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“WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Interesting Particulars of the Struggle

MARCH 13, .%0

Betwecn

Great Britain and the Boers.

WHY LADYSMITH WAS HELD. (the savior of Kimberley, the victor of [ morning, he is bending down again

London, March 6.—Winston Churchill, telegraphing from Durban, March 4th, says :

| have had the pleasure of a con- versation with General White on the defence of Ladysmith. The General, who seemed in good health, though worn by anxiety and privations, re- ceived mé at his house, from the win- dows of which he has a complete view of the defences stretching around the} wide circumference from one rocky hill | to another, and beyond rose the frown- ing profile of Bulwana Mountain.

“He reminded me that he had arriv- }

ed scarcely ten days before the out-! break of war. He had found certain| arrangements inprogress to meet the great and rapidly approaching crisis. | He had full confidence in Genera Symons, who was a soldier of the high- | est ability, and, besides, a good, brave} fighting man. Symons proposed to hold Dundee and Ladysmith, and un- derrated the Boers gravely. White, who had Colonel Ian Hamilton’s ex- perience in South Africa to fall back upon, viewed the situation in a more) serious light. The story of what fol- | lowed is told in the blue books. | “The General determined to ask the | opinion of the Gevernor of Natal on the political result ofabandoning Dun- | dee. Thus appealed to, Sir W. Helyd | Hutchinson said that grave conse- | yuences would result not only from a | rising of the disloyal Dutch in the Klip

country. and perhaps elsewhere in| Natal and Zululand in that event. ; Dundee was actually abandoned, but the elec trify ing efiect of Elandslaagte to some extent neutralized the retreat | of the British forces.

‘But though White had doubts whe-

er he should attempt to hold Dundee he bad none about Ladysmith This town, he said, was the first main ob

> jective of the combined forces ci the Transvaal and the Free State. Here

the lines of railway met and the Re-|

publican armies were to make their effeciive junction and score their first | great ess. The capture of Lady- | smith, which the Boers never doubted | for a moment, was to be a sign for a}

general rising of the Natal Dutch. To! insure success 20,000 men under Jou- bert were directed against the town.

“White said he never wished to abandon Ladysmith or withdraw be- yond the Tugela River. Had he done so he considered he may have beer turned by superior forces and Pieter- maritzburg and not Ladysmith would be the scene of the defence and strug gle, for the possession of Ladysmith was an essential feature of the-Dutch plan of campaign, and provoked them to devote all their energies toa siege instead of ravaging Natal as thy might have done had White occupied a place of less significance, although perhaps of greater defensive strength.

“Moreover, the amount of military stores in Ladysmith magazines, the necessities of evacuating the civil population and of helping in the Dun- dee column made the abandonment of Ladysmith after White's arrival in Natal physically impossible.

“Passing to the actual Cefence of the cown General White said: The knowledge which we had dearly bought of the long range of the Boer guns con- vinced me it was imperative that we should get guns to match them. The big guns of the naval brigade, which were brought up just before the cordon closed around us, enabled us to meet them on an equal footing.’”

THE WITH THE PLAN. “A little grey-headed man with a

well-knit figure and a

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Lord Roberts the victor of Kandahar,

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Paardeberg,” as he is described by Charles E. Hands, writing from Cape Town to the Daily Mail. The same correspondent continues :— “Everywhere Il seem to come across him, and whenever he happens te be people turn around and look at him as he passses and hurry back for another leok, and are so impressed that they almost forget to cheer. And where- ever he goes, with his alert step and his grave, strong look, confident pur- pose and resolution seem to spread around. He looks thoughtful ; every-

ithing he doesseems so thoughtful, so well considered, part of a definite

scheme. “I geta glimpse of him alone in a big office room It isa very small matter to him which I want to put be- fore him, I am thinking, but he does —————— EE

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over his papers, deep in calculation at the point where he left off.

“Lord Kitchener—for itis he—is engaged, they tell me, in re-organiz- ing the transport service.

“The head manager had brought his sub-managers along with him just as Sir Thomas Lipton or Sir Weet- man Pearson or any other would do if he had a big, new scheme to carry out. Business — big, business-like business.”

CRITICISMS OF BULLER.

The aftermath of Spion Kop brings counties: criticisms from correspond- ents atthe front. Bennet Burleigh, in the Daily Telegraph, writes :—

“You can rely upon it that no one more than Gen. Buller deplores the

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mistake which led to the fooiish evac- uation of that key of the Boer position. When the general retrgat was ordered, Buller waited by the single, part pon- toon, part trestle bridge until every- body was got safely across. The day previous he had critically re-examined the positions held upon the left; and been repeatedly under fire of the snipers. Indeed at least one of the geneials and several of his staff had to zet him to retire behind cover, as they thou-ht be was unnecessarily risking himself.”

the Globe’s correspondent is par- ticularly bitter about Spion Kop.

“No one knows,”, be writes, “who gave the order to retreat; the whole business is inexplicable. We met a staff officer on the way; he asked us what we were doing; he knew nothing of the order but presumed we had bet- ter continue on our road.

“And so ended a 17 hours fight. We gave the enemya victory. The whole of Warren’s division had retired. Call it what you like, it is a sad and deplorable business, there is no ex- planaticn, no one was more surprised at our actions than the Boers them- selves; indeed, their officers openly

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this gruesome incident whic h includes

a serious insinuation against the Boers :— “The Colonial Imperial Light In-

fantry went into action upon Spion Kop atg a.m. and remained upon the mountain till8 p.m. Out of 850 men they had 39 killed and go wound- ed. Most of these volunteers were Uitlanders, and at least six of them, whose bodies were afterwards discov- ered, had ben clubbed to death by the Boers. Two of those slaughtered in that way, Corporal Weldon and Priv- ate Daddon, were ex-Pretoria men.”

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that subject is dismissed, renembers to say something on a subject that is very close to the heart of every Daily Wail writer and everyreader too. “lord Roberts is the man with the plan, the man who knows what he is eoing to do, and is taking every step necessary to do it. And the colonists, who were getting very anxious, are since he has been among them, fuller uf en- thusiasm. And. see how they are volunteering to him. A dozen bodies of irregu'ar Co'onial Horse are being raised : as many as are wanted can be raised. Business at last, real business.

A VIEW OF KITCHENER-

“I seek an opportunity to get a glimpse of the general manager of this great business undertaking at his work. Iam told to be there at ten minutes past nine.

“J arrive at five minutes past nine. It is exaclty ten minutes [ast nine when a door is opened and my name is called.

“I go intoa long room in which are several desks like the desks in theman- ager’s office of a great railway con-- pany. And at each desk bending over piles of paper sits 2 high officer.

“And at the end of the room at a table which commands a view of all the rest of the room, and all the other desks, sits a big, dark, stern man with a heavy moustache, intent upon papers Before he looks up I have time to note the telephones and neatness and order- liness of the arrangement of the table. When he does look up he keeps his finger on the paper in front of him, marking the place where he left off.

“J begin to tell what I have to say. He looks at me with very keen, bright, grey blue eyes, and before I have said 10 words he seems to know all the rest, including that which I had planned artfully to lead up to. In to words he says what he has to say. He asks me about something which he wants to know, hears what I have to

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