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m: , , 'sis' " " "CY. T .‘. I“. - _-------- {mums AND jlflllnlliNlilll an TI) sum AFRICA. An Entire New Plan of Campaign Resolved on. BULLER TO LOOK AFTER NATAL. Lord Roberts to be in Supreme Com= mand With Kitchener Second. . Great Britain's Full Military Strength to be Motrmzed----- Yeomnnry, Artillery and lrregulars to be Sent to the Terrible Losses “Gen. Warren to (lo to Gatacre's A Roberts' Son Kiiied-----Boer Gun Disatrteii----sort1e --Hrench Still Successful --Methuen Doing Sam His Enemy Strengthening His Position. l; mum, “or. 1s.-jrituln is urtrusvd, Scotland and Wal? 1'14va. All lwr rc-svrws. " strong Irti.s,'"s"' tre mocha." . , drill of the rogula MANY MORE TROOPS TO BE CALLED OUT. fun-r ox "om"'".' "t volunteers, ull lit ial ”an. and a ti militia are ordeicd war. Field Marshal Lrtt as commander Lunl Kitciwner, trl will aecompany hin man i. Tumu- startling I by “w War ottict niotidizatiott of the 1 ml with the great and the fastest ski] Invrruntile marine rurry tlu- [owes t cuivulated that th will "egirt to reael about live weeks. l iml campaign will indet WI" lit-gnu nu n... V. about. (in: weeks. Meantime the origi- nnl campaign will be "diau-ioued,arul a gl-m-rul policy of marktime willbe mlnptml by the commanders ol the tortus now in the tield. Gem llullvr will remain in charge of the Natal campaign, and Gen. Kitchener will pruburly command the main army ul invasion, of which Gett. liatucrc-‘s tun-u is at present tlu. rvprvnenttttixe. It in not known yet whether Uenl Methtwrt will attempt to advanrc on Kindwrloy ur withdraw to Orange liiwr pending tin: inauguration of a new vumpuign. The latter more st"cutirf most prolmhln, as tlu' spreading of n-lwlliun in Cup" Colony makes his . A~I-' -ot, Rimlwrloy ur withdraw w Una-15‘ iliser pending tho inauguration of a neweamtvaigu. lelutturmum swam most pruhuhlt', as tlu' spreading ol n-helliun in Cap" Colony makes hi, union with Gen. french only pm arm. . , I Ar.-. [‘nn tin?“ _e..w. Thero ls no doubt that Gm. Gata- cn-‘s pz-ril Will by the great?“ (luring the month of inaction which must, m-w "nsue. A large part of General Wane-urn division will probably soon mixniunm him. - .. A n-10..ln'u Qua. 'l "any thr- Iurcos to the Cupe. -:uh-u|atwl that thaw rointorcr " lit-gin to reautlt South Arri about {no weeks. Meantime the nnl campaign will be atraudom :1 gI-m-rul policy of marktime :ulnptml by the connnunders u . AI - 1‘...I.I "Ilium-[xv '_..... " The nvwn of Great Britain‘s tri" mHI'kms preparations may upur the Iloer.4 into tiohoas aggression before the frcah British troops urrlve, but thus tar they have alluwn no (It-sin- to "ttack entamvhml (on-3N. while the British disasters 1mm 1mm caused by Just that thing. -- . . bv, _ r... . w.-..- "him. to tho All the [mm-at and no." you“. . “ginning of a great munpnigx' in January. )lc-uutinw Lady; Kimherlvy and Mutt-king must. There "ituation is 1wrillous. bt (Hominy, to all aux-mums. thero N‘rimm dungvr that [amino wi :qud to their other suttvriitzri. WAI'. or'r'tt'r', ANNOUNCE)” night. nun thus: "ht; the campaign in th" oplniou ot 11vr Mal, mum. likely to nfquiw whit-h w ”'. ii'iitc, iaf,. ts [1 aervwe Ill "tPMI'. "h strong forces ot volunteers from selected yeo'manry regiments, will be formed for service in South Africa. " Arrangements are being made, and will shortly be announced. for the employment in South Africa of a strong contingent of curelully sel- ected volunteers. "The pzrtriotin offers which are be- ing received from the colonies will, as far as possible' be