Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1900-01-26


|<yts as 35zs beeil practically RECONSTRUCTED
sjsiT39e & Il( Th6reb possessing no stand
;s,s .:5sy 81 essstablished permanent
ioie6 81 q <efm hundred artillerists in l
! IA md engaged Efficient officers in
France Germany and Austria to instruct
I fheln. They imported the very latest
nattHrpa II field and siege galne from the
4 {t41 II1H Ri Inn III Germany and France
81, ii " shed two factories ut
4, l1fs The lnanufactufe OF ammu-
lii Since 1927 they have erected
at johannesburg equipped with theS
largest and most powerful artillery, some
of the guns being tho best that Krupp
can turn out and capable OF sending pro-
jectileA twelve miles. The defensee of
Pretoria have been strengthened tenfold
and oil the roads leading TO their capi-
ital bristle with guns; During the last
three years it is safe to say that not
month has passed without the Transvaal
RECEIVING large consignments Of war ma
. q Hys Ram apss ami ,ao
This material was carried Oh German
and French vessels down the coast of At
rica and landed AT Delapoa Raw. and
from there was sent by rail 10 Pretoria,
less than 200 miles. That the Ryitish did
ns,s. sua,,ect the enormous strenutl, az the
Beers i shown by the events witch have
nccnrrei tbus fay
Al the CLOSE If 1897 Il waa estimated
Ahat the tvvo renuhlies co,,ld n,t into tba
faI5 ~ non ,o,, ;,,s;de torrs
t~lIu aev;,.rsJ tba mo ;ay;tv rns,,ota5
mi y as dlp mar, WITH raf;nns anougb ~
j let hin, ss ,.ss Jaus - y
n i 1907 there was held in Bloen,fon.
ST. 1rae Stat, ~ ,,,a
,n ~ ecss seg S;ayo' nnssrsa
10 ), ,.shss,, dafersive alliance yvas ar.
(syad mt, ,,t,' Nv The two rennbl;cs The az
s N Fee Free state had MI really been IL
$3.50 ~, tbe trliii,Iss =, tbe ,fransuaai
s Ia. ,alst;ons s;th Graat prita;n ls;,,,
es leasiohs win rt t.h nr..lln elad
Az s.st that Il AZ Trans4,ss, Nos
- e az slsts,s tta;r life rn,,IS 10 ,,+p
E; II, NAT s,,o TIC sas;stanca ~ tbe Ereo
Etata has baa, ! treat r.s,I helm n tba Trans
ssai ana ,,,;Il avast : ,ota,,t fl,ene 81,
fha NJ. ,, s,ia q. ~ tha war - -
-, 80
Kruger Criticised.
President Kruger has been severely |
criticised ii some quarters for precipi- |
tatine the war by forwarding an ulti !
matum I'd tie British Government, rea |
unirine them 10 Withdraw their forces |
from the Transyaal bordersl But It was
the only thing for him to do. British |
troops were arriving by the shipload at |
nearly all the ports Of South Africa, and |
had he waited many weeks longer he |
would have been overwhelmed by mere
force OF numbers. The Beers were all |
ready for the fray and they had every
bhing To gain by striking before all the
troops en- route 10 South Africa had ar. |
rived.
The war in South Africa will extend |
over vast territory. The Beers, acting |
largely on the defensive, have great adj !
Vantage in the rugged condition OF near.
~ all South Africa. The Free State Trans |
vaal. Natal and Northern Cape Colony |
are on high plateau, varying in height |
from two to six thousand feet. The num- |
erous patches of fine grazing and farm
lands are separated ny hills and mount
aims, and the only communication is |
through marrow passes when d force with |
ARTILLERY well posted can defy an army
ten times al numerous. Should the |
British succeed by overwhelming NUM-
hers ii sirjv;no the fenublichn armies in |
Il tha;r o,sr co,,ntrv. the In r1,est mart Of
fbe;r ,sarE al slI haya i,isl hagun Ean,il.
~ ,.,;tb avsrv foot of fba cnrnt,y know.
H., 'as,s,., !. ~ ia billocy and ,s;fb thar
~ s3s ~, noh;ilty the Poers can inlet |
s, 1917 .ireadini s|auvhier ~, tbe Rritisb
that the price Great Britain will have to
pay III nsi , Ioid u psss;Sl ,oe s sS
ssa ; ~ !, iffha pn;t;si, ,ans.
api'aa a,' 4ie;r y;,a - ",,nna,,n;e.t;on
M III I'll, at.a,,a No.. ss,a,aI hrndraj
. ;ilon VIZ eA'9 ,tis :, tha a.taaIs
nlliess q po1ea vvil1ssTx ~ ~ Wy ao.'Hi