Deseret Evening News | 1901-11-09 | Page 18 | Lieutenant General French, Successor to General Buller

LIEUTENANT GENERAL FRENCH SUCCESSOR TO GENERAL BULLER BULLERd d i i The appointment a of or Lieutenant General J D P 1 French to succeed Sir Ir Huler In the command of at the tho British First army corps Is II a 11 recognition tion of ot the tho debt which England l owes ovea that gallant r leader Ioder who hai haa to the eo long und fought them so 80 during the protracted campaign In South Africa The appointment Is to take tako place whIm when his hll sen mv Ices aro no longer requited In the field but that la Is rather tUI In the thc tara fare of at conditions now prevailing and the continuous hard work he Is performing One of at the many Irish born botO generals In British service French now no nearly fifty years old la l frequently alluded to ns the Little Phil of or South from Crom his dash and gallantry Before Detore the outbreak of ot hostilities ho there he had haa Jeen fighting In the Nile NIe expedition of ot only but he won the battle of harried the tho Doers on the Free State borders and culminated hi brilliant achievements by the relief of ot