... -P. BACK TO WOBK. The return of Major-General Baden-Powell to the Seat of War, though in a sense regretted, will cause great satisfaction both in this country and in South Africa, for the magic of his name is worth more, perhaps, than a couple of regiments ...

... everywhere known as B.-P. From the very day that the War broke out, it was felt that so keen and smart an officer as the British Commandant at Mafeking could not fail to distinguish himself in South Africa; before the campaign had been in progress any appreciable ...

... the 10th Hussars, in which regiment he has now nearly completed ten years' service. He proceeded to South Africa during the earlier stage of the War, and while in the field he has repeatedly distinguished himself for his coolness when under fire. For an ...

... engagements of the war, and no small part of the cre dit for bringing it to a successful conclusion is due to the splendid manner in which Admiral Moore led his men on this occasion. For the excellent services he rendered in this first Egyptian War, Admiral Moore ...

... officers of the Ophir are the Nelsons of to-morrow or rather, in the sincere hope that there will be no naval war, let us say the might-be Nelsons. War, though a fine thing for sucking Nelsons, has a terrible effect on the Income Tax of the ordinary British ...

... Assistant Provost-Marshal Bloemfontein A trifling memento of Tent No. 1, War Prisoners' Camp, Bloemfontein, in token of his kindly and considerate treatment extended to all War Prisoners. Wishing him a successful and brilliant career. The concluding ...

... action -of the Committee of National Defence in appointing Lord lloberts to the supreme command of the British forces in South Africa was hailed with joyful acclamation. It was confidently anticipated that, under his direction, our splendid troojis would prove ...

... actual enlistment would for many reasons be a matter of time. There are certain persons who judge the progress of the War in South Africa by a perusal of the posters issued daily by the various newspapers, but such an elementary manner of arriving at conclusions ...

... satisfactory, the whole Empire would rejoice. Mr. Chamberlain, in a speech in 1898, long before the War began, said it would be a long war, a bitter war, a costly war, and that it would engender racial animosities for a prolonged period. He was a true prophet ...

... the War Office, and certainly cyclists have not been remiss in applying abusive epithets to the gentlemen in Pall Mall. Corps of Cycling Volunteers are springing, up all over the country, and naturally the members feel a little sore that the War Office ...

... his sword at the service of his country in South Africa. Though he has given me to understand that war has no terrors for him, I am inclined to believe that it is equally lacking in attractions. He wages war against grouse, partridge, pheasant, and ground-game; ...

... 7.18 Tuesday, 7.20. The War Office, having at last recognised the advisability of forming Cyclist Volunteer Corps all over the country, have taken a step further, and are sending considerable quantities of cycles to South Africa for use in the operations ...