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{‘} »*a€ Â¥4 iss ts "‘The position of the enemy in the Btormberg district last night was : " At Stormbergâ€"Six laagers. * At Dordrechtâ€"800 men. "Twentyâ€"three miles south of Sterkâ€" stroomâ€"220 men. * Major Elliott has reported : ‘ Dalâ€" getty, with a force, hus gone towards Dordrecht to coâ€"cperate with Gatâ€" acre.‘" ANOTHER BRIVUSH DISASTER, GATACRE LBD NTO A TRAP. "The remainder of the casu: avill be wired as soon as known." "The War Office also received th lowing cespatch, dated Cape T Dec. vth, 8.30 p.m., showing the force at Stormberg and in that trict the day previous to Gen. acre‘s attack : an In a later despatch to the War Oflice Gen. Forestierâ€"Walker says : " In reference to my telegram of this morning, the casualties, so far as known at present, are: " Second â€"Royal Irish _ Riflesâ€"Killâ€" ed, none ; wounded, Lieut.â€"Col. Edâ€" gar, Major Seaton, Capts. Dell and Kelley, and Lieuts. Stephens _ and Barnardston. " Suffolk Regiment â€" Capt. Weir and three lieutenants imissing ; rank and file, none killed, 12 wounded, and 290 missing. * Berkshire â€" Mounted â€" Infantry â€" One killed. _ * Seventyâ€" Fourth â€"Batteryâ€"Aâ€" lenâ€" tenant â€" and _ three men _ severely wounded ; a â€" major _ and one man stightly wounded, and one gunner killed. ‘TObtE .c s« ce 16 sns Lieut. Couison, 2nd Fusilierss Lieut. Radeliff, 2nd ] Fusiliers. The remainder of my be wired as soon as aso "Early yesterday morning Gen. Gatâ€" acre took a brigade northward to surâ€" prise the enemy and make a night atâ€" tack at their Stormberg column, but " in an Stormberg guibdes. _ i ground." In a lat A Night Surprise That Worked the Wrong Way. Tondon, Dec. 10.â€"The Central News correspondent at Molteno, Cape Colâ€" ony, in a despatch dated toâ€"day at noon, gives the first press account of the disaster that has befallen Gen. Gatacre‘s command, % ® At the time the despatch was sent the correspondent either did not know the extent of the disaster, or was not allowed by the censor to describe it. He says: 7 $ i Majorâ€"General Gatacre‘s force numâ€" bered about 2,000 men. Stormberg, against which the movement was, is on the East London line, running to the border of the Free State and joining the railway in that country. Molteno is quite close. . The whole district is very mountainous, and well snited to Boer methods of fighting. Majorâ€"General Gatacre‘s total force was only 3,000, and of this 1,000 were left in Molteno. The whole district, acâ€" cording to earlier despatches, was full of rebels, and the danger of further «pread of dissatisfaction is increased by the reverse. _ Majorâ€"General Gatgâ€" acre appears to have had no cavalry. that verst Over Six Hundred of His Men Reported Missing. Gien spatches Britis The THE BRITISH MISLED BY GUIDES. Two Killed, Eleven Wounded and Six Hundred and rive MIS Abandonedâ€"â€"Surprised by a Hot Boer Fireâ€"â€"Un Enemy â€"â€"British Retired in Good Orderâ€"â€"The Disast in Londonâ€"â€"Suffolk Regiment and Northumberland Will Give a Great Impetus to the Disloyal Dutch. downe Miss ) ( ) + ) Aaac c Seventyâ€"Fourth Battery Northumberland Fusi MOKSK | .s. 1« ues ww siw â€" sow 5 mecond i lers ... Suffolk ] Berkshire Killed, Wounds OFé 18 l ko Nt sTORY OF THE DISASTER. ourselves were surprised, and had n# h troops in Cape LCOIONY «. following _ was received from Gatacre this morning : deeply _ regret to inform you I have met with a serious reâ€" Most. re n The Disaster List. Regiment .. » â€" Mounted An from Walker ideliff, 2nd Northumberland Dec. 10. â€" Lord 12 retary of State for W ‘ed the _ following far as reported ttack this morning _ on [ _ was misledl by _ the d _ found _ impracticable Irish Fus nd Northumberland commanier C Cape Colony en ‘ casualties will ertained. In SL L. » casualties IC 6 ic UIs Gat i0lâ€" wn, ns 606 M. the AT; ce 8 f Hundred and Five Missingâ€"â€"Une