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Loss to the British Fifteen Hundred Killed on Wednesday
The article reports heavy British losses with about 1500 killed as of a Wednesday in the Boer War campaign. It notes Buller’s retreat, potential relief delays for Ladysmith, and British plans to shift to the Orange River route under Roberts. Editorials criticize ministers while buller’s dispatches face heavy scrutiny.
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Buller
London
Leyds
Great Britain
Ladysmith
Lord Roberts
Orange River
Bloemfontein
Baller
Colenso
The
Daily Mail
Michael Hicks- Beach
Lord Lansdowne
Lord Wolseley
Lincoln
Simon Cameron
Secretary of
Morning Post
Cape
Standard
Spionkop
Lyttleton
Lord Dundonald
Tugela
Cape Town
England
Daily Chronicle
Sterkstrom
Steynsburg
Stormberg-Rosemead
Gatacre
Kelley-Kenney
Butler
Warren
Washington
Lord Paunceforte
United States
Lord Pauncefote
Lord Paucefote
Baron Fava