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... BOERS FIRING CAPTURED BRITISH GUNS. The Daily Telegraph war correspondent, in an earlier message, says— Our 4 7 inch naval guns are decidedly worrying the Boers. The two rounds of lyddite which were fired at three o'clock this morning much disturbed them ...
... movements of Lee and Jackson ; but he has not read the book of human nature or of Su'then are students now, knowing all diva fire-action, and shock action, and tireand space problems ; while the poor tired fellows outside are marching and counte ...
... Volunteers. There is unbounded enthusiasm among the people for service, and over a thousand volunteers are now engaged in guarding the rail• way between here and Victoria West. There are odd rumours current regarding a development of the internal situation ...
... open, and from cover overwhelm them with fire. For not many days more will the Ladysmith gallant garrison be required to lie low behind their works. The relief column will surely free their hands from guarding the town and camps, and will enable them ...
... lightning fired tiff two of our mines, but nobody was buit. &me of the Vryborg refugees who have arrived here from Barkly complain bitterly of their treat• ment by the Boers. Kiwaaaiier, Dan 29 (via Hodder Hirer, Dec.29).— Beyond the firing of a few rifle ...
... heavy fire amoogit tbem. So rapid was our gun fire that it Resumed the nature of volley•firing, and it was soon palpable that General French had the Boers well in hand from the commeneement of the action. Fiom the direction of the enemy's fire, as the ...
... Mounted Infantry, A Company, let December, 1899. VT DEAII PA7IIII—I write this under certain diffi• unities, as I am horse guard—that is, our horses have been turned out on the veldt to graze, and five of us have been told off to see that none of them ...
... before they were beaten. In the war of 1877, though 2.000 Turks entrenched at Gorny Dubnik beat off a division of the Russian Guards, neither Russians nor Turks were in any sense marksmen, and Plevna and the Schipke Pass were defended, not by good shooting ...
... informed me that the enemy's fire was very accurate, but being well covered our men suffered no loan. The enemy's loos is believed to be considerable, but the ground had not been examined when I left. MODDER RIVER SNIPING THE GUARDS . PICKETS-PUSHING FORWARD ...
... were then dismissed, and were pro. vided with dinner by the hotel-keepers. Pickets were stationed, and the river front was guarded by a small detachment with a Maxim. At daybreak this morning the town was alive with the bustle of people preparing for departure ...
... retreat is responsible for the occurrence. it will be regretted that a dodge which nearly succeeded at Elands bugle was not guarded against There dose not seem to have been a boy bugler in the SulTilks to exclaim. , as wee done at lilandalasgte. Retire ...
... enemy early in the morning. A squadron of the nzh Dragoon Guards. furnishing the picket, charged effectively, but, large numbers of Boers gaining ground by opening fire with rites and quick-firing artil- ...