Show THIRD YEAR OF THE BOER KOE WARe WAR J JI I I I Two 10 years ago o o on October 11 it tho Boers Invaded d British territory and be ba bagan began beun gan un the war warThe warThe The British troops upon tho spot weak In number were hard put to It to hold bold own In tho tha west the tho towns oC Ot and Kimberley were at once Invested by tho the enemy In over overwhelming whelming strength In Natal Sir P Symons was attacked by a large Boer Doer force at Talana on October 20 The enemy enem were defeated and heavy loss was ryas Inflicted upon them but the Brit British ish ieh general was killed The rho victory was unite quite fruitless as the troops had forthwith to retreat abandoning their baggage o and wounded A day lutr late lit at Elands the tho were again defeated and severe Sovere severely ly h handled while on October 21 2 at ut yet a n third action notion was wu fought Next day dllY the British army arm In Natal effected Its concentration but w was ae compelled to offer after battle at 1 t Lady Indy Ladysmith smith on 01 October 30 against over overwhelming overwhelming whelming strength The Tho Issue Is of oC this fight was wan disastrous The Tho rh enemy cut cui oft eft and lUll captured 1000 men mell nt at Nichol a Nek and ami on November 2 Isolated On November 12 tho the first troops of or orthe the army arm corps landed In Natal In which quarter On Oen Huller Duller had decided to take personal charge Ho lie divided his force and took with him only 1500 men for the tho relief relict of at Ladysmith As 8 the magnitude of oC the struggle was now pow becoming apparent to all nil a n fifth Orth di dl division division vision Islon had been Leen mobilised In England on an November 11 anti and Sir C Warren Warron placed In command of It THE CAPE IN DANGER Meantime 1 In Cape Colony tho the position lion tion was waif one of ot great danger The colony was vas garrisoned by only a Il mere handful hand CuI of ot troops and Ind was known to tobe tobe tobe I be profoundly disaffected A bold belch ad td i Yance rance would Indubitably have carried the Doer Boer ling Hag In triumph to tho the very vory eat rates s of ot Capetown But nut for Cor some somo un unexplained Unexplained I explained relation reason tho the Boers noels did not press forward They crossed the occupied dod lod and tom tomberg berg berc ber but then remained Inactive for tor wee most critical days With the arrival of ot the first rein reinforcements reinforcements forcemeat at nt Capetown two columns w mere nn formed to drive back the Invaders ers The first was placed under Lord Methuen and was ordered to make muke its ItRa way a to Kimberley It concentrated d at lit De AnI Aar and on November 21 began the northward advance from the Or Orange Orange ange III Ill equipped with mounted men it 11 could do but assault the suc sue successive positions which barred Its route mute On November 23 13 3 It stormed th the strong position to of ot Belmont elmont with Ith a loss of ot W men and two to dayi days later re repeated repeated fated Its achievement at aa B with a loss loas of ot t The Doer Boers brow ht Gen Cronje down from the tile siege of 0 Mafeking to oppose from it tand t and on an the rho n 1 severe seere encounter took place DInca lace at Modder Stadler river In iii which i with a loss of ot men the British sue SilO succeeded d In dislodging dl the enemy Hut But the Ute flours only retired a few tew miles to toM M and there waited In an even stronger position Lord Methuen was reinforced by the Highland III Bri 1111 Brigade fide gade and on the night of ot December 10 sent In this brigade to assault the hoer Doer lines Jines The Highlanders were within t an ace of success They got Kot close to the enemy undiscovered but then they were received with a n terrible fire Ore and loot their Wauchope finally se Ie e ceiling In great disorder Tho The total cu cas casualties realties numbered Nor was this the only disaster ster of ot a II melancholy month G Gen Oen n had hlll advanced from Crom Queenstown In Decem December ber er r against with a 1 small force On the ho he attacked the enemy enem and was completely repulsed With the loss 1088 of or men and two guns Thus the failure of ot the British In tho the West could not be disguised And now from Natal also came disheartening In Intelligence I DEFEAT AT COLENSO I On November IS 15 the Boers Doers wrecked on nn armored train near and In Inthe Inthe inthe the next few tew days pushed well to tho the south of ot the Tugela raiding and loot t lag Ing On November 23 they were at attacked attacked attacked tacked by the British under General at Willow Grange Orange and an nn action was wall fought to If ht as tho the result of C which the enemy retired north f to Co Colenso Colen so The British under General Duller Buller followed and bombarded the Boer Doer positions at nt Colenso On Decem December December December ber IS la 1 General Duller Butler attacked with without without without out fully tully reconnoitering the term terrain III and met with a 1 disastrous repulse abandon abandoning In ing e ten guns and losing 1125 Im men Ha He h despaired of ot relieving even Instructing Sir G U White to burn his cipher and mako the best terms ho he could coull In December two successful sorties were welo made train from