Exeter Advocate, 1900-6-28, Page 7ON VISITING
PARIS.
TIMELY HINTS FOR THOSE GOING
TO THE EXPOSITION.
Valuable Information About tile Cabe,
omeibeeearraseways and River Bents
-LooatIons and rriees at the Restau-
rants er All Gra(les-Money Rates.
Unless one has special reason for
visiting the exhibition when there is 05011 so much Pictured as covered
no crowd it is not edvisable to do so with snow and her sons and (laugh -
before 10 o'clock, says the Paris coia ters garbed in furs, that it is not
respondent of The New York Jour- surprising that one of the most
nal. 'Prices of entrance in each of the sough -fox •sections of the Pavilion
• enceintes einclosures) of the exhibit,- was the fur exhibit.
at Paris and Vinceunes — Here was Colonel 'Gourdeau in all
aro as follows: his glory, surrounded by his pelts,
In the morning, before 10 o'clock, which he had taken such pains' to ar-
twa tickets; between 10 and 6 range in a way that, they could be
o'clock, one ticket; after 6 in the at- properly viewed. The Colonelwho
ternoon, two tickets, except Sundays speaks French faster than., a Paris -
and holidays, when the admission ian, was kept busy all day answer -
will be one ticket. It will be seen ing the thousand and one hundred
that by entering the exhibition after questions with which the sightseers
10 one ticket is good until 6. En- plied him. The Canadian exhibits
:trance tickets C/1/1 be bought at from are soinewhat of an eye-opener to
11 to 13 cents outside the exhibition. some of the French visitors, as many
Strangers are advised to devote the of them were heard expressing their
morning to visiting places of interest surprise that Canada could make
in Paris and to consecrate the after- such e grand showing. ,
:noons to the exhibition. In that case The very tasteful manner in which
the evening meal may be taken in the the cereals have been placed was an -
grounds itself and the whole evening other great attraction, the walls of
Passed there without further entrance the gallery, as well as the ceiling,
See, In case visitors desire to visit having been covered with beautiful
a theatre, concert, etc., it would designs made from wheat and corn
aroba,bly be best to leave the exhibi-• saea,yes. The food product exhibit
tion earlY enough to dine in the came in for special attention, especi-
neighboraood of the place chosen to
be visited.
The price of cabs undergoes no
',change during the exhibition, being
30 cents for the simple course or 40
CANAOA AT PARIS.
011V PAVil IOU St104,)(11,0), OP""1,
Cli4noilues Mk/ 44•14Iii/ra,tAonut 411
Visitors to the Exposition.
T110 Canadian Pavilion threw oPen
its doors on Queen's Birthday, sans
cereirionie and the throngs of visa
tOrS to the "Exposition did not ne-
glect the opportunity of visiting it.
`altroughout, the entire day the build-
ing was crowded with visitors, who
seemed to be greatly interested. in
the many fine exhibits. Canada has
ally the cheese and the specimens„ of
Canadian fruit on the immense stand
in the centre of the main floor.e This
was looked upon with longing eyes,
cents by the hour. A tip of from 5 and no doubt with wishes for a bite
,
to 10 cents is always given over and at some of the luscious fruit con -
tabled in the glass jars.
'above the regular price. Nearly all It would not be fair to say that
the bus and tram lines, either cl:rect-
Ey or by the transfer system., give ac-
cess to one of the 36 entrances to the'
.exhibition. Six cents for inside seats
one exhibit came in for more atten-
tion from visitors .than another; but
at some exhibits the throng seeined
to linger longer than others, but all
With right to transfer tickets; top
-seats, 3 cents; 3 cents extra for seemed pleased with the entire dis-
.
transfer. , play.
The river bats, called "bateaux-
,
Comnaissioner W. D. Scott, of Win -
.omnibus," stop at stations along the nipeg, does not speak French, but
•exhibition water front on both sides what he cannot explain In words he
-of the river, as follows Pent de la does with a smile. A French gentle-
• sConcorde, Pone des Invalides, Pont de man and lady noticing Mr. Scott act-
l'Alma and Pont d'Iena,. From, Char- ing, as they supposed, as a director
•enton to the Pont du Jour, 2 cents 1 of the Pavilion, commenced to ply
per person on week days; on Sundays Ilan with questions about the work -
and holidays, 1 cents per person. ing of the stoves on exhibition, Mr.
