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British Defeated j
at macersfontein.
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Methuen Checked in Ad-i
vance and Thrown Back
MOKE MEM NEEDED FROM
ENGLAND.
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Boors Appear in "Astonishing
Numbers"?Gen. Miller's
Advance on Lndysmitli.
London, Dec. 14, 4.45 a. m.?
Each important battle seems to,
bring a worse reverse lor the
British, and the papers this
morning sorrowfully admit that
Lord Methuen's check at MagersContain
is the most serious event
tho war has yet produced.
The Morning Post says : "We
have had our clay of humiliation
appointed,for iijj. - Let us accept
it humbly and soberly and be the
better and stronger tor the lesson
it has <frughl us. Thi? la-t reverse
will make us a fresh butt
of Europe. There never was a
more apt occasion to prove to
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.Europe what we are worth "
The position Lord Methuen assaulted
is thus described by a
' correspondent :
"Magersfontein range terminates
on the east with an abrupt
saddle rock, some 150 feet his:h,
Boer entrenchments run around
the whole front. The position
is.some two miles lone, due estst
and west. The western end9 of
the trenches follow the contour
of the kopjes and afford a retreat.
It is estimated here that Lord
Methuen''s forces amounted to
11,000 men and .perhaps more.
No reliable estimate o! his losses
haB yet been received. They are
believed to have been at least
450
AH the papers comment upon
the extreme gravity ol the situation
and upon the momentous
decision Lord Methuen has now
to make whether l<> ri.ma'm ut
Modder river or lo retire on <)r.
ange river.
The Times says: "At least
30,000 additional men must be
sent out. The entire available
reserve must be called tip and
the militia and volunteers turned
to account. Efforts must he
made to increase the local colonial
forces, and further oilers of
troops from Canada and other
colonies must he sought and
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111., makes the statement,
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The Standard, which comments
upon the "seemingly astonishing
numbers of Boers." is driven to
the conjecture that a substantial
portion of the Boer commandoes
has been recruited Irom the Cape
Dutch
All eyes are now turning hope
fully to Gen. Duller, who, taking
into account the troops with
Gen. White at Lndysmith, has!
altogether 30,000 men. The
Standard says :
' At this moment there must
be few men in her majesty's
dominions have great weight of
care upon them as Gen Boiler
carries upon his shoulders."
A dispatch from Boer sources
rays that Kimbcrley remained
quiet during the battle at Magersiontem
The special correspondent of
The Daily Mail at Modder river,
describing ihe fighting, says :
"The Boer trendies extended
far hey >nd the kopje into the
open plain Those on the.plain
were hidden l?y scre'-ns of leaves.
Those near the kopje were guarded
by a double line of barbed
wire Evidently they teared our
storming and bayonet attack.
"We teked the kopje and the
trenches with an intense, welldirected
fire, of various guns, including
a naval gun and a Howit/er
battery. hot'? using lyddite.
I believe they suffered severe
damage. The Boer prisoners re
port that one lyddite shell fell
among forty men, only five of
win m escaped unhurt. Other
shells burst in the enemy's iaagar,
causing its complete deftruction
"The Boers are in still larger
force than v o found them at
Modder river outnumbering us
l).v almost 3 to 1. The Trans
vaailers arc apparently dominating
in their military councils,
although in a minority."
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DEA.TH OF MRS. 0. C. HAIbE.
Fatal Result of Burns Received
Sometime Ago.
Special to The State.
Camden. Dec. 14 ?Mrs. C. C.
Ilaile, the wife of Captain C. C.
Ilaile, the judge ol probate, died
Thursday night from the effects
of injuries received l>y her clothing
catching on lire sometime
ago. Mrs. Uaile had reached an
advanced age. She leaves stir
viving her a husband, several
children and a number of grand
children.
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L. M. Clyburn, of Lancaster, who
had been with her mother much
of the time since the fatal accident
and who was with her when
the end came. Mr. Clyburn attended
the funeral Thursday,
returning to Lancaster t hat even
ing. Mrs. Clyburn returned
Friday.
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MARCH IN HOT PURSUIT
OF AGUINALDO.
HIS BATTALION HAS SOME
THRILLING EXPERIENCES.
Fought Battle in the Clouds in
Which General Pilar Was
Killed.
Manila. Dec. 13, 10:50 p. m.?
j The following dispatch dated
, Cervantes, Dec. 5, has been received
from a correspondent of
the Associated Press with Maj.
