... distinguished regiment had since it was first embodied. At one time it was known as the Loyal Americans and in the Peninsular War a g ea majority of the officers and men were of German origin. Again it was the Duke of York's Own Rifle Corps and at the present ...

... century, they have always borne a high character, and in the Peninsula as in the Crimea won their laureb- i bore the brunt of the war in New Zealand. The depot of the regiment is at Newcastle, and the men are mostly recruited from the North, and are as line ...

... who commands the First Battalion of the Liverpools, now at Ladysmith, was in the Afghan War of 1878, and saw service in the Kuram V alley and the capture of Pei war Kotal. He joined the Army in 1873, and obtained the command of the Regiment in 1899-- this ...

... rough service. He went through the Afghan War, 1S7S-1SS0, Is A.D.C. to tho G.O.C. the First Division of the Peshawar Field Force, an.l was mentioned in despatches. He also took part in the Soutli African War of 1881. CAPTAIN KNAPP, I.L.H., KILLED AT LADYSMITH ...

... VOLUNTEERS FOR THE FRONT. RECENT reverses in South Africa have roused those curled darlings of the counties-- the Yeomanry, at one time fit only, in popular opinion of not so long ago, for balls and pic nics and flirtations of a fortnight's training-- ...

... opportunities, and distinguished himself in the Afghan War as a non-eommissioned officer, and in 1879 and 1880 was twice mentioned in the despatches. Promotion followed, and he saw service in South Africa before he had the opportunity of distinguishing himself ...

... Regiments, viz. the First and Second Life Guards and the Blues, are eacxi sending out a Squadron to form a Regiment in South Africa, where they will act as Divisional Cavalry, one Squadron to each Division. v-X--= _ THE BLUES IN LINE. T H E ROYAL H 0 R S ...

... in racing attire is B. J. Francis, the crack racing cyclist in the Colony. At Christmas last at Dundee and Ladysmitb, South Africa, out of eight mounts he carried off eight firsts, and j'ust previous to that he won the test matches at Lords Grounds to decide ...

... 1882, returning to his post at Headquarters the same year. D.A.G. in South Africa in 1888, and commanded the Home District from 1892 to 1897. His service records are the Ashanti war, 1873 the Egyptian expedition, 1882 Bechuana- land' expedition, 1884, where ...

... was afterwards treacherously mur- dored by a native tribe in the Lake's district of Central Africa, informed mo that ho had seen all three varieties in East Africa. Tho Asiatic Lion, according to Layard, has also two varieties, for ho tolls us that on the ...

... the coup do grace which ends such barbaric conflicts. Then when in the next act the Wattean is ordered to the West Coast of Africa, Commander Maitland obtains the commission, much to the dis appointment of Lieutenant Mark Straclian, who, although a navigating ...

... accompany her husband when ho goes out to Africa next month on another big game hunting expedition. They were married last season, and before that event Lord Delamere had made two expeditious into the interior of Africa. During the last there was con siderable ...