... SERIOUS FIG(HTING IN I .AFRICA.I l ENGLISH AND FRENCO FORCES IN COLLISION. BRITISH OFFICERS SLAIN. Sierra, Leone, Friday. Serious news has been received of the British expedition despatchod from here against the Sofas, a tribe which has given great trouble ...

... '1 BE BRITISI DEFEAT IN - AFRICA. -ANOTHER ENCOUNTER NEAR BATHURST. THE NATIVES REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSS. MASSING OF BRITISH TROOPS. London, Tuesday. ?? Spencer to-day received the following elegram=, dated February 26th, from Rear Admiral Bedford, at ...

... boundaries of the Congo State and Great Britain's sphere of influence in Central Africa, burst on the Chamber of Deputies on Thursday. The parcelling out of Central Africa amongst the European Powers has been for a considerable time past a constant irritant ...

... Alois 1aly trams Raere A risniral Bali 'ri, C'o-n- 0 et d| mnlrin diief of the (Xsre of GCool ieg~e cui 0 Ithe Wtest (least of Africa; sta;tion1. dauted 1 eb Loa ry a -i :, [runt I7aiii~urst litres U.ai~bta:-The recoPi- I t r i *is aga~inist ?? Sila. vhela ...

... I THE MASHONALAND WAR. I THE FATE OF CAPTAIN WILSON'S PARTY. (REUTuR'S TELEGRAr.) Capetown, Saturday. Captain Wilson and all the men of his party have been massacred by the Matabele. They died hard, fighting gallantly to the last. A native who has arrived ...

... publishes this morning a letter from Johannesberg, South Africa-, giving a brief account of what the writer was pleased to term the British invasion of Matabeleland. He sharply criticises the war undertaken against lLobengula, who is not only innocent ...

... or Widgeon, and the officials did ?? bee toailay anxiety, and stated that a fall list of the killed andi1 woxunded would, it war expected, be pubisihed to-morrow. (C ISTRItAL NYFWS TELEGRAM.) The InnaeS of the petty officers and blue jaekets killed and ...

... THE MASHONALAND WAR. 0 SPEECH BY MAR. CECIL RHODES. (REUTERS TELEGRAI.) Capetown, Sunday. A public banquet, organised by the mayor and citizens of Capetown in honour of the Hon Cecik, Rhodes on the latter's return from Mashonsaland, took place here last ...

... and whr has bid considerable experience on the West Coast of Africa and in the Zulu campaigns. This officer states that, after more than thirty nmonths- hos- tilities, the Freact in the late war were onlv able to penetrate five miles into the interior. That ...

... MATBEELAND WAR..:0 CAPTAIN WILSON'S FATE. LOBENGULA AGAIN PREPARING TO FIGHT. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) Palapye, Saturday. The natives here state that Captain Wilson and, his party were surrounded and ?? fighting gallantly against heavy odds. This repeit ...

... la' V between the British Emhafrsy aol -.he Minir as1'r Forign Affairs~. Thu-c relate exclu-:;v'lv . pending q'estions inl Africa. ctpeciaollr isr5.. Ithe Congro. They are being~ conorret,~ I r4ii th -n,- amicable spirit, 'jut there: are. pr-tat ?? the ...

... THE WAR IN THE EAST. REPORTED JAPANESE SUCCESS. -(RUTER'S TELEGRAM.) Yokohama. Thursday, 4 pm. A despatch from the seat of war ?? that the Japanese troops have occupied the south bank of the Yalu River, and have driven back the enemy. (XORIaeNG POST ...