| Show ms HOLDING THEIR OWN Maintain Their They points AlAn Ground G d Against S r DA CE E Il Turn rr f tte rl P jor rumored here I jl jr F with withIn Joubert 15 I ner Oen aGn t In n or 01 GO G men tu Feb t Ja dwells ih noU p Jf f Ih un 1 near noar r I nu m a 0 i pr I not th halt OH tIft south I fler the th that Q ami In ro t o Ci thOU thOUr thouc mu mUst t bP be St 1 on ny r c the thc fn hP thAt the rumor If Ihal I HuN torce Is 18 nd t f 10 n the I c for he titus ox Juu raI Jul JuI the Jon urt Of Dr n ft blow I to tn to 10 ah the I I 1 h Jf tb kELlEr FOl LADYS tITU Fell Feb 1 4 41 It the tite then ro from th lor IrlI I reo re rend nd n JI 11 to Ir r again ii and In InI ro i bor IhL tV I flin I the Irel a 0 the vV b large largel larger r Mr ir i Ut ul w lh flie and j n 0 the purl C 1 the m are tre bt Inning to bl be becJ JJ cJ d b tt sud from the war 0 1 T h Ih h II eJ J t tt kj with a tall faIr r f fre reLi no thee tar far i I gj lilt 1St Sf r hu hay been beens Th a ill ut of s that I fr Fire ViI I flY Inay ionS InS nil 1111 hIs hili h i n having be beLl bet Ll t h kl maintain le ut but the he Is Ia than It It 1 hOS or of tb the tern gh I J W lit Of the Doer Dor the rumor that c loub is hiking the Initiative o JeU Ut r cutting Genera aIns lire In no was r Hn th lh liP I sanguine sanguinO I t Ce e that It J Is quite I In fl Ih thiS relief reller ot of lady crt tt it I h dar cIar that I If It be bee e r f t t reach Lad II I for or the ther r d by end nd iL J tu lut U a 11 titi ot of the nOlt advance through L Li I art er disquietIng It Ie they the I t able aba to at ai ti would be compelled to tot t s to the eastern aIde Ilde II Jil p II nr f ot of the reo re refa J II fa furl rth from The 11 from dated on y laI that nil nU wall vae St D a and that thaI had vI tn to beware of th the possible h of oC JJ here era In the guile gule of a 11 ap p r ellef ure t correspondent of Mt ester yester lIts U Th Boors have hae o 1 arm south louth or u Ihl which c r an hour Tide ride from Chieveley 4 t turned Ihl homes homestead toad Into a aI 1 I farm are hills commanding I J fl fi over th Tugela IU as well us as rJ 1 and and from f C I fie new lr 1 lla and amI Lad Lady r 1 I 0 I g loud R apprehension 1 re r 1 Ib the Br r t and the theare I r tI are re n the th alert II Mall the h follow tollow from R Sydney ny N S W WI Ss I of Gen Hollers reverse has hasa a great lensa lion here Car tn in a remarkable speech cald cat c In o of the Ibl 1 kJ that it II hili may soon oon become I r to Australia ant and ore r the d of the tho thep 1 PI p the beginning ot of the fifth f the war ar harlee b itry ex exPert perl sa says Alter After nil Oar fine big arm army In ini rj i 11 being II t maneuver manur In in the tho J iI b by ch letl leg lee to 1 1 S j DEVI ROP 4 I V pOI 10 op P PJ J c I 1 j I II L tA II U t t tc c K I r I a c T LATr T TOWARD LADYSMITH V S I In order to Cecil nho and b by bythe the leg to a In order to pla please Joseph Yet r town tOWI has the very smallest military value lIlue the will soon lOon have hae nten lIIn lit In South the Dall Daily Mali all and en other are atI still asking for tor more Tb fh stoppage of shipments ot of gold guld und and diamonds resulted In exports from Cape Colony olony lat last month at III as In ar any ot of last year rear The Meriting Leaders expert says Gin an Duller felt that It au be use 1111 useless less to In hIs hll attempt to re relIe lIe mitt which would hue have WIt coat more loss 1051 thin the r of oC men remaining In WI We hear nu now ot of two attempts to turn J Duller himself one by a small hoer r column through Zululand nd another men In Natal under the Joubert It Is quite that On Gin Duller was held hehl on the Upper Tugela u a by the ruggedness ot of n as b by the artIllery n Its mn may bp be so 10 weak eak eakon on the Lower lor Tugela a as to 1 leave ht hI light hank and his hll communications with the sea lea open to a strung attack Hut h lie must male mAe the belt beet ut of his hll