Gun Hot Boer Fireâ€"â€"Unable to See the d Orderâ€"â€"The Disaster Causes Gloom 3,000, with the best of ground and plenty of guns. RETIRED IN PERFECT ORDER. "It was, therefore, decided to reâ€" tire thirteen miles to Moltens. "The retirement was carried out in perfect order, despite the fact that the Boers followed â€" elosely, bringing two of their 40â€"poundgers to bear. Had their gunners been worth their salt they would have inflicted considâ€" erable damage on us. Several shells directed at the ambulance fell short. "On arriving at Molteno it was found that the casualties were slight. The scheme of surprising the Boers failed, but we obtained valuable inâ€" forma tion." "The men were settling comfortably in their new positions when they found they were covered by the eneimy‘s guns, which were mush more powerful than had been supposed. " Meanwhile the Boers were mainâ€" taining a heayy rifle and artillery fire, but were not doing much damage. ACTIOX AT L()N'(‘: BRANCH. " Still under fire, the infantry and artillery sought another position hall a mile distant, the field batteries covering the withdrawal splendidly. "The new position was admirably adapted to holding the enemy . in check, the infantry â€" firing â€" behind good covér with precision and effect, while the mounted infantry _ moved to the north with the object of getâ€" ting the Boers on the right flank. "The action was now pretty general, but was still at lonzg range, only a few of the British were hit. "Then there was another quick change in the situation by the disâ€" covery of a strong commando of mounted Boers moving _ from _ the north, and the Irish and Northumberâ€" "They, however, were met heary fire from a number of m guns in a good position. It was that the enemy numbered at Hot Fire Unexpectedly Opened on His Advancing Column. "The _ artilliery, _ Northumberiand Regiment, and the mounted troops followed in perfect order. § liand Regiments were sent to engage them. "The Irish, who were in the van, imâ€" mediately â€" sought â€" cover behind a kopje that was fortunately near on the left. a point two miles from Stormberg, when suddenly they were exposed to a terrific fire right ahead and on the right flank simultaneously. . " According to reports Droug!ib * camp by our spies the â€" Stormberg Boers did not number more than 2,500, and the enemy‘s position and circumstances generally appeared to favor a night surprise. EXPOZED TO TERRIFIC FIRE. "The brigade, consisting of the Shropshire Regiment, the Royal Dubâ€" lin Regiment, the Second Northumberâ€" land Regiment, 800 mounted infantry, and two batteries of field artiliery, left Puiters Kraal, and moving smartly and cautiously, they arrived safely at They are now â€" marching toward Moiteno. General Gatacre found the enemy‘s position impregnable. It was imposâ€" sible for the British infantry to get at the Boers. Retirement Was Effected in Exceiâ€" lent Order, However Monday, Dec. 11.â€"The Times, comâ€" menting editorially on the repulse, says : o 3 T The Times prints the following desâ€" patch from its special war corresponâ€" dent : " Our retirement was effected in exâ€" cellent order, there being no hurry even at the most critical time. 1 " The results of the disaster are more likely to be serious politically than from a military point of view." "Molteno, Dec. 10.