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... sometimes things come right for those who know how to wait, and the hero of C'andahar has been able to prove his worth in South Africa under conditions possibly as adverse as any soldier might hope to con quer. His return, which, as events have gone, may appear ...
... THe Home of the Chief Press Censor in the Boer War. Levens Hall, Westmoreland, the beautiful old home of Captain Joceline Bagot, M.P. for South West moreland and late chief press censor in South Africa, is a quaint structure of many periods of architecture ...
... The Duke of Cornwall's Visit to South Africa Some of the distinguished Colonists he met. MEMBERS OF THE CAPE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY WHO HAVE BEEN FIGHTING IN THE WAR The figures in the picture are, from left to right: standing Major Stockenstroom and Major ...
... THE RETURN OF LORD ROBERTS His Future Task at the War Office. Lord Roberts has at last come home to preside at the War Office as Commander- in Chief. If there was much for him to do in South Africa there is much more in Pall Mall, where layer upon layer ...
... Minister for War there will be a camp containing some hundred and sixty life-size figures of men, horses, mules, and camels, thus providing an accurate repre sentative of every French and colonial regiment. The Secretary of State for War and Earl Roberts ...
... as in the case of the Roman operations in Africa 1880 years ago, to the combined movements of flying columns in a region delimited by blockhouses. Nothing has been so impressive in this latter stage of the war as the quiet persistence with which Lord Kitchener ...
... you to-day, to have presented you with your war medals, and also with the King's colour. I feel sure that you will always defend it and will do your duty as you have done during the past year in South Africa, and will do it on all future occasions. Be ...
... the pitiless plunderer's view In the pathless depths of the parched karroo. POEM ON SOUTH AFRICA, WRITTEN OVER SEVENTY YEARS AGO BY THOMAS PRINGLE In South Africa, unlike Australia and Canada, the foundations of its literature have been laid almost entirely ...
... sailed for South Africa, has only been military secretary to the War Office for such a short time since April last he has already done rnuch to justify his appointment. Lord Roberts praised none of the younger generals who served in South Africa so T he rrtily ...
... he joined the Royal Navy. He took part in the Ashariti War of 873-4, and at its close he was promoted to the rank' of lieutenant. While helping to repr.ss the slave trade on the East Coast of Africa, he came under the notice of the Sultan of Zanzibar, and ...
... appointed President of the War Office Departmental Committee, is in command of the Western District. He entered the army in 1858 and served in Canada, Ashanti, Zululand, and Egypt. He was in command of the British troops in South Africa from December, 1898, ...
... African war medals. The first of the khaki line to receive a medal and the V.C. was Lieutenant Eddie Holland. After the line bad filed past the Duke, Lieutenant Holland led up Trooper Mulloy, who was shot through both eyes at Witpoort, South Africa. The ...