Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-26
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London. oct. 25-With unconscious
humor cape Town correspondent tel
egraphed. yesterday: The censorship.
which is always a delicate matter. is
working smoothly and wi, h3ut d hitch"
This exactly hits Of the state Of af-
fairs. today. An ominous veil is still
drawn over the movements of Gen.
White ana Yule Beyond belated
Ladysmith dispatches concerning the
E.landslaagte fight. which are still fill
tering in. the British public is left in
complete darkness and t. conjecture
over cooked" war dispatches. The
officials Of the war office. last evening.
said that very few dispatches had ar
rived ana that nothing further was to
be expected until morning.
Since it is practically certain that
Cen. Yulc has now effected a GENUINE
ton with Gen. White, although this
was not brought about, Tuesday night
rs announced bf the Daily Mail. but
some time Wednesday. and as both are
now in position Of safety. conjectures
concerns itself chiefly with the manner
Of Gen. Yule's retreat
That it was hasty is evident. Was
ii disorderly? Was any considerable
camp equipment abandoned? Was
there any fighting on the way? Sucn
questions ana others like them The pub
lie is anXiously asking. Since the re-
ceipt Of Gen. Whites curious deScrip-
ton Of the Ladysmth fight. in which
the British lost 100 men. little reliance
can Re placed in the official dispatches.
While the concealment Of the fact re-
Garding Gen. Yule's retreat can be am
ply justified on the ground Of keeping
the intelligence from the Beers. the
hiding of the news respecting the Hus-
sars ana F'usilicrs who We're apparent
~ captured in the battle at Glencoe. is
severely criticized. no intimation even
having been given that the officers
We're missing.
The heavy losses Of the British in
facing only some 5000 Bocrs are COM
mented upon as what rifle fire means.
today. in the hand Of even undisciplin-
ed men who can shoot fairly straight
and stand their ground. Comparisons
are made with the first employment of
magazine rifle in the HispanO-Amer-I
can war. and it is considered that the
American losses at Ell Caney and San
Juan would have been much heavier if
the Spanards had doggedly stood their
ground like Beers.
Gen Butler is expected to arrive at
the Cape. early next week: and the in
dications are that some troops have al
ready arrived at the front and been in
the fighting, whose arrival has not yet
been announced. There is every proba-
bility therefore, that Endorsements
are now moving up. This is calculated
~ ,.,.t's.
attack on Ladysmith and news of big
battle is daily expected.
About half a complete army corps is
row afloat, and a lull has occurred in
despatching the remainder of Gen. Bull
ler's forces, owing to some difficulty in
obtaining transports. The mobilization
and embarkation of q 600 men. how
ever have proceeded with the utmost
smoothness and completeness. extorting
admiration from even the severest
critics of war office organization.
Although news has arrived that Gen.
Symons is doing well. there is no indi-
cation as to his whereabouts. 1t is pre-
sumed that he is at Dundee in the
hands of the Beers.
Speaking at Dublin, yesterday. to the
departing troops, Gen. Lord Frederick
Roberts Of Kandahar said that. how
ever. important previous compaiSns in
South Africa had appeared at the time
they dwindled into inslgnificarce when
compared with the great event in
which the British troops were about to
engage.
Among the touching incidents of the
field related by Capt. Peyton Of the
Manchester Regiment. who was wound
ed at Elandslaagte, says the wounded
had to lie on the field throughout the
bitterly cold night. drenched by the
rain. One man in his regiment placed
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