, three; Connaught Rangers, two; [ ree 1 or tmplled.” lin Fusileers, three; Irish Fusileers, one; Horse Arti o % Onor Field Artillery, five; Medical Corps, one; Mounted Inf 4 . he country to the verge of war | the Shipbrokers' dinner at Liverpool last | The Duke of Connaught. a three; Natal Carbineers, three; South African Light Hc g g D wet a. Germany and | evening, intimated that the Cabinet Com- | the ladies of the co o »00p Th ounded include Captains N Goodwir . Rad- ( & , of ged it into war in| mittee on National Defense had consid- | deck, p: ted th m:‘ Lady Ras l’.,,l,:, aid The “, Jm.l lc'! mcladelC q_lm._ N.J. o vin, J. F. Ra wigE = Africa through incompetent diplo- | ered the advisabiiity of utilising the mill- | Churchill. He said that in the name ot| cliffe, P. U. W. Vigors, Hon. St. Leger Jarvis, A. J. Hancock, BRITISH ATTACK He thought the people should in- nd volunteers for service abroad. He | the Queen he thanked t : b 3 ¢ € American me: the other side,” | d to heip the | the Government stating Iits | so that everybody might see what ghting for. ay papers mostly terday morning and afternoon pon phatically asserted that the Govern- | and women, “here ¢ ment had in no way attempted to inter- | wh, fere with the generals in their military | jine operations. Some say that another 100.000 troops are | r, W. F. Hoey, E. J. Beckley, J. E. S. Probyn, H. M. S. Lewin, J. E. R. Brush, H. D. White Thompson, H. I. Reed, F. A. G. Eiton and W. N. Congreve; Majors R. N. G. He UPON A BOER FORT follow the The Duke also referred to the unique ; rrhy gate, A. W, ; fact of a ship sailt der the Unio: LS . t Is in th 0 nts on the situa- | W declared Mr. Long, if the n & - . . A i ) bt e o i s not purpose to send | canc “an| Gordon and F. A. B. Raycington; Colonels I. G. Brooke, Long ed to the o - say it will be wanting in its % A - ro , vy and other f‘“:-“ to the country. For his ~\\n|p.m two ¢ | H. Hunt and Lieutenant Ponsonby of Thornycroits Mounted t tteries impression prevails that the | sald, he failed to see that the | 149y Randoiph Churchill replied, thank- | A “ - ¢ ¢ ly temporary 1 en, but if it does arise | \PE the Queen and the Duke of Con-| lInfantry. 1e el bably wal sen, s g i 3 view is probably volced men will be forthcoming, and | Pusht. . | CETOT EN PRISONERS > n is that ( b it : T L president of the | ¢yoy wi)) be sent. The Bishop of Islington blessed the ship OFFICERS TAKEN PRISONERS OR 2 i MISSING. Agriculture, who, speaking at | S Tl A and the flag was holsted by the Du Geiteteieieieieieieieieieieieieteosbedeieiesesesoe@| FREE STATE PROTEST UL:[;‘:"F‘(':A ”'Mlpf;;;,:,‘“ tugs he broke | Field Artillery, five: Devonshire Regiment, three: Fssex . 4| with a red cross in its ce e . al' Scots’ Fusileess - six: Raval o : Stk said b4 IS MADE IN VAIN oL TR0 ] iniif Regiment, one; Roy Scots Fusileers, six; Royal Artillery, . | Banner” and “God Save the Queen” were| three. & NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—The shipment of | played by the Scots G 1 Band. The ¢ | Arms and ammunition from this city to | crowds cheered and the dockers clustered | ———"— e e —_—— — — — h Africa for use by British forces | along the river ban joined the 1 i g ined in the ap-| .. . S facr ot e -] says: “C verlain little susp ? nst the Boers last Tuesday caused |plause. Lady Randolph Churchill then | \or poirons fecling exis ing et A o st hesiain. I — Usal Chagies: Plome; f « the . Orngs F el Sou-Uisas hess Tor the: Dulie. 681 (bt tont Coriing. or losives trot (he] Nonact b soss ot (Nis war wae ¢ | Free State to file a protest with Secretary | Conrnught, which were given heartily, | e cnt, warning or less ol ) e Do tg : of State Hay in Washington. To-day| The royal party fncluded the Duchess| 0" 12CUs Of18L “La Patrie, whi Mr. Pierce recefved a note from Mr. Hay | of Connaught and Princess Louise of a ¢ | Bectaring e Deuriment of State | Lorner Thes dvove s arie e | ENGLAND THREATENED _ | could not take action in the premises. |{nepected the Maine, wh ol | the Secretary of State in case of war, bel- 3 s & e ligerents have the right to purcha any . kind of goods In a neutral country, sub- | BADEN-POWELL’S NOTICE PARIS, Dec. 16.