| Show LORD ROBERTS V STRATEGY PRAISED I Best Work Displayed on the British Side During the War DISCUSSiNG TIlE YE of C II Itt III Not ul V Like V N Ne York rk Fib Fb dispatch to the Tribune from Crom London says Y The Th delalla or of Lord LottI Roberti Roberla turning movement are not understood by mill mili military tary with I precision owing to the o of Identifying the drifts anti ami mar In the thaw of tidal dispatches with whim the fordIng places and shown on th thin IMS ot of the intelligence department But there is II a general upon the tech cal effect CJ oT time the whole operation den Oen denoral oral Cronje will either retreat by the only road left open olen to him or hi peel Ion will be encircled by a superior u fo foree which will out ort off hi his supplies and compel him to fight under condl condi ions more favorable for the British than those ot of Military writers unitt In Lord Roberts strategy as th the best work dIsplayed on the tite British side during the war but they are not sufficiently on their guard against underrating Cron Croci jes defensive resources and lie cannot have been wholly taken b by surprise Steyn from Political reeson may have forced hint to send a portion of his tort forces to lesberg C against his hili Re He Hela Reis la is a general whom man ot of tIme the best beat Informed South Africans coma COli Rider elder to Joubert lit In craft and subtlety A high authority In the war office when naked asked whether Cecil Rhodes and COl were sating theIr thelt hors horses said Mid rio no had been enter tamed respecting the OWer ot of Kimber Ie he to hold out Indefinitely I wish Ih I could SU say tile the slime came or of Lad he add added rJ gravely The Tho secret of Lord Roberts choice of Modder river as the center of coneen and operations was neither the desperate condition ot of the garrison nor political pressure for tor the deliverance of Rhodes There were ere sound 10 military III ta r reasons for den Oen Rob tob Roberts erts course General army could not b be with the sixth and nOli divisions raIsing the siege liege of If Kimberley erley and the railway under guard from Orange to odder Modder river Ilver was I a convenIent line of supplies from Crom his hili base for tor an toward without the delay which would have been Inevitable It If the Coles Colell berg Lerg anti districts hid had been dt cleared rod The Dutch were to have len Oen O lila hla cahl rn In these mountainous districts but he Ii has not consulted their On One result of the sudden revelation of a corps of about SO fIC too men Inen of nil au march marchIng Dig Ing towards with reo re mobility and perfection or of or has been the diminution ot of the tho pUblic interest In the opera operations lions In other portions portion I ot of the tho field A clear Ilen Perspective view lute hns teen been obtaIned after n a long period of darkness and to jog and NatAl and lIens Rens br berg are now seen In reduced ed proper wIth the march of Roberts ann annall army all as the tho one great tact fact ot of the situation For title this there has been n a ot of news from all other sources Natal has fallen Into the background th the public Is re reminded reminded minded or of b by long detailed accounts Account this morning ot of the tha experiences of till the garrison when they Were wera witnessing lien Gen hullers show fight |
