The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-25
rJLES BRILLIANT STRATEGY.
u@rTIoN OF FORCES WITH GEN.
WHITE EFFECTED.

rr.e state and Then Battle win
10 offered Gen. JOubert-Report
No+ confirmed at the War Office,
1ut Considered Reliable-Gen.
whites Dispatch-EngIish Losses
We're severe.
london. oct. 25.-The Cape Town CORE,
..,r5snt Of the Daily Mail, telegraphing
~ e45 D. m, yesterday, says Gen. Yule
lac performed brilliant strateglcal
movement.
"Rv swift march to the south, leav-
,,e Glencoe empty, he has effected juno
,,ra of his forces with those of Sir
George Stewart White, slightly to the
north Of Ladysmth. The two are now in
nosnion 10 offer battle.
nr halieve the first attack win be made
an the large Free State force, which en-
te,ed Natal by way of Tintwa pass, and
which has since been harrassing Lady
smith. The military authorities decided
that nv Joining their forces the two gen.
erals would be better able 20 cope with
enc large force at a time than by having
tuo small detachments TO oppose stimuli
taneously two big Beers forces.
"Accordingly. after defeating the Free
State troops they will offer battle TO Com
mandant General Joubert. Only forty
miles now separate the two Boer forces
Hence the need for swift and telling ac-
ton
"The two sections of the Boer army to-
gatber outuumber the entire British force
b,- three TO one Hard fighting is certain
al very early date. Our men are conf
dent and there is much enthusiasm
"The lighting to-day outside Ladysmith
was mere brush The losses on either
side were Insignificant 1t was merely an
artillery duel in which the Beers came
OFF decidedly the worse"
whites Account of the Fight.
The following dispatch from General Sir
George Stewart White to the Marquis of
Lansdowue. Secretary Of State for War,
received last evening at II o'clock, was
posted at the war office soon after mid
night
"Ladysmith, Oct. "a, p. m.-Information
received Yesterday showed that the Beers
had established themselves in considera-
BE numbers in an exceedingly strong po-
sition west of the main road leading from
Ladysmith to Dundee. l had also had in
formation that the Dundee force, formerly
commanded by Gen Symmons and since his
WOunding commanded by Gen. Yule was
falling back on Ladysmith by way of the
Hepmakaar road, Beth and the valleys
Of the Waschbank and Sunday river, and
was expected to reach Sunday river valley
today. ! therefore moved out with a
strong force to cover the movement of
luc's column. The enemy was discovered
about seven miles out of Ladysmith in a
position of great natural strength west of
the road. When he saw that preparations
were being made against him he opened
fire with one gun with great accuracy
our artillery soon got into position and
the gun was silenced. Our troops were
ordered to occupy strong ridge, paral-
lei to the enemys position, but nearer TO
the road
u confined my efforts to occupying him
and hitting him hard enough to prevent
ms taking action against Yule's column
Numbers of the enemy fed to the west
ana the 1ring had practically ceased at
White Did Not Mention 1t.
Although there is no reason to doubt the
accuracy of the dispatch from Cape Town
10 The Daily Mail, regarding Gen. Yule's
movement it is curious that Gen. Whites
ueer3m to the war Office is also dated
al P. m, but makes no mention of
joining Of forces
When The war Office dispatch was issued,
JUST alter midnight, the officials announced
tnal nothing more would be communicated
uN'" ednesday morning, SO that ii is
impossible TO confirm or deny the news
zen 1ule had a heavy march Monday
over the Stratford slopes and the Eur
lonten table, both over 5000 feet high,
a'V . arrived after dusk at Beth. which is
naA-Way between Rorkes Drift and
WsSeAnank He had still heavy march
u Snu was hardly expected 10 ioin Gen.
".ie az Ladysmith until to-day
IT'S movements were actuated by sound
.ulsment since he soon would have been
mrounded and in a desperate position.
The combined forces al I,advsmjth now
mounting 10 some 1900 men. will be
a,~,y sufficient to act on the defensive.
=, lew more victories like Glencoe and
bb..9.ndS'aaete, however, would leave the
brush troops without officers.
English Losses Heavy.
while the Beers have failed to take ad-
uuase OF their strategic pos ton. owing
5Ae ihcomp tency or haste of their
~oueis 'he British have no cause for con-
@1.uiall1ns over the result Of the Naal
I,Iauons. They have suffered heavy
IN men, and their Victories have
as',..caiy gone for nothing, the whole
+, Not lhern Natal being now abandoned
IL t e toeis II would have been better
uaHe concentrated on Ladysmith in the
S. lustauca, but Gen White and Gen.
cio ii'ions mad to yield to political exigen-
d. 'NN 10 the local reluctance to aban-
M au lnch of territory more than was
Of iS "ot expected that tho wounded left
pr,o,ee pnuudee viii suffer except In being
"Tlsohers Of war.
sor,o F ne Of unrest in Basutolaud causes
|ne anxiety.
mi. correspondents who were taken
tso. In the train at Elandslaagte have
te1tg51', They report that they were well
e9gr- oy the Beers and that in the co..
eeI ana assisting the wounded, Beers
helpful 7' seem 10 nave been mutually
Cane Gape Town it is proposed to raise a
N'pe irregular force.
N'erS Annex BechunnaIand.
fo, frs Daily Telegraph has the following
eyeri,-' -' Aar' Cape Colony, dated Monday
sir, ifansvaal government is about i3-
brI PROCLAMATION declaring the district
l.,5D vi me Naal river and including
erI,,1.'iand, TO be Boer territory.
tgioo I.H41udant Cronje, who has been
alvs,l pulsed at Mafeking, is said to be
preeoi.l's on Kimberley and 10 lie i'm
DlHa-"s men and seizing stories and mu-