. Review of reviews and world's work. ebitterly opposed to the war at the be-ginning, have since made it appear thatthey were in favor of fighting it to adecisive finish. Boer Strength and Weakness. manage It will not prove easy fortlie Boers to hold tlieirforces together if the tidebegins to turn against tliom. Presi-dent Steyn and President Kriiger havenot been in perfect agreement at allpoints ; and it is difficult at best toeffectively the forces of two independent statescooperating as allies, and lacking the unified andabsolute control under a single commander-in-chief usually recjuisite
. Review of reviews and world's work. ebitterly opposed to the war at the be-ginning, have since made it appear thatthey were in favor of fighting it to adecisive finish. Boer Strength and Weakness. manage It will not prove easy fortlie Boers to hold tlieirforces together if the tidebegins to turn against tliom. Presi-dent Steyn and President Kriiger havenot been in perfect agreement at allpoints ; and it is difficult at best toeffectively the forces of two independent statescooperating as allies, and lacking the unified andabsolute control under a single commander-in-chief usually recjuisite in successful warfare. Itis true the Boers had for several months sliowna wonderful power of resistance, but they hadnot by any means accomplished that which theyhad promised themselves wlien the war brokeout. They had planned to -sweep the Britishoff Table Rock into the sea before the first re-enforcements could arrive from England ; andtliey had relied with confidence upon the upris-ing of the whole Dutch population of Cape PLAN OF THE MILITARY SITUATION AT LADYSMITH IN JANUARY. If they were penning up garrisons at Ladysmith,Kimberley, and Mafeking, and checking the re-lieving columns of Buller and Methuen, it is trueconversely that the English were also holdingback the Boers from tlieir previously threatenedadvance to the capital and the seaport of Nataland to the principal parts of Cape Colony ; whilethe outlook for a general uprising of the CapeColony Afrikanders had become hopeless. Thefailure of the Boers to take either Ladysmith,Kimberley, or Mafeking—at least up to January20, when these pages were closed for the press—illustrated the fact that their aggressive strengthwas far inferior to their defensive. .^5b». .^:5>, .c^ .^5i>. .^iw .^i^ ^^. <sS^. .£:^. V^ •^5=•^5=•* ?Si*^*=v5»*v:^*^5i RECORD OF CURRENT EVENTS. {From December 20, 1800, to January 10, looo.)
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