Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-21

state Yves but II years old he had
knocked over an antelope at 1900
yards.
Every time the uocr shoots he shoots
10 hil. and % 81 not often that he
ls disappointed WHOM ho Nights. he
nght from behind some friendly rock
There De- nothing 90 disclose hiH whore
ubouta but the tantnllzIngly inttrmlt-
tent iilahes of smoke. 10 attack him
with heavy artillery IL "a very difficult
task. nrst because 81 "a no easy thing 10
rot big gums into the Transvnal, owing
tn thC broken and rocky nature Of the
country. whore roads are nli but I'M
known. and also because the vcldt
hurgher hn8 Il habit of picking on "a
GUNNER when he dnrcH 90 show himself
beside hH gun. This a. precisely what
hr ana nt Mhjuhn illl. and again rec
p.htcd durlng thr cnEagcmcnts OF the
Jumoaon raid. AZ kruEcrdorp Jhmr-
/ SONS men. with 900 their MaxImH and
IcafiloudH OF ammunition. could do npth-
ng ueaiust the handful or lio0fH who
harnsred them from flank ana rear
[ The machine guns ruined their leatru
I hail. hut u did nothing but splash ON
] rock aud stone. Behind each stone. uf
! cuurr. wis 600 uatuto hOcr Hmukng l
! pipe. Whru the least sign uf move
iugni made irelf manifest about thr
| machine gun. long, lean rifle barrel
showed .r0m behind d rock. there was a
pun lf smoke and the rifle hlfrol once
more disappeared 40 was maddsnIns
90 The English They were absolutely
afraid 20 ahuw thOmrolysH. for every
man who showed head on hand was
ruru thf most moment GO BE- "a target Tor
the gnpmyH long distance rifle prac-
tico.
| n became n matter ~ dodHius from
kopi' 90 kopie und not even waiting 90
rIck un the Wounded The purs ~
Tm1kh from behind rocks continued un-
Ten Jameson ana hin mon reached the
now historic NllcMoutcln farmhouse.
Here the EnglIshmen continued 20 drop
like h0wled over nlnupInn nut they
could dn nothing. Some of them. IL iH
said, burst into tears Of impatient raFe
no their very holplrHsnuss The heroic
surgeon of the little division finally
gave bis last piece Of lint Tor use az a
white nng. ana 10 was run UP, The
Boyr nre ceased. and HoerH seemed ID
spring un from AN over the country, no
n hy magic The survivors of the I'M
yadur party were surrounded. though
thay were run holding their arms o.
/ their hands. Cor they half expected 9,
bg mnsHncrod 10 a man. Instead the,
were rlycn brandy and milk and moal
aud marched IN 90 NrugOrHdorp. WHERE
thev were treated with the Creates
Kindness nut Il was the end of thl
JamoHon raid. and uu ingloroug end H
that 'NVc wore nothing but pirates.
one of their officers has since coufosscd
"and we richly deserved hanging. cyorl
ONE of ua"
There H n prevalent idea that th
! Boon are not strotcgists. and that thol
methods 90 warfare ore simply th
+ primitive ways of the ordinary guerrilla
This b. n mistake, Cronio who led ON
b division OF the noer force in the can
turo or the Jameson buccaneers. be- ou
, on the keenoHt Htrntcglats who cye
3 commanded o. company. He success
/ fully lol Div little hand ot men arllns
3 q superior force which had with it .
b pieces NJ artillery eight OF which wen
p Muy'm gums This enemy also had am
Z muniuou boy the wagon lead, truinr.
1 cavalry horses and experienced officer.
b The lners under Croulc. on the othe
p hand. were wntmlly short OF ammunl
% ton and were mounted on green farm