March's battalion. Maj. March,
with Capts. Jenkinson and Cunningham,
Lieuts. Tompkins.
Rucker, McClelland and Power
and 125 men, are about starting
for Bontoc, the principal town in
the province of that name, to the
northeast, through an absolutely
desolate country and over a
mountain 10,000 feet high. He is
pursuing Aguinaldo, whose escort,
now reduced to 50 men, is known
to be there. *
According to the natives, Agui
j naldo intends to disguise himself
and to take a circuitous trail toward
Bayombong, province of
Nueva Vizcaya.
Maj. March, with 300 men, arrived
at Cervantes, in the heart
of the Tilad mountains on the
evening of Dec. 3, about 20 hours
behind Aguinaldo who believed
he had found an inaccessible
refuge. On Dec. 2, the American
commander had a wonderful fight
in a cloud-enveloped mountain
pass, 3,000 feet above the sea.
uuuipieicijr routing vjren. ure^eriO
del Pilar's force of 200 picked
men in & position almost strong
enough to rival Thermopylea.
Gen. I'ilar died at the front of his
men, urging them to make a
stand until the hall of a sharpshooter
pierced his head. Ilis fol
lowers tried to carry away the
body, but were compelled to lay
it down.
Two of Jthe Americans were
killed and were buried by their
comrades where they fell. The
others carrying nine wounded,
camped for the night on top of
the mountain, an eminence of
4,000 feet, sufFering greatly from
the cold blasts. In the morning
they moved down the trail to 13agiqui,
where they learned that
Aguiual do, with a few men and
t.h rHH u'DiiiMn nil carriuil mi litr.ira
born by IgorroteR, hail passed
along the same trail to Cervantes,
j where he was during the fight. A
' runner had brought hitn the news
of tlie death of his chief of stall",
i lie was greatly affected and pre|
pared instantly for light.
Gen. Conception, with six officers,
who had deserted Aguinal
do, surrendered when Maj. March
j reached Capan, province of Le:
panto.
On arriving at Cervantes, Maj.
March's battalion was without
food except rice and had only a
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Maj. March secnrod five days1
rations, made arrangements for
1 his sick and wounded, and, having
chosen 25 mounted and 25
1 unmounted men, resumed the
chase at daybreak.
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ATTACK AND REPULSE
REPORTED IIY METHUEN.
Opposed by 12,000 Entrenched
Boers.?Suffered Heavy Loss.
Fell Dark to Rodder
River.
London, Dee. 13.?The war
office has received the following
dispatch from Gen'l. Methuen,
dated Tuesday, Dec. 12:
"Our artillery shelled a very
strong position held by the enemy
in a long, high kopje from 4 until
dusk Sunday. It, rained hard last
night. The Highland brigade attacked
at daybreak Monday the
south end of the kopje. The attak
was properly limed but failed.
The Guards were ordered to protect
the Highland's right and
rear. The cavalry and mounted
infantry, with a Howitzer artillery
battery, attacked the enemy
on the left and the Guards on
the right, supported by field "artillery
and Howitzer artillery. They
shelled the position trom daybreak,
and at 1:15 I sent the Gordons
to support the Highland
brigade. The troops held theii
own in front of the enemy's entrenchments
until dusk, the po
sition extending including the
kopje, for a distance of six milef
toward the Modder river. Today
I mil hdlltinir mv nncilinti otirt ..r?
m. vtuiu^ ?* > |-?U,TIIIUII UIIU I'll"
trenching myself. I had to face
at least 12,000 men. Our los?
was great."
Gen'l. Korestier Walker, telegraphing
from Cape Town at
3:30 p. in. today, sends the following
dispatch from Lord Metlinen,
dated Modder river, Tuesday,
I)ec. 12th.
"As the Boers occupied theii
trenches stronglv this morning, 1
| retired in perfect order here,
where 1 am in security.
"I have gathered from some of
the prisoners and from our men
with the ambulances who talked
with the Boers, that the enemy1?
'losse.- were terrible, some corps
being completely wiped out.
' The Boers have been inosi
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Terrible Disaster to Ceram and
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Asiatic Coast?Five Thousand
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Hay of Ambonia.
San Francisco, December 12.?
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that overtook the island of Ceram
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people of that district immense
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i Kvory few rods were great
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and 40 wounded. The balance
' escaped to the hills, where the
> shock of earthquakes was first
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