accepted. Pre- ference will he trisen to offers of mounted contingents." The Foree That Lord "obiWi'.l Have in Afrh-a. London, Dee. Itr--Tlte club! interest In the new campaign centres in the (mwrumrnt's decision to use as vol- untwr torers the ym;.manry minimizi- tin. For active semi-e the you'manry should supply n “awful contingent. They. as the Daily Ts-lpgmph editor- ially trare. "like tlw rim. of the voiun- ten-a, are drawn from the great ml idle and lower middle ciaarmdt lnEnglund, AN War Oicat unnounctmwut, rm posted shortly before mid- ytomunr ,....\_. ulivut'ozn "on; point to tho of a grant campaign lute V. )[e-untinw Ladysmith, and nah-king must wait. ation is perillous but nu- , all aux-mums. there is no [war that tamine will trt t It " Y ling orders were issum ottice Iust night. Tm t the troops will be push greatest pmnlbka ripped st ships from the Brltlul urine will he used u him y and other mount- her available colon- _ strong division of ml to the seat ot al Lord Rubens will er-in-cited, and Gen, ot Khartoum tame, im as second in com- OF 130,000 N l . era which are he- the ooionies will, be accepted. Pre- en to offers of id in Son“) iacml to con- seretlron local 3 intended to sble mounted which is he- ad m 50th well as rein- including a Will Have It mm Hutu The nt sh to is in the Scotland and Walrs. Tm: ttttth" not {magmas tre mwhanlvul 1wrlt~ctions of drill of the regulars. but there are no lwttm' cross-country vi lvrs in the World than thr, British yrnnwu." Frvtion “D" of the reserve, whivh has been mum out, consists of men who have completod the term of thI-ir original enlistnrmt ortl who engage to none an additional four years. The militia are the same class or mon ttS the regulars. and are in ramp at month annually. These, tu- gotlmr with the reserves. number' 113,000 men. Their chief Ian-k is ot. lirers. The yeomanry, the inu-khmw of which ls young farmers, are well omcered, often by men rcttrcrlfrotn the regular cavalry. who, marrying; young. settle on there country m- tutett. Tluty number 10,307. All are utrll mnuntel on tiudir own horse. In tlie nliiltin un- 14.7.",1 artillery mvn nurl LH63 engineers. Ot tlm militia only 14,600 are over 2:5 yt'ltrr4 of ago. Similar numbers aw .1ng :10 uul .'l.5, mul the tremainder are under 30. Ow:- 132.‘00() urn "grhu+ turnl laborers. 13,000 miners, and 10.000 artisans. Tho volunteer infantry contains Hume nvgluu-nts that are mnsidennl the mum of any of the rogulur 1-1-- tmwnts. It nlsn int-hrlcs the lwst slum-u. but their :u'vmge shunting is lower than that of the regulars. The Gmorxum-nt was not iwiivute the number of volunteern that will be permitted to smut. hut Lord llolr orts‘ girorrl arm); will pmlmhly rmu-h n tufail of ratin- all arms. ttottertsund Kitchener Just the Men l'urllu- Work. London, lbw. ly.---') press unani- munsly pram»; tlu, Goxerunterit's pro- cmlurv. The Oaily Mail says: "it. is only the really good news of tho past. weary 10 Weeks. It is now willoly known that Sir Michael Hicks- Benoh, (‘lmncoilor of the Exchequer, to whose parsimony much blame for tlie disasters is due, declined to grant. the money non-am” fur the first pro- paration. Hall (ion. Kitchener hem nt the- lleml of alluirs he would have ignt the money or resigned.” . The Observer's generally wcil in. !urmnd editor yesterday suggested the 'rvtirenumt Ur Sir Michael Hicks. Bonrh. _ Th" Standard, commenting on the appointment of Field Marshal Lord Hubert; and Gen. Lord Kitchener, says: "Thu nppointment ot two such tn. mmw soldiers will tend to reassure the public mind, and restore