NATAL VOLUNTEERS IN A MESS.
SIXTY CASUALTIES. London, May 23. . 11-, is officially reported that Genera V Bulier when at Dundee ordered Colone ' Bethune, with five hundred men, to pro .",- eeed to Ngtu, Zululand, which was re • - ported to Tiave been evacuated by thi ■: v\ l - Boers, instructing him then to return t< '/f> " r; ; Newcas'tle._ . ~i *'- •' "+'-'■" ' Whilst .raatohing to Newcastle on thi y.-^x ~2oth a squadron of Buthune's Mouatec '-.-"V es were aS>b" B h e . d °y tne Boera B " IfcjK-.-. .; Cmiles south of Vryheid. -_*V;,';: : 't'The casualties, including captured ?;-..] sixty. |jy ..>t. Barl D^ la Warr waß Bli s htl y iD i ure(i y i *'- in the leg. .\: ri * Colonel Bethune returned to Ngtu foi JA V?' v - Bapplies. The Times' correspondent says that the -orders which Colonel Bethune received did justify his advance into the Transvaal. HHb'C- (Received May 25/9.5 a.m.) HH^ ' May 24.— The Daily Mail states that §* " Colonel Bethune heard that the Vryheid .-" route from Znluland to Newcastle was olear of the enemy, and he selected it as the shorter way to return. Captain W. E. D. Goff, who com manded the squadron, was too precipi tate. He was entrapped by a strong force of Boers. The enemy's Maxims. mowed down the British, who fought to within twenty yards of the Boers' rifles. Captain ;. Goff was .killed. TReuter's correspondent states that it is ' "•' . apparent that of the squadron of sixty nine, Bixty-six were killed or wounded. • - Only three escaped.
GENERAL BULLER'S ADVANCE.