â€"Gen. Gatacre atâ€" tempted to assault the Boer posiâ€" tion at Stormberg at dawn toâ€"day (Sunday). The guides led us wrong, and we were surprised while in fours anmd after n very trying march.. to retire in force. "The Northumberlands and Irish BRITISH GUN ABANDONED. GATACRE‘S FORCE 3,000, *â€"~L€ it face of a much stronger to reports brought to numbered _ at least best of ground and Northumberiand Fusiliers Sufter v9 C3 by a ichine clear ] Rifles behaved as if on review. I hear The Daily Chronicle‘s‘ critic reâ€" marks: "It is curious to see an eXâ€" perienced soldier trusting so implicitâ€" ly to his guides, and that his scouts and advance guard do not inform him that he was coming in close contact with the enemy and that the ground in front was impracticable. The fact seems clear that Gen. Gatacre was led unsuspectinzgly into an elaborateâ€" lyâ€"prepared trap, and it is almost wonderful that the disaster was no worke, when, as a correspondent says, the foree was not molested by the enemy until it had actually reached the impreznable position occupied by Already the list of missing is close to 600, and of the Northumberlands six officers are reported missing,but there are no details regarding the men, while of the Dorsetshire Regiment 306 men are missing, and there are no deâ€" tails in regard to the officers." The paper comments on the extraâ€" ordinary proportions of the various casualties. So far only one officer is reported to have been killed, 8 woundâ€" ed, and 9 missing, while of nonâ€"comâ€" missioned officers and men, 2 wero killed, 17 wounded, and 596 missing, and the Suffolk was one of the batâ€" talions sent to replace the men capâ€" tured at Nicholson‘s Nek. 1t conâ€" cludes : ‘‘Men must be sentâ€"cavalry and horse artillery especially â€"â€" unless in sheer parsimony we throw away the men of the Empire." ; ELABORATELY PREPARED TRAP the Boers, when a hot fire was openâ€" ed unexpectedly upon it. Everything seems to have been unexpeated. from the location of the enemy to his numâ€" The serious feature of the affair is generally considered to be the proâ€" bability that it will give impetus to Dutch disloyalty in Cape Colony, where hosts of farmers are wavering, bers and guns, while the country itself was, apparently, absolutely unâ€" known, though it is the very district Gen. Gatacre has been preparing to operate in ever since his arrival." IMPETUS TO DUTCH DISLOYALTY The English comments on the reâ€" verseo are universally of the most @joomy character. The Morning Post says: "After Nicholson‘s Nek this is the most serious reverse of the war. _ We do not yet know its full proportions, but the worst must remain behind. IIEUT.â€"COL, AUCDLEY D. NEELD, LIEUT.â€"COL. T. C.°P. CALLEY, Second Life Guards. First Life Guards. our losses are heavy. London Papers Fear the Worst About the Disaster. London, Dec. 11, 4 a.m.â€"The War Office at midnight gave out the first news of Gen. Gatacre‘s serious disâ€" aster, which was meagre, and which was only slightly supplemented from other sources. Even these short indeâ€" pendent accounts vyary ol several points, and none hint at the disaster which is admitted in the official deâ€" spatches. It is practically certain that Gen. Gatacre, with about 3,000 men, in cluding the 1st Dorsetshire Regiment, the presence of which with Gen. Gatâ€" acre was unknown before, left Putâ€" ter‘s kraal on Saturday afternoon. Em PCms Threo separate accounts give three different versions of the time Gen. Gatacre left Putter‘s Kraal, but all agree that the fight took place early Sunday morning. JA "One of our _g;.x_ns‘ we had to abanâ€" s clear that Gen. Gatacre was insuspectingly into an elaborateâ€" epared trap, and it is almost lerful that the disaster was no e, when, as a correspondent says, foree was not molested by the iy until it had actually reached impregnable position occupied by ///’,’ _ t fl =ox D ( “’;17 $ GLOOM IN BRITAIN. OFFICERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY. l M P VLT CECIL RHODES, The Uncrowned King of Rhodesia. % It Saved the Column From â€" Overâ€" whelming Disaster. London, Dec. 11.