New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-20

they HalIop TO within range Of the enemy, The
reins ere thrown over each pony's head and the
little besEar stands dead, Then his master dis
mounts, drops behind rock takes cover and
an aim. free voley after vulloy and II The enc
my looks troublesome he leaps on his pony and
Is on 70 repeat tbs performance from another
/ point
HOW COLLEY WAS BEATEN
And these tactics were too much for sl
George Colleys inadequate force between De-
cember Is and January IS ISL The Beers
suddenly arose end attacked the small detach-
ments which garr!soned their country passim
Colley. then Governor % Natal got a scratch
force together and started north. Before he
could reach the Transvaal frontier Boer army
under Joubert, the commantant general, crossed
over and took Up an Incompatible position al
Laings Mex. q steep ridge which shall have
occasion later 70 indicate as the key 20 the
present situation When CoUey attacked The
Beers were hardly n sight. and shot down his
men from behind the ridge as they climbed the
slope. There was another engagement u The
same sort az the Ingogo heights and again the
Beers shot down the British ,rsantrv from
cover. The excellent Boer shooting cost as
many lives that Couey should have waited for
endorsements Unhappiiy ~ put his fortune
% the touch as MOntrose commends. h. riskal
all upon Majuba Hill and again his men Vers
shot down by the Beers who climbed under
cover
The story OF Majuba Is too well known 70 g
over anew but there e an unpublished incident
connected with K which has is moral u The
thick Il the killing Ian Hamilton now Gener4
Hamilton. whom John Sargent painted IN last
years New Gallery then q lieutenant q Gordon
Hghlan1srs went 20 poor Sir y COiey and
asked leave % charge downhiu with the bay
onet al the head u his Scots C5iey refused
one seems 70 see him turning toward The eas-r
young face and muttering 20 himself, 7 can't
let him 60" II might have been death % Ham
hton bug experts. both Dutch and English
have assured me (, would have been rout TO The
Beers. /; only two Highlanders had reached
them with the bay1net J0uoert's st0rrners would
have run. We need not de.ract from The courage
Of those who climbed the hill when we mention
d fact u real value IL computing The chances Z
any future lighting. They operated under con-
dttions 80 h'r- they we're practically -1v-.ner-
able by ordinary .nfar-ry. They 0utnumbered
the British. and when Tommy shot oac-y they
shot Ike al army u picked marksrn-n.
But m mere equality = shooting could have
made these Odds al even. 4 nghly mobile force
OF mounted infantry. they should have beer Op-
posed ny mounted infantry or better still by
cavalry. which is he cure f0r MOUNTED IL
tantTy. as c0lchlcurl or llth IS the specific c-re
f1r g0u-. Instead - this they We're commonly
II cover shooting az men II snowy helmets ard
oI~n and n African day -snt, o. who as az
Na1uha We're clearly defined against the sky
line above Naturally The Beers had j. their
own way Only once. indeed we're they q
trouble when II one sk!-rr.sh some hait dozen
British tr00rars-the Only cavalry OF hand
made sudden s.a1-das- charge uphill Then
fo- few n 1wer-s the Beers Waver-c and came
near % breaking
POINTS oF THE CAMPAIGN OF lss,
For the rest. We may thus summarize the briet
campaign os 1851.
The British force was inadequate TIE COM
handing Officer was The Aowe- q -he star COL
,ege and might have beer RE genius o. a Eu-
ropean war Bu, he vas probably not he man
f1r South African sH.-r.shing be had ~ cav
airy - mounted .nca---y vhe-= these We're n
d.spensatle. the Infantry az rs 6-sp0sa. shot
badly and were carefully dressed 20 make ex-
ceLert targets.
second-The Beers BY invading Nata. instead
o. naming q re T-a-svaa. plateau got upon
ground Ideally su!,e6 FOR thel- style y fighting.
and, thus ensconcec shot admirably When ST.
Evelyn Wood came ~ 20 take The command
from The dead hands OF Couey and faced the
latter was az once outpiaved The telegram n
which Sir Evelyn Wood informed Her Mai
Government that General Joube-r vas hu-narIy
speaking g; his mercy 30 70. urte-s-ate ths
fac. and only NJ E.ads-ore's intervention
saved - B0er army from being crushed And
Ln,- 81 Evelyn a1vance w adequate troops
4 g inc.spu-able tha, he Beers played he
r.gh- game and played = rtgh-.y. = remains O.
consider how Far the cd conditions obtain Il
THE SITUATION y .sos
Since 1851 -he Boer establishment, has great
altered Pretoria and johannesburg are
equipped WITH :orr and siege guns bota q The
latest models re 5eterces = Pretoria r. par
ocular having been supervised 5y highly skilled
Continental Engineers The S-A-e artillery 3e-
c,are1 20 - a. excellent force has been trained
ty German officers and whether or 70 -H=se are
SILL or the active 1st-a statement repeatedly
der. Jed from. Preto-.a--he sact remains ma, ne
Beers have a. -, --r- body y fed artillery
a.t The -a--s- ar- best u quick firing guns
~ military opinion : inclined p -.scoun,
The a-van.ag. Z either. Il IN mater e siege
guns 4 IS probable enough that Pretoria
would be d!t-lcu.- a. cas- troubles M O.
ak. oIt ne military i-~a seems 90 be thai
= once the Beers yell 5a * o. Pretoria the Wy
would - ov-r-the invading genera. would
draw MS GORDON round f1e ocer capita and
SIS down UNI 70 surrendered r Deem er
l>}1 when had d -a.k with lr L. Is a. Pre-
-orla tha S-ate Secretary was kim enough @
talk about ne cor-s and - Tell ne though :
forget -he figure now vha- they had EOS.
7 Ver-u-el 20 ask whether hey would .e r,
much use against invasion and asked whether
= the Transraal were attacked by Portuguese
general. rne issue would not le decided much
further afeld.
Tn genial aaventurer smiled shrugged his
shoulders and L : mistake not. sad some
tt!ng about Johannes aurg. The Ortan1eTs have
always said r1at ~ .o-ts were designed .1r
-h-.r intimidation and &C k-eI awake .ear
~ INVASION n he average Boer mind
a, all events We may cave IL siege guns
and consider the ae.d artillery This branch
? The service would = CT u-se be Used r. re
fed Bur soldiers -eu re that the eject o.;
The state arriller, may very We'll Pc O. err ar
rass The regular B0er rro rs. Th- Beers w.u
work ~ their old way. wsic. have -1l-ar-
c--d O. describe above an = they have o. act
tr concert vt-h guns ths. Is likely O. def~a-t
from thel- 1hiity There VIII DO British ar
-tu4-v in -he business and ne field artillery
- Great Britain IS one - The tew points IN
cu~ SINAI system = which The great ar-a-
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