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Show BOERS OELIVEB STAfi-J STAfi-J GERIHG BLOWTQ BRITISH Two Swell British Regiments Captured at Ladysmith. I nniTISM DAZFD BV THE UNEX-I'ECTKU UNEX-I'ECTKU DISASTER ItUh l,llr an.l lllonrnlar llf llmnU 1 anila llallerf r atrn Hunt I 1 lalna I Ir.p nl .tr.l AMr Nutlaknlnc a Irarful li In Klllr4 nl tToandil- I Malrrlallf Wakn llfm ef f Ijimllli-lnainiaiiitar While teaiiare lAindiin Nor " -The Ihierahare de-I de-I Hi ere.1 a ataggerlng htotv to the llrltlah at ladyamllh Apparrntlr by auperlor atrategy the HrltWi hare Wen Inl Into j n trap and aiiffrrrd arrlout loat In con-I con-I arnnenrr a Iota which may place them j at the merer of the lloera. I A portion of llrncral While fone near I adyamllli were aurroundrd In the hill. and. aflrr totlni heaelly, I ncreohllKrd locapltulalr Ihladltattrrcott the llrllla.lt from I I inn to J noil men and tlx aereifpound ' wrew gunt, and at the llorr arlllli ry I la already atronger than Imagined, the rapture of thete guna nlll he a great help to the lloer. ! Commander While report ntfnllowt ' I har to report a dltattrr to the . eolumn tent hy me to taho n ptwltton on a hill to guard the left Hank of the troop. In ll.ttr nerallon the lloyal Irlth I utllerra. No. Ill mounlaln litt- tiry and the llloumlrrahlre rejilintnt I were aurrtmnded In thelilll. and, nfler I luting heavily had to eaptliilate 'Ihe catualtlv have not yet Iwen ateer- talned A man of the I titllrer em- plnyed at a hiHpllal iirdeny eame In Hnder a Hag of truce with a letter from Ike tiirvlviiri of the column whoaakeil for atltaiiie to hury the dead I ftar there I no doubt of the truth of the report I '1 formed a plan In the i am lug out j of wlni.il the dlaatter ininrred and I I am alom tetpontltile for the plan I there U no bUmi- whatever to the troop at the pmlttnu wntuiileiiablci. ' Whlh minor reveraee wiire not wholly uneapctled. nothing like the atngger- lug blow I lent ml .loubert dellvrrid to I tleueral Whlteafureeawaaiiiitlulpalril The full client of the dltatler I mil ytlaikmmlrdged If III kiinwnntlhu warofllce Ihe lot In i llWtWc men mutt In) appalling to a gemral who I praclkally aurrouiided I wo of the llnctt llrllltli rcglineiila and a mule battery drdiiclcd from the Lad)aiiiltli garrltou weaken It almul one-llflh of It total tlrrnglh and alter the whole alluatlon tery inatrrlall) In favor of the lloera,. wliohttlnnhowin Ht...n..twJitrolt.r.yi,.lonlt RtryTifatrgltt ol no mean onlir rurlhrrneHainuat lieawaltrd brfnru It I attempted fix the blame win re It licluug. Ilenernl White inaufully acctptaall the napontlblllty for the illtattrr which apparently wna at Iraal partially due to Ihe tampeilliig of the uiulr with Ihe (flint. From the Hat It will be aren that forty-lwu iilllrtr were mad prlaoner, bealdra a new-paptr new-paptr corrraiumlent, J II lleyde At the governiiirul ofllrva no effort wa made to couciat the feeling of dlit-may dlit-may prevailing tine olUclal Ikipiotrd aitaylug "It Ulnexplliable, and I am orry to y tliaiimoralelTe(.tl Ineatlmahle Wehatelott heavily In many war, and have had'reglmenla alinott wlnl out, hut tu hale rrgliuent captured, and by the Ikxr. It I terrible ' Ihe throng of vlallora at the war ofllie remained all day Analou (wo. pie practically fought their way to the notice board Moat affecting ace net were wlturaieil Many women were heard to gatp - hank (lod, he a alive at any rate " a they found the uamo of aouia Moved one on the Hat of prl. onrra. the thlewalk were packed with aolld maaaea awaiting their turn to enter There wa a ronlliiuou tlrram of caller at the war ofllie until a late hour, everybody aualou.h Inquiring regarding catualtlr but the warofllce declared that nothing hail been re-celved re-celved tlnce Sir tlrorge White a ill-patch ill-patch communicating the capture of the lloyal Irlth ruallrer and the (Uouceaterihlre regiment. Till delay I".K,,,I?t' '"'"" Intelligence la at-trlhuledlnprtlothe at-trlhuledlnprtlothe break dowu of the eaat coat cahle Au Interview I. puhlltlied with a llrltlah onleer whie name la withheld, but who I described aa a -well known general with a dlallngulthrd record during the Indian inullii) In the courte of which he paaara kevere crlll-clam crlll-clam upon theconduLtof IhecAinpalgn " e.lerdy dlaa.ter aaj a the nlllcer, "I only another proof of terlou blundering blun-dering Althougli hlrtleorge VMilte I a gooit regimental commander he doe not aeein toescel In Mrategy or the management of a blgdlvltlon 1 regard the (llenro IoiMucm na another exam pie of blundering |
