MAJOR-GENERAL METHUEN'S REPULSE.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9916, 16 December 1899, Page 2

MAJOR-GENERAL METHUEN' S REPULSE.

LATER PARTICjJURS..;2I- !

THE UPPER BOER TRENCHES CLEARED BY THE ARTILLERY.-

THE ENEMY'S CASUALTIES

EXCEED 1000.

COLESNO BOMBARDED BY THE

BRITISH.

DISLOYALTY AMONGST THE CAPE

DUTCH SPREADING.

Received December 16, 9.15 a.m.

CAPETOWN, December 15. General Wauchope was shot close to the Boer trench, receiving bullets in the ohest and thigh. '

Some of the Light Infantry entered the trenches, capturing six Boers. Lack of water largely compelled Major-Oeneral Methuen to- retire four miles to the Modder Rivor.

Eight thousand, half of his command, wero engaged on tho 11th. The Guards destroyed a picket, numbering 40, inoluding a member of tho Volksraad.

Prisoners state that tho artillery entirely cleared the upper entrenchments. At Magersfontein word was passed that the Boers were to prepare to withdraw during the night. The enemy's casualties exceeded a thousand.

DURBAN, December 15.

Lieutenant-Colonel Barton and 38 guns bombarded Colenso on Wednesday. Tho Boors did not reply, lying low. They aro, however, active at Groblerskloop and Springfield, where General Clery, who is in command of the relief forco now making its way to Ladysmith, is expected to make an attack. Disloyalty is spreading amongst the Dutch in the Umtali River, Victoria, and East King Williamstown districts. The loyalists are arming themselves.