forces All th within reach for tor U 1 fortnIght tJ b come are rt ear earmarked marked for Cor nn an attempt to fore II a pas pal lale aage uC of the Orange whIch we e have hae got at a where It Is II ot of lIttle use UN to us IS save IBe for tor the relief of Wm Rim benley The Th expert notes note with alarm the ap of at fever fer tn in Gen Oat ant acres and other camps lie He says lord line not got to this front yet rel and that Lord I Is not likely to order II a ad avance ance until Ida his chIef ot of staff arrives I Vinston dispatch from I Frere camp Sunday noon sent with Gen approval In which ht he warns the people that there ma may be helt heavy I lOss ts and possIbly tram from hullers fourth attack lIa s describing the A gun abandoned by bythe tile the Doers In a donla donga was WIlS about to tall fall Into hands when that notorious ruman the himself brought baci a team ot of horses hones and os ea raped with tile the gun threading his hie way between the red and black clouds ot of which the lint lab Ish artillery concentrated on hIm It woe wal n a splendid feat ot of arm anna DurIng the thc night Gen for tor tilled continually continual with much skill building and head cover coer Consequently thought though exposed to a terrible shell lire all ot of the night he only men In twelve shells exploded on the bill hili and wire were counted In two hours besides smaller shells from guns which were Innumerable able Prince Christian VIctor aide do camp to 10 G Gp was knO down II by of oC n a shell on a 11 rock b by which he The prince behaved throughout wIth extreme The hoer Boers admit heavy but d declare nn an unfaltering determine tion to resist to 10 the uttermost The fifth month lit of the war opens with the Doers apparently about to taice the offensive with their armies apparently Intact and 1 I with ammunition and according to Churchill foreigners and war material pour nour into Inlo the Transvaal through h Day DayAN JN AN New York Feb Tribunes London Loudon correspondent The as sounding of the ull upper u Tugela and the ot of the at river and on the southern frontier of the Orange Free FreeState FreeState State hn have brought the to the verge erne ot of 11 an imperial crisis un Unparalleled i paralleled since Yorktown That Is II an ominous word which the leadIng Eng was the he first to use and It has hili Wen been taken UP with one olle accord b by bythe the tho vr press Sir George Whites garri garrison rrt son IOn like Lord ann Is hopelessly beleaguered and its lis fate seems to be sealed units It Il can brual seems lettl to o be sealed Mald unless It can break way ty to the Torah at t the point ot of the bayonets and the garrison I is In tn Mn Jull precarious condition The magnitude ot of the British mill tar preparations h baa not intImIdated the two to little Dutch It If be theIr Yorktown wIth the full tull force ot of the th they are aN In Inthe the way ot of winning It and brin their war of oC independence to a 11 clo close e and there Is no hostile fleet lIet to be fought at sea M by b another who may break tile the force torce of disaster on land landI landby by I restoring he prestige of the BrItish navy The soldiers old I have done theIr work with fortitude and g gallantry And Hd the Ole admInistrative departments have with en err resources resource ot of TIle have lIao faIled nn and the staff which his been re ref f for the conduct of the has hili broken down and brought reproach upon the nation TACTICAL BLUNDERS It If their not heeded In InJune June Junc and Jul July when the tho mobIlIzatIon of this the arm army corps ws was urged It by the they stole WOle allowed u a 11 11 or of the wn way In October and have e i i to bl blame If the they have hae been outmaneuvered out It by Dutch who had never studied the art of war lIr had gone from their cattle breed fut nr farms to the battlefields among amoni the he kopjes With their breasts covered with decoratIons won In with or barbarous races and their self Hit