:This is the cheapest and most agree-' Scott spoke in 'English. the French
able means of transitseveral tram gentleman and lady in French, Af-
lines connect different parts of the ter about ten minutes' talk the
suburbs with the centre of the capital rrench Party said "Bon, jour" to Mr.
.and if used would permit visitors to Scott, but all Mr. Scott could say
take lodgings in the suburbs. was, "Education department next
Transit in the exhibition is effected reor•.'
by means of the trottoir mobile, or The Canadian Commissioners, con
-
electric sidewalk, and the electric sidering the very many difficulties
tramway, besides bath chairs and "tvith which they have had to con -
rickshaws, Price for rickshaws, $1 tend in their endeavor to get things
per hour, 50 cents per half hour, 30 in proper trim and shape so fas to be
cents per quarter hour and 20 cents ready to open the doors of the Pave
per course from the Place du Troca- Ilion, are to be congratulated on
dero to the Seine and vice versa. their success and the excellent ar-
One may breakfast and dine' very rangement of the different sections,
evell.either atone's hotel or in any
quarter of, Paris where a visit may szie Frrini a
Slave led one at 60 cents per remaL In One of the most novel exhibits at
the exhibition grounds restaarants of the Paris exposition is a complete
'all kinds at all prices ami
and. They set of bed hangings manufactured in
al
,..4„
• :1y he classed as follows: High Madagascar from silk obtained from
'• riced restaurants, at the two ends an enormous spider known as the
of the Alexander III, bridge on the halabe, that is found in great num-
bank of the river, along the Rue des bers in certain parts of the. ishenti.
Nations in the pavilions of Turkey, The French have been investigating
Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, alun- the value of this fibre at their tech-
gary, NOrway and Sweden, Germany, nical school at Antananarivo, and
.Spain and. Greece; on the Champ de have reached the conclusion that the
Mars, bordering the central gardens, prbcluction 01 si a from the spicier i
along the palaces of the Industries worthy to become an important; la
alecanique and of the Industries China- dustry.
Reuss and in the part nearest the Mr. Nogue, the head of the schoo
Eiffel tower, -along the palaces of the says that each spider yields Iron
Fils et Tissus and of the Genie Civil,
300 to 400 yards of silk thread. Af
bordering the Avemie de Suffren, the 1• ter the thread has been taken Iron
Munich restaurant; near the- Eiffel
,* the spider it is set free and ten day
tower, at the Palais de Costume, the , later is ready to furnish anothe
'four du Monde, the Chalet Suisse, ; supply. The silk is of a brillian
the Touring club, the Palais de la golden color and is finer than tha
:Femme and the Cineorama; at the
of the silk worm, but its tenacite, i
Trocadero, both esides of the Pont ,
remarkable. It can be woven th
.d'Ieria, at l'Inciti Britannicfue, at out 'the least difficulty.
rEgypte, at the Indes Neerlandaises, li Nvi
.at la Chine, at l'Asie-Russie, etc.
A Novo) Sewage li iS t,t•IbUti kir, Device.
BeStallrantS of moderate price, two
ree.ar the Rae de Constantine, among A sewage distributing device of
the `annexes; two near the Rue Pa_ I novel forth is used in delivering the
bert; in the annexes of Austria and i discharge of one pf the .outfalls at
Japan; on the Quay d'Orsay, the, "Tale, England, to a series of con -
Roumanian restaurant, near the Pa- rtact beds of the Dibdin type. The
vilion de la Presse; on the Champ de fpeevage first enters a chamber, from
Maa;s, along the front of the palaces which it is discharged by a syphon
aef isils et Tissus and of the Genie f' in, quantities of 1,000 imperial gal-
-Civil, nearest the palaces of the Me- { ions each time. These volumes of
at-ma:me and the Industries Chimiques; If sewage are, delivered to a second
at the Trdcadero, near the Exposition chamber • having six openings, cona-
of Navigation de Plaisance, and • in 1 municating with •• as many beds.
