Battles of the nineteenth century . / ? V ^ %? A i-lGfaspan ^^A-Z-Q^Mar. / 1 Sf-t-- %> . -• / / 1 ^.i 3£^o> • / 0 i-:.^S-^ r-^f^J^Ms / .*•• ^ »-/ i aBelmonlSlaK, ,», ? I( (. _I t—[—1- LORD METHUENs L!NEMODDER All things considered, the British losses werenot as heavy as might have been expected. Thecasualties were four officers killed and 19wounded; 68 menkilled and 377 wounded,and 7 missing—a totalloss of 475. The officerskilled were Northcott ofthe Staff ; Lieut .-Colonel Stopford, com-manding the 2nd Cold-streams ; Captain Earleof the same battalion ;and Lieut. Long of
Battles of the nineteenth century . / ? V ^ %? A i-lGfaspan ^^A-Z-Q^Mar. / 1 Sf-t-- %> . -• / / 1 ^.i 3£^o> • / 0 i-:.^S-^ r-^f^J^Ms / .*•• ^ »-/ i aBelmonlSlaK, ,», ? I( (. _I t—[—1- LORD METHUENs L!NEMODDER All things considered, the British losses werenot as heavy as might have been expected. Thecasualties were four officers killed and 19wounded; 68 menkilled and 377 wounded,and 7 missing—a totalloss of 475. The officerskilled were Northcott ofthe Staff ; Lieut .-Colonel Stopford, com-manding the 2nd Cold-streams ; Captain Earleof the same battalion ;and Lieut. Long of theYorkshire Light Infan-try. Lord Methuen him-self was slightly wound-ed. Count Gleichen,of the Grenadiers, hada narrow escape ofbeing shot throughthe neck. The Boers retired tothe positions that werealready being preparedfor defence on the Spyt-fontein and Magersfon-tein Hills. Lord Me-thuen halted at ModderRiver crossing, to burythe dead, send back thewounded, replace theammunition expended,bring up supplies andreinforcements, and con-struct a bridge acrossthe river on trestlesthat would carry therailway trains onwhich he had largelyto rely for some
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