Ladysmith and three Boer Boor guns were destroyed In England I tho the noses news of ot these reverses reverse caused great alarm and Indignation i The war alilce hud hind at an earlier date I refused tho the offer of ot largo large mounted I contingents trout tram the colonies and had I telegraphed that men were preferred It 11 had also declined to al allow allow allow low Irregular forces to bo ho raised in England But Hut now the cabinet met and decided to order out a Seventh division In a sixth had hall been heen previous ly h to accept largo large contingents from the tho colonies to raise n a force of oC mounted men to bo be known as Imperial Yeoman I I I I A 11 Retrospect R afros P act of o f the Ine Stirring 8 Events Which HaVe Hatle Transpired In the Land of the Since ince Oct 11 1899 When the Action Of the Hardy Boers Startled the World Compiled by a Special Writer to the London Daily Dait DaUr Mail t rid df 4 J 4 doping the fight liht Finally the British retired with the lows loss of ot 1733 men menOn menOn menOn On February 5 General Huller Buller at nt attacked attacked tacked the Doer Boor positions at Vaal Krantz but was again repulsed It Jt was wall now that he asked Lord Roberts Hobert whether what her he h thought th the relief of oC Lady Ladysmith Ladysmith smith worth the sacrifice of ot from Cram 2000 and Immediately lifter enter enterIng entering Ing Mafeking to the tho great Joy of ot thu th empire Lord resumed his advance from to Pretoria and crossed t on May 21 the abandon after position before him almost without resistance On May 31 In the Free State however n a distinct success was won when General Hunter captured and 1000 Boers Boera at the opening of ot August The advance was walt once more resumed re In the Transvaal General huller Duller push pushIng pushIng Ing up from the south and Lord Hob erts advancing from the west On Aug INI A ATHE THE SITUATION I UA In I x iA iAl l t t t tle comprehensive The above cut gives n a comprehensive Idea of the strategic Importance of tho ti le r l f II Islands In the Aegean Sea which the J d French fleet now controls os as a l lJ J for the settlements of the claim of France by Turkey The halftone shows mot on t f Admiral In command of tin the L French naval demonstration the Sultan ice I a Abdul M s1 French minister of foreign affairs and the Ad Admiral aT u v nS tr miral flagship TT ry to augment tho the artillery r Yn In I South Africa to do send out a 0 number of ot militia I battalions to form Corm a special service force Corce of ot volunteers volunteer and to replace Gen General G n eral oral huller Buller In the tho supreme command by Lord Roberts who was given shen Lord Ioro Kit Kitchener chener as his hla chief ot of the staff And the In was empower empowered ed to raise as many mounted men as asha ha could In South Africa UNDER LORD ROBERTS The second stage of ot the war now bo boIns fins Ins In III the first the tho British had and been inferior to Inferior in numbers to the enemy y and badly handled The reinforcements in process of oC preparation or on the way out would change chanie all this and give Lord Roberts Roberta a distinct advantage But nut owing ow owing owIng ing to the tho plight of ot Ladysmith Indy it was Impossible to 10 mark time till the fresh forces arrived 1 an anto and General G e n ral hu Duller Buller II er had to 10 to make another attempt to relieve that hard pressed place The Firth Fifth division had Joined him but before he was ready to move the Doers Boers delivered a fierce ns nil assault I sault on Ladysmith on January 6 1900 and were only repulsed after aCter the most desperate lIghting fighting In which the British losses reached a figure of ot exactly too On January 9 General Duller Buller began beSlin his famous Camous flank finnk movement which was to end In such sorrow orrow on Kop Iop Tho The extraordinary lethargy of ot the move mOe aroused misgivings from the tho very first BULLERS STRANGE MESSAGES The Tho Tugela was wal passed at Drift and Sir C Warren on an tho the night of or January 23 captured Kop but the mountain could not bo be held In face Cace of oC the Boer Doer artillery lire tare and the rig vig rigorous vigorous 11 orous attacks of or the burgher skirmish skirmishers ers ere though there was a n moment when the tho enemy were on the point of ot aban W to t n D met n Lord Lor Roberts Robert replied I I cost costIn that t i must be r eto 1 v c d ut at all alt I In England the news mews of ot these the repent repeat repented repeated ed reverses had Increased the tho general disquietude and further reinforcements had been ordered out In the house boue of ot lords oti on February 15 16 Lord Rosebery besought the government to face the possibility that further troops might be bo needed but Lord Lansdowne professed that all that was necessary n was being done The opinion of oC the press preen was strongly expressed to the effect that the crisis demanded greater grenter energy LORD ROBERTS SPLENDID STRATEGY In Cape Colony Lord Roberts had hull been busy all nil January preparing preparIng ing In for tor an advance Into the Free Iree State and reorganizing the transport Ho Re was wasu compelled by the sail sad news new u from Natal to move moe before he was quite ready I General French who had been continuously i harrying