—For the first time this | Ject to confiscation after shipment. As week Parisians met hoarse-voiced news R Y | } 1 ight a les- soon. He Bulier, having been tz son, m ay try again very ABOUT TO SAIL FOR THE (APE. BRIGADE, Now the Boers have no navy and no port of Dr. Hendrick Muller, ary of the Orange Fi cartridges to South Africa. He also | stated that this company had received other large orders from the British Gov- ernment. I at once transmitted Dr. Mul- | ler's letter to Washington, and to-day re- ceived the reply.” WILL NOT BE HEEDED MAJ GEN. SIR D e e ooy advanta, day shouting “Crushing defeat of the | !haL the con: J N. SIR H R DE wi e s b . - s 2y - OFtHeTRL. fled (OMMA T St g"?r :u:O\;Hfin]l:;l‘:“;n-cf-!\-»d a letter from | FRETORIA, Wednesday, Dec. 13.—Ad- | Enslish. SAE Vicloxy Lot The Hoees.”, | the el MMAND THE 1472 gans | vices from Mafeking say that an attack | on a small British fort has been ma Hague,” sald Mr. Plerce, “calling my at- | With 800d results. The fort was de-||jsh Routed!” etc. The French people| *The British tentlon to the shipment by a cartridge | M0lshed. Heavy cannon firing is proceed- | heard and read the news with interest and | “has lived a cer company of Bridgeport, Conn., of 5,000,000 | 8. Colonel Baden-Powell has sent the | giscussed the British defeats in the parks | the Duke of Wellington | Boers a notice advising them to lay down | their arms and return to their homes, promising them that protection will be | given them as soon as Great Britain has | taken over the Transvaal. venders running along the boulevards to- and displaying the front sheets of their | papers bearing big headlines, “The Eng- | the first pr the French and cafes without a display of sorrow or sympathy for the British, but at the same time without any outward demon- stration of gleeful satisfaction that could be regarded as offensive to the BEritish The violently *“Anglophobe navy aiso lives solely on Nelson. The war in demonstrated the weak pc ish army, the weak ish empire, the incapacity s of the its military | spectators. oiAnglophobe | chiets, and the fictitious strensth of its way through, but not to give COMMAND HIGHLANDERS | asters as joyful tidings. but the respecta- | 5, oo Daner publishes the report of pm;':;ts to his enemies. Therefore MODDER RIVER VICTORY el | ble journals—Le Temps. Le Journal des |, tHE P08 DanCt RuP SIS TH8 Feport of we may hear more from him in the course of a few days. | In any case the Government here is very active, if not alarmed. A hurried Cabinet council was LIFE GUARDS WMKHO MAJ GEN. N. G. LYTTLEYON, PRETORIA, Dec. 16—An officlal dis- patch from the Modder River says: ““The Boers captured a great quantity of loot, including. 200 Lee-Metfords, cases of cartridges and bhundreds of bayonets. Great numbers of the British have retired trom the river In the direction of Bel- LONDON, Dec. ¥6.—The announcement that General Hector Macdonald, the hero of Omdurman, is to succeed to the com- mand of the Highland brigade, at the head of which General Wauchope met his death, has been recelved with sat!sfaction, Macdonald's experience in the ranks be- | fore he obtained his commission showed Debats, La Liberte and others—discuss the news soberly and moderate! Le Journal des Debats expresses admi- ration at the wonderful calmness and sangfroid with which the British nation has met blow after blow. The paper con- cludes its article with the remark that it | BUDAPEST, Dec. 16—The Hagyare would be & heavy blow to the social or- | Neuzel, commenting on the British check ganization of Great Britain if Chamber- | In South Africa, expresses the warmest whose name is not given, who describes the ignorance displayed by the British of- and declares that the Boers are evidently superior in tactics and strategy and perhaps in courage. | ‘s v tion. | & thy for the British army in fts mis- {, 0 | to good purpose when he or ized