| Show Til Till Now ow York On Inn Whites repulse ot of the Boer or as assault MUI sault upon Ladysmith 1108 does nt not mn inn the I It onlY serve serve to 10 prove that the tho BritIsh faM fight h fortifications n as effectively IY as III thin noeS Boers do behind that lii In bayonet work ad and fighting the are at their best and what has heretofore been denied that rhe he Boers ors fight welt oren offensivelY Iel and ond II lii the Iho open lea Gen that the enemy the tho attack with the courage Ind and energy that twine some of oC the were thre times taken by the enemy retaken by u us TIle rUe report of at Jon Oon ad tanco the Tugela river Is Jt not at thi this writing N Now York Sun Bo force Cro 1 the tho fighting on WAgon Hi Hill Oel White could not spare mel men mento to the po position sill on held by the en om amy I It can only be conjectured It may muy have been blen wusI 1 or 11 Hill to the ot east of at I Ithe the a as the hoer Doer seem Slem to have made no attempt to leave the hIll hili lone one ma mole conclude that the slOpe mi was by the terrible guns of at the naval con In the battle both must 1 hl have huret burned n a vast amount of lion The Il BrItish could I Ill afford to I it they had been their store for many days A Alow tow low more mort daYI days of at such uch fighting and thero wi will not be enough cartrIdges j In tu to repulse such determined nl as the tho hears Hoerl on Wagon ngon I Hi inra Col Ian Hamilton who vho was wasa M a mand lieutenant nt at 11 Is In corn com Boston Herld Herald I If 3 anything were needed to what we c lae hare repeatedly said that In Inthe inthe the war now oW going on In South Africa those who hold a defensive position IOS pos an enormous advantage over there thore acting on the offensive the defeat ot of the attempt of at the HoeT Boor to take Lady Iy by al assault ault would afford abundant ConsIdering the tho strait straitened ened of at Gen Oen Whites little arm with the probability that it If the tho maIntained their siege Ilee for tor n a few tess 1010 he would bo be compelled to surrender through the exhaustion ot of othis his It l is nut not eny easy to understand Wh this desperate assault was ot at attempted tempted Chicago News The Tho ot of EnglIsh artillery by that of the Iho Bor Beers accounts In part for far the greater number of 01 fatalities among tho ing ton from her dream of fancied super 1 h to this branch ot of liar hor has ben been u a shock from which she he has not yet Pt HI Had the nr been wIth France ur or Genan Germany wIth their better botter gns guns English lt pres prestine tine laura suffered 1 a blow com only wih with that r elred by the tho French RI at and Sedan Sedon Hap lilly fur tur England the awakening hl has come In Africa Instead of 01 the conti neat of oC As AI n a result the tho I Eng hish h war wor office Is la straining every nerve l to this form of the tho service ler tip to In the present high standard In France antI Germany Should 1 a Euro pear war follow the one In the tho Timia lear mat not be taken by sur ris Boston Transcript Sir George melage message or of Sunday SundBy afternoon announcing that ho had reo re the Doers inflictIng on them Very vry heavy los losses el corel come very quickly otter after the Urgent appeal from hIm wIth which tb heliograph ceased Its opera afternoon Ten Then ht he ad muted tons thiat ho he WP sas hard pressed and aci nn an admission from such n it nInn mans much for lor whatever other Inn shortcomings General White may have hI he Is II a stubborn tighter Ind and Is a ran man manof ot of brilliant personal couraGe le He wears thi ho cross for tor a deed of courage and and ond In the fer fierce fighting of the Afghan Mchan wars ho he WiS was distin distinguished a as a leader Springfield That Gen Duler Wi was greatly con conc c retard over lien Oen Whites precarious positIon Is evIdent from the fact that I As late as al Z p f ru he started the brigades of at Clery and Barton toward the uld nt at Colenso Colens to fink a demonstratIon against Ih the Dor Boor lines hs his purpose beIng apparently to 10 compel Gm 11 Joubert to loosen his grip upon the tI garlon garrison At t I 5 p pm rn m these rs hall had not quie quite reached 1 the fJ 8 garri garrison lon son has hns been greatly weakened by the I It would seem as It II the thc Doel Doers would be unable to take the tho place b by tIt assault Tn The situation 1 In that the relievIng British army so ineffective to raise the sIege stere |
