New-York tribune., 1900-04-29
STORIES OF THE WAR.
INCIDENTS OF CAMP AND FIELD RE-
LATED BY THE CORRESPONDENTS.

London April ls-Bennet Burlegh. writing to
THE Daily Telegraph" records the intense dissat-
tsfaction caused among certain sections OF officers
by Lord Roberts's considerate treatment OF their
late foes in the Free State, Mentioning the strict
discipline imposed upon the British forces, Mr..
Burieigh says:
Soldiers and civilians of own country, or *
least British subjects. have escaped trial and
condemnation for drunkenness and other crimes
against military law Most Of the cases have been
trivial. There is one think. Of real hardship. 70
oa 0 ro ne tree or ara
thousands OF officers and others who have done
The poor Canadian came before a court martial
and was sentenced TO hfty-sx days hard LABOR j4r
neFy reputable soldiers holding Her Majesty
sure ana have eaten % Of Just such piucked chick
ems. am told the Canadian colonel IN addressing
which somebody erroneously said might have been
hanging
Mr.. Burleigh adds this reference to Lord Kitch-
ener:
doubtedly Lord Kitchener of Khartoum: His en-
ergy, ubi2uity and genius are beyond doubt; DO , but
IS matter to write about worthy OF public atten-
he accompanied Field Marshal Lord Roberts and
was present during the action at Poplar Grove.
dentally and confusingIy that he had gone to
press the dundeTheaded rebels. arrange about
improving our transport trains and supplies, and
TO Natal TO advise both Butler and White But II
I attempt to follow in chronicle part of
the Of what has and has not transpired
muscle mind could stand the strain
WHEN MACDONALD WAS WOUNDED.
Stories Of Fighting Mac are always eagerly
read in England and Mr.. Burleighs latest anec-
do.e Of the wen known Scotch General is not
without interest. II is as follows:
One Of the incidents that have reached me of the
PaardeheTg fight is that Major-5eneTal Macdonald
and ms orgto9 MAJOR oapian "lgman: f ,inr WIS
making reconnolssances GOT away from showers y5
Of Boer bullets fired at very short ranges. The
-oot sihe 'Iv ~ .5 ~ -, "a bir Iorse q71at
day Captain WiEham had three horses shot, and
which killed it must surely have finished him. ''he
luck of war as General Macdonald observed at
the minute. Il dismount and get wounded; you
dismount and are saved from wounding. Had !
sat nay horse would have been all right and had
you not got of you'd been killed ,,
General Macdonald only had his wound dressed
in the hospital preferring thereafter to follow his
dogcart. He has now all but recovered. and has
resumed active command. 1t is expected that the
pement Of four brigades before the march on Preh
When the Essex Bluffs and Welsh were pressing
the Beers including the Johannesburg police con
tingent. at Dreifonten, the usual white flag trick
was played by the enemy. Despite repeated In
functions TO the contrary, several OF our oficers
storm Of Mauser bullets An officer and two or
Te @ 58an oTwd Ta % over o the twenty Yards or SO
that separated him from the enemy and bayonetted
the man who had held up the white nag. driving
the steel through the Beers throat and killing MIN
the spot
MEMORIES OF LADYsMITH's TRIAL.
From Ladysmith there come no longer the long
columns Of how Butler wages the war. The Daily
Chronicles correspondent, under date OF March
q. draws a pitiful picture of conditions in this
corner of Northern Natal He writes
feel rather like ghost wh2 frs has escaped to For for
week / was in Durham. There lay the sea, with
ships upon il. Men and women went about the
any amount to eat Ali the other correspondents
who had endured Jhe siege were with WITH me mere mere
10 escape the suiphurous and tormenting names OF
The old prison house. Now am back and alone
Not a single Of my old colleagues remains
Their places are taken by unfamiliar hgures VINO
knew the voice of Pepworth Tom booming and
One rss Hardly @ knows whether to call Ladysmith
cemetery, hospital or slaughter ugh mouse, II Is
losses Of the siege and OF these 52 died OF disease
Why enterie alone cost US So - @Xes @ ana
those 800 or 400 whom death found suddenly on the
eTodea agf s he Gn E9 nt0b sq ceran e M
Of feverish ground sodden with disease are pelng
whose shattered bones would break again at NOV
& aesdy BGf ahd lf we arc ota If anne e Sick 20
me 'front.' instead Of the 5eaT for want OF re I94 Pm
old garrison falls at my side and nov It has "a at
are down in another sixty-four There Seems no
end TO It. though they tell US the touch of frost
ing saw the precipices Of the Drakensberg once
teGio apart 1s chronic i darrfoea torments u.s. and
dysentery to follow. We were SO reduced In
TaheF hdh ha gdd ts T e e e shS aSsS ba
fade away. No need to speak of the smell of death
that hangs over all the town and the encirclng
hils-the smell OF horses still unburied on the
the smell of ground putrid with long encampment-
me smell 2 OF shallow graves Apart from mere
one not haunted by memories AS I ride round the
them slowly falling to pieces while the trenches
are filling up with rain and weather, It
some friend that Is gone Here it was that Ava,
@ nayng orders TO IND & omt the enemy on that ter
forehead and gap at the back Of his head as big
Esq., as 6abys 9 fqot oct Here Dick cunynha Just re-
out at the head of his Gordons relieve the Man
@ on doPped % INTO s liver bullet Here from Tonn
&igbyJones pig tried TO heat bae; 4 the Boer onset with
are so many more-men of all ranks and conditions
On almost every rock there sits ghost who mods
his head and speaks quietly TO me as pass
BULLER sHoULDERED THE BURDEN.
OF General Buffers private opinions upon the
Ladysnith situation Mr.. Churchill writes:
On one occasion he General Buller) even went
SO far as TO describe the operation he had proposed
situation IN South Africa during the first fortnight
By the WAS oee t0at To 80 the to Safa H
went there against his own will and judgment.
him ne replied: 1T was the most dificpt business
8ou vbefSer e should eeF brofb Sba{ { i Was
smith had not the nerve TO order subordinate
70 90 It. was the big man. had 10 go myself
ing on March p. made the following interesting
statement:
The strength Of the Beers the Biggarsberg
IS estimated Yariously between four thousand and
nine thousand. The position, however, if they wait
for Us 10 attack them or it, is not by any means
SO formidable those have been attacking
il is far easy make a turning movement
IN the Biggarsberg than IN the country through
which have passed. In fact, with the force now
al his disposal General Butler could outfiank the
whole chain by sending division round by Help
me kaar
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