short all the restaurants in the Rue ; Each opening is closed by a valve;
de Paris. ' . 1 There is a float in the syphon cham-
Restaurants ' a Prix fixe (i.e., where I ber, which revolves a shaft through
meals are served at fixed prices), one I 60 degrees every time the chamber is
at each angle of the Champ de Mars, • emptied.' ' This shaft carries six
a fifth toward the middle of the Ave -1 cams, which press against the levers
nue de &Jaren, a sixth between the 1 mo-ving the valves, the cams being so
Exposition of Navigation de Plais- ..arranged that each partial revolution
!
lelosks, a hundred or so of than ens the next. In this way the sew!-
lance and Vieux Paris. Luncheon of the shaft closes one valve and op -
Spread over the grounds of the exhi- 1 age is discharged automatically on
bition, make a specialty of the sale ; one bed after the other. a •
of certain' articles—bread, conserves,
charcuterie, liquors, fruits,- etc. ---and s'r
.
-oloed Man Lfred 123 Years.
.. .
Special accoxninodation is made for There died, on Saturday, June 16,
those desiring to •eat al fresco. , at ,the ,county infirmary, near Lis -
Foreign moneys current in France bon, Ohio, one who, unless the doc-
„are Belgain,' Swiss, Austrian,
Lila' I' urnentary evidence hi his possession
sian, Spanish; • •Italian and. Servian I
t is at fault, was the oldest resident
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.
the ,b 1111)V, aria deezie in e oi ;i: n arna
, enalizea their. advance with
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Solidi of Maleking,, oti Oct. 12, They
, besieged tha 1 town Oct, 11. 'Within
SUCCINCT ',HISTORY OF THE BOER- le.tv,,e)euaolOotilitdeeieris .1134:,10,ciceln-iloioadeeels14uti,nad hun-
dred(:It10
BRITISH WAR.
more women and. children.. Newcastle..
, or rreere Kafnrs and, as inaire,
one of the gateways to the Trans-
vaal, was occupied the same day.
Geneva's Cronje, Joilbert ande Botha
END OF THE EIGHT MONTHS' WAR
Yale to the South Afrlean ltepublie and
Orange Free Stute-Euter the Colonies
of tlie Orange and the
vaal--Oeut l'aul's Last '1^relt--kle
Not Agaiii Rest Under the Gum Trees
of Pretoria.
The history of the Boer -British war
approximately 2,13 days of contest,
is represented by a series Of large
dashes. Each clash is a period,
marking. heroic events. What the ef-
fect of these events is to be from this
oa it is impossible now to say. Half
a century heace, not to -clay, it will
be possible to finally declare, what
13ritain gained or lost through that
group of happenings symbolized by:
Dundee, Ela,ndslaa,gte, Ladysmith,
Mafeking, Kimberley, Belmont, Gras -
pan, Estcourt, Storiaiburg, Coles -
burg, Magersfontein, Tugela, Modder, ,
Vaal Kop, Spion Kap, Paardeberg,
131oerafontein, Johannesburg, , Pre-
toria.
Prior to the opening of the svar,
Oct. 12, 1899, certain things •took
Were La the field for the Boers at the
very start. Opposing them were Gen-
erals 8YUIOnS, "Y. ole, - Baden-Powell
and Sir George White. No great ser-
iousness was manifested by the Brit-
ish public or the British commanders
over the rapid advance of the Boers
into Natal. The war 'was treated
more from the point oi a “lark”
than. a serious conflict. Cecil Rhodes
was at Kimberley, the diamond city,
and manifested no alarm. The total
number of available soldiery irk tape
Colony did not at this time eneeed
25,000. The Boer plan al advance
was simple. They aimed, as Cronje
and Joabert said afterwards, to so I
occupy the British with sieges at the I
three named' points as to not only I
give time for the preparation of the
internal defenses of the Transvaal,l
veation by some foreign power. All
but also to pave the way for inter- i
through the latter part of last sums 1 GENERAL LOUIS BOTHA.
In Kimbei.1
ey the women and •thil-
drea were concealed nights In the
101110 eliafts to ,prot,ect them from eNe
ploclieg shells. Sir Redvers Bane"'
Was, ordered from England to become,
supreme eomiparider Of all the forces,
in the field. He was ready far, the
front Nov, 1.
