| Show WIlY WHY 1 As A th the details of tb the victory tat lit Matching become It p that t the reverses of oC the at t that lace are equal 1 to it If nit worse WONt than any all or of the met with withA A rr great at number St ot Were wre cap captured captured lad and araen nJ OtIIS the che grandson ot of KnIll TIlt The moral upen UHn tM the burghers by th this 61 date t u to be very titer art are panIc stricken train Pretoria and It It I a the thu are willing to rally fir ter stand I Ii not ML a place of much IL was the Arst to be It 1 bY Y the invading Boors When hen thi tattle hAd to withdraw from and the contest for tor M became bce oat ose ot of honor rather than ot of advantage The besieging arm army made man many as 1 seine of thorn welt ell planned and very violent But Dut the reo is silted IlletH There wu was more joy Jar In over or tM Lb victory victor at than over any of oC the other triumphs recorded Probably ably one little may ac account account count tor this The town tOWA was relieved almost on en the exact late set t for tor event nt by bv Lord Lon That Mr series to pert perfect In hint him It indicates that lie he know exactly whit what he II doing aDd abd that h he Is II la tiling ling every 11 tall of the with mathematicaL precision Thu gives gIve ground for tor U the expectation that the of oC the Che wr war will ise the complete triumph ot of tb the British arms In South Africa One or of the late latt reports frets the be place gave a total ot of killed wounded died of end od missing counting from the ot of Oc Cc totter toller the beginning ot of the Ibe siege Iele until the cool of February Of th these H OS be belonged longed to the fighting force lorte and wn were noncombatant Ot Of the lit tur 11 were wre natIve Seven ot of the whit noncombatants killed and Were Irl women and This tells fairly wen well the story of the siege 1 that thai over seen month low flow In InsignIficant signIficant are these to from some other of 01 dl citieS famous In ancient Anti t tl l tte l Interest ot t the hp world orld haa ha lately latI Ilen centered In that little lilt II villa run eon CIa tithing about Lit a mighty empire II shouting for tor joy JOT be because cau cause I a handful ot of It its eons and daugh tra are ar no longer threatened by br one ne ml mid tb the world orld Si II growing ten tender der and gentle It JI Is actuated by a spirit different from that which pre r all Jt t it time a II ott n meant untold ll end Critics of oC th the continue to warn the public U that the rett from the Orange Free Prel State do dueS not MOIl flesh airily mean man that thac tb the Boera are ale about to give up the defuse They think that i of tb the heavIest fighting Is II still to be done This loa ins 11 Lie correct It If IC 10 Lord Rob Robertl iris ertl will soon lOon know kilO He Is advancing rapidly and If the Doers are to make makeS S a lut stand somewhere the rut fact should be apparent In the It appears that bat the Free Fr tt are leaving the d that the now II I carried on mainly malal II by bythe tile the latter |