t lain's venture brings her to conscription. | sympa - . held vesterday. Preparations for e e LIGHT INF. BRIGADE WHO (0MM-| ¢ |mont. The loss of the British was very | Bgyptians for fighting the wils Derishes | 1 Temps also comments upon the | fortune and adds ery liberal nation . P 3 ANDED GEN. RULLER'S SUPPORTING great. There were heaps of dead on the [ Tnis will, no doubt, enable him to| Weakness of Great Britain's army to in the world would deeply regret if the g strong remiorcements BULLERS FLANK AND oA field. The wounded are being attended | fight the Boers with similar tactics to| COPé With the present emergency, and position of Great Britaln, the standard 3 C(OVERED WIS RETREAT - S THE TUGELA c. are proceeding apa from Pretoria says Colesberg, the Boers hav acked at Vaalkop. | Ma- gersfontein issued from the War g been The list of casualties at "| THREE REVERSES THE QrPePeP IO IPOPIPODOIDOEDE n of General Joubert, who 1s ing. The Trans- 8 £1 a month and jing them S CAUSE OF ANXIETY Dec. LONDON, § a. m—Beyond a ving natives to | of the totals | L2209 e 900000 to temporarily at Bissell's farm. The sap- pers and miners must have suffered se- | verely. The Boers suffered heavy losses | in horses. 1 cannot otherwise describe the | battlefield than as a sad and terrible slaughter. Monday was for us a brilliant victory. It has Infused new spirit in our men and will enable them to achleve | greater deeds.” F b ' DUKE OF CONNAUGHT ANXIOUS TO SERVE LONDON, Dec. 16.—It has again become | known that the Duke of Connaught is ex- ceedingly anxious to serve with the forces | at the front and has once more offered to ¢ » vesterday ws how ter- ] t about midnight, the | waive the question of senfority which vesterday . i War Office professes not to have had any | | stood in the way. It is regarded as quite ribly severe were the losses st news from th o thb can tained by the second battalion of sorship eviden blocks other thannels of possible that his Roval Highness may be | glven command of a division yet, to be mobilized, but it is known that both the . ; 1 A Sni ange of the longest | | War Office and the Queen are opposed to the Royal Highlanders, better| omory has Great Britain met with thece | s nown as the Black Woatch, | Successive reverses in a single week, and ea. Their total casualties numbered | < 4 : ch at New Castle last . 3 ¥ e he Government has tele- |, o 40N et Taeces the fair, moderase | ® Prominent British Officers | LONDON, Dec. 16—The West India _ HOSHTALTAT 0t AR crion oraphed to Earl Beauchamp, |opinion of the situation. A more radical| $ With General Buller or on 4 |docks were gay this afternoon with about phe . * | view, which, however, has few open fol-| @ 607 prominent people present, including a Governor of New South Wales, | an acceptance of the offer of al hence it is not surprising that notes of anxfety should be heard amid the gen- eral chorus of press expressions of grim philosophy and resignation Mr. Asquith’s spe 1o s, was echoed by Sir Wilfrid Law- son in an address to the Liberals of Car- lisle. He accused the Government, after | the Way to Join Him. | s $ 2 | QUEEN'S FLAG FOR THE { HOSPITAL SHIP MAINE DI DGPIPEDOIIIIIIDIDIPIDIDIDIPIPIPIBIPI*PIVPIOIVIDIDIPDIGIIGEIIIOETDTS number of royal pefsonages, on the ccca- sion of the presentation of the Queen's their own, but of a superior kind. Speak- ing of Wauchope, all agree that he was perhaps the most {dolized commander the Highland Brigade ever had. Cold, stern, rigld disciplinarian as he was, his first thought was the comfort and welfare of | his men. He was wounded in every one | of the campaigns In which he partici- pated, but only three times severely. In the neighborhood of his Scottish home he [ e aasaasns e oo oo o s ool bal Bl b e e o oo oot S was regarded as a man whom bullets would wound, but not kill. There is a B e e e S De Aar Junction, General Methuen’s Base. flag to the American hospital ship Malne, @ 4940+ +0 4000404000+ 0904 990204000+ 0+00be0e st st rtetrtel S o ok o | I e e e e e B S I IR R L L g