â€"Later details reâ€" garding the disaster to Gon. Gatacre‘s volumn show that but for the magnifiâ€" cent work of the British artillery the disaster would have been far more extensive, as the incessant Boer shell fire in the midst of the repulsed inâ€" fantry ultimately led to â€" disorder, which only escaped developing into a rout through the batteries of artilâ€" lery occupying _ successive positions, covering the retreat and thus drawing a portion of the Boers‘ galling fire. Apparently, th¢ British were set an impossible task, and were treacherâ€" ously guided. After a irying march and being under arms sixteen hours, they attacked the wrong part of the Boer position, where the hill was imâ€" pregnable, and the burghers were esâ€" timated to number 6,000 men, instead of 2,500, as the spies had reported. There is little in the story to mitiâ€" gate the intense humiliation occaâ€" sioned by the episode, which is alâ€" most an exact counterpart of the battle of Nicholson‘s Nek. The War Office is besieged by anxious relaâ€" tives, and the successive editions of the newspapers are eagerly scanned. The authorities, if they have any Castle to glean further details of the War Office for Her Majosty respecting Gen. Gatacre‘s reverse, information, are not publishing it, A DEPRESSING INFLUENCE. The affair caused the most depresâ€" sing influence everywhere, not exâ€" cepting the Stock Exchange, where consols were at the lowest price in many years, and South African seâ€" curities slumped, not so much on acâ€" count of the military reverse, which is retrievable but owing to the profound apprehension as to _ its political effect. No great susprise would now be felt if Gen. Gatacre‘s reverse resulted in Cape Colony beâ€" coming aflame from end to end. waiting to see which The Queen Anxious. London, Dec. 11.â€"The Queen â€" has sent her Private Secretary, Sit Arâ€" thur Bigge, especially from Windsor h 14000 0 54 222 Aiciconts ds ncomntctn. > enlont NB ie the lyddite causing the whole ground over an extensive area to rise in the air in dense, brown cloud&. iA Boer long gun was dismantled. It now appears that the Boers inâ€" tend the next fight shall take place at Magersfontein. Apparently Spytâ€" fontein is not defended or the Boers are unwilling to unmask their posiâ€" tion there, as the replies of the Briâ€" tish artillery were all from guns at Magersfontein. / l/’r&f > Z % A //’ /G & // s iCs w7 7 ¢ .. ARTILLERY WORK GOOD. was posted_ ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO will prove A Ladysmith resident who has esâ€" caped to Estcourt reports that he saw no Boers, and he believes large forces to be on the Upper Tugela and at Colenso. All indications point to the fact that there has bsen a weakâ€" ening of the Boer forces around Ladyâ€" smith. London, Dec. 11.â€"Six hundred men of the Ladysmith _ garrison made a sortie Friday morning, stormed the hill upon which the Boer guns which have been doing so much damage with shells were located, and destroyed two guns with gunâ€"cotton and brought back a Maxim into camp, with only one man killed and one o&'wer woundâ€" ed. A detachment of the 18th Hussars had circled around Pepworth hill, burning kraals and cutting telegraph lines. It was a gallant and successâ€" ful sortie, which proved that Gen. White‘s men were full of fight and in admirable condition for coâ€"operâ€" ating with Gen. Buller. The correspondent of the Dally News at Ladysmith, describing Gen. Huntâ€" er‘s capture of the guns on Gun hill, says: "Major Henderson, with fourâ€" teen guides, who was directing the movements, led the force vip the preâ€" eépiton\ boullerâ€"strewn _ beights. Boers Seem to be in Force at Many Ponts. London, Dec. 11.â€"Gen. Methuen reâ€" ceived news on Friday that a force of a thousand Boers wore attacking two companies of the 2nd Northampâ€" tonshire Regiment, which had been left to guard the lines of communica~ tion at Enslin. _ Accordingly, the genâ€" eral despatebed the 12th Lancers and the Seaforth Highlanders, together with the 62nd Field Battery, to their assistance. ‘The enemy attacked the Eritish post at halfâ€"past four a.m., but withdrew at 11 o‘clock, when our reinforcements approached the scene. The British cavairy is now pursuing thom. Our loss was 1 killed and six wounrded. acquainted with the facts, and take the reverse philosophically. The Pall Mall Gazette remarks: " The counâ€" try‘s calm will again surprise the conâ€" tinent. If the blow is more serious than it appears, neither the Crown nor the Ministry will be in danger of even a seditious, vilifying how! in the street. We have confidence in those who are fighting for us, and in their directors." $ London Feels Better. New York, N. Y., Dec. 11.