... SOUTH AFRICA. IMPORTANT WAR OFFICE ACTION. MORE MOUNTED MEN GOING OUT. The Secretary of State for War has informed Lord Kitchener that in view of the general position in South Africa the following reinforcements of mounted troops have been arranged for: ...

... OUR FORCES IN SOUTH AFRICA. A War Office return issued on Monday gives the present strength of the forces in South Africa on May 1 as follows: Officers and Men. Regulars 138,002 Colonials 03,8g1 Imperial Yeomanry 23,104 Volunteers ...

... of liberty. The means—and this will be the next step the Lombard war—are the partition between the three members of the alliance of the Mahomedan possessions Europe and Africa, and war with England. ...

... disappointments of the N.R.A. meeting. The cause of the breakdown in the arrangements was an unavoidable ose, the South Africa, war ; but although we are sill unhappily net oat of our troubles at the Cape, Aus, traits will not go unrepresented at the great ...

... splinters of broken glass. ON THE WAR. Mr. Chamberlain, replying to a question from a Birmingham correspondent as to whether be had stated in South Africa that the war was the result of a misunderstanding, says the war was caused primarily by the Boer ...

... blood and in money, for the two years' fighting. According to a statement issued by the War Office, the total number of deaths in South Africa from the beginning of the war to the close of last month was 17,472-824 officers and 16,648 men. Adding the missins ...

... broken open, and a number of articles are missing, including:* Kruger coins brought home by the captain from South Africa after the war, in which he served with the 2nd Life Guards. Silver ash trays with coins set in the bottom. Cut glass silver-mounted ...

... South Africa. The War Office has completed arrangements for the despatch of further reinforcements to the extent of 8657 odious and men and 820 homes. LORD ROBERTS'S ADVANCE. OFFICIAL DZIPATCHIS. From Lord Roberta to the Secretary of State foe War. BULTAIIT ...

... PERMITS FOR SOUTH AFRICA, The War Office have issued the following notice: In consequence of the establishment of martial law at all South African ports, it has been decided, with the concurrence of the Governments of the Cape Colony and Natal, that on ...

... thirty years of age. He was formerly a lieutenant in the 10th Hussars, and served in Bouth Africa during the war. When the fighting was over he stayed in East Africa and settled down. ...

... Knox, expressing the Government's gratitude for the services rendered by this force in South Africa: War oMce, London, S.W. 1111,—The Secretary of State for War directs me to acquaint you that in the opinion of her Majesty's Government the time has now ...

... commissions was brought in by the Lord Chancellor and read a first time. Lord Lova, freshly returned from South Africa, criticised the War °Mee maps, the organisation of the remount department, and the transference of officers. Ho was assured by Lord ...