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THE KAFFIRS IN NATAL
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BuITISH TROOPS,
Mr. Eugene Easton, on Amories journalist who has nerived from rotoria, writes as follows to the Daily In Natal throw Kaffes were a perfect index to the movements of the British troops. Those who have had erperinuca in South Africa know what a won
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dorful system the talles hers of transmitting, bas POSTPONED 1 DEPARTURU team news. Or rather, few people kucy what the
·aystem is, but know that every Kuffit, knows all the Bows within several hundred miles of la krmi almost as quickly as though he had a telegraph system. As an exaople. General White's forges made un moremont about Lady. eith that the Kafira in their krale, erbi within the Boer linos, did not seem to know in adenace. Par instance, and a single sortie mas made but bi Ladysmith in force that the Kallits did not know in time to give warning by their detions us to wust the movemout was to o6," Kit Pratoria who cannot roul a word are often the Kral to gireiuformation as to the movo, tente alang son of the borders. Many Kara ho han optured who were attempting to Isave sine of the various besieged garrisons with news to the advancing, cofuis of the British. They invariably tell other Kafire where they ava going, and this news sonu reaches the ears of a Boer in the clinity through one of his se
"In these ways the news us to the operations of the Birs is very quick to reach the people who remain at how The Transvaali: Govoru
nant claim to havondopted the polioy of giving ent in ita official report, thy exact faols us to military engagements, I saw nothing in the campaign to Natal which differol from what; the Government officially reported, and I know. it is a fact that paspla generally, both at trome aol in the ra long laagera, place to ful less conf lause in thass reports. In this way there is n vomarkablogcarcity of wild rumours to excite the citizens. Erohtalogmph office through. out the Repabliu poate a bulletin as soon as an angagouiestakos plaes, and in many instancës the essential moterists of a battle are in Pre-? torla abortly after they occur. The news of a grant victory is recolved in Pretoria simply as malter of fact, for which praise and thanks are given. Individually the barghers, oven at the front display no enthusiasm of the usual military kind after a signal victory. They aro imply surprised when they learn that you atertain a doubt as to the outcome of the ugagement.
WAR NOTES FROM YESTER DAY'S MATE,
MOUNTED INFANTRY. Many students of the war in South Africa are asking themselves to-day why, if the Bour army cousists, as it doas, almost entirely of munuted infantry, the authorities in Pall Mal have not long since placed a similar army in the field. It is admitted on all sides that unless. they are in vastly unperior. nnabers infantry. bavo no chance of saccess against, mounted iofuntry, and this has been only too plataly demonstratal in the present campaign. It may be said that the roomyces of the army at home de not-admit of the provision of large berties of wenated infantry for foreign service, nud. again, it may be. urged that with a little special training avalry cook undertake the Work quite as well. We acoprepared to some extent to admit the former contentiou, but ca regards, the latter cavalry ofigura themselves will be the fast..confess that the operations of mounted infantry, bolong altogether to nother proviuce of military, work-United Service Gazette..
THE BUTLER MYSTERY.
The case of, Sir William Butler bus just re- cerred in the House of Cuyamous more compra- bensive treatment than it has yet bad, and the pablis at last keows which to beleve and, which to discredit of the wild statements which have centred round that general's name during the last few months. It now appears that Sir William Butler was neither guilty of the be trayal of trust, nor of the astounding foresight which have been alternately laid to his credit. He neither let his private opinions affect his pablis actions, nor did he warn the Govern
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THE GUARDING OF DELAGOA BAY. A Renter's representative bas lnd_nu "inters. view with Me George Grey, the founder of Gray's Scouts in the Malabels war, who has Just arrival from Delgoa Bay and Colenso, He travellel in the same ship to Dushan with Mr. Winston Churaliili, and after landing at Darbai: prosesded to the front. Ho sail tho greatest pronations are being taken at Delagoa Bay to procent the importation of arias, and a prefect cordon of warships is drawn round the port
Our ship. the Taduna, he continued, was stopped by H.M.S. Forte and thoroughly searched. As when wo were first hailed by the wasship it was too rough for any of her officers to board us, we yora mula to stuäm out En una for 24 hours until the water became calm enough. for the Forte's officers to.iospect, our cargo. When I landed at Durban the result of the Colenso battle had just became knowa, sod, the duepist glooma prevailed everywhore. On ar rival at the front, however, I found the tone of the army, both offiseri and was, most cheerful; Everyone was confident of the ultimate success and of the relief of Ladysmith not being far distant The officers of the regiment of whos mer I was a guest had organised a stoopstake as to the date of the relief. There was not a suspicing of anxiety concerning the eventual result of the eye... I was particularly struck with the mugoifcent compariat arrange. ments and with tlio comfort «f tho men; despito the frequent heavy rains. All the troops were under etuvas. -Naval avl Military Record.
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Surprise bus byon expresand that Ms Archi-EU bald Forbes-who may well be levied the prince of war ourrespondents, if Si W. H. Bussell was their parent--has not gone out to South Africa; bat it is og stuco ill health compelluŭ “ that singalar mixture of the rely writer and the steople-chaso rider ng Lord: Salisbury once called him to forsake the war path for gond lu fact, Forbes has never done any fold sectide since the Zuhi war, when be performed what was perhaps his crowning foat by riding from: „Ulmili ta Durban with the news of Lord Chelms- ford's vistary. Bat he never quito recovered from the etiopts of this great exertion, and his career as an active war oorrespondeat, nkioli bagan in 1870, ended in 1879. It thus lasted aly about nine years, and it is astonishing to think of the intensity, variety, and eventful ness of his life daring that brief period which mado his hair as white as Stanley's was after smoging from Darkost Africa-T Bpliers.
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