, 1879-03-22
UNLUCKY COMMANDERS.
Lord Chcl.nsfortt and Soma Of Nils Unfor.
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As might have beon anticipated, after such d
military 1asco Is 1ias lately occurred ID South
Africa, wtcro o considerable British force was
cut To pieces bT horde Ut ssv:Vcs lNl'ahitihg
zuulNnd, much dissatisfaction hns boon felt mt!
expressed. At last this angry feeling has found
loud utterauco in the House Of Commons,
where on the ofllcial declaration tllnt the Gov
crntnent did not intend to recall Lord Chc11Bs-
ford, tho officer commanding In chief, Mr.. Ed
Hard Jenkins, the outspoiicn authur Of "Gfnx's
1ia6y," anl NJ. ?. for Dundee. vc!cmently u.s.
salled tic unsuccessful General, who allowed
llts army 70 b. aurrouadGd aud oysr. Ht,
e e .sas G1asaip{ Lord drpeeSatsE pe5smsod % ano ia. y
tictpased In much, as varied, atsd as successful
warlaru as any officer ot biz age {ho WIS born in
ngcted with any noble familles,-te lato Fred.
crIck TllcscgcE, is father. having been created
n Peer 20 recently as 1858. when he was ap.
polluted Lord chancellor during the second
carly to anticipate, lt It may bc TINT tic civil
Government al the Cape Ut uool Hops, whose
interference with and dictatlon to CctrwaYb
provoked the resistance Of thu Zu'us, may have
to be- blamed for organizing an expedition with.
It ID tic practice 10 EnrIand TO regard wat,s
OF SUCCESS Ia naval anl military undertakings us
demanding the most rigid investigation, to te
or conviction. It tnui not 10 without interest
to glance at few OF thcso instances. The most
striking is TINT Of Admiral John Dyng, aon Of
vlscount Torrington, who was sent to the Med
itersanenu, carly IN 175G, Ii, command Of fleet
TO tlutent d Freuch attack upon sii,lorca, but
managed SO badly that tile Island Ind to bc sur
sendered. Tn returning to Gibraltar, Byng was
placed under arrest, sent over to England. anil
becalne an object of general renrobatton. He
demned {under the Twelfth Article Of War; Of
uot having excrtcd hia utmost power agalnst the
enemy, aid was shot, pursuant to his sentence,
upon tbs quarterback Of The Monaraue nan.of:
thu other Admirats.".
Another noted case WAS TINT Of Lord George
Sacky'llc, son OF The frat Duke Of Dorset VINO
had distinguished himself at the bett1es Of Fon-
dut, in t75g, wns In colntnantl Of all tho British
md GeruAts cavalry, but delayed to obey tie
orders Of Prince Fer11nand 10 bring up all tleAu
troops to complete the rout Of the French,
other intantry. Thts delay enabled the foo to
retrent In to,erable order, aill doubtless pre-
vented thu complete triumph Of tho British aud
Germany armr. Lori George eackvt1te, openly
tnu Conlna'rtlcr-ln-Chief, returned 10 England,
where a.l Ills military elnploytnouts wuru taken
frum hltn, mud, in january, l7G0, ho was
llslnisscd, by suntynce OF court nartfui, for
disuhcdte,lre OF urtlrrs, mud declared 10 be
"tl,rretorr uutlt to remain In his Majesty's
Service" George IT,, who was himself q irGt-
iuE man, confirmed this suntctsce, sl,,l
with hts own band struck .)r dellnuueut's
nnt1c from the list Ut Pr!yy. Councillors.
'Ths would have f1oorcl most men, but d Duko'a
SOL bsazpueu it out. Iu 17Ul he became a, ,men-
Der III Parliament; In I1G5 he wns appointed
Iolnt Vice-Trcusllrcr Of lrcInn,l; from I775 to
10 ITO Ilo was First Iord OF trnlle nu1 tiu,,ta.
to, a, from tic latter datc to thu cos,cluslot,
OF tl.u American war, Secretary Ut State Tor tile
tte Atnrrtcan proylueus was as harsl, aud i'm
politiu rs even the arbitrary mind Of George III.
could inye csise) aud, on leaving ptibiir life,
extI3ct, Tie sun, brother nuI uncle Uf tht.