... able to got on the right side of the natives, which is worth quoting as t ypical' of so m bch: of his w ork in West Africa. All the. war palavers or councils had, by im- memorial custom, to be carried on under the tall sacred palms of the village mar ...

... knowledge of the country, General Crealock has nevertheless been prompt to perceive aud to acknowledge that this war more than any other war is a war of commissariat—that is, of supplies and transport. the commissariat can move the army, and the army can only ...

... Somaliland wa3s cat up on 26th November, only three escaping. So the Italians have not done too well this year in Africa. In British East Africa 1896 was a quiet year. On 12th February the rebel chief Azif,with over 200 men, attacked and set fire to Malinde ...

... THE ZULU WAR. OFFICIAL OF THE BATTLE TLUNDI. DESPATCH FROM LOUD CHELMSFORD. A supp'emcnt to the Lomicm CasrtU, issued last night, contains some despatches relative to the /«lu war. Describing the battle of L'lundi, Lord says 4 A a. on 4th of Jnly the ...

... SKETCHES OF ALGERIA DURING THE KABYLE I WAR.' (From the Atheniieam.) For soldiers in quest of actual war, for sportsmen burning to encounter the king of beasts, for artists hungering after flowing beards, tawny complexions, and startling costumes, for ...

... that wul receive our most careful attention. THE WAR IN ZULULAND. Earl asked whether Her Majesty's Government had received any fresh news from the seat war in Africa. Earl said despatches from the seat war had arrived by the Asiatic; but despatches had ...

... BOOKS. j |The most interesting publication of the week a is Mr Fred S. Arnot's book on Africa- Garen- i d rganze; or Seven Years' Pioneer Mission Work j din Central Africa. Air James E. Hawkins, 17 i I Paternoster Row, is the ?? W. 3 & E, Chambers issue ...

... and has,!like the rest of his country. men, to march to the battlefield when the Franco-Prussian war breaks out, The battles in the first stage of the war are very spiritedly described, and though thoy.,are old now they are so freshly given, with the rather ...

... command of the sixteenth fank cocu- panies during the Mabratra and the-Pindarree wars in India. In ISIS served in the Iandyan country, interijr or Ceylon, during that harassing war, in c3mmand of the flank companies of the 86th and other detachments, receiving ...

... Guides e for the Cavalry Division, aud Mr Harry x Williams, R.N., discusses the War Training of s the Nary. According to Africanus, the e coming war is to be in South Africa, not in I Europe, and we are hasting rapidly towards it. e The Religious Revitw ...

... f T, ERTSON'S NEW PLAy- AfM Ig 1o-). -- production of Mr T. W. In noticing th 'edy War, at the Sf; Robertson's new cen. lay-evening, the Times tJames' Theatre olt 35i'b l offence, and merely e Bays it is devoid of politics lito truth that, so illustrates ...

... (rom the At.henaum.) WE understand that Sir John Sinclair, M.P., is preparing for the press a book on the late Franco-German War. It is to be published simultaneously in English, French and German. THE lectures to ladies at Brighton are a decided Success ...