'The British, after being shelled,
gave up Colenso Nov. 2. ,The Boers'
captured the great ,railway bridge
across the Tugela. 33etween 'them
and Durban on the coast there were
but 2,500 colonial troops, and it is
positive now that General Joubert fa-
...).,,e4it,,,*t •-•.- -
W
ri4 Town. Of it Lord Rosebery said:
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to a Sanahuret cadet, Thirdly,
supply..of artillery and cavalry
neon hopelessly inadequate, tile pro-
-vision of guns of the proper liesceia-
tion havilig been atrangelY IlegleeLede
The conduct of operations has reveal
ed an,absence of intelligence and a.
neglect of pz'oper Precautions in the
way 'of scouting, reconnoissance and
maintenance of touch which have
caused us the loss of huadrede of
lives and of not a little eatipn
prestige. On the other hand, the
fighting quality displayed has been.
superb.'''
That; was the situation when Lord
Roberts and Kitchener came to Cep*
"We will see this thing through."'
That expressed the temper of the Brie
al
iuer and the fall Dr. Leyd's, the cone, Corumander-in-Chief of the I3oers, who has
•
suoiradendoerer Pretoria to Field Marshall
tinental representative of the Trans -1 R berts.
vaal, persistently assured his horn°
i.ored the advance to that point, but
government thea if evigorous resist-
ance to _Britain was
made and sever -
GENERAL LORD ROBERTS, V.C.
place, the dates of which it will be
well to keep in mind. These were:
1795—Cape Colony taken by the Bri-
tish.
180.2—Cape Colony restored te the
Dutch.
1806—England retakes Cape Colony.
1814—First trek of the Boers, Forth
row. Cape Colony.
s 1836—Great Boer trek from Natal to
Orange and Vaal Rivers.
gold -pieces. Five franc Italian Pieces of the state, if not of the country,
I
are current,' but not the fractional .Tames Reddick was his mune, and he
silver currencY of less value. Copper , was born a slave in Virginia in
'
coinage of foreign countries is not in 1777, as he often asserted, at d he
circulation. The following prides un- had in his possession several docu-
dergo a slight dePreclation by ex -1 merits tending to support his claim
'change: German mark, velue 1 franc
20 centimes, or 24 cents; •English that he was 'really 123 years old.
1
- —, Among others was a bill of sale
sovereign, value 25 francs, or $, transferring him, from one master to
United 'Statesdollar, value 4 francs another. This is dated Aug. 6, 1800;
.90 centiines, or 94 cents; Dutch fior- and in it he is described as a man
value 2 franca, or 40 pints. of 23 years. He had been helpless
A Rnma,t,cearl :lee:
The 'first Masriage oe Jefferson xxcitI,,ustarset WIth Sumkon.
Davis was of a romantic character. , Frank Purnell of Bebee Runs Gum-,
,
Falling' desperately in elciye with Sal- berla,nd cataitye had a fight the Other
alio Taylor, daughter .of Colonel &tell- day with two black snakes, - which
ary Taylor; who did riot approve of earn. nearsgetting the better. of Min,
'the attachment, the young people saYs.: :the ,:Newark 0.) Naw, He
..took matters in their own lands and se,W 'them basking In the sun tied
Sixaeen ' years passed before thought he wrinld kill ahem. Re
Old Zech" ,would sneak to his Son- clairas each would measure' fivef
'n -law, end then Was becatise he and While tanklingone: the other 'mai-
, ,
and ,his regiment had Covered , them= ed at hire. In his fight he sVad well
Sal yea With glory at the battle Of .nigh exhausted when the ropeiles
'411-.1e!!0' Kai'e. tin and took to the woods',
0014 PAUL KRUGER.
1843 --Natal annexed to Britain.
1848 ---Transvaal Republic founrlid.
1854—Orange Free State ,founded.
1877—Anx:texation of Transvaal by
Britain.
1880—Revolt of Boers against Brit-
ain.
1881---Majdba I-Iill victory by Boers.
1895--.Tarneson's" raid.
1899—May 24, Uitlanclers petition
• Queen for redress.
Sept. 15; Britain semis troops
to Natal.
;Oct. 9, Boer ultimatum re-
jected by Britain.
Oct.. 12, war begun.
It Le known now that prior to the
Boer, oltimatuna and in fact for six
months previous Sir Alfred , Milner,
the high commissioner of the Crown
at Cape Town, and Mr, Chamberlain,
Minister for the Colonies, believed
war to be inevitable. Neither' diplo-
mat was in favor of arbitration.