confidence in the capacity of those at the heudot affairs in South Africa, which has hoen sunwwimt shaken. Lord Roberts is " great strategist, and Lord Kim‘hmwr is a master in just those arts of organization and administra- tion that are urgently needed." The paper expresses no wish to boar hardly on the generals but it says: "There seems to have been no at. tempt at scouting. The elementary rule: of the drill-book. which (we?) iiit%tGaCii, Griposart to know by Co.tt3l HVI'S "is' TH F, PRES-S. otritized----Reserves, Militia. Sent to the Front-Butler" Csatacre's Assistance-U-Ord 'r---sortle From Kimberley Doing Some Artillery Work oh,,.. “0.000 ot heart, were Iguana. We nave repnwu. perhaps too loudly in the glory and splendor of the Empire ot late: we shall have to show that we do not shrink from fulfilling its obligations." The Daily News praises the appoint- ment ot Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener, and takes the opportunity m lamrmnlv eriticise the prevlogs iiCiGirai1y criticise s2urrtcomingt' of the l aura l "The decision of Baturda: either the counsel of praise confession of utter mistfaICI What a reflection on the stior ed view ot those who looked promenade to Pretoria. and l tribute, let us add, to the c. military ability and resources Dutch Republic." ' . _,L_ 6hsr% l uuum ”twang. The paper, contrasts the Govern- ment's rkrtificultion to the colonies of its preference tor mounted troops with its message to them on October 10th, saying: “In View of the num- bers already available. infantry will be the most and cavalry the least, terviceable." Like the rest of the pa- 1mm, 1t concludes, "We mean to see this thing through." -- --. . u,_ 1.1-bcr th,,1. C1ssn. this mung. “numb... Tho Dally Chronicle hints that Gen- vrul Sir William Butler, who was re- called from the Cape command be. muh‘e of his Boer sympathy. long ago zuhised the Government that the prosecution of Mr. chambprlain't' whey would make heavy reinforce- ments for the ctucx.irmtorative. London, Dec. lit-The Times, in a lender this morning, Hays: "Neither the Crimean war nor the Indian mutiny gum rise to greater dangers to tho Empire than that with which we are nbw menmaed; nor ut either of those critical Iwriods was Great Britain Eu isolated politically, or regarded with such distrust and Mism- mun. as are now almost everywhere apparent. "l'nloss the calmness whivh impress- M the foreign oitserver prucemh-x only from apathy or a want. of sutrieient imagination to realize the imminent (humor to tho whole fabrit- of our lim- pirv, the grout 4rrtotrts now urgnntly rmnlred will surely in! mnue brim-q- it is too into to rota-LuvI the situation. "We are fighting not merely for su- pn-an-y in South Africa. but tor our wrciition as a grout power. . "We, know We have miscaleulalrvi the strength of our foe, and we are i gob-Ll." 66 rpg, aw”. l, 6i The action of the. Cabinet will mm- 't murtd the, warm approval of the. Bri- _ tiwh people. Although Lord Ruberls i, is 67 years old, he its in mind and body ‘more vigorous than the average of I men A) years his junior. He is young- ,er now than Von Moltke when he 'i?if,t, Berlin to con-tum the German armies to Paris." ' ' ' resolved to make that misc- "3II4kq-F-" w M. .... The Times declares that Lord Rob- Bris,' name to the troops is " sure omen of victory. Tho paper suggests Warren or Tucker as likely to take rommand on tho western and south- ern frontiers. It concludes; "Whatever traetitices we may be culled upon to make, whatever re- versus we may have. to uadergo, we know that in the long run England. it true to herself, cannot fail." (-Isuuhu-s ut( Tutu Total British lt Killed... ... ... ... Woundmi... ... .. Missing (about) London, Dre. 1C,.