The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-05

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En0fnes % Dossvuesson-Gsssss
Dagger IN Expssssvo SD~sso


oAnro. run away VITA any chance % -
Gaping they nuss ether xiu ar - hsE1~A
Hence The ssrs Instinct Of ssss-prOsrv1r
tor whfes nowadays mak>s q nsnr Q nero.
Whole armies ard tribes persmn~d N fso
Horer.c conests Of antiquity NHen yoa~
Toe stood but Few ysris from ron - tura
yor back moart 20 give bsm fha ooenfrg
to deal Death blow sor witch - vss
watching. ard 20 run away wzs tb~ev<ors
more dangerous than 20 Acs aara
In the lays OF Es9rne ara NsrIborouga
although vtiiano<ss sAtp~ser na.a ssssrcst
hs supremacy. Il sock . long ffms TO ssSs
and Are . rusksf. ana re oavcuex and
brcassxore were ire sare~, z>~ns - -
ssructton. Cold sse~s wzS me sssncress ATTY
even 10 70 the early years q the pr-~-S
century. and TO 'xfvs tasm ire o~yoe~~
The moS fnvorsss tscsscal dev1cs a. azzs
pensnsclar Gsnerais Brown Bees Das In
effective ~ . hundred ysr-is saf - nss .
hays.sck ss half THAT rxrxe wss - nssch
~ the soldier had any right 20 ~sp~cs.
Thus armies. when they drew tsupsnsr sar
ngsf. had 20 come 20 the cI5s~st grznxtsss
20 gan any important or far reaching re-
suit Not - near fogsfher p~-nsps -
were the antaxonssss ~ \ e~nsury a~sorss
bat far more within reach % ono sn1tn~r
than we're tfse French and Germans IN lx-s
The vanqsassed esssld not escxc@ - sssssT
~ IN that last campaign. sns m sccortsnre
with erpsrisncs. although u soos ionx~r 20
ensct the slaughter. fbe Dsies os 1eas uere
higher. therefore. N the szrfser shsn m rn~
hitter days At Zornsors one-sags 20 srs-
third 81 the total forces enssaef ~-r~
either killed or wysnfesf. a; Marsxso sr~-
quarter we're lett On tbs s~sd. nj Ro~o-uno
the blood Of one-tnlrs fyef fh~ nus<tsa
snow The Invention % rr5ef zsnS ard
nnushefs r~fsc~d tine Ic@-s ct srsssw1re 20
ene-eisvents. NJ konixusfs 20 ous-ss-
tenth. wnsls even the chasseuct snf
mltrailI~ne dyd mt hing fn~ rssss &C
orsvesotss 20 mSvs tnsa on~-ssevenfh %
ell the Forces sn4zssf
The GsoS~~-voSosso WS~.
Yet. IN spite n tae testimony ~ ssssl~-
ties such ~ these. our newsuspers rave
lstely s~~n slIes win me rnsss s~u~ssgon-
al paragraphs - 20 me horrors xasser1
var vii hing WITH u. AMI me spsslin~s
CONCERNING tire possntsiitI~s e oar newest
weapons have h~sn positively ea8eeassuU
II sesms 20 - imagined shss s~csu.~ =
." D~rvisnss vsr. siEr~s snd ~vunsf<s IN
forsnoon ne gher lag tHsrefsr~ -.
nay expect q similar seio.assf ev~rv fs-.~
hsfaiie rsnae~ II scoepfeS Trs cirruns-
stances aufer wntch these s.5lars tsv~s
were Iost ss~rn often Iosf ssHHs ~ snd ne
convey no meaning 20 fne sensation uy~-
GERS n might have hem rsgpses hat
'hs lessons - The ~sr IN The~~aay ~ouid
have rad s0nu@ sfasfyinx effect 81 the ser
fsrvid irnssinsfions ~ osSF fsssrrxsssf.
There - ssw modern Wagons sra sppsf-
sncss 5rosssrt into rae seff msssssrs
rs1ss srescnfosfsns cannon mass ~ 10
sns tss Whole p@rspnernsssz ~ Se~rEffpH
wnses ere 80 tsrn f5e hstf1~e~ffs - re
future into zSattosrs Y~s - ssppenef
on anofher ees<brsf~a sreaainn. "ro sae
Comparatively sp~sxfnss s@erusf sue p<rr
~ the worse IRE rs<pesksnle rarx 1ss
seldom Enduixef IN Ne.f@ned ssssnuE-
Dusty "a ~ Dousokos TIE valiant esr~~ss
sol - re~k n ire oif rfsssse Jays
Ire anomaly 10 essfy sspfsln~8 MIA
parties sn~w f7s aksxflfne-. - re qsn<rs
armament, kud. Ike many - IRE 0pponenfs
IN the 9id 5a~iing fines. tire nerves ~
both wsre more ~ fes Influences ~ rnaf
they knew few nifs were enough 20
make men keep th@sr distance TIE xEsns
asver Jared 20 move within fertssvs rxrw~
sri when ono s%fe hsd fone eno8sh -
safir~y 80 spnss - s~ts-r~spect. e naSs o
strategic movements ~ tne rssr fssnx
range Ere from 10Th r,fss and xssns nod ~
@xcsDsis~saily wrrsf opportunity sor ~xnth~
ting go ssrsefivs effect. snS Tres. ~~sp-
ems were az efficient 80 those IN the RANTS
OF sry army AZ the tin-
fas IL 10 not oy armament fnss wsrs
are decided the personal esenent 10 srslI
the predominant ore. and the e~sh AMI
blood 81 fhe soldier 10 not 20 - sr~ei~d
or hardened by any rn@cnantesi proc~~s
such AZ may be applied 80 plates or gun
barrels The men at Dnmohos I'D rot
shoot veil because they were themselves
being shot at and because the ofHrers
rad not the sane control owsr thos~ IN
ire rsnks that our officers ~ the VIE
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yo feubs ~ Ounsurun~n both BRITISH ard
Fsyptians we're b~snx snot At too. and
many bullet sounf iss wsv frfo b-svs
mans body. bot TIRE rsn srtuaIiy snost~
ing were comparatively little sfr saf q Il
the bullets wtseh ssfi~d S~er ne r~ses
~ those in the firing Tire fund vfcffrns
IN the rear those n frons fgf nos kssw
virtory won whan ynur eremy foes
nat rrs nearer thar half q rife swzv =
10 easy 20 teep your beafi 20 f~~i cone-
ders g. arm deliberately especially N
you know fnaf yru are supported ~ Vr~-
~r@nI artillery vhffe ~ has no~s ana n
yau are eertsfa that re w~mpen 81 vgur
nand - infinitely superior - th&s ~hjch
your ers~ay ssrrfes Conriu~sona nasffIy
drawn from the results arrived =. anser
caution srf W sfaiI r. VEL - cor<sf-
erabfy eurtsB IRE estimates r~afe - -
ire future ~ the ~~r~asfsr nnorwgrs
Nsss Espsoss~~ sRests
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however - 80 prD-rfrenc~ ~tfrn hs~
s~~r rFVr- - re rs~ssr-sr~ss = ne Afx@
explosive shells whkh were s5v 30 9rwf
tire tried ~ ws~ lsef sus8rsr 80 fhs Vie
we have ~zue~ ser ~T~v~sfHfsete~ - -
to rs~nffs % ~Nas msv -o~s r-~rfssdv
- r~psr&rd ar srtsrsHffns @xp~rfr@rf
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