Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-10

a., many months. attempting TO pass
p. all sorts of impossible places and
,,v.,inr heavy loss each time That
q, accurate description OF the ten
rssss campaign on the Tugela, No
,,. knew the ground or took the trouble
I, barn H. As am example OF this sub
h.. Indifference. Cen buller was not
.@,rs had HIangWanl mountain. which
Commands the crossing Of the Tugela,
rs. I'M the southern side Of the river
ro,1 he had failed On three different
s.tsmpts. Yet De lived for weeks with
IN tbrea OF four mllSs Of the hill, and
AZ he battle OF Colenso his right flank
extended beyond H.
NO STRATEGY,
oAs 10 strategy, there was none,
neither good. bad nor Indifferent. The
,r65Bs were moved along and when a
nm Oh an enrenchment appeared IN
frori they were ordered 10 take &C..
Sometimes they failed. sometimes they
riafeslel. often when they had sue
cssle1 after terrible loss, the post was
found 10 De useless and was abandoned.
This Iq The blind folly ln which we have
Zen engaged. and'whlch through good
hcs more Than anything else has
eventually succeeded. But had not
Lord Roberts victory drawn away a
great part of the Beers for defense OF
THEN own country il would never have
succeeded and Ladysmith would have
fallen
Thus weakened the Beers had not
fors enough TO occupy such a long de-
fe1sye position and one by one the
strong places fell into our hands.
TACTICAL ERRORS.
'0a Friday. February %, Gen. Hart
vls ordered 90 send up the COnnaught
un0Is the lnnlskllens and the Dub
lrs along The line Of the railroad, to
attack some low hills where the river
turned again toward the east The
Qsnt0n was most difficult and dam
eVus Six companies OF the Innlskil-
lens and two companies Of che Con-
taught rangers formed the attacking
Ines the remainder OF the rangers and
haf o. the Dublins were IN support, the
reserve consisted Of the other half OK
,ha DublIns In this order the Irish
brigade regr0ssed the railway and be-
Gan The attack coming az once under
Q severe cr0sshre from the hills on the
fght and left 10 was such tactical
errors that lcd t0 such terrible loss Of
l-.e Some of the troops had indeed
ben sen, 90 the hin on the left. bat
t1ay were not ordered TO push the at
la.k and they could not from their po-
elton
STUPID SCHEME.
Even on the northern stones they
merely acted as sentries 20 prevent our
being entirely cut of. Any one could
see That it was madness TO send an
attacking force upon the central hill
While the dankIng hill was unoccupied
ana The Beers thereon We're left free TO
concentrate their fire for It's defense.
hut stupid as was the scheme, the
method adopted for It's execution was
even worse
Gen Hart placed himself on a neigh
uonug hl.l With a telescope and a bu-
tiel' BE- was completely out Of touch
N,h lhe attack. and could not know
nnth rest was necessary or when an
alaek could prOhtably be pressed
~ lhese matters are felt only by the
oncen on the spot and Il is absolutely
necessary 90 leave II 10 their discretion.
FOOLISH ORDERS.
There De stood sounding at inter-
vas 'the advance, then the double
eh1 lhen .the charge. When II APP
leaiel 90 him that the attack was not
proceeding rapidly enough TO suit his
'as.e me bugle rang out again In per-
s,l'p'ofy tones our artillery meanwhile
naS smelling the trenches az the top Of
,us hi'i. ana Kept down the enemy's fire
ii,llH lhtt direction. so that the advance
utg ~, iI within a hundred yards OF
nual seemed iO them 10 be the top and
na.ied ior @ moment TO take breath.
NJ cover W The steepness OF the hill.
i1.n me general and his bugle sound
M rt..ne Three calls, Advance, Double.
iha word was passed along the
ieuhs haronets were fixed. and spring
,rs " Their feet. the men dashed for
So win cheer. Not a shot was
tl ny The enemy. and the place
..g'i,el 90 be deserted. The crest was
,.- -l'tl ana passed and the triumph
NJ. .Dyl complete But alas, that crest
49, ldisa one, there was a slight dip
- '''u,A ll another rise, which constitut-
\, .. ,Hs leal crest AS the men advanced
~ the sky line and exposed theme
49, 20 iuil View, the Beers suddenly
onIlt up On their trenches and fred IN
No. 'l'ets'ion Of the FIVE rounds with
r, ,',o lhs Mausers We're charged, az a
'1nse Of fifty yards.
EFFECT WAS AWFUL.
seine erect was too terrible 10 de-
~, ihat great rush of men. conf
III gNl erect as "a great wave nearing
loI' was checked In a moment
AM "a vas q stagger forward. and then
hari'o' remained was "a line Of poor
"A. ~. human beings struggling on
~. 'p'Nl in agony Some rose again
an. not knowing what they were
,,.-t' ana Zen pierced in many In.
Nh, .,,. WIN dozen bullets. Those
1us 5..,l, sIiolslv escaped the murder
,fbar. urge could only ne with the
.hs hoping 90 escape observation.
er .gt-''.t'st movement OF an arm OF
.f f, ,.'ief % was the death struggle
er',. 'vnled man or the incautious at
bat,,. pa one M the lucky ones 10 get
NO. over behind a rock. drew
'e,U, on bullets. bringing certain
hime',,' ny only TO the unfortunate man
im s,igql To many who lay around
It '''he's was the only hope Of
LOSS TERRIBLE.
bpr, WV not anticipate the official re-
Ia, 81 lhe number killed and wounded
' peeu differently stated but fear