Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-03

feat" said Mr.. Hennessy.
How dye figure that out!" asked
Mr.. Dooley. "Why, they lost wan "
their gin'rals an near a thOusan' men.
Twas a gloryous victhry. tn sur
rindher iv Lord Mechoon is wan Nv tn
mos SUCCESSFUL feats iv British arms
since this crool war begun.
up to this time they've niver gain
ed amy important advantage. They've
surrindhered ninety or a hundherd
thousan' private sojery, thirty or forty
colonies, near all tn officers Nv tn
guards, tn Northumberland Fusileers
over an over again, an Winston
Churchill; they've hurled gr-reat mass
es iv tn Impeoryal Yeomanry into tn
prison camps Nv the Beers; they've sur
rindhered rifles, an ammunition an
pompoms an mules, but nary a Brit
ish ginral among thin. Although
smaller foorce, Hinnissy, tn Beers
have tn advantage iv KNOWN ivry
foot iv tn ground they ARE fightin'
on. Nanny iv thin have just gone
there, while tn British have been on
tn ground FIR three years with an OPP
pOrchunity to f'rget something ivry
hour. TIL crafty Dutch, marchin' al
most well be bright moonlight as in
tn day time, proceedin' without rest
FIR hours at time, always placin' tn
cartridge in tn gun before firm, har-
dy, vigorous am accustomed to tn
veldt, has eluded all attempts to hand
thin tn roast beef iv Merry England
in tn shape iv a gin'ral.
but whin Gin'ral, me Lord Kitch-
ener, tn Great Coon Conqueror, went
to South Africa, like tn stern an re-
morseless warryor that he is, he de-
tarmined to niver rest till he had de-
sthroyed tn inimy. In less thin two
years he had evolved his STRATEGY.
will tell We what it was because ye're
INTERESTED in military plans. He spread
his magnificent army Nv gallant Brit
ons out in long line that stretched
clane acrost tn country. wan yeoman
deep. Thin, accompanied be mis- sub
gin'rals, he moved out in tn followin'
ordher. I'll dhraw it FIR We, as 1 see 1t
in tn pa-aper. Here We ar-re:
'"The' band.
.'Gin'ral Lord Kitchener, K. G. B.,
X. N, K. L. X. G. X. r. with med
als).
9TH other gin'rals.
Pianos. pianolos, cottage organs,
ping pong sets, tennis bats. bridge
scores, cricket stumps, war corryspon-
dints.
9Th avingin' line.
Their horses.
Their ammunition.
Their food.
<''And their rifles.
"As tn dhread formation moved off
in tn bright sunlight iv that fair day
in March, with tn band playin' a quick
stfep an tn colors flynn in tn air, 1t
, was a sight to make ivry Englishman
proud Nv tn fact that he had to be an
Englishman. Determination was writ
ten on fvry face-th' determination to
go on at amy risk till tea time No
fiinchin, no hesitation, ivry man with
his head erect an tn feelin' in his
heart that on him rested tn security
iv tn Umpire If so. On, an iver on they
marched firm Spimfontein past tn
gleamin' spires iv Wa-aberneck, till
they saw in tn distance tn long. low
line iv purple light that marked tn
walls iv Boobenastofein. 1t was thin
A o'clock d. m, an tn column halted
while tn bugles blew tn CHEEKY call
to tea. Eager hands unshipped tn
marmalade an opened tn caddtes,
bread was toasted on tn small stoves
carried be ivry officers valet, tn pick
cts an scouts were dispatched f'r
plum cake. an f'rgettin' for mo-
ment tn thriles Nv tn campaign, tn
rough warryors INDUCED in that re-
past that has done so much to make
Englishmen what they are. At siven,
havin' taken all precautions, havin'
placed tn powdher in a cool, runnin'
brook and tethered tn mules to tn
rifles, tn vast army slept. 1t was
breakfast time whin tn God of Slum-
Der was dhriven off by tn other Brit
ish God iv Appetite. Such, Hinnissy,
is tn brief story iv Gin'ral Kitchen
er's cillybrated dhrive, as read it in
tn palapers.
ITO some extint 1t was SUCCESSFUL an
to some other extints not. TIL bands
were good. TIL tea was fine, though