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BATTLE or room. RIVER

Two Unsuccessful Attemptsczt.rzxrr=*>~*'*"" "a"

To Cross the Fords.

VERY HEAVY BRITISH LllSSES 2."..";‘...3§i'=?';.1l..,f°'°'7,“"

+l|clttding Over a lhossasd Men and Elcvcn Gtms—- o»- eo ---» ~- wee-ins - m ' Alarm and Erlct in Ettglantl—£ablnct Council m“ m"- W °"°"'“ "‘ Hcltl-a-gllorc Troops and Quits to be Ssnt- y...” “gym, .,,,,,,__,,,_, .,_, Second Anstntllan Coilﬂlmflmlltctl. I

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i knot, Des. lawman. tit-n. sgenndldirneted tit-isomer“. no , _ ma, however, nlnckedwjthgrentwgnl- """"'"°~“M"'°""" "I"! "t" ‘NR1 WI" h" "ﬁts-m and ha. llllllli‘ mini», Uon- my...“ “m, 1w,“

seerious r-verse, losinl eleven Cline. l noght Bangers have rear sulfsred n s

OSes n deepateh an

_. y IInlh-r ens stteupting to ores‘ d“ river. " it lnspesiHe to elect his oho ‘)1. hnidere-l a retirement in order to i Iddgrenter l3. ‘s lett eleven guns a“ blind. i . (Add, DQ 10, hum-else Fol- = bvhatstnvaetoroassoit lnller’s d?!" till» ﬂllﬂil! hi! "*4" ‘Inner hiidowne. Qhisvely Camp, _. Des. lﬂtloyn. ""1 rqret to report Va ssrisns reverse. l novel in talll j ‘ﬂligth trout our eatnp, near Ohievely, at -”dn%sk this burning. . . ‘rasss ere-tire llrdahle ptasss in _the ""- it wns my intention to » teens mCIIIOIQhQXOIIDQQ. l Thsyssenhnut tea ssilss apart. Iv is- tsstios nnstalsees-eneerother eithone. higndst, supported hyaesntral General Hart, was to attach left drift, D General Bildyard the right road and Gen- 3 ~§I Lyttlssan was to take the eentrq-all f‘ O npporteithsr. '§rly in the day lean that General v wonldnothenhletolwnstnepaee-

wounded.

eﬂective range.

horses, and the

I l Girls’ Own. Leisure Hour,

a atmmellﬂ! Amt and Banatllan Sll

' Large Variety- ,

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Chatterbox, i md all theother goodannuals.

Colonel .1. o. Brooke was .‘..@....1, I then ordered General Bildyard to ad. vanoe, which he did, and his lQding regi- ment, the Bast Surrey, occupied Coleano .hﬂn‘hu

Station and houses near the bridge. At that moment I heard that the whole

olthe artillery I had sent to support the attach, 14th and 66th ﬁeld batteries and sin Naval 12 pounder quick ﬂrera, under Colonel Long, had advanced close to the

gunners

quanta} u, ntand to that; “u, parstionsarehslng- made to be ready

he Ln‘?

Some of the wagon teams got shelter for

iforts were made to bring up the ﬁeld guns

The ﬁre, however, was too severe and only two were saved hy Captain Schoﬁeld

Another most gallant attempt, with three teams, was tnadehy an oﬁicer whose name I will obtain.

0t tne’18 horses l3, were killed and as several drivers were wounded, I Tlwould not allow another attempt, as it that they would he a shell mark sacriﬁcing lire

I directed the neon! to withdraw which they did w. Thloughugt the day, a considernlde

right ﬂank, but was kept hneh hy the

,part of General Julia's "brigade. Theday was intensely hot and rndt

Wehaee nbnnbnd tenguaﬂandlosl one hy shell Ire ens. ~ ‘The looses infﬂansral Hart's brigade, I her are been. 019M115 lie Ilwvﬂil!

'"Thal3th'~ at seas-u hattsviss on

-. .74 "t-'£ y - Lounox, Des. o-‘(spaonn-oaa-

errl Montgomery Moore has been put

Aldnrshot. The cold weatherhas struck in and

Many prominent personagee are lsld up with colds.

AIOTEII AUSTRALIA!’ CONTINGENT.

Srnnr, New South Wales. Dec. 16—~(’8pedal)g-’—The Governmnnvs oﬂsr st a Lasts-alien

Onawa. Dec. 16.-(Speeial)—-

were gsrdhgnneoond Contingent hut pre-

i! the offer ls accepted. Col. Ottsfs Coatings t is still at Bellnonhall wall. . All prominent Upper Canadian papers urgsthnt a, second Contingent honest. '

‘I'll FEILIRG I! IIGLLID.

tnenamguns ' toﬂs 1.

must show itsell equal to the emergency

BUILLl-Zlfi IILIHCE -—IAB'I'IAL LAW.

has corps irorn Gen. Buller.

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Sir Wiltrid Laurie: has no word re-

Lottnort. Dec. 16.—(Spenial)~-Nc wordscandescribetheleallng o! and» ness that exists overgBulles-‘s reverse andsvsrywhere demand is that more

"he BritishéEtuﬁe is on i and

‘Notaaingleword ed additional news

THE GUARDIAh, CHARDOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. MJN DAY, DECEMBER l i899

in Cape Colony, but Lord Salisbury de- clines. Powsrts mamas raounnn.

Evidences multiply that some Euro- pean powers are eudenvoring to stir up troubles abroad and is Abyssinia.

