Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-31
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Now II is up to Lord Roberts.
Ladysmith is still twenty miles from the
Tugela.
IL public sympathy goes with the under
dog in the fight. meetings to give 1t ex-
preston are in order.
General Methueu was born to the pesrage.
wolseley, Roberts and Kitchener were sol
diers first and lords aftcrward.
Experience shows that an average Of one
runner out OF twenty dispatched from Lady
smith passes through the Boer lines.
Tho Lyre is the name Of a paper publishel
in Ladysmith. All the explosive music Of
the town is not confined to its columns.
Carbclic acid, used in the manufacture Of
lydditc shells fired by the British naval
guns, has doubled in price, owing to the
necessities OF the war.
spionkop. the new Majuba, has an eleya-
ton Of 4 600 feet. The view from its sum
nit is said to be magnificent when the
atmosphere is not loaded with Boer bullets.
Thousands CT bulle'procf shis:ds are being
made in England for the war. They weigh
700 pounds each and are designed to pro-
tect the vital parts at a range CT 400 yards.
The rough rider regiment now being or.
gained in London is composed OF b.ue
bloods. If they run against a hail Of lead
on the veldt or among the kopjes the ground
will be given n rare CORY tint.
Lieutenant General Warren, who bore the
brunt Ct the fighting last week. ia said to bo
thoroughly acquainted with every mile OF
the South African country. He has sutv yed
a large pant of the country, inc,uli-g Spion-
kop.
War correspondents with the British army
have to deal with the press censor, the pro-
vost marshal, the assistant provost marshal,
the camp commandant and finally the COM
handing general, consequently few guilty
letters escape.
Pictures of General Whites headquarters
in Ladysmith show a dugout in tn Lill
near by, built for the use OF the general
and his officers as a refuge from Boer
shells. General White persistertly refuses
to enter the cave.
A shell from Joubert's Long Tom" dis
turbed the mess of the naval brigade in
Ladyemith and blew up a young pig they
had reserved for a feast. The animal was
reduced to hash and a feast spoiled. Wars
ravages are terrible.
An Englishman residing at Lynn, Mass,
became so worried over British defeats in
South Africa that he mistook his wife and
children for Beers, charged on them and
routed them from home. When the police
appeared he hoisted a white flag.
Lady Roberts, wife Of General Lord Rob-
erts, knows something of the sorrows of
war. Her only son lies in a soldiers grave
at Colenso, Natal. Her husband, who is at
the front actively engaged in directing
affairs, is 81 years old. Lord and Lady
Roberts have been married forty-one years.
Lieutenant General Clery, who
a division of Buffers army, is said to be
the greatest taCtiCian in the British service.
Yet the dispatches have not mentioned any
OF his tactical triumphs. In addition to
his professional skill, he sports the most
luxurious spread of side whiskers to be
found within a thousand miles Of the Tugela.
officers with hyphened names are common
in the British army. Brigadier General
Reginald Pole-Carew commands the Cold
stream Guards at Modder river; General
Kelly Kennedy is with French: Colonel
Baden-Powell commands the beleaguered
force in Mafeking; Major Sir John Dickin-
son-Roynder is on the way to the front, and
General Forester Walker commands at
Capetown.
One Saturday afternoon in November last
the Gordon Highlanders, who are cooped
up in Ladysmith, got up a game OF foot ball.
which was played just outside their camp.
The eagle-eyed Boer gunners saw the sport
and presently dropped a big shell into the
middle of the grounds. The shell struck
a sandy spot and burst underground, SO no
damage was done. The Highlanders filled
I'D the hole made by the shell and then re-
sumed their game.