the Doers Boers In the Coles I ber berg district with great success brok brol broken en only by b a n disaster to the Suffolk a awas was as quietly withdrawn and antl placed In command of ot h a I large cavalry force Corce nt lit Modder River After AUer a feint against General right Lord Roberta began a n turning movement against the liner Boer left lert On February 12 General French pushed rapidly forward to Kimberley whir was vas relieved on the The British Infantry followed the thu mounted column Cronje menaced with the risk of oC OP be 0 belag Ing lag enveloped hesitated till escape was almost out of ut the question but then swiftly hurrying cast to berg bers was wai brought to a n standstill by b th Ih relentless determination of ot Lord Io liI h hener ener who attacked him on l 18 Though the hoer Boer position wai wal 11 not stormed In spite of ot n a British 10 loss OH t ur or r 1534 1531 time was secured for Cor the rest of ut Lord Loro men to arrive oil oni on en rn envelop n clop the Boer hoer force torce After n a protract protracted ed bombardment on February i t Cron Cronje run ron ronie Je ie surrendered with 1000 men LADYS LADYSMITH RELIEVED Meanwhile In Natal at Lord Robert order General huller Bullet had once inure gone gOM forward From February 14 It for tor a II fortnight onwards he lie was community marching and fighting and anti the was the lie severest of ot the whole war The Till final effort and the greatest victory victor us wu achieved on February 27 21 when PIet r rHill Hill Hili was captured by b a 11 splendid assault The British loss 1088 In this series serle of ot hat ties tics was wa heavy hea reaching lt 1695 W moo mon bu buthe buthe buthe the blood was wall not liCIt poured uselessly away as the end was achieved and nd Ladysmith was at last relieved The Tho Ih retreating enemy were not by b General huller Duller and this was the great blot upon his success In 10 the Free Fr rte C State Lord Loro Roberts pushed forward rapidly to lu Blot fighting on the way the tho actions of ot Popular Grove and the lat lut latter lutter at attar ter tar a fiercely contested battle On March 13 the capital of ot the Free was entered ent red Then followed a long Icing halt In which what was called t table Incidents were numerous At Post seven lIeen suns guns were taken bj by 11 byDe De DC Wet on March h 31 and n a few Cew days b later at nt the same Bo Do hoar r I general captured a detachment nt of Brit BritIsh BritIsh I Ish troops numbering S A small sue sec cess at did lid not atone tOile a for these reverses es which marked the first b begin beginning ning of ot that peculiar hoer Doer warfare against a detachments detachment with which we W have since line become so 80 painfully pain Cully lar tar PEACE lEACE OVERTURES PAn FAIL Tho Beers continued active and anti actu attu actually ally laid lall siege lle to but were weN beaten ofT off During Durin the halt at Bloem race peace overtures were weN made but butas butas as all It ap appeared eared that the Boers would b lIe be content with nothing short of ot Inde fade Independence e these thelle had no result On May flay J l Lord Roberts resumed the nIt advance towards Pretoria I reaching on May day 11 II 12 1 without any an sent aerl sentous out ous OU fighting A few fe days lIas earlier Colo Colonel Del nel Malum Matson had moved mored out from Kim berloy to lo the relief of ot Mafeking where dOnti had ball been holding hold In Ms Me own against the Boers Boer since the be beginning beginning ginning of oC the war On May Mn 16 the re relief lief lIeC Column defeated the enemy cn my n near ar r 1 Johannesburg was wad entered sand imd on June Junc I 6 O after atter n sharp P ao Ul Pro Pre Pretoria 1 toria torla ryas occupied THE WAR WAItIS 43 OVER The general Impression In England now was that the thc war was over oer Un Unhappily Unhappily happily however De Wet had been able uble to score several successes In the Free FreeState FreeState FreeState State against the British troops on the tha theline thaline theline line of ot communications capturing n a battalion of ot Yeomanry at a 1 convoy con Va at and aad a II battalion oC or Militia at He lie also repeat repeatedly I edly cut the railway I These events gave a the Doers Boers fresh tresh courage and on June 1112 Lord Rob Roberts j erts had to tight fight another action with Botha at Diamond Hill Hili without decisive Ire ive result Natal had been cleared In Inthe Inthe the tho meantime by b General Duller Buller and a strong Boer hoer position at Allemans Nek captured But nut the enemy stilt still kept s the field More regrettable Incidents oc cc occurred I at Nek and elsewhere u t 27 Genet nl Buller captured the Boer Doer position P o n at al n t ca and shortly af afterwards occupied A At t the same time line Lord Loro Roberts troops ad advanced advanced to J Pour Mr f ruger had already tied fled to Delagoa Bay Again It was said that the war ar was over again his hI assertion proved to bo be boI I wrong De Wet had escaped e from Lords Kitchener anti and Methuen who were operating against him and with Botha Bolla stilt remained rem In the Held field potent to strike TIlE THE GENERAL ELECTION So much over was wall the war supposed 1 I to bo be that the British ministry die dis dissolved solved Parliament and |