... condescend trouble about the la.hing 1•.11 . 1.:KS A I of Oom Paul Kruger At that time little was spoken of in England and Africa but the war inevitable. If there was excitement amongst civilians tm land, where special and extra special editions keep ...

... THE WAR: By H. 'his results of the first week of war have pru‘ed a welcome surprise to most Englishmen. It was generally thought that the Boer preparations had been absolutely completed, and that the moment the brief interval given by the Ultimatum had ...

... THE LESSONS OF WAR IT is often hard for those who have lost dear friends and relatives in battle to realise the true value and necessity of war to a healthy nation; and et those great philosophers, (;reek and intglern, who have maintained that ar is a ...

... THE COURSE OF THE WAR BY H. W. WILSON THERE are only two really important items of news this week- the first, that the transports have now put ashore British troops in South Africa ; the second, that the Government has very wisely determined to send an ...

... THE COURSE OF THE WAR BY 11. W. WILSON IS: the dearth of war news from South Africa attention this week has been maim) focussed upon the preparations at home and the probable results ot a change of generals. The arrival of Lords Roberts and Kitchener ...

... OUR WAR PICTURES MILITARY activity is steadily increasing, and to-day (Frida ) the first live boats transporting the Army Corps to South Africa leave Southampton. Sir Redvers Buller took his leave on Saturday, and stepped on board the Dunallar Castle ...

... BLACK AND WHITE THE COURSE OF THE WAR BY 11. W. WILSON WITHIN the past week the British position in South Africa has changed very greatly for the better. By the landing of reinforcements and their passage up to the front the British troops in line, outside ...

... of vigour, and, in the public interest, it is necessary to say so. The War Office appears to be under the cornt'ortable impression that we can muddle anyhow through the war, but wars are only won by muddlers at the most fearful cost. Lieut.-Colonel Perrott ...

... BLACK AND WHITE OFF TO THE WARS Faom London to Sydney, from Nova Scotia to India, the Great British Empire is astir. What does it all mean ? It means the emancipation of the British white slaves of South Africa. In calling out the Reserves and through ...

... THE COURSE OF THE WAR BV 11. W. WILSON Wm have not had to wait long, after the arrival of the Army Corps, for a general forward move in South Africa. In all three directions— in Natal, in Central Cape Colony, and on the Kimberley front our columns are ...

... 1899 BLACK AND WHITE DISTANCES AT THE SEAT OF WAR FAMILIARISED ONE of the greatest difficulties experienced by the ordinary individual d-sirous of keeping au fait with the movement ot our troops in South Africa is the translation of distances from the scale ...

... chosen or the command in South Africa was that he was capable of making good terms with the Boers, and of setting up a practical rough-andready arrangement for the Government of the late Republics at the conclusion of the war. ALICE HAMILTON will give a ...