Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-22
BRITISH MUST
Be ON GUARD.
Danger that the Advance viii be
Entrapped by Beers
ESTC0uRT Is SURROUNDED.
Of the Campaign naval nnd
uiiitnry Disputes.

New York. Nov. ga dispatch to
the Tribune from London rnyf;
Tho war Tor which Lord Salisbury |
opened the way and cleared the ground !
by sccrct understanding with the Gcr-
man emperor. has reached the transit
tlon stage between Dutch attack /
thwhrtcd by the successful defense u
Ladysmith, Mnfcklng aud Kimberley,
and British ononHivc operations. now
opening ON large scale. There was r.
renewal yesterday Of elastic rumou NJ
q disastrous rcpultc ~ the liocrH at
Ladyamith on "Wednesday. but these
have been deprecated IN advance b.
definite news that Gen. whites army
had remained Inactive no late na Fri
day. Thcrv were vogue reports that
Ioubcftr forcc1 had raised the siege.
gone south and cut IN Estcourt from
the fon. but these lacked confirmation.
The siVrc of fadysmith had evidently
failed. but The resources ~ iufr craft
had not been exhausted, and both white
and Clcry needed to be- ON their guard
against b,inT cntruppcd ut the last mo-
ment, when the union Of their FORCES
only required caution ana patience.
This was the undcrtuuc Of talk at the
war office and among the military stan,
and hope was expressed that Whit"
would remain quiut and 'lofN would
not allow himself to b. hurried. While
the facts % the military situation %
lower Natal are carefully concealed
10 d. plain that Clery Will have IN the
course Of few dasa q force u lSopl
or 1900 troupa. including the naval
brl1ude and the huttaiiuna which were
san 10 arrive at Durham. 1hcHr viii In
clude thfvc brigade ~ the INST second
and thlfd diNlaluna. ana me SECOND
somvrfot llrht Infantry. which lott
/ Cnps,uwn yesterday.
/ Ioth Clcry and fiiilynrd have been
connected with the stan college and are
considered among tho best tacticianH 10
| IN. British army. They have been
l great faNofltrs with lord Wellesley.
| and uudt rsthnd the miuutvst details ~
| military tactics 90 strategy aH taught Ia
the technical schools.
| schoula.
While the campaign In Saini 10
! wrapped IN mystery und darkness, 20
| much Hight ~ thrown ON the movement
| toward kimberley that some LEADING
military Writers decline 20 believe thnt
u viii come or. uH freely advertised
! Lord Msthueu has Two hugudeH, lu-
| Guiding the guards regiment Ut luncsrt,
| several batteries and naval ruuNn-
gent and anulfcnil! the Highland
brigade. under Wnuchu9e. VIII luln
him Their viii be- "a body of ntari!
i6.Cn men. sko3tics assert that the
censor would not allow The press as
| matches 60 40 through n kimbcfl'y
wti, the rial destination % the coli
! umn. and eNuect that 10 viii occupy
both banks " the orange river ana
draw on the Dutch troo.s from cape
Other writer's In today's Journals
urge that the advance guard has gone
too far "a support that theory, ana that
Kimberley may be- IN greater straits
than the public FuppoHea, and that Gen.
fuller knows that the relief column
must march speedily. The censorship
la that quarter has evidently been re-
Taxed from some secret motive which
10 not readily understood.
General Gutucrc N evidently expect
cd 10 play nn important part Ia the
advance upon Bluomfontcin from East
London, In connection with Mcthucn'a
] operations. hut his force ~ now small.
Three divisions have been completely
rocaHt without regard To rcd tape.
Naval officers are annoyed by critl-
] clHm OF tho admiralty for arranging sea
transport by slow ships aud are re-
toriing that the situation has been
sawed by the nnVy'H guns. They cone
tend that the war office was ignorant II
the artillery resources Of the Beers and
] allowed i.ndyHmlth TO be selected 40 "a
camp without providing guns equal In
| range 90 those mounted against II on
the outlying hills, but that the eject Of
this blunder WAS couuteracted by tho
naval i2.poundcrE sent from the ships
In the nick OF time. This cannot be de-
MED nor can II be questioned that the
naval guns on imprpvistd carriages
have transformed the situation at Est
court and on Orange river
a point which Englirhmon not cone
nected with tho rival services perceive
" that the resources or the british
government Tor carrying on war az a
long distance inland are enormously In
creased by tho active cu.npefatlun NJ
tho army and navy ln the picHcnt cam
pnign, The hlurinckcis now On cN.
hibltion az l.ndyHmith EHtcourt aud
the orange river are like the SepuyH
displayed nt Malta by Lord ncncona.
HELD NJ practical reminder 10 Rus
ala that there was more than ono way
OF nghtlng a biz campaign.
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