GENERAL BULLER.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
Snt,—I have read in the Spectator of September 28th an abuse of General Buller as the Commander of the First Army Corps. I wonder whether the Secretary of State for Was., the editor of the Spectator, or the officers and men of the Natal Field Force are the best judges of General Buller; because it certainly is, to my mind, aeurious thing, if one is to believe your article, that during the twelve months I spent under his command I never heard anything but the highest praise of him. Probably if you knew as much as some of us knew concerning the operations before the relief of Ladysmith, more particularly regarding Spion Sop, you would, as the " Tommies " put it, be ready "to follow him to the gates of Dairy, Galloway. late Civil Surgeon, Natal Field Form.
[Our soldiers will always follow a brave man, and who ever doubted Sir Redvers Buller's bravery ? The men would, of course, follow him to the strongly held and fortified position indicated by our correspondent, but experience tells us that when Sir Redvers Buller got them there, and had exposed himself with reckless dallantry, he would not storm the said gates at all costs, but would wire to the Commander-in-Chief stating that they could not be taken without the loss of two or three thousand men, and asking whether the object were worth such a sacrifice.—En. Spectator.]
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