. Review of reviews and world's work. APracticalDeadlocii. LONG TOM IN AX Vl ILKSli 1. (To illustrate the Boer method of protecting big guns in the field.) The situation,is so astonish-ing that one canonly wonder what will hap-pen next, and no one pos-sessed of common sensecares to hazard predictions. Thus far the warhas been in some respectslike that between the Cu-bans and tlie Gomez and Maceodid not run the risk of openbattle, but with their su-perior knowledge of thecountry and possesssionof the interior hills they THE PROGRESS OF THE BOEH
. Review of reviews and world's work. APracticalDeadlocii. LONG TOM IN AX Vl ILKSli 1. (To illustrate the Boer method of protecting big guns in the field.) The situation,is so astonish-ing that one canonly wonder what will hap-pen next, and no one pos-sessed of common sensecares to hazard predictions. Thus far the warhas been in some respectslike that between the Cu-bans and tlie Gomez and Maceodid not run the risk of openbattle, but with their su-perior knowledge of thecountry and possesssionof the interior hills they THE PROGRESS OF THE BOEH BKAGGING OXE .,K THEIU PAMOUS CUNS TO T„K TOP OP A „„X. maintained tlieir resistance until tlie Spaniards nad accumulated a force of something like 200 000soldiers, transported across an ocean, with theattendant burdens of maintenance and the rava-esof disease to face. Thus the situation in Cubabecame completely deadlocked. The Spaniardscould not conquer the insurgents, and the insur-gents, on their part, could not ^ English have been steadily transporting men?•I supplies, while the Boers, having for themost part chosen their positions and
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