â€"A cable from London says that the news from Ladysmith created great enthusiasm. The destruction of the two big guns and the capture of the maxim was the severest blow that the Boors have received in the operations at Ladysmith. From: the fact that the correspondent‘s telegram reached Frere on Saturday night, describing the fighting on Friday, it is inferred that the investment is not so strict as it was. News of the beginning of the general advance from Frere is momentarily expected. The â€" trestle bridge over the river has been finâ€" ished, On Yr‘ay the first train ran over the tomporary bridge which has been colstructed over the river here. The Boers are close upon our outposts on all sides. Belfast, Dec. 11.â€"Two â€" American commercial travellers who have arâ€" rived here say they were detained at Queenstown on â€" suspicion of being Boer spies. ‘They add that the United States Consul obtained their release, and that he is making an enquiry into the matter. EXPRESS OFFICE SAFE LOOTED BY ROBBERS. FOR A BIGGER NAVY. Berlin Dec. 11.â€"In the Reichstag toâ€"day Prince Hoheniohe, the Imperâ€" ial Chancellor, announced that â€" the Federal Governments â€" had come . to the conclusion that the present navyy was insufficient for the country‘s needs and that estimates _ for doubâ€" ling the present number of warships would be submitted. ROBBERS BIG HAUL. Cheyenne, Wyoming, Dec. 11.â€"The office of the Pacific Express Company was robbed last night of several thouâ€" sand dollars in money. No clue has been discovered. There is a small force of men in the express office at night to handle express on inâ€" coming and outgoing _ trains, amd when these trains _ arrive the men have been in the ha«bit of bocking the office doors. This was done last night as usual, and when the express men returned twenty minutes later the Curzons GOAT LYMPH CURES PARALYSIS. Chi‘:lgo, Dec. 11.â€"Six fine paint= ings, ne of" them "Calvary," said to be the largest‘ picture on canvas in this country, were unveiled at St. Bernard‘s Roman â€" Catholic Church last ¢vening. The paintings are by Ferdipand Danton, a French arâ€" tist, who spent three years on them. More than a month‘s time was reâ€" quired to hang them. "Calvary" hangs above the altar. It is a representaâ€" tion of the crucifixion, and is 32 feet high and 40 feet long. More than a thousand« figures are represented in the painting, but of course the prinâ€" cipal ones are those of Christ and the two thieves on the crosses. Many biblical characters are shown in the picture and it is one of the most complete paintings of its kind in exâ€" istence. normous Paintings Unveiled in Chicagoâ€"â€"â€"DVeatn 0 donâ€"â€"The Date of the Opening of the Paris Germany‘s Chancellor Has a Scheme for Dou Navyâ€"â€"Will the People Bear the Expense ? A BRUSH AT ENSLIN. Are They Spies $Â¥ S Doing Good Work Among Plague Sufferers. A train consisting ;‘of 16 â€" cap. riages, came into the camp last evening over the completed b,-flg‘_ PBoer Head Laager, Ladysmith, I» c. 8.