--Aicv,Prttl Buller re- ports to tho Wnr Office that in year terduy's battle at Tur,elsr River 1w lost 1,150 mm: in killed, wounded and missing. Or'iHcElte's KILLED. Major J. F. W. Charlr'.v, lst Royal Inniskilliug Fusiliers. Capt. A. H. Bacon, 1st Royal Duh, lin Fusiliers. Capt. M. L. Hughes, Royal Army Medical (brim. Capt. A. II. Goldie, 14th Field Bak tery. Limit. C. B. yichreiber, 66th Field Battery. Lieut. R. C. n. Henry, 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Lieut. Fraser C. Loftus, Innirkil- ling Fusiliers. Lieut,C. ILJenkins. Thorneycrott's Mounted Infantry. OFFICERS WOUNDED. The officers are divided as tol. laws: Inniskilling Fusiliers ... ... ... ... ... fi Devansll'u'e Regiment ... ... ... ...... 5 Field Battery ... ... ... ... ... ... ... '.5 Border mmu ... ... ... ... ... ... tl Dublin Fusiliers ... ... ... ... ... ... :1 Mounted Infantry ... ... ... ... ... ... a (‘onnmmght Rangers ... ... ... ... ... ' Natal Carbineers ... ... ... ... ... ... i TH F, Fi% li were ignocgd. Ve. yave‘rejoiced; IV Wuum. v- r-.-,_ L of utter tictrcaicuIatipa. reflection on the short-sight- ot those who looked for a le to Pretoria, and what a let us add, to the courage, ability and resources of the IBI' LLER’H‘ LUNSES. of "tTircoiGUGnt. It PIRE’S DAN“ Fill. Coie"soTotnl {h 0r (hu- Thousand. * ... ... ... ... ... fl at ... ... ... ...... 5 s ... ... ... ... ... 2 Ty wat' , or a Illr‘ulut inn " 667 South Africa L. Medical Corps ... ... Irish Fusing” ... ... iiGie Artillery ... ... ... Rifle Brigade ... ... ... .. Staff ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 10w“ ... ... ... -.. Among the wounded officers are: Lieut.-Col. L. G. Brooke, Connaught Rangers. Liat.-col. Long, Royal Artillery. Lieut.-Grl. Hy. Hunt, Royal Artil- lery; and Captain N. J. Goodwyn. J. F. Radcliffe. P. U. W. Tigers. Hon. St. Leger Jarvis, A. J. Hhncuek, W. F. Hersey. H. J. Buckley, J. E. s. Probyn. II. M. s. Lewan, J. E. R. Brush, H. D. White-Thomas, H. l. Reed, F. A. G. Elton and W. N. Cozu- g:rere: Majors R. H. G. Heygute. A. W. Gordon and F. A. E. Racington: Lieut. Pansonby. of Thorneydrorts Mounted Infantry and Limit. tho lion. F. H. S. Roberts. son of Gctteval Lord Roberts. OFFICERS MISSING. Officers missing are divided as tol lows: Field Artillery? ... ... ... ... ... ... ... : ... g Royal Scots Fusiliers. Royal Artillery... ... . lim'omlllro Regiment“ Essex Regiment... ... TH F, BOER SIDE Ott" Vr. _ Tell ot Terrible British has: in the) Fight at stttuzersrottteitt. I Pretoria. Doc. 12.-/Plie Boer Intelli- Iurneo Office reports that great quan- tities of British weapons are on tho field at Mngersfontoin. There ure‘n number of fwe-Metrord rifles, luunlu ilers, cases or ammunition, and buyo- nets scattered in ali directions. " In our opinion the British camp will be abandoned and tho entire form: will rotire. Atti'mpts have Irt'tttt mud» to count tho British losses. but the task has been tr,iven up as lirrpeleu,, So great was their loss that tlie Fmpy lisit nxnimlzun-e corps, 1urge us it was was unnlnn to bury their dead um attend the wounded. After nttvndin to our own mPn we :lssistmi the Brit ish with our {ow tttnhuluttt'or:, but tl, task WAN too great, and is not xvi whim]. "Thirty-one burghors werv lmriwi at liiswt‘s farm, Winn-v our \vmnnimi urn. Tim losses in hormw Witt', Very great. The supper" must have slifh-rwi iwavily. , "The hnrghors osrrreomd undue nu joking Total Muddm' River, Ihre. 1l.