THE BRITISH INFANTRY.
One of the appendices to Lord Roberts's despatches contains an account by General Sir Archibald Hunter on the surrender of Prinsloo and his four thousand men. Sir A. Hunter sends some most interesting littlo criticisms: —
Our maps are more than useless. Our men are callously indifferent to the danger of grass fires. Artillery.—Our gunners are not at fault but our guns. Boers seldom a target within tho limited range of British field artillery. When they do the accuracy of our fire leaves nothing to bo desired as a rule. Goneral Paget speaks in high praise of the range and shooting of the City Imperial Volunteers' 12^-pounders. Infantry. —Everybody knows how Napoleon appraised British infantry. Since then they have not changed except to improve. Generals, regimental officers, and men have learnt how to minimise losses against magazine rifles and smokeless powder in defensive positions; now they threaten flanks and turn positions. General remarks.—Boer artillery fire is accurate in aim but contemptible in effect.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 26 April 1901, Page 3
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165THE BRITISH INFANTRY. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 26 April 1901, Page 3
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