The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-11-04

story giving an account of the heroi
stand made by the decimated battalion!
until their last cartridges were gone
The British nerve was momentarill
shaken by General Whites use of the
word "capitulate" in his first telegram
but now that it is known that the
Gloucesters and fusileers fought
against overwhelming odds and upheld
the best traditions of the British army,
, the tension has been relieved since
there is no longer any ground to dread
that the loss of life was accompanied
by dishonor.
! The details today show the catas-
! trOphe in a brighter aspect. The full
| battalions were not engaged and, there
! fore, the list of prisoners is materially
| reduced, while the disaster now Arrears
to have been not so much the conse-
quence of defects in the plan of action
as to misfortune whereby the column
was deprived of it's ammunition.
Still it seems incolnprehensible why
the plight of the luckless column was
not known at headquarters as the scene
of the surrender was only about three
miles northwest of Ladysmith. and
Lieutenant Colonel Carlton must have
expected relief to reach him. or, instead
of attempting to occupy a defensive po-
sition he would have retraced his steps
to LadySmith when he suffered the loss
of his ammunition.
Apart from General Whites state
ment that the losses are verv numer-
Gus, there is nothing to indicate the
extent of them except a vague report
that the soldier who brought the news
to Ladysmith said the British dead and
wounded were lying in heaps, and that
hundreds needed doctors This. how
&c hoy
list OF captured officers.
The concluding sentence of General
Whites dispatch relative to the safety
OF Ladysmith was received here with q.
certain reserve, in view of the fact that
similar official assurances were given
recently at Dundee and Glencoe. and
there is. intense anxiety for news of
the renewed attack, which is not men
toned in the dispatches. The calamity
has served to alarm the British and
the soldiers friends. The papers COM
ment on the splendid reserve of pa
trlotlsm existing in the far away col
onles and the deep-seated feeling of
friendship and sympathy of the great
kindred nation across the Atlantic.
The Standard sums up the feeling of
the nation, saying; From the United
States and our colonies alone we hear
the voice of friendly sorrow and en-
But that suffices. All
others are welcome to congratulate
themselves over the misfortunes of
Great Britain
The war office has made a welcome
concession to the public desire for news.
Hereafter every postoffice will be open
sunday morning, and will post copies
0f all kilograms received by the war
oft1ce up to 1 a. m. Sunday.
1t was learned today by representa-
i've of the Associated Press that the
5rltish government has been Obliged to
'efuse permission for the United States
% send four officers to watch the
lTansvaal war, owing to the precedent
which only permits one representative /
rom each recognized power Captain |
stephen 'Hommedieu Slocum. the |
United States military attache at Lis I
BON, has been selected. He was in /
london today, buying an outfit. and /
,alls Saturday. Colonel Samuel S. I
the United States military at
ache here, remains in London.
1t was reported ut Aldershot today
nat another complete army division
viii forthwith be formed for service in
south Africa. The division consists of
5000 men and fifty-four guns. This
probably a preliminary step toward
calling out of second army corps. !