osteen th the vain Aln vainglorious glorious that they were the only European n soldiers with continuous experience In the of oC Modern British generals generala have con conducted ducted the campaign tn In South Africa as though It were ere a series tenes of DC sham aham fights fight on Salisbury plain 1 regulated b by drill book and the formulas of peace train training ing M itt the opening of oC the war t there was nothing like nn an or ilan ot of military There were be between between tween and regulars and ho 10 cal rol levies lele scattered along the and northern frontIers ot of CaPO nl Colony and In Northern Natal Military do de detente fans tente required concentration br bC these forces at one or two tO points until re rc reInforcements could arrive In Cape Colony there thero was no attempt to choose defensible POSItIOnS or to collect the thc forces force In Natal an unsanitary eta tion Ladysmith held In torro be causo It t was the thi Aldershot of South I r t rt a Th te f I 4 fri 13 H If I Id d 4 I au I AND BOER SOLDIERS HOLDING AN PICNIC O ON THE BAT 4 dId I rl soldIer states 1 when he tell fell during a recent tight fight be II found himself beside a 11 wounded Doer I 1 tate Yu QUe perfect tt EnglIsh said aId Would you OU like lice something to said lId Tommy Atkins h tot e I In Pan For answer the Doer produced a bottle of port fott and each took a drInk Tommy Atkins not t c tb of breed It naked asked th the noer flor It he be would like something to eat CIt and to the tho delight pro lOll ed IMy My cried the stricken Doer I hove net tasted tailed for fern n fortnIght then tui tn tat I lay lido Ildo b by and u upen cn bread And port until thc they yen vere removed by rr d J f r 1 I Io o i Africa and a 1 Portion ot of the garrISon vas as diverted to for tor the tion ut of n a coat coal mine Thy staff ma may not have been Il for tor forthe the lines of colonial but It must be held accountable fur the strat gle gic blunder of shutting up Sir O II Whites garrison In instead of directing him to lighting at atthe I Ithe the Tugela and then at the Moot river and keeping open hi with tile the a SaL It If this h had been n done dolt he would h r reinforcements by bythe bythe the middle of DC November and the siege 1118 and of Would have hae been avoided Sir Buller left Idt Jo with his of oC campaign outlined JUs Iii arm boTI was to the Pr Free State and Sir White was as to hold the enemy In ch cheek k It by re quiet In Lord W l II durin during the month ot of the war had one comment to atto to hit friends and that WAS WhIte has hili only to Ita stay still and wait fur tur Duller to be begin gIn his hili march These Theae were Pre n based upon training without reference to the realitIes of oC mil milItar Itar defense and actual warfare with the Doers Sir Huller Buller aban his hll plan ot of CI ca when he reached South Africa substituted a 1 march to Modder river fur for the tho parade and after drag gin th the bulk of the arm urmy and Warrens division Into Natal alili put men out ot of action In two to unsuccessful II tor or lie relief ot of Ladysmith Lord attack upon upun 1 In which the Highland brigade advanced In was WIS planned ns as tt b harn ahun tight would have hae been on Salisbury plain without thought of oC an actual hostile force foree arty nuy where In the Held Col Longs r recklessness In carryIng his hili gun gunk beyond the reach rench of oC his sup supporting porting Infantry was a sham bathe batlle maneuver which hl h would hare brought upon a even nt at Alter Aier shot ahot There hare hae been feint ls In force torce column fornia lions and drill book tactics tactic from the thc beGInning to the end uC of th the campaign n nand and the generals hare hae never seemed to realize that the they were not In Salisbury were tere leadIng men under fire 1110 In battle with the Deere oeN NOT OT LIKE GHA nm AND It is Id for Americana who remember the traIning of oC their own ChU war to think of soldiers like Orant and