, 1881-02-14
SOUTH AFRICA.



London Tt.uts. ffh.
,ro nnye Ind news this morning from tho
+ r."n,"aol Sir George COtley's column Of
t..ss. has heel rrpltlseu with heavy casual-
Ties. IL. ,,,o,t
.ous We ram South Africa. Tie bnt.te which
49, n.s foroht yesterday in another continent
..as "as reuortcd III orr columns while 1t was
VII ,,t,, tn n,ogress. We have now lcarnch tho
z Z a., ov,aut Of disaster which Is not yet
Il 49," oId, III news proyerbIat1y travels upnce,
4 mi IN, with the help OF the telegraph, will
4 rood news.
Il Our soldiers, 1t Is already clcnr, fought
hrayely, alul did all TINT lnc3 could 10 to viii
4 success. Their repnlso has been 10 disgrace
y n thcn, Tic task has proved ilnurncticaolo
= for them, and I, will remain nnacheiscd M,stis
il ctil BIZ again tried with somewhat less dis
!. ntoporton Of numbers.
The coi.n,ry will look anxous1y for tho
= ueyt news Of Sir tieorge Cottcy's movements.
! Ills failure yesterday has beeit nnfortlInnto
Il in avery why, fOr the BGgrs 1T, IrSS t!tnn Tor
: IL, vi arc now fairly lye0snMitted to u strng-
I gs Which we cnnnott .ctiDoso but carry
ha to whst W. should do, tllors Will be no doubt
4 now. Tic resistance 0f the, Gocrs tn,lst be
I 0yfreou,c, and tho ilsirrcctt0n must be PITT
! down, at whatever cost. There cat, be TO
two.opin1ons thus fur. As for any notion
that w shnll hs dtSpirlfeti ut tle ssolnewhns
! and that we shall turn back froln It ut tho
: list check, we l,cetl nut waste words III
! talking nbant it. 'rlly danger rather Is
: hat tho eonnbativn spirit M tho
country Will he unlu'y reused and
! abIe war With m cascrl,css md tactcrmina-
i non ont Of all proportion to the puSSible
+ value, ,0f tliu results Sir George CU!lny's
speedy Success Is thus must desirable. Tho
hunger 1t is delayed the lnorp feAr Is there
8beth TINT angry feelings may be aroused III
= tonraged 10 m obstlnacy which can have 10
othcs. effect than % bring nm,u them worse
thastiscncnt III tho end. It Is probable, ns
ne remarked yestcrttily. that Sir Genrso
cocy's purpose ln pressing forward without
waiting for the full rginforcenlents which
toqe pari 11ucan have felt M doubt nv TO tic
y Importance of putting nh end as spcetlily as
posSible to the itIsArEent movement III tho
& Transyaal. Ills Judgment llns BEEN correct
thus far. though we mist admit It IL be II
natter Of regret that what he has donc should
II asaat lie has 1ren aimlnE at. ;rl!e ei1gagc-
pent Of yesterday l,as, l!owcver, been less n
3,fetent thln disaster. Tho English truops
hare .fulled to nlnke, Eootl their advance, mid
= nlcy la.c suffered heavy losses in numbers.
rals, apar, fton mora results, llns becn The
whole extent OF tho misfortune. We know
alfcady tho numbers md resources of tho
lbefs. There can be 1i0 gtcnt addition InNte
e the forces they 'lavt. under artlls. Tile
English resources ure without limit. AYhnt-
ary to bring Into TIC field will bu supplied
Kitlont stint.
'fAa English had 1900 troops IN Nata! at
aG moment tue HunrS assumed 4 hostile
at'ituae, alia .i,0dQ have been scnt tliitller
tnse, sumo from E,glnIM and more iron.
from the Cape Thus siai is already. lalnclIctl
olHn one ln0re Of those ''Ilttle wars "
which, by al utmost inselsible progress. bc-
ssolne conflicts OF first t'lite lnlpurtance-tn the
!axpayers nt least. l!l Its financial aspects u
:, Saf sat ; puts in mutton n0o british troops
" a9t . bagatelleg.. lien. Sir George L. Galley,
nl'as been said ln some Of the d!spatches.
sas regarded rs 1.-THE MOltkc Of tic British
tdsIslce,' dssI, reputation which possibly lie nlay
aSsGlse, Or possibly hc n,ny owe to the
!, Is,ae!otlcsl gl readiness Of Ills friends: but It
teaI!y possessed Ut talent for communal anil
Ss1naf~let!sc Of war, nj least England Is
|ssSs! ta!s t!nuc than she WIS When ut tho
%{3hnnlas T. 3ha Of tl!e Zulu war her fortunes were
Y Wnt. 1ae hai'ds OF Lard Chelmsford. E,glall's s.
sesGa ao'tEe mas however, not thus far sI0wn fs
nsltle s, t Is fifteen days since Ills collision
xsnl the Bue1s IN the DrakeN,erE Pass, ,wl,e,,
e0asa H. sas pretty badly whipped, hut did not
aa,Is snGE u; and now ho has lnll an uver less
ii4.n'laStory i.n'laSt encounter, anil senils to liayo
ni!s enemy. II Is, we slipinse, IIot to Lu
1a,g Imagined that an .Englis, Commander would
twa1t t1aa ttat tle !ltld beaten tho enemy If hn
SnSs SHnes ta; fle enemy Ind beaten Him. Per.
msn,s nsMM gives 4 favorable Impression of II
hs,,apss pso~ea6 w., tor liln not to know whom ho
fr ftsuy. III
~ ~ pSeteeptlons rs Soldier. II (;en. AIoitku
'ss otaen he would know II.