LORD CHARLES BIBIJPOID REIGN!-

Lord Charles Berssmrd has resigned his ssst in Parliament and will immedi- ately join the Mediterranean ﬂeet.

BRITISH IDFSI! AT IODDBI BIVIB.

The revised lint o! British casualties at Moddsr River shows 608 o! when 70 were oﬂloern. 1*? v The Boers secured considerable lest, iulndlng 200 rides. eases ol cartridges- and hundreds o! haycness.

LI LHILLIIY ILTILI.

Lord llethuen has another artil- lery tight with who are strongly sotreoeltiog thspselvssto hold posaessiouotthereiltead. _ Bon-wotneuasn slI preparing .te l 18K a

TH! IOIPITAL OBI! ILLO»

Six thousand prominent people at West India Duets witnessed the pe- ssntatlcnelths Qnnsnhﬂagtothehh-

Itgpgsnsuthnsisnic event.

arts-t! AI Iaranne. _ The news resin latching, Des. 6th.

in charge o! mobilisation work atfshowethntthellrittshhsvshssu push-

iughnekﬁeBoerlhl.

The Boss-shave deunlishsdasnall lritiahlortnearlalaklng.‘ rowannAnvrsasrrla aonas.

CoLBndsnPowellhnssentthsBoIe nnelendviningthento lay downtheir nrutaaud plumbing them etterﬁebritlshoeonpauoyotthsen. - ttriuiisﬁsl»

‘ _ _ '"-¢m’“"i xirjm" ~~ > ‘ In Colonel Long sdestre to he wlthimun; guuhgmmmmo‘nu_ a It proved to he roll o! out: rnoors mad-r BlI-IOIT.

enemy, who suddenly opened n gelling

-ﬂ'e at close range, killing all their

A Cabinet Council today dlsetlsaed thasltnation and orders were issued for the mobilisation o! the resmvefnnd militia to relieve toe regulars in the

garriscutowns. r‘

sncouo cattaorart coxmtcanr." t

Onawa, Dec. 16. (Spectalj-i-‘llhe Cahinetnset today teoeuaidse matters concerning aesecnd Gansthau Contin-

gent. The Ottawa Field Battery has volull-

tesreu to go to South Atrica. LATEST-SUNDAY. a

rnanoesns ar oonnstao.

Lottncl. Dec. 17.—(Speclal)—'l'he latest news gives Gen. Bnlleﬂs total losses as 1,897, sixty-tour o! them

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Gen. Build hhnselt‘ reports his casu~ altles at the Tugnln River ﬁght _ as 82 ' killed, 667 wounded. 348 missing.

ﬂln lone in eﬁoers was} killed,‘ 88 wounded and 18 missing. ‘ ' '

Several of the wounded have sinee died. a

ltohatl lock 8i Soon’; i Xmas Cards, Booklets, y

and Calendars-l I

.1, All the Poets in holiday '55 bindings.

A large stock of popular books for the holidays.

.. bmwllﬂ Inertial law declared

gﬁtﬂg-sd Miner, owing to Dutch JNGLAID’! non-mm snoop aaoosnn. * h The ﬁzhtiug blood o! the Enlinll

Closing Prices Dec. 16th.

American Sugar R’lrs 180 American Steel & Wire 8H Brooklyn Transit 87‘ Continental Tob. Ill

, Federal Steel 51d

" Louisville &Nash 78$ p! Northern Pacllio 53

l‘ - Rock Island 118} " St Paul l 118

~ t i’ Southern Rail Pr‘ld 53d a ! Southern Paciﬁc 37}

‘ United States Leather 78d L Union Pnc Pﬂﬂd 721

_ estern Union 87}

nited States {ll ‘

Apﬂl Conan per 1001M 7.41

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not present.

The resultcl the nesting lnnot ynt made public, huts strong debt and mobilization were decided upon.

CHASING AGUIALDO.

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htllethlkslyteﬁﬂllhbrKﬂwl"

lain-a lk-(Speslsl) ~Ths Aanss-lonnshasn hepsup their ehnsaot

tnettnoes or snowing ans.

The Filipinos who have enrrndessd declare the war will ‘not end until he orders it.

rtamosa stscrtotts. I

‘Iweﬁktagellne Uhﬁldﬂ One Ceasef- servntlve.

Wtzmrso Dec. 16-(Spacial)-. Great surprise is expressed at OlOGlOVh o! Barrows, Lihernhny nearly ﬁve bun? ured majority in Dauphin. the second largest constituency in the province.

Greenway and laodonsld personally conducted the campaign.

new rot? srocr ttst

Agﬁalde hd.npparntly wlthllttls a

Gimli went (Jonservative. -

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Fancy Goods. TOW ~ , » Germs. Chinaware. - Geno’ andChildm’ Kil- '°l"‘-"'l1’°"B1‘PP°"~ '° ."'."“"»e ."P’°‘*l*di'l’h7r°ub"°‘°°d' f“ "ii-ioiilfgli. oer-melt cam-w . Q »x_. - ' ‘f: _ _ ? V’ mas- pp U fﬁihu‘u;gpmmi

pork, 010.40.

~ ecmaotaio». llw-ﬂﬂdal .11» thnWQd£ f‘ '1' ti... m; time.‘ Mutant.

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We havez- do California Seeded Bin. A f, Valencia Seeded Belt, _ 4 Orowvndlaecatel Retina. .

Layﬂ‘ etsnil pﬁhd. " ‘I

Cleaned osmot- (tsp-nah) , a

Patras Car-rants. ~

Citron Orange and Ila Ibis.

Cooking Figs and Dash.

Shelled ll Alioilld wlﬁ,

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