That President Kruger regarded a
conflict as certain is borne out by the
fact that his preparations for defense
practically covered a period of five
374tIrsebj
.se objective points Thrmarked the
ente,u1118 �t the Boer eamPaigll—ka-
e
e•:",
' eaSeeie".
eking, Kimberley and Ladysmith.
10 11
f
al important victories won interven-
tion would take place and the Boers
be able to maintain their independ-
ence without too great humiliation
of Britain. This is one of the inside
bits of history of the war yet to be
written in detail.
The actual 13erce force available for
fighting was about 54,000. This was
increased to 62,000 by the advent of
some 1,000 foreigners in search of ad-
venture and some 4,000 British, who
through local interests, marriage ties
and the like, preferred to be with the
Boer rather than their mother coun-
try. From the outset the Orange
Free State °lenient was divided. The
teyn faction gave a more or less I
lukewarm support to the Transvaal. I
Tho Fisher element, while taking part g
in the first battles, never was for the t
could not prevail upon his Orange
Free, State allies to go with him. Re
aid, though, gain control of all of
the important railroad points on the
Cape Colony border and in northern
Natal. His position was such at the
opening of November that given the
same number of men as his opponents
eventually had in the field he raight
have held his own until the end of
I time. He did not lack ammunition
nox• effective guns. He did lack meta
When Baden-Povvell made a heroic
sottie at Mafeking on Nov. 7 so few
it were the Boers in number that the
icould only retreat to a place of
ty and hold the British in check
, their artillery. Their firing was
Icurate. Their method of getting
range evidenced the character of
oral Redvers 13uller came to ma
Fcormenechto artatielille.ryassisotffiancerces When
their tactics they had already an
ed Bechuanaland and Griqualandi,
to their republie,s and were prep.%
to take a slice off of northern 0
Colony. Their assaults upon Lt
smith continued, but owing to
adniirable use made there of the n
al field guns purposely transpor
for the defense they were constan
repulsed.
General Buller left Cape Town
the relief of La.dysnaith with 60,
fresh troops at his command. W
on his way north he learned of
encounter of the Boers with an a
ored train at Estcourt, The Brit
were defeated in this fight and 1
100 men, taken prisoners. Lord
thuen, simultaneously with the
parture of General Buller for the
gela River country left for the M
der River and the effort to reli
Kimberley.
Three days later Lord Methuen, sr
practically whipped to a standstill
elodder River farm. Previous to t
he fought the skirmish battles of B
merit and Graspan with the Boer f
ces and won in each case.. His loss
of the Modder River fight appears to
Inive been wholly due to lack of judg--
itient as to the force opposing him,
ignorance of the ground in front of
him and ignorance of Boer general-
ship. He lost between 600 and 700
men in an all -clay fight, and his ad-
vance to Kimberley ended then and
there. It was in the Meader River
fight that the troops were so disor-
ganized that all kinds of wild stories
as to the reasons for the check ap-
peared. The true story of Modder
over has not yet found its way into
irint, , but it gave the Boer arms
reat prestige and encouraged the
alk that France, Russia or the Unit,
tish people Jan. 1, 1900.
Kirriberley, Ladysmith and Mafeking
In January were dining on caneeet
goods or horseflesh, but there was ;ea
sign of surrender. The Boers repeat-
edly attacked, but with poor sUceess.
bearing out the criticism passed melee.
them by their French officers;
"They aro all right in scouting aad.
righting behind defenees, but they win
not charge." •
Joubert was at Ladysmith, direct-
ing the siege there; Cronje was 4n the
Kimberley country. •Sir Charles War-
ren was detailed, to join forces wita
13uller on the Tugela and to keep -
pounding away at 'the road to Lady-
smith. Roberts and Kitchener devot-
ed their energies to securing heavy ree
enforamients and preparing for a gen-
eral advance across the Modder Riv-
er to Kimberley. General Roberts
saw at a glance what no general who
.
preceded him discerned --- that the
way to the fighting heart of the Boer
country was through the open veldt
of the Orange Free State. In 1881
Colley had sought it by the mountain
wall at Majuba and had beeh defeat-
ed. Buller, with peremptory orders
to relieve Ladysmith, was in no po-
sition to do anything else. The wee,le
spot in the republics' line of defenss,.
was in tire open Orange Free Stete
safe_ The business of Lord Roberte was.
with simply to get a large enough forse.
together with sufficient Pro isiol
ac- '
the. and then march -- march naareir
the -- march. The relief of I:imberley
had would incidentally corzie with sach
Gen_ action. The general gave his entire
ster time through January to preparing.
for just what has happened since.