Lee attacking strongly posItions and nd conducting move inure menU after aCler the manner ot of of at Lord and Gert Duller Thy They would not liar lun fought three thre battles without scouting or as Lord did and then have hae flung their ann army against a strung position like In a frontal attack where when tIre the was IlS greatest without nn an attempt at maneuvering anti If defeat ed ad thc they would not have han remained kilo 1110 in III oam for tor week waiting for tor rein reinforcements which WP were not In would not Iut have hae retreated from Colenso or Spion Kop Iop after Ilter a single Ingle fU futile tile attack but would have dug their wa i up to the Positions milk mek ing closer mI maps 1111 day b by da day and grad gradually rad enveloping them renderIng theta them untenable The British start staff has hall allowed the Dutch to do All the and andall all the anI to 10 choose every bat and defensive po position And when there Is nn an Impasse It orders the troops to camp to Ilia play football and crick cricket et Ct until there nN are reinforcements tor or another frontal attack It is III generalship that has haa brought reproach on England and created n a crisis oriss In the fortunes ot of tire tho empire WILL TAKE MEN London Feb Churchill sends from Franc Frere amp amo to the Morn orn lug Ins Post n a long review of oC the situation lie He says liars Gen Cen Duller always thought It ito Irn possible to hold hoM the ot of Natal north of tire tilt Tugela but the Initial mis mistake take was make owing to the 1111 lucu lations of tIre the Dr Doer and the tact fact that t millions worth orth ot of Stores had been collected at Prom the first he be the relief ot of Lady Ladysmith smith IlS as a forlorn hope lie did not feel feci justified In ordering It a subordinate to perform such n a doubtful The absence ence ot of good maps b cost muc blood An attempt to thrust the enemy back front or would hare hae cost oost men and since ot at least brigades must keep the door open behind us too few tew would have hwe remained to force torro the way to Moreover General ler remembers his army Is tire the only for tor the ot of tire the rest ot of Na Natal till tal Therefore Ire be decided to withdraw and tr try el elsewhere Another bo be made to force toreo the Tuga Great Britain must realize the ugly fact that the roo re lIet ot of would strain nn an lum army ot of ro and that mon men would not be too strong Tire The country the there therefore fore foro must be prepared for n a 11 heavy 1 loss and perhaps for tor RememberIng that consIderations of honor mo more than policy demand Cea leIS ieee Tort to relieve It h the whole army despite and retreat regards General Duller with sympathy And trust such n as are n In 10 I W vv stances The security ot of southern NatAl Is II our Important consideration The Thene ne of af obtaining control contra of oC J l Ilay Is very or apparent The ingress ot of foreigners and war r t is COOlie cease ceaseless less Itu Surel n a with Portugal gal al would be only a questIon ot of mono Jt At 1 DUn RIVER r r F 1 Lard Is III here appearing before the I troopS on Friday he wo was rally cheered lie visIted tire camp of at atthe the brigade this morning And complimented d General anti Iris his men on the steady conduct at Drift the Deere have brought all their big guns gun f from lm Mafeking to II shell II rl Our naval guns Uns shelled em today tocla but tire the Doer guns gUM were Wre ii ai lInt lent It Is II that the enem enemy hive withdrawn th their artillery They are blowing up UI the way be ond Moron foron siding The Doe Doers still lUll man their trench but their numbers are arlt apparently I it The bulk ot of their force ha gone to or toward our flank The returned lat last night Before retiring they found tire bodies ot of twelve Doers 1111 They believe the los we M of oC tire enemy were heavier than those of tit the because It Is known that In to the Doers to found nd several had been burled |