--Ahm. Lord Methuon has written a letter toCottt. mnndunt Urunju thanking: him and his otriw.ts tor their (-uurtmus trmtuwut of tlu. nu-mht-rs of the Ited Crass. The (Duly Sun of the General Falls at Coienso. London, Dee. 16.-siraaltarrsously with the announcement of the ap- poiutment of Conan-:11 Roberts of Cauduhar to supreme command in South Africa. comes the announcement that his only son was a viruim of the Colenso battle. Cept. Roberts was severely wounded while leading some men in an attempt to rescue the guns. Prof. MaoCormac, Presivlent of the Royal College of Sur- geons, extracted the bullet, but Capt. Roberts died from his wound. Capt. Roberts was the only son, and had been his father's aide-de-oamp since 1895. Such was his display of gallantry on Friday in an attempt to rescue the guns that he was recom- mended for tha Victoria Cross. n in train that if the Victoria Cross were to be granted' for every act of conspicuous gallantry on the part of the British troops, it would be neces- sary to distribute the decoration by the hundreds. French Said to be Moving Toward Co1es'oerg. _ Cape Town, Dee. r', (delayed in transmissiogt.---Gen. French is gradu- ally advancing towards Coleeberg. A party of carbinoers Visited the lions" of a Dutch farmer and were assured that there was no enemy in the neigh- GEN l '.\l"l'. ROBERTS KILLED. lmrghors oxprossml undue rr'- at our grmt vivtory. Very few the wouqu ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Thu " lgeU . GATACRF, FALLS BACK. " W«'rc- engaged. TIN! “PM by )ll-tluu-n. tl L5 iii} b, Mr. Seymour, adv tho Ecksmelns, ottert teer engineer toreo tilefegulnrs. The a Modder River. Dec. 10.--oe". “a. Cure-W, with the Ninth brigade ot Grenadiers. u. squadron of Lancers. the 75th Battery, with howitzers. and tour 1:.'.oouitders and 4.7-int'h naval guns made a reconnaissance {early this morning. The naval guns opened tire at 5.20 n. m. While the lhr‘xgude deployed on the plain the hmvltzers and naval guns searched {the Boer trenches. nn-l forced the enemy to unmask two guns. The mural contingent dismantled one oi these. but it was imlmslhle to touch the other, which seemed to disappear as soon as it was Illsvlmrgvd. Thu British returned without sustaining any casualties. _ _ -. "'--~~‘ "i..--," n.“ any L56"VtBCW'"""". Gen. Lord Methuon directed operations from hurl-whack. wound 13 almost well. Numemns stories are told in of incidents that occurred tt battle of Magersronreiry A Cot of the Senior“). Highlander: “l'llll‘l In: .-.___,,, _ Numenms stories are told in camp of incidents that occurred at the battle of Magersrotrt_eiry A corporal ot the Senior-tn Highlanders was taken prisoner. His rifle mm taken [mm him, and he was kept in thv trenches in change Of a Boer. Who the others retired the vorporal seiz- ed and drew rifle the Boer was holding. stulmm his raptor. took his Mauser. and Itau- dulior. and atterwardte came back into tho British lines bearing his trnphieI-r. - - . . A. __-.'-.. "an, UA-rlnuw- The behavior of the artillery was beyond praise. Although harassed the greater part of the day by theenemy'e rifle (Irv. the officers and mun rsvrved their guns and “naked their pipes calmly. . . I ,I- I..“r,\..‘l Tho (Minors showed pluck heynnd even that for which they have already twenveieteratoti. The Marquis of Win chester rerun-ml to lie dawn. and in- sistml on moving along the line, in- structing ONT." man as to the din-v- tion in which he should tire. um. ... MW.'"