THE STORMBERG REVERSE.
♦ GENERAL GATAORE'3 BILENOB. THE NUMBER OP MIBBING. A SAD MISTAKE. London, December 13 V General Gatacre's silence wilb reference to the manner of his losses is attributed to the ceneor. The newspapers blame the secrecy preaenred over the matter. Capetown reports state that General Gatacre's artillery, m retreating, fired on a body of the British m a hollow m mistake for the enemy, wounding several. The War Office has issued a correoted list, showing that those missing from the Northumberland* numbered 366. President Steyn reports that officers and 230 men of the Northum* berlands and 2 officers and 250 men of the Irish Rifles were captured by the Boers.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIV, Issue 293, 14 December 1899, Page 2
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112THE STORMBERG REVERSE. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIV, Issue 293, 14 December 1899, Page 2
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