. Review of reviews and world's work. my only abouttwenty miles from Ladysmith, and the news-paper warriors in England thought it unpardon-able of him not to march to the relief of GeneralWhites beleaguered troops. At length there came the reports Buller s For- ^ ward Move- that General BuUers foi-ces werement. nioviug Westward, and that Bullerhimself had established headquarters at a pointabout fifteen miles from Colenso, where it wasunderstood that he was expecting to bring hisfoices across the river at a drift or ford knownas Potgieters. This movement was intended toevade the elaborate syst
. Review of reviews and world's work. my only abouttwenty miles from Ladysmith, and the news-paper warriors in England thought it unpardon-able of him not to march to the relief of GeneralWhites beleaguered troops. At length there came the reports Buller s For- ^ ward Move- that General BuUers foi-ces werement. nioviug Westward, and that Bullerhimself had established headquarters at a pointabout fifteen miles from Colenso, where it wasunderstood that he was expecting to bring hisfoices across the river at a drift or ford knownas Potgieters. This movement was intended toevade the elaborate system of intrenchments andfortifications stretched out by the Boers for agood many miles in the neighborhood of Colenso,and to force the fighting upon the right flankof the Boer army. Buller had not waited forthe arrival of General Rol)erts, but had care-fully matured liis plans, and his army on Janu-ary 10 was fairly moving from the camps atFrere and Chieveley—where it had been recuper-ating for nearly four weeks after the disastrous. HEADQUARTERS OE GEN, SIR U. WHITE AT LADYSMITH, SHOWING DUG-OUT MADEFOR THE GENERAL BY HIS STAFF. THE PROGRESS OF THE [VORLD. 151 ^\De tinjCTi fois .....IRI SMITH ^>~2tOMi/f ^ Trcm Blotmfonl
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