--'- _ During the groutvr part otthe dny he sonnet! to hour a clutrmed life, Mevrral bullets puma! through his [wi- met. Finally one pierced his spine. Tho artillery was engaged tor 1201 13 hours. The number of rounds firm by eaeh buttery averaged 1,000. TIrv esumplt' of (‘ulm ondurnntvdis played in) the urtiller.x was magnifi vent. . Mmlllf‘r "HOT. Itee. 11.’Th:* Itritiih :In- still munching the field and in- terviug the dead. The Bum-s await-rt them and display the greatest cour- tesy. Thpy tall: in quito a trioudi.v tashiou. They say that a British medical officer who WIN taken pris- oner is in an awkward position as he was found to have n revolver. Most of the wounded have gone to? the base hospital, which 18 full oti men wounded mostly in the head nndl limbs. An unusual "roportion of the) injuries are severe The Boer otricers, and men are clothed in a kind of khaki ‘. that. Ls: almost identical in color with the ironies. . Durban, Dec. 1Cr.--The Natal “or eminent Gazette :umouncex that Gen eral Buller has appointed a commis- Moet to enquire into the 105698 of the people of the colony resulting; from the ltowr lava-ion. ' Sortie From Kimberley. Kimberley. Dee. 9,-Col. (‘lmnm-r, with a force of infantry and cavalry and a battery, made a reconnaissanue northward this morning. The British shelled the Doors. who were oocuming a position at Kam- foens. and forced them to rotire from excellently t?onntructed mrthworks. The ene'my also evacuated Webster. Lumen of Sulnl People. l'nusuully Sow aqua the bayonet from tlm ' was holding. stypbed g; Tia," when) C, position called of ant-mimosa in "m are teaufp' t the plaln the l guns searched tin-1 forced div two guns. The pre Jr beyond by the the His The British los- wu one killed and tour wounded. -53 a result ot t the whole count.” la virtually In a The natives there. tiasotoiand. are tG turbed and to be l or 'val Chleveley, Wee. It.-at In reported that the naval contlngent knocked out one at the Boers' big gun: and two oi their nine-pounders yesterday. This [a supposed to be the mason tor tito silence of their artillery. A VICTORY FUR FRENCH. Cape Town, Dec derputch to the T an ye A Boer Foree Attempts Movement . any: . "Early this morning a strong 1hut (owe, with two guns, attempted to natnr um They were discoverm. and we had a day'" lighting. The Bum-u were compelled to rvtlre. _ M__, “A: Inn-Oni- I: .- WCIU \u-u-luv..».“ - "The previous day Col. Porter nu- cupled Ttumrop with two horse nrtil- lery guns. and n squadron of tue Tenth “urinal-s. This was admiral I» forethought, u it prevented the 110“” from attempting to 00me the plum- .. "J" wh... Mun»: "“an Jul-VII llww...-_n forethought, as It preventnd the Iktitti from attempting to occupy the plum- "During the night. the Boers mun-d round to a position on our otitct Hunk. 'B' Battery, under Major Burt,on.tlu' sum Curbineora. under Major Swat. and the Inniakillrm 1.'utiilierrt, under Col. Anderson, were ordered to tl “(ISL than a mile to the right of Arundel - - & _....AI..I .. “n, leUII - a...» -V --e' - wt " The hills (Hut or Arunde covered with Doers. who on strong; fire whenever our tro" uncovered. By . excclient , practice we 'slowly drove Mu back. _ "Two of the Boer nu Elle-nun}. About midday enced their Lung Tum. was heard to the west Valkop. An inter-mitt oeeded, the runny using artillery shelling. "The lenturv of the dn tlllery tire. The Boers ' retreat trom Vaulkup, pied their laagvr m, T; “Our luau was fiu- w Boer loss in unknown. “The New Zvulund an Wales contingent" l scouting." - -- that the enemy n'l at the battle of M abandoned the. ko rifle pits on the tr made slight use of The Times' East dent my; that