SECOND EDITION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVI, Issue 158, 9 July 1902, Page 3

SECOND EDITION.

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I THE COLENSO DESPATCHES. PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPERS.

j REVIVAL OF THE CONTROVERSY. 1 Pro#« Aswdtalion. Electric Telegraph. I CojpyrJght. I ft«»cclved July 9, 9.4 a.m.

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I At tbe instance of General Buller, I fcbe newspapers publish the, full text of I the Colecso despatches, supplied by j order of Mr Brodrick. I yearly all the newspapers say the | despatches show that General Buller J was bewildered and demoralised at I C<*len«»o, and declare the text places tie famous heliograros in a worse light tfeau ever. The published despatches show that ioo December l?,th General Bnllcr inI formed Ijerd Lansflownc (thp.n Secre- ! tary for War I that he considered he i c*ttg:*f'» t<* let La^y>mith go. On the i lf»in Lord L-insd-rm-ne urged General '• Fkiller to imVo ar.otlier attempt to i jtc'-kvc Ladysr-.ith, urging that its j aibarid- -".iTrC-i.t yon Id be a national disj astor of the createst magnitude. On i i-he ICth asnl 17th General Buller coun- ) selie-\ Sir G. White to surrender on the \ r ■■' '■ :• -s : •.-•>*'. • "-V. Sir Genrge rej plied on :! c- V": ■■! ihr.t he could not yet :rsV «-f >«rrcntlor, adding that the loss ■o T 12.<<*? r'.cn would le r» heavy Llowto i Eo.plind- Gnteral Buller might, he | considered, possibly have hit the enemy ! harder than he imagined, and the i attacVinp force ought to keep in touch \ with the enemy. \ To-day General Buller writes to the I newspapers stating he was delighted J t-> receive on December ISth Lord | Landsdowne's assurance that the forces \ " I tIK-'n^lit plcdgitl elsewhtro were at ' hit dtsp. <al." | The >! orninff Lender defends General ! Bailor pleaclirtp that Sir G. White was \ bctt-rr off in Ladysmith tfcaa General Bauer imagined and after the. rein- [ forecsnoat^ were sent hini General I B-allcr never despaired.