Gen Buller betiveen jail 20 at Li
. . ,
25 //lade two efforts to cross the Tu-
gela River, and did once get over ana
take the prominent point of Spain.
Kop. This the Boers recaptured thee
following morning, the British losinei
between 1,500 and 1,600 and being
nex-
Vest
ring
ape
ede--
the
av-
ted
tly badly cut up. Buller withdrew again •
to the opposite bank of the river,.
and there remained for three sveeke
preparing. for a ffu•l.her effort to get.
to Ladysmith. Ile did not accom-
plish Ills purpose, though, until the
operations of Lord Roberts in the
.west forced the Boers to abandon the.
Ladysmith siege. By Feb. 10 Lord
000
the
for
hile
rm-
ish
ost
Ieoberts was ready to inove upon
de_ Kimberley. General Cronje was there,
Te_ desperately endeavoring to take the
od- town. General French an
eve cavalry entered the place danhdisCrloignislef'.
retired. He was rapidly pursued and
,as surrounded at Paardeberg on the
itt Modcler River. Here Kitchener, in a
his frontal attack upon the Boers, was,
weiipped. Lord Roberts took cone-
or- mend himself and brought sixty guns.
to bear ou the Boer laager. He shell -
war, and eventually was the first to
surrender. It is more than rumor
that at critical battle points where
unity of defense was needed above all
things the Orange Free State contin-
gents invariably favored retreat and
avoided punishMent. 'This Was the
first embarrassment the Boer com-
manders confronted, but it did not
materially affect results until after3,
the battle of Paardebere; and the cap- a
ture of General Cronje. The takingl
of Newcastle was followed by the bat- f51
tle of Dundee, which so far as results 1 0
ware concerned was drawn, the ad- ta
vantage, if any, being with thei,. ti
Boers, General Symons led a charge; sv
up Talana Hill, was mortally wound11
-
e(1 and died the next morning, a pris-al co
oner in the hands of his opponents. I bl
The British lost 200 in this fight, and 111
received their first surprise as 'to the Pa
fighting qualities of the Boers. The!
battle of Elaudslaagte followed on Go
Oct. 21, with British losses of 250 up
and a setback for the Boers. Never -I ca
th
theless the Britiunder General Yule 110abandoned Dundee, leaving the I w
wounded behind, and retreated to I ta
Teadystnith, where Sir George White he
was with a small detachment of
troops ahd vast supplies. Before the
last day of the nionth all of north-
western Natal was in the hands of the
Boers, ICnnoerley 0/1 the west was ter
shut up and the northern end of Cape I th
Colony in revolt. The month 'closed I so
VAth the first ba,ttle of Ladysmith, fus
in which the Royal Irish Fusiliers w
were captured, the Glouceeters, and; ee-e
ed States would soon intervene in fa-
vor of the republics. The Boer
strength at Modder River was about
8,000, the British 9,000. No other
' fighting of importance occurred in
November. The Boers held all they saEUT.-COL. FRE14CE,
had previously taken and drew their On e Balcony or the Bloemfontein CM&
siege lines cloier about Kimberley,
Mafeking and Ladysmith.• British
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174
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' sa-stee .
-ner
jaase,
riticism of military leaders revive
nd there was. a great deal of frigh
that now seems ludicrous) manifest
1 in the circles of the "Stay -at
omes " Up to Dec. 1 the frontal at
ck continued to be the favorite o
ie 13ritish commanders, and strategy
as not employed. Practically no
ght cavalry was in service, and re-
rinoissances svere next to impossi-
e. The British army manifested no
obility, while that of the Boers
ssed easily from point to point.
