Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-07

rivers ana open country ffNHa agencies
which expand into victorious fortles
cavalry raids accurately described as
Reconnaissance Ia force are convinced
by cold. hard steel that thu faithful
messenger tells nothing but tho truth.
and the amateur strntegigt IN O. nmakinH
room " a comfortable London club n
al the mercy Of the ruthless frontiers
man who ia liable at any moment 10 up.
set the most scientific export opinion By
rlding across country ana proving that
what cannot possibly De- true has hap.
poncd and IL the most natural thing IN
the world,
system can well Hnord to deHpIHe ths
forces of public opinion. and when thU
London Journals which have Invested
thousands ~ pounds in syHt matizsd a..
unromcuts for describing tha war day
hy day no four ahilliugl q worl Gun
learn Christian grace and humility uud
Doe thankful " their penny -a-linyrs are
not turned out of The war 0iiuo 90 stand
lu the rain and log and cool their hoolH
The London Journals uu. uf course.
hoping Tor better things when tho army
corps VI which fully twenty thousand
mon will arrive re the Cans this week.
once takes the nsid and thHlr own relays
are on the GROUND Co duIufIh. the TIL
umphai match through thy two Dutch
HruhilCs. Apparent > oy d. not know
what manner OF mun ST. l,slvcu uul-
! INI %. TIC unNN NNl iNllHlA"l W.T. iNNNfa
HrnudUntf either useful uf ornamental.
and the Increased pressure poo upon th.
censorship since hlf arrival lt the Cape
proves how little llr1ufU WIFI hU allowed
tu even privileged HuClW experts WI %
tho real business of war h.E.ur.
ON the English side. meanwhile. th.re
Hrn ruwurr barely 10 sNeH.H ul tnU dee
/ mlnl Tor special editions The ufter-
] uuuI papers midnight editions SHOW the
Ingenuity Of the prc7s news expansion
Z lHt who On purnlyzed hy the fear lHHi uu-
! other bird may como home lnupuUr.
/ tuncly and convict him of mrndaclty
/ in raidlnr B0cr campo and Hllenclng th'
Thc Labyrinth situation To- in reality
/ unchanged pending the arrival of the
] next earlier pigeon.
The gnrrison ia holdinr odt with Ens-
| iIah grit. and the uocr generals are
| forced 60 admit that the capture NJ
| Lndyumlth u practically re- question ~
/ superior artillery practice ana n direct
attack upon the entertainments rather
/ than O. matter of deer stalking ana sot-
tlnr traps Tor rash birds By hunters
] wlleH
There il still considerable doubt over
| what has happened az ColenHo. but none
] whatever respecting the necessity FOR "a
/ supreme ofiort ON the part ~ the BootH
/ n thoy wish 60 win u decisive Victory
| before tho arrival OF The British rcln-
D Nf'NN.NNIINNNNNa MNNNM NNH NNN" NN NN| M "
/ ana which can BE- despatched OF once
/ Tor Durham.
Tho retirement Of tho garrison from
/ atrumherr Junction. before % could d.
| attacked by q Free State force udVlnc.
I lng from nurghcradOrp Do regarded by
l military writer's na % proof that East
l London viii not be used uH 10 base %
/ supplies Tor the army corps and that
] be Aur and Nanuwpourt VIII Boz the
l hrHt line of The British dnfgnse o. Cape
] colony with Cauotown ana Port Eliza
both behind them. stormbcrE was oc-
| cuuiod BY half of tho berkshire reEi-
/ ment. without fold guns ur cavalry, ana
/ Sir Rodvcrs Butler has wisely ordered
| the garfir0u 10 retire.
The retention of NanuWnoott a. %
much greater importance since % CONE
/ muudu the approaches frum Port Eliza
beth. the ncnroHt base of supplies Cor
| either Klmhoriey or UlnemfnntrIn The
! remaining hBlf of tho Berkshire rcri.
l mput Dr. there ana can hU reinforced by
/ tho Northumheflands The Munster fu-
Hileera. the Yorkshire llrht infantry,
] and possibly the other hattnll1uH and
o. now monucci by hostile force ~
] unknown strength.
AZ Coleaburr. the original Nutal sit-
1 untiou b. reproduced the british force
being divided between two posts
| Nuuuwpu1rt standing for Glencoe and
~ Anf for Labyrinth hut there Il
one important point Of divergence be-
! tween the two lines - defense. The
natal positions were selected for pollt.
cal reasons. whereas De Anr and
Nuauwpoort arc OF real aitatyEic I'M
| portanco Sir RrdvorH nuller4 " he can
. hold both posts. can command two
/ bases % supplies aud when the bulk
! Of the army CORPS has been brought
| forward he can choose between advhnc-
| Ing directly upon uloemfontcin aud go
N . I. a.
| and then Invading the Free state Mill
tnry writer's urv divided between these
| two courses and are unable 60 FORECAST
Sir Wedvcra' plan of campaign with
| confidence. The force now available
for the defense of the strategic line d
u the highest Importance Tor the dlruc-
tluu ~ tho campaign So December IL
iH utterly Inadequate. not exceeding
four thousand Infantry and Is without
| Held guns and cavalry,
! Sir RcdverH Buffers snvucity iu re-
duclng the numbering OF exposed
points from three 90 two, IL apparent
even II he had 10 sacrifice a hne plan
for u coucontrlC tmnfch on SpHnrfDu'
trln from three points. What. however
can be- said IN favor ~ the military
plans of defense which were formed ai
Inc Cane before his arrival and wor1
mainly based ON the necessity ~ over.
awolng the disnnoctod Dutch district.
By Infantry EarTiHons too far removed
Ia support ono another Nothing OK,
copt that the issues NJ colonial politics
we're mixed ~ with them, and that
modern warfare has remained, after all
an exact science.
The keencst military writer's TO ana
I've the situation luy stress upon thf
fact that tho Dutch allies are wasting
their resources by attacking the Brit.
ish at too many points, instead ~ con.
centfntlng their efforts upou one ur two
points THIS lH true. Whatever cd.
vantage the Beers have won has been
from tho rccklcHHucss NJ their enemies
who have forgotten that the Bocr wua
nrat "a huntcr and then frontier back
woods warrior hunting Tor prey
as though tho latter were deer or birds
10 be- stnlkod or cntruppcd, and who
have fanclcd that the Boer IL another
Arid or Dcrylsh TO be runhcd and
carried on his feet, The noora have
made graver tactical mistakes than
tho English stan. although lie record n
not particularly brilliant In defrnHeiv,
work and they have allowed three
weeks 10 slip by without winning a de,
clnlve success hy virtue 0f overwhelm'
ing superiority in numbers,
The Santiago campaign was n batter
study ~ real wurfnrw than anything
vet Witnessed IN South Africa. except
the arrangements for the rapid moblll-
gntlon aud shipment ~ an army corps
In that respect British organization
! was worth more than American lu cg.