THE VINDICATION OF GENERAL BULLER.
PRESENTATION OP A SWORD OP HONOUR. THE LADYSMITH CAMPAIGN. A FORLORN HOPE. LONDON, Oct. 19. General Sir Kedrers Buller, who conducted the campaign for the relief of Lartysuiith during the Boer ivar, in accepting a sword of honour presented by the residents of Pietertnaritzberg, referred to the unparallolled difficulties which marked the beginning of the campaign. He slated that he refused Sir Erelyn Wood's generous offer to serre under him because he regarded tho relief of Ladysmith as a forlorn hope, which it would havo been cowardly to have let Sir Evelyn Wood share. He admitted that he had rightly lost the chief command after the battle of Colenso, and added that no soldiers had preciously undergone such tremendous strain iu facing fire day after day.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19001020.2.12.1
Bibliographic details
Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXIV, Issue 248, 20 October 1900, Page 2
Word Count
131THE VINDICATION OF GENERAL BULLER. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXIV, Issue 248, 20 October 1900, Page 2
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in