The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05
THE BRITISH LOSE COLENSO.
,0rRs nom me BRIDGE AVID HAVE
t4DrSMtTH SURnOUNDED.

,s,rn in Suni observation-disclosures riti-
c,m for Con. Whitc-Gcn. Buffers Task
shade More Diricult- Attempt to Re
u.,, Ind,.mith Would Mean Heavy
,,,.,. nnrrs Iuvade Cape Colony
pr,rh hfrikand-rs There NAV Revolt
,..d ot More Troops-Grim British De-
,.,,i,,tivn to Make All Sacrifices.
n,ta, Cobh n,,poich 10 Tar srS.
,oxroS. Noy4.-Itis impossible to withhold
.,rluts o. admiration oil tho spirit OF grim
.,,.,,,,on with VIII ch the British nation is
t,clne the grave disasters in South Africa, anu
Oh. wonderful patience with which 1t l. endur-
rho terrible SUSPENSE Of tho past few days.
No c,h.rciyiIizedn nation on enr,h save Russia
-,,r- would bear almost overwhelmingly
a.. de,ryafion of news which the British
n,,r,,,ent has seen A. TO impose since
Tro.lav The break in the communication
Nth Iaiysmith Ia. Of course. genuine. but no
.,rou,tion IA youchsa'cd OF tho SUSPENSION
a, the public use ot the cables to Cape
~, and other South African points since
Trs.,ly night No n'ormn'o' save such az
,h. Government itssit has issued, OF later
ba,. than Wednesday has reached the pu6Uc
from south Africa. IL iml'-ribIc tn regard
Nh. 'act otherw ~ than a. bniEOuS. Ihefe ara
manifold speruia vous 81 10 its meaning, but
,h.,a ia li,tle aIvnf'a age In mere guessing. The
I,,,st information from Nai"king and himber-
ia, does not Justify 'he belief Of serious British
,oy.,..the,c, On The other hand. any signal
success at .itherJont would almost certainly
be arrounced
IN. most obviou. inference II that the OBJECT
Mon avs revere ~ adysmith has been the
cau., a. trouble IL Care Colony itself This
la. hsan feared from tho first by all who have
n knowledge 81 the A'rik uuer sentiment In
tie whole region south OF the orange
River. |, is reported unler Tuesdays date
thu cree ~ ; on. ! 600 Orange Free s.aters
tr. ready ,nya lir: me northern rart ~ Cane
Coorv Such movement i full OF peril tn the
BRUSH cause. Cor VIII the knowledge OF the
terrible bow against ten. White I Will prob
ably suHrs ~ 'sUg the Dutch colontsts.
almost TO man. into the Bocr ranks. Thus
would a civil war lie added 10 Great Britnn's
csnp,ign against the allied REPUBLICS. and even
Cen Sir EetS-r- Buffers army corps might
not suf O. To Teal with the situation.
Tn. pubic and press arr dong their best to
take h1petu view Of the 4 ilcuities, tut there
are certain ugly facts which, with all they i'm
nv, must hr faced The Beers are virtually
masters ~ Na'a. The War ON - Admits that
they have taken Co'"nsp AMI. presumably.
have !e.'rove the ra lway bridge there. thus
completing the ISOLATION 81 lhdysmith. Gen.
White now has less than 1900 available men
and csy two months prov sons, The forces
opposed TO him are much superior In
numbers II he acts strictly on the de-
fsnsjve. as h. undoubtedly will do after
the terrible lessons the Eoers have taught
him. he may lc abb to Holt out long time.
Tho POSITION o.! his CAM and he naval artillery
give him great adEAniagns- @ nj the Rocrs have
IA fAr 81 ~
fGh'ing necessary for his capture.
But a England now expects that Gen Butler
viii devote himself primarily to Gen. whites
rp,lsh The Beers themselves Undoubtedly
EXPECT this. and 1t i already evident that the,
are nassing on the line 81 communication
ready 10 attack the relieving column. Such
force might be ready To- start out OF Durham Ia
about three weeks. hut 1t would have a task o.
Tremendous d'f'cuty AMI danger The coun
try is the billy. mountainous one in which III.
Beers delight to meet an enemy The British
army. no matter how large. could not fail tC
suffer terribly against even a small force o.
Beers
The only alternative il for Gen. Buller
70 stick 10 his original plan tc
invade the Orange Free State
tom the sou with Cape Town. East London
anil Port Elizabeth a. bases. This would
Involve leaving Gen. White to hi fate. for
nearly. u no quit" two months. The Orange
River would be the first great obstacle to the
lir,ti-h advance The Beers. II forced across
the river. would destroy the last remaining
bridge, md as the stream ~ now A. flood, the
use oi rD0toons would he mrosSihl- and the
construction Of a bridge extremely slow and
difficult Kimberley and Maicking must also he
relieved, II, indeed they succeed IN holding on,
for several weeks !0n.sr.
II II est. mated by conretent judges that
with the necessary detachments to guard the
long lin" 81 COMMUNICATION, &c. Gen. Butler
will be unable, under the changed circum.
stances. 10 invade the Orange Free State with
aman column o! more than $4,000 man. un.
less NOR men are sent out. Two weeks age
this would have been considered more than
ample. hut now It In urged that the Govern
ncrt should add n least another division
Now that he official anG public opinion OF the
Eoers n fighters and strategists has com,
IIet"Iy chauEed it Is proba be that this will be
Cor"
Meantime there Is no sign us TO which horr
a. H." difficult dilemma in the plan o, cam.
IaiGn ten. BUller will take. II he at empts &c
brave the r. Of Cen. White from Durham
The country must prepare Tor an Uwfu! c0Sudr,
As', '".ll" which the present roll Of 1000 vii
''e!n small. on the other hand. II he leave,
N"I' N'l'S uh' MS IblhHD men To thVlr late, u
VII. outrage the British sense ~ chivary an,
N.I.lN'ous.iv the r",rnt". ent against those r."
ti"u-.b b." for the war. which has not yet beer
publicly expressed hut which will make itsel
dee ; Vry fct when the crisis IL over. A
T'e'"i' he o mr nints 60 no farther than susi
sNIr"s- 0r> - 'h" country ha, already paid
lar g'"a''r price than the Trnnsvaa il
worn ?" lngland. venture to say that out O
eT.ry hundred who wgro eager for war mont II
tc' it'n' are n twenty who would give
C'r.~'. 'r"Shme way II that situat or could h
f'"a.' 70 II should not hc IN ,~rstooi tina
lh"i" ~ any IN Z" section of pGi lie op nOn n
h'"r = s'.pGtu& ii" war nm ter the rressn
circumstances. EngoUls u,onl Is up and sh
ehh."' 'i"r or romrrnm.s" iv h'r''uci III Sout
A''i|; Il '.r 20 o'hrr reason than the fata
T." '- beg ''.'.g" such an.i'u would involve
A. 49, ..'.. recognize 'h.a, and ths"-
h'"' -. lcrn ~. Illumination
rH Dycr the ~" ppontin: rEhi
''uy proves, by her officer:
I'.-. 'r. ,uMcuts q! Cont mental critic
'a' '" ul..ssui-ol Iopu!Nr cXultaio
Nv n-h"m tur"rr ara terribly calling t
i''.'n 20 '", ana It sac fcrs twcnty-'ol