New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-20
BOERs AS FIGHTING MEN.
40 MATCH FOR ENGLIEHMEN PURSUING
THE RIGHT TACTICS.
rvrrR MARKsMANsHIP AND THEIR FEAR
or COLD sTEE1-PROBABLE COURSE
OF SIR REDVERs BULLER
IN CASE OF WAR
IN CASE OF WAR.


OF SIR REDvERs BULLER
IN CASE OF WAR
London. September o.
War With the Transvasl II imminent and may
=, Any moment break upon South Africa. and IN
,ha, prospect the civil. controversial aspect Of
the situation yields in Interest to the military.
csAar, arra tosTe is a rule which Is now sus-
landed IKE the 12 o'clock order In the House OF
commons and the theorists and politicians give
vav 20 the soldier and the war correspondent
Where will the fighting begin, and where Is It
likely 70 end; what viii be the forces engaged;
what will the Beers DO, and what the British
a-s and how they situated now and how
likely 10 be situated as the war goes oa-these
a-e some y the questions which people are ask
ing one another as they unroll the map Of Africa
and trace In IT'S southern corner the relations OF
Cape Colony and Natal and Rhodesia with tho
Transvaal State-the pink which stands for
Greater Britain with the brown OF the South
African Republic
And some OF these questions propose now %
ny % answer. This. OF course, can De only very
tentatively essayed. But If you ar acquainted
with the history Of The little war II ISL and
With me country which remains pretty much
re same and Il you know the Beers and the
r,,.e mixing as 20 the probable detectives %
both SIDES and ne difficulties which beset each
r good deal may be predicated and that with
some assurance. though he who writes IS no
prophet
:, g perhaps Inevitable that We should be
thinking good deal Of the last Boer war IN con-
.a-np'a.,rg The chances II another. and % saw
truth. people IN England. generally speaking
seern 90 have 10 other measure. L IS agreed =
course that II she really exerted her strength
al put whole army corps into the field Great
Britain would crush the Transvaal into wha-
shape SIZE chose. But the average OF even well
t-for7neC men and women seem 20 assume that
TIE army corps Is necessity. and that IN any
case n conflict must be q stern one = not
'bloosy - the hunter II the bargain AL this
beau ta- significance q our last little war on
re Meta, frontier has been lost on the common
lay u.nl though not. happily On he solder.
Nov re- Transvaal war was al affair Z
sk.--.shes. and q s6irraishes n a particular
KIND = warfare = which neither me British
corn--arl-r nor he men had any linking OF ex-
per1ence while the enemy 20 which they We're
opposec was the greatest u al specialists AZ the
game Compared % The Beers n the restricted
business az which th@y met the British force
e.rost shows Ike some general practitioner who
3 2
vtth no better substitute for pair - p.r,e-s
than q 3ox II seidli-z pow 1ers The Beers IN
their 0wu way are. or ar al events We're moon
parable troops for African service You may
cal Their way guerilla warfare but they are
what IS Known in the British service nowadays
IS mounted infantry a species II corps rather
secuted FOR use II European warfare but recog-
r.z-d IN the Queens army as az invaluable
trarcn Z the military system. and IN South
African service Indispensable
GENIUS FOR TAXING covER
We'll armed, veil mounted. We, organized IRE
Beers we're a. army q MARTA. Infantry. az
n.-s5.y mobile capable - being brought swiftly
. given point and as swiftly withdrawn IL
ependent Q: communications WIKI caray
heed so- their Own skins which accer.uaced
their natural genius for taking cover On De-
oemoer 70. is3s-now celebrated every year .o-
rhe de1ea: which = Witnessed over D.ngaan
tae Zulu chief-they -emorah,y sxe-pHaed
their traditional method Riding - g re Zulu
lie they Ared voney ana promptly -o1e lack
Or. o.: reach OF the zulu spears e-c repeating
-he device n perfect safety r--- ne Zrus had
enough q Il. The same uareuvre impressed
r. zero q Abivai a. The battle q Boo-rplatz
- years .atsr. Mo g The only battle Il which
- Beers have ne European troops T. ne open
the only regular oa--.= ~ Which they have
b-e- engaged They 90 vaNar,.y these storm
e-s --- -hey vc--5 ro- have waited sor Ton
~" They tid ~ know r. tact -ha- Tommy
was IL Majrha r. numbers superior % .he.r
ow-. arc. as they said .a,er Il was only because
they ~ere ro- themselves 1re5 or c-o- ne
h. -ha- Jo-bert called or volunteers 20 climb
:, TIE wagons were already .nspaane5 when
re 51er commander -1Ck h-ar- - grace BY