â€"The British troops made a sortié between 1 and 2 o‘clock in the mornâ€" ing. _ They crawled up a ravine and stormed and carried Lombard‘s Kop which was held by the Boers, and on which were placed a Creuzot gun and a howitzer. These guns were destroyed with dynamite. The British captured a Maxim gun, and then retired. Major Erasmus and Lient. Majlon will be courtâ€"martialled in connection with the loss of the guns. ** The Bridge Completed. Modder River, Dec. 10, 7.0%3 a. m. â€"A battery of artillery, a equadâ€" ron of Lancers and part of the batâ€" talion of Argyle Highlanders _ went south to reinforce the rear guard, which had an en@€agement with a thousand Boers, who had returned to their old position at Graspan. It is not known â€" whether the _ Boers came from â€" Griqualand â€" op are a Free State commando. *‘The 18th Hussars, pushing â€" forâ€" ward, drew a furious fire, and suffered severely, losing four killed and i7 wounded. *"‘The Boers fired incessantly as the British slowly retired. "At a special parade afterwards General White thanked General Hunâ€" ter and all engaged, especially Major Henderson, for brilliant work." "At the same time the hill, one «&quad: Hussars rode around burning kralils and c telegraph lines. They thes." wsid "Gen. Hunter, leading his took up the command, and orc men to fix their bayonets. Th ed like lizards over the huge in an irregular but orderly 4 ner. When they gained the cr found the Booers in full reir "The following was received â€" Gen. White toâ€"day : "Last night sent Gen. Hunteor â€" 5090 Natal volunteers undor Roy: and 100 of the Imperial Light H under Edwards, to surprise a gu a hill. The enterprise was admir carried out, and was entirely sue ful, the hill being captured an: €Sinch gun and a howitzer being stroyed with gun cotton by Cayp Fowke and Lieut. Turner. A M: was captured and brought to 1. smith. "Our loss was one killed and : Henderson, of the First Battal the Argyll Highlanders, wound The Official Despatch. London, Dec. 10.â€"The War last night issued the following spatch from Gen. Buller, dated camp, Dec. 9th, afternoon : New York,Dec. 11. â€"Miall ait)7" Lady Curzon, wife of the Vic India. â€" Lord and Lady Curz Simla when the plague invac central provinces, and after been inocculated made a tour stricken district in the face o danger. _ They literally lived the sufferers, distributing . re storing confidence and advisit men charged with the weight of controlling the scourge. THE PARIsS sHOW. New York, Dece 11.â€"A cab Paris says that it has been that the offical opening of | position is to be Saturday, Ap! and mnot Easter Sunday, as 0: fixed. Bloomfield, N. J., Dec. 11,.â€"EFr of Mrs. Elizabeth M. Work, Post partment President of the Won Relief Corps, of New Jersey, are : interested in a cure which has affected in her case. _ Mrs. Work three years past, has been sufle from paralysis of the left side, was unable to walk. Her physicaa cently began the injection of g lymph, in from two to ten doses. When 700 drops had been ministered Mrs. Work was cured Calcutta tell of the heroic work When nearly halif way up the « cult ascent a Boor outpost, appar ly just awake, challenged the tish. Receiving no answer they ca to their comrades above, ‘The + lish are on us, shoot.‘ They then i their rifles, amil explosive bul flashed as they struck the rocks hurried fus‘Jade from the crest the hill was answered by a s volley, Then our troops raised r ing cheers, â€" apparently _ doub their number by the repetition of sounds. discovery missing. Officials fuse to state th taken, which is reporte? to i tween $5,000 and $25,000. THE CURZONS PRATISEI New York,Dec. 11.â€"Mail advic Lady Curzon, wile of the Vice Te aHLee I nwd and Lady Curz Lomdjon, Dec. 11.â€"Baron (James Plaisted Wilde), is was born July 12th, 1816. CURED BY GOATS L Death of Baron Penzance in Lon he Paris Exposition, April 14 for Doubling the Strength of the BAROX PENXNZANCE i ‘ep Boer Oficial Account. ZM; ; was muade that all of contained in the safe Officials of the company state the amount of m hich is reported to i» 5000 and $25,000. _time Col. Knox se soauadron ol the 1 Penworth itting the J had no cas Miuig: "onn s » .l’v R3 CHCC 1 the Briâ€" they called *‘The Eugâ€" then fired ive bullets ie pocks. A e corest of y a single aised ringâ€" doubling J d d M U1 n at #BOD as Ugg e shue v 1€ FO 7 nQs en t1 n re