... visited Brakpan last nisht and looted a store. They also endeavoured to set the headgear of the Brakpan Collieries on fire, but the guard drove them off. Two dead Boers were found afterwards. No damage was done lo the collieries.'-* Reuter's Special Service ...

... road in our centre. The enemy's fire wvas very heavy, the slope of the ground favouring hi,> fire. The troops advanced pluckily, firing voileys. The Maxim was wel' managed, and it did great execution. After the firing had proceeded for half an hour at ...

... in-our centre. - - - The enemy's fire was very heavy, the slope of the ground favouring high fire. The'troops advanced pluckily, firing volleys. The Maxim was well managed,' and it did'great execution. After the firing had proceeded for half an. hour at ...

... sergeant of the guard, who woke us, and all is quiet, except for the occasional sentry's shout of No. 3 and all’s—well that goes the round of the camp with varying numbers. If we are to get round before dawn, must hurry up. The corporal of the guard ia waiting ...

... AT THE HORSE GUARDS For several hours ihis morning the Horse Guards Parade and Whitehall formed the theatre of a wonderful panorama, the scenes consuntly changing in setting and colour, but gradually lightening in picturesque eflect agreeable incident ...

... ADVANCE GUARD FIGHTING. PARIS, Wednesday.—The Echo Paris,” in a St. Petersburg despatch, states dial General Kuropatkin has telegraphed report of further fighting, in the Russian advance guard Was engaged yesterday south of Mukden. —Central News. MUKDEN ...

... STRENGTHENING THE GAOL GUARD. It Ic not surprising to read that the greatest consternation prewaila throughout the district in which the Gloucester county gaol is situated. The thought one escaped convict has often been quite sufficient ter» rorise whole ...

... BEDFORD SAVED BY THE TOWN GUARD. Bfdford, Tuesday.—The Town Guard left their trenches on Sunday, and were dismissed from active duty yesterday. Commandant Hook praised the self-sacrifice of the members of the guard in manning the trenches for three weeks ...

... PRINCE ALFRED’S GUARD EXHAUST THEIR AMMUNITION. Port Elizabeth, Monday. -A train ha* been hold up six tha oorth°of Bangor, between Roamed and thirty vehicles, and sixty men of Prince Alfred’s Guard were traveling with it their way back from the front ...

... the lino, was given to the Irish Guards. Abutting on the gardens ef the residence the First Lord of the Treasury wars half-squadrons respectively, with their bands and standards, of Ist Life Guards and Royal Horse Guards, and next to them the massed bands ...

... FIRES IN LONDON. A fire, the cause of which is untraced, broke out about half-past seven o'clock this morning in a private house in Blackfriars-road, but the damage was confined to the lower part. . . About eight o’clock this morning a dangerous outbreak ...

... THE SANDHURST FIRES. It was reported in Camberley last night that a cadet had made a confession with reference to the fires at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; but the authorities maintain the greatest reserve on the subject. The City of Vienna ...