The New York herald., 1868-06-03

Her wishes In respect TO the Prince have been re-
quested 70 be made known TO the Commander-in-
Ss 81 hs Tno desre 70 sena him TO Enand or sn
will do. The youths life is In danger, surrounded as
Magdala is by the robber Gallas and the queen may
cordlng to the laws and customs Of Abyssna there
Is no provision made ior the wife Of king, and 1t
appears that e., she Is as destitute as the meanest
bereavement sent the cattle and sheep which Theo-
dorus In his efforts at reconciliation had sent TO u.s.
back to her, with the hope that she would sell them
and betake herself to place OF safety.
MILITARY MISTAKES.
ngsh nrere r tne approacn OF e
from Fallah and attack them he committed most
fatal error. He was informed by his spies that they
which led Theodorus to imagine that he could defeat
two or three hundred and perhaps secure prisoners
and baggage and elated with the hope that an easy
IDENTITY, each man veing with the other In speed and
tementy. On the 10th TheOdorus lost nearly thou
his troops, insomuch that many OF them refused TO
fight any more. Had he, instead OF attempting to
defend three fortresses and the citadel proper OF
Masdala, Withdrawn his men from all and placed
them In Iant@ or Magdaa, both equally strong, the
English army would certainly have lost over five
hundred men before they could have taken the
place. Even had he been satisfied with Magdala and
mounted his guns there, twenty y-eight guns some OF
very large cabre placed 30 as to defend one narrow
point he might have held cut until scarcity Of pro-
visions would have compelled him to surrender, for
the English artillerists the wretched set OF
brigade performed excellent service, but q
for PENIS battery and the Armstrong; aey
were vastly Inferior to The0dorus' gunners. f@aere @
was low round tower halfway up the steep MAY laS
daa very ordinary affair." built OF stone ;n1 pia,s p,
tered WITH mud, the wall being ten feetsaick Win WI.
lO0ph0lss Tor musketeers, and two hupAreu anu Cr,
X shells were fired at f. out Of wlci only one sne,t
did any amage, by killing two D's1 IL was most
wretchet practice, and every pae criticised tnem BE-
verely. Even TheOdOrus dSsplSed them, f0r, WIN
grim hunor, he said before his death that "he was
not afrsti OF the bombs"
One werd Of praise for the Commander-in-Ch Chief
and your correspondent will close this long letter.
Napier ha proved himself well fitted to shine In poll
tic, as we as In conducting amitary expedition.
While still In doubt as 10 whether TheOd0rus would
fight or rn, when within five days march OF Mag
dala he seat deputations to all the Gallas chiefs with
rich presats informing them Of his intention to at
tack Magala and punish TheOdOrus, and bidding
them TO u watchful lest ne should escape. These
tdngs hsi the desired. erect for the Wollo Gallas,
swarmed up by the thousand, and now Sir
Robert las the responsible task OF alaying
the furieshe raised. They have come up to plunder
and kill, ,urn and Destroy and his own troops and
baggage viii suffer some ere quietness Ia restored.
To-day fifteen mules were stolen from the camp by
them; servants will not take the horses to water
mile firm camp for dread OF the Gailas, and only
an hour ago three companies OF the BeOOchees and
the navh brigade were ordered Off to defend the
Abyssinans aS they crossed the Baclo from the
fierce GIaSs who dotted every hill In the vicinity.
Six Of them were brought into camp-One was
nOggeG and five shot, because they were found
hoveri,g near the Abyssinian camp after being
warned Off,
Naper's tactics are excellent and well has the
expedition been conducted; but after his solemn
promise not to interfere with kng-making, he now
awais the arrival OF Wagsbum Gobazye to crown
him King OF AbyssInia. bes0tted tyrant, an imbe-
Gle snd coward, to be set up for monarch over
peope like the .Abyssnians. However, your cor
respondent Will wait and see, three or four days,
unit the 18th, the day appointed and then record