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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1900
Page
3
In a late report the British are shown lagging in field craft versus the Boers. British drills now include river crossings, high-platform dives, and improvised bridges after Boer feats. Observers note terrain mastery as decisive and praise Boer ingenuity and adaptation.
The article profiles British and Boer generals shaping the Transvaal campaign. It highlights General Buller and General Joubert, Cronje, Cronje’s aides, and Lord Roberts, plus Methuen and others. It notes Boer tactics, British adaptation, and upcoming Imperial Yeomanry mobilization with Rough Rider style training and weapon considerations.
English nobles and aristocrats rush to join a Rough Rider regiment modeled on American units for service in the Transvaal. Lord Chesham leads with figures like the Duke of Marlborough and Viscount Valentia among officers. The unit will be composed of titled riders from prominent families, each supplying his own horse as uniforms favor deep blue with purple facings.
The article recalls the christening of a cruiser and likens it to historic ship launches. It notes the ritual motions and sounds from greased ways to wedging up, battering rams, and the call to cut the ways as the bottle breaks and the vessel slides stern first into the water.
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