British Casualties.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 137, 16 April 1901, Page 3

British Casualties.

4 —-I (,)f rr— ... The following list, supplied $o us. 'by an Auckland statistician, at present in Waimate, will be found of great value for reference, and is well worth preserving. The information is brought up to the latest general returns: — CASUALTIES IN SOUTH AFRICAN FIELD FORCE TO DECEMBER 31st, 1900. __

•In this action 15 officers and 500 men were reported missing. The great majority of these were captured, but were released on December loth. fOf these, 03 officers and 7053 men have beer) released or have escaped, and 4 officers and 92 men died in captivity. Died of disease in youth Africa, 174 officers and 7011 men ; accidenal deaths, 5 officers and 200 men. Wounded and sent home, 1638 officers and 36,986 men. Of these, 243 have sinpe died, 1670 were discharged, and 654 are in the hospital. SuuaiAity. N.C.O.'s Officers, and Men. Died of disease in South Africa ... ... ••• 174 7011 Accidental deaths ... ... 5 Invalids sont home— Wounded ) 5662 Sick ~ [ 1638 30,243 Not specified which *6Bl Total reduction of field force in South Africa — Killed in action ... ••• ••• 324 3216 Died of wounds... ... ... ... ••• ••• 67 1035 Prisoners who have died in captivity 4 92 Died of disease 174 7011 Accidental deaths ->• ••• *v 5 200 Total deaths in South Africa 604 . 11,564 Missing and prisoners, excluding those who have been recovered or have died in captivity ... ... 7 098' 1 ' Sent home as invalids... .... ... ••• ••• 1638 36,9b6f 2249 1 49,438 \ Total .... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 51,687 Total reduction in military forces through war in South Africa— Deaths in South Africa •••, 604 11,554 Missing and prisoners .... ... ••• 7 893 Invalids sent homo who have died ... .... .... 4 243 Invalids sent home who have left the service unfit 1570

615 14,265 t ’’ \ 14,880 *ln this, a number of men were reported missing,” who subsequently rejoined, but whose return has not yet been notified. fOf these, 243 have died. 1570 have been discharged from service as unfit, and 654 are in hospital*

Ct3 and (Q U r cS - Q « to Actions, <feo. v Date. Killed. < Wounded. £ * O & (inc-ude Wounds (U c CC O .9 •“ U> M a .5 a -S.S:g CJ H Offi-N.C.O.Offi-N C O.Offi-N.O.O. Offi-N.O.Offi.O-N.U.O cers & Men. cers. (£M'-n. cers. & Men. cers & Men.cers.&Men. Belmont.. .. 22/11/99 3 50 35 320 1 21 — — 28 2 YU Colenso .. .,15/13/99 7 134 43 719 2 20 21 206 71 1059 Driefontein ,, 10/3/00 5 58 19 342 1 18 — 2 24 402 Dundee ., . ■ 20/ii'/99 8 43 11 84 3 — 25 305 44 432 Elandslaagte .. 21/10/99 5 50 30 169 1 6 — 4 35 223 185 Enslin (Graspan) 25/11/99 3 14 6 162 4 . —, 9 9 Farquhar’s Farm & Nic’lson’s Nek 30/12/99 6 56 9 244 — 10 48 927 58 1227 Johannesburg and 8 . 5 38 42 190 Pretoria captured 3 20 54 132 1 Kavee n’r Brandtf’d 29/5/00 1 20 9 152 1 11 — ~ 19 172 Ladysmith relief 19/2/00 to 80 11 114 1782 903 (also see below) 27/2/00 22 241 91 1530 3 1 Magersfontein ..’1J/12/99 23 1G7 45 645 3 55 — 91 68 t IvrteCnsto&O’i’nsolG/S/OO 1 13 8 180 — 3 — 4 9 197 { Modder River .. 23/il/09 4 6G 30 393 — 33 — 2 24 461 P’rdeberg 16/2/00 to 27/2/00 18 245 74 1137 6 69 6 58 98 1440 354 Potgeiter’s Drift.. 5/2/00 2 23 18 320 — 8 — 5 20 Pretoria, eastof 11 & 12/0/00 8 6 16 128 1 4 1 3 25 137 Iteddersburg 3 and -1/4,00 2 10 2 33 1 1 8 397 12 440 Rcitfontein .. 24/10/99 1 11 6 98 — 4 — 2 . 7 111 SannPs Post .. 3i/3/00 3 15 16 122 2 7 18 408 37 545 Senekal .. .. 20/6/00 — 38 7 127 1 5 — 12 7 177 SpiouIvop.Ac. 17/11/99 to 24/1/00 30 276 53 1061 6 52 4 314 87 1651 Stormberg .. 10/i 2/99 — ,31 7 51 — i 13 630 20 703 255 Kit Vale Nek .. 11/7/00 3 16 3 53 — 3 4 186 10 \Villow Grange,, 23/11/99 — 11 I 66 — 2 1 8 2 85 Ladysmith during Siege — 25 47 453 14 164 33 287 4 — 2 twii« i 1/6/00 G GO 36 280 3 29 — 12 42 352 Kimb rley . . 2 36 15 124 — 4 1 3 . 18 163 .. 5 64 10 152 — 1 1 41 16 257 MooUeeda ht .. 13/12/00 9 57 11 183 — 12 — 18* 20 258 Other casualties .. 143 1419 603 5816 61 635 54 4473 900 ll,’ 7 08 Total reported to 31/12/00 337 3414 126115,016 101 1118 306)816111904 26,591