tll district. are olaruo Gamers. _ U:I|il\'ll'-- There in n growing feeling that the regular military officers are shunting the irregulara. Gen, Gatarre. in his disastrous attempt to capture Storm- berg, used two anfir guides when. he had a number ot Cape Police who knew the ground accurately, available. Both. guides were shot in the early part of the battle. Fs':tttlrittt, and in IHRR wax mmk- adju- tnnt-m-nornl of tlto Egyptian army. and in 1890 Noam" Sininr or t'om- mnndor. In IRM, wlwn Britain uecided to undertake the reconquost of the Boudatt, he was chow-n because of his grout executive truility and dogged- nms to command the expedition. m- workod by deiitterate methmls. and in April, 18 'ft, wiped tho Khalifu's [ox-m,- out of existence. He was creamed n baron, thanked hv the House of Uottt- mans. and voted a large trratultv. fix- hus never been kiwi in tho Britiuh army in the snnw amm- nu Ii len Roberta. but in feared and mus-0cm. and will make n mturttitivottt (4|in of staff in South Africa. Queen Stay- at \Vlndsor. London, Dec. 17.--The Court Circular mukes the ‘tollowixng annouumment: "The arrangement: made tor the Queen's departure from Windsor have been postponed until after Christmas. as. owing to the present state of at- fairs in South Africa, the Queen is un- willing lo be a great distance from London." 't"iU"irGkUth ot Ptwtorist, Dov. Il.- Hem. 5031mm n- ports trom Madonna; under that“ “I Wednesday, Dee. 18.--'rhat tho Unt- but attacked the Bar (on. Tito Boer casualties were one man mum and one wour.ded. The deeateh alto any“ that Commandant Schoemaml had a brush with the Brltintt on Tami“). brush with the British an Tuesday. Dec. 12th. at the lilaldenhlus Iurln. which the British Wore boeutrardincr on Wednesday. The condition of lieu. Jouhert, who in lil at Volt-rush. its im. proving. The Transvaal GoverttttMMtt is employing natives tit work in the mines. paying them " n month and feeding them. London. Dre. Ht.-'pite Tuna; Duh- lishou the following deupntvh from it war teorreapottdent at Hodder "Mud “The‘troopu are remaining in t same position. “The bulloonist reports that tite Bonn: are very active, and are moving-, their Wagon! towardu Jaeohadai with the View ot obtaining supplies. Their situation In had. as they are almost without any water. "This warning. by request. of tho Boers, :unbulanm- went oat and [euth- od In 65 wounded. Malnwhlle the men of the Naval Brlzade. who had not. hum Informed or the arrangement. fuel on the lion-s with the naval Run. The no?” replied, shelling tn the most resentful manner. It in doutrttat It they yl1f,5t.iy. grunt sale conduct. to the "We are pérfecting our runway mnrglontion. no. Ina nmbulianeaI" I 1 Lord Kilt-how Boer (inns “Mi-km: Hold» Its 0w". Naval (innm-r.‘ Mistake. sane ot Rebellion. (a; -zl)tuand and New contingent: did an About. midday our guns m " Long Tom. 'Heavy firm d to the westward. mu An intermittent fire P" K! enemy min: ruins and oil ttt , Dec. It, 10.35 a. m. -A the Times from Arundel Cape (Johny. Dec. no. ot the. Britain reeereet' nary to the northward 1 a state ot rebellion. a. as well us than in an to be much dis- , “ping heart ”Kurd' l at the British. a bushy plain. lney od tlwir artillery. at Landon correspon- the farmers in that mowing to Join Gen. "habit-d. .m- our troops w medium. urtlll 2r guns were I r of Khartoum " was our at' were Ion-cod ll They ‘reuccu (in. “glam-rs extraction, tl teut.-Col. H. They ream!- nilmlunngt. winded. The dd w opened m; F'outlt excellent rver m. INN Flank t Ill 15. upled They st 1rl 1'l It y te 15;!” Got mad hm