General Gatacre now advanced
neral Gatacre and he advanced
on Stormburg by night. He was
ught In a trap Dec. 12 and lost
arly 700 inert. Two clays after-
ards Lord Methuen made the at-
ck upon Magersfontein, in which
lost over 800. On the 15th Gen-
eral Buller tried his tiret advance over
the Tugela River and lost his guns
and 1,200 men. This action at Tu-
gela River, with the loss of the bat -
les, the heroic effort to recover
am, the death of Lord Roberts'
n, the mistake in orders and con -
ion existing between commanders,
aa one of. the most deplorable
nts of the war. There was bravery
ad it night. and, clay, and on Feb. 27
d the brave Cronje surrendered• with.
t about 3,800 of his forces, and later
- was transported to St. Helena,. His.
- capture marked the beginning „of the
-
51111 ,01 the war. Joubert withdrmer
f from Ladysinith and Buller entered it
without lighting March 1. Illoema.
fontein, the Orange Free State cepa
tal, • was entered by Lord Roberts
March 12. All through March, April
and May General Buller has been
pounding at the Laing's Nelz: naount-
ain we 11 s with indifferent succesa.
General Joubert died, and this deprive
ed the Boers of another eminent com-
mander. From the capture of Cronja
to the present moment their couree
has been shriPly that of a anasterla
retreat. They have taken away witlt
them t.heir guns, ammunition and
supplies.
Lord Roberts from 131penafontein
I eno
ugh on the part of the individual
' men; there .were at least' two Vic -
tot -Ila crosses' won during the , fatal
clay, but there was not great leader-
ship, and the entrenched Boers were
niasters Wherever it British force con-
fronted them, The Navy and Army,
the official military organ of Great
Britain, told the situation well a,t
titne:
The catalogue of our unquastionecl
takes le not particularly pleasaift '
ding. In the first place we were ,
,te.gically 'wrong as it tarns . 6,itt
attempting to defend MateltinR,
in negleeting to hold in , sdine
ngth the °Alva ,line frone,1Se' AU,r
to, Stortaburg. Secondly, there' he rio
doubt either that 'wt, everea'Jitte,rly
misinformed as to the, ireatCStrength
of the Boers arid tbeir reRonr,ces, or
that, having good infOrmatiOni the
,
War (Mice neglected procaue
tions which would !vivo benobyfouS
the
'
Lasisakrivh BUILDINGS AT PRETORIA.
the total British loss 1,275; The re- ! etre
stilt of this engagement convulsed in
13ritain anC1 made it evident that the. and
campaign was to be long 'and costly, etre
Minor engag,ements during October
Were three bombardments of "Mafeking
and repeated shelling of Kimberley,
From the former town came Baden-
Powell's laconic reeSsage:
"Monday, fight, All tiglit,",
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•;:•'.!es
ara,
started a wall of steel !ox Pretoria.
that cOnsisted of 180,000 "Len. This.
was spread out so as to take 'in Ma-
felcing and insure its relief, to cover
the whole southern 'Transvaal border,
to leave no weak points',and to ev-
entually concentrate first an Sphea-
lleshtirg and 'then': ozi. Pretoria.
This wall Of sup-
plied with fodcl,I tho•
supplies needed forl'ell Santis of act-
ions. It rebniltaritilWaYs ehd bridges
,e,nd OperiedTroadsa. It' Steed for the
one thing- 'Ote:M Paid I had tp fear--
numberS. I ..aiatakii;g•Vatte` relfeVed May
18, after' eiege, The Siege
'af • Itinel)enloy iOsLed 128 1113113 loor
teV8'inontlia'.prtat'Ithe War 010 pcii
r"
,of the lepers., has 1.)een., p'eactically, con -
d iec tpci ay, Presidcnt' ICili gen. 'ivies', (5i'
hs 01(1 Vipers and IffOldaare dee11.
onbattlefield er priCieeerS.I.The coiree
try evilich.h, Pretorarfa' and' Joubart
struggled to uiak4 free andeliviepeitcla
,ente etOcortiiiiee' to, 'their (sofa, lights, is
no loeger 11113, Once the ball of 'area
of the Britisb Enmire eyas fairly eet
a -rolling the end was 'certain. The
b011 c11tiiol:start „until:7,1,0rd Toberta
came. l'ts MOnientetio WAS not bit
011111 oftellJniarclobarge 'There
IlOarislatOrty of iinportence, after .
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