Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-15

steps Of those on whose shoulders i.N
the burden of UNFOLDING % there. We
had found the country iu bankrupt
condition. and had restored 90 nn1uc'ai
we had found 10 threatened by the fore
midabio Zulu monarch. with his army
Of nfty thousand nghtlng SAVAGE thor
oughly drilled and On "a state ~ hIgh mil-
ltnry efficiency. After drHpefaie
struggle. in which We SUFFERED severe
losses. s1ya writer iu the San ffau.
cisco Chronicle. including the battle OF
1aanduin. where our camp was taken
and the whole N lts defenders Hinughi-
cred. tha british arms hnnlly achieved
n complete but h,rd-won triumph. We
had broken the power ~ Catewuyo. and
dispersed bic regiment Of 'celIhaie'
man-dcatroylng gladiator 10 uH" the
phrase in which sir inrile frcte once
described hla justly dreaded lmpit
Subsequently. IN the Trnsvnai ITSELF
we had ovcfthrowu gccocDeui 20 power
fui native chief who had occasionally
doncd the Hoer government. Will" enc
tofprnlnH British traders had supplied
an abundance ~ excellent sporting
rlnos 10 the people of The country who
earned not little money by shooting
down the game with them. In btloG
we had removed one hy one every oh-
aiacia 90 O revolt on the Part ~ the
omlrrnnt iatmriG who made up The
bulk of the population Of tho Trnnayaal
outside the towns.
The revolt followed. oa might have
la
month OF December 1850. during the
warm summer " tho southern homi-
sphere. and II came 90 un cnd with the
peace that was concluded after the
disastrous battle OF Mniuba mountain
Of February 20. issi Tho tale Of mis-.
fortune begins with the AFFAIR " Brop-
kcr-spruit IN December. The Ninety
fourth regiment forming r. part NJ tho
firitiah garrison uf tnr TunHvnal had
been ordered 90 concentrate at Pretoria,
and was on the march hithrr. 40 ace
tunl lighting had na yet tnkrn plnrni
but the Beers had held q mass meet
inT, proclaimed n republic, and an
nnunced that they were going 90 heFln.
~ iironkor.rprult. they laid u carefully
prepared ambush along the ROAD by
which the Ninety fourth were advance
ing, and awaited their victims.
Inc NNNNlNN NNINNNl NNN N'NN WIZ INNfl
90 look out Tor traps, but, nn FOR az can
now be- known. ho had no idea that
these HhnrpahootinF farmers were rcui.
ly In earnest, and he failed 20 profit by
tho warning The Nlnoty-fourth was
strung out for half a mile along the
road; the weather was hot. and many
Of the soldiers had put their rifles ~ the
wagons. IN short, the march was cun-
Quoted a. In time Of profound peace,
At a certain SPOT the long column WIS
halted by B0er patrol. There was o
brief colloquy between the colonel and
the Beers, they ordered him 10 go back
and ne refused. Nobody seems 90 have
noticed the nmbushcd rinemon, or "a
have observed the little heaps N stones
with which these skilled hunters NJ Wild
game, old hands nt shooting over the
bare voidt had thuughfully marked
out beforehand az 100 100 aud 900 yards
their exact distance from their intended
targets,
The uoor rifles cracked. and In twon-
" minutes AN the officers ana half The
1irltish troops were shot down. ana tho
rest were made prisoners; the loss on
the side Of the farmers was almost NIL,
Aan Western American crudcly OBJ
served, Il was "a ease N lot of urat.
class frontlorsmon taking In crowd NJ
tendorfcet out OF the wet. ~ was n ter
rihly severe lesson that In the face Of
possible enemy 10 soldier must never
be on his guard
After the uronkrrHprult disaster tht
whole country WINS up, All tho British
rnrrisona In the Tr1uEVanl We're br'
ieaguorod hy the Beers. ana one gnr
riann. pntchpfatroom, was known boti
by them and by Sir George homrtu,
Galley the general in command iu Nn
tai. 90 be short OF provisions, tulln'
calamity determined 10 cut his way in
10 possible. and roloyo a. ilr knew
well enough that ere long nn army from
overseas must Doe HUut Co retrieve th
honor NJ the British arms but he wa
also aware that 10 must inevitably nr
rive too late 10 save putChufHtrlnm
Tho Uoera had occupied i.alnEH Noh
the pass leading into the TrlnHvnl
from Natal, and with the Hmnll hrtHl
force he had ut hlH command he hope
10 be- able Co dlslodEr them ana clri
the road General Cooley was cunHli
orod 10 be one NJ the very host officer
In tho British army, lie had some rN
porlonco In actual lighting In chlnn
and he had exhibited cNtrnordinhr
SKIM aud COURAGE nud resource in tn
difficult task NJ organizing the trans
port IN tho Ashanti chmpnlFn. ne ''t
talniy could not ho called novice u
war. Int. unfortunately, there wa
one thing of which ull hif previous cN
paripnce had taught him nothing, an
that was how 90 nght against goo
shots armed with modern hretchload
cra.
upou luiur's neck with about clcvvl
hundred men and siX guns. The fore
uf R0erl opposed To- him BE- said 10y AZ
fred AyiWurd, who appears Co have act
ca NJ their military secretary, 90 hay
numbered iiti under Generals iuun'f
uud Smidt The Iocu had no KUN.
and dreaded artillery urr more tnh
anything else, accordingly, thoy qua
plnlo dummy trenches Boo SOFT grouu
ON n conspicuous pant uf tho Ngk. au
then iudlcIuusly disposed themselves b
,nfoty elsewhere. CuIIHl' gums upgnr
nre al % mile and "a bJlf ana nuue1
60 have principally occupied thnWHulN'
la Smelling tho empty trenches, uH n'
cordng Co Alfred Awkward, no one WI
hurt or oven frightened By the cannon
AIDE. II muy ha rltnt that Alfred NN
wards nEurrs are not Coutrndicicd d
sir George Cnlluya. which no has ~
Gently Published. and. Indeed, with ID
ference 10 tNH particular action, cor
oral Cooley himself dcpiNrps tho me
feotlvcncHg of bis artillery practice
one Of the letters printed by hiH uN
postlng tho naval brigade, with %
racket apparatus aud Fuwu uf Che 500
tieth Rihes. in an inrlosrl EruW
whore thov were under UntUT ..
lceping about hair his f1rrv lu r01.r.
Colioy dispatched i've companies Ui %
Of Tho Fifty-clghth rrglWnut nuWhgru
$50 bayoncts together with about % hu
drod mounted men, 90 assault lhn d.
OF the Boer lime. lu broad aa}NE
the foot advanced lu column of DNI
panies across the open rruuna ana
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