... are to called to exercise the dread arbitrament of amis? war in -South Africa would be one of the most serious wars that could possibly waged. It would be long war, bitter war, and a costly war, and, as have ...

... THE SEAT OF WAR. he stmt egelical* posit ions' now British ■troop*--and* the • ...

... movements. The plain meaning of this pregnant sentence is that a state of war now practically exists between England and the Boer Republic. do not ourselves believe that the War Office will successful in keeping secret the details to the distribution of ...

... SPEECHES ON THE WAR. London. Thursday. Spencer presided over a large and influential meet in at Northampton to-day, and. in proposing the formation of fund to Ik* called the Northamptonshire Transvaal War Fund, said there was hardly anyone who was not ...

... THE WAR EVENTS AT LADYSMITH. SENSATIONAL REPORTS. OFFICIAL DENIAL THE WAR OFFICE- FURTHER ACCOUNTS OF MONDAY’S BATTLE. CASUALTIES IN RANK AND FILE. Ext;lanns pm:pa iiations. IMPORTANT ARMY ORDER. MILITIA BATTALIONS TO BE EMBODIED. The following statement ...

... THE COST THE WAR. YESTERDAY'S DIVISION THE HOUSE COMMON’S. liondou. Monday, The Press Association states that in the division upon the Chancellor the Exchequer's motion in Committee ways and means the Treasury bills fer the war expenses, which was carried ...

... in readiness to embark for South Africa. The superintendent of the Army Nursing Staff. Woolwich, today received intimat'on to be ready with several nursing sisters to embark on the 7th and IGth October for South Africa large number of horses arrived at ...

... ITEMS AND INCIDENTS OF THE WAR. Yesterday young foreigner oresented himself at the War Offiee, and, apparently in all seriousness, submitted himself as a volunteer Jfcr serviee with the British in South Africa. He said came from Hamburg, and that rnanv ...

... tRITISH WAR PREPARATIONS CONFERENCE AT THE WAR OFFICE. London, Monday. ,The first class army reserve men Leeds, numbering nearly 200. yesterday received warning to be ready at forty-eight hours’ notice. The War Office has also claim upon the services ...

... THE POPE AND THE WAR. Rome, Tuesday Afternoon. In the course of a short speech to the chiefs of the English Catholic Pilgrimage today the Pope referred to the sorrow with which he regarded the unhappy war in South Africa, and said that he earnestly prayed ...

... the part of the War Office to materially strengthen the fighting forces in South Africa will occasion no surprise, particularly after the statement by Lord Wolseley on Monday night that“ We have found that the enemy who had declared war against us are ...

... SPEECHES ON THE WAR. London, Tuesday. The Marquis of Northampton speaking at Liverpool Reform Club to-day, said the heartfelt prayer of the people was that the Transvaal war might be spaedily and successfully ended- It would be unpatriotic positively ...