The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-28

fanaive operatIons. Unpleasant as Il may
he for club men to hear that squadron
~ Ifussars is In Pretoria. ike Or. Jane
son under guard; that the guns reported
70 have been captured az Glencoe were
not taken; that the wounded were ieI'
bahind at Glencoe, and that killed. wound
ed and missing in three battles NUMBER
nearly 100 out OF 1890 under arms. II SIN
remains true that the British have won
every battle. although they have been
greatly outnumbered by the enemy.
STRUCTURES upon the war Office for issu-
ing deceptive bulletins are unjust. Inc
authorities acted properly in suppressihg
information when a retreat was ordered
from Dundee. and even In creating the
erroneous impression that Glencoe was the
point Of concentration instead OF Lady
smith. Lord Wolseley's commentafi's
anon the dispatches which It was impf1-
dent 10 publish were not az lucid a. cae-
ear.s military notes. but they served the
purpose OF filing the pauses until ths
junction OF the two forces could oe el-
footed The main fact 4 that Genera
Ylle's retreat was rendered UNAVOIDABLE
nv the bad plan OF military defense Wnle
had been adopted by General symons' be-
fore General whites arrival Ia response
20 the urgent solicitations Of the colonial
authorities in Natal Your correspond
ent Is informed On high Authority that the
military STAFF. considering LadYsmith as
the real position q defense, heavily for
tifea II. but that they only expected 70
hold Glencoe temporarily. They Cd not
intrench the camp strongly. and antiei-
pated a withdrawal from Il IN the pres
ence II overwhelming numbers
while this explanation Il made after
the retreat. and consequently s. open %
suspicion OF being ls59red spology. f. f.
prol,ably correct Certainly ths ~ar oFi<s
should not Be criticized a. rixid eenzar-
ship of news when the necessity tor 2
has been proved Dr. General fBle' g y arca
acroAs country under conditions @hi-4
rendered publicity Dangerous. or tae
other hand. she foreign m.itar5 cr.tez
now in London praise the BrItlsh Peg
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