... kitchen. While she bad the guard away from the fire a load of coal came. Mle bad nearly finished getting lu the coal when she heard a scream, and found that tin, little girl had returned and had eel her clothe* ablaze at the kitchen fire. The child died front ...

... the papers. If se, Household will know I have been with him. Our Composite Brigade comp rises the Ist and 2nd Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards (Blue), then we are lolled by the 10th 1i.,, and 12th Lancers, about 8,000 strong in all, so you may gouts we ...

... Hellbron Road. Oa the any we had • rear guard action with the enemy. The Shropshire killed three of them, then they drew off, and we marched to Droonchen, and when about four miles away they opened • heavy artillery fire upon us from five guns. Two battalions ...

... right within 200 yards of the Boers' firing line. Had they been eapplied with • Lee-Medford rile, the same as oar British boys, there would have been greater dimmer then there really was. The doses being ready to fire with their single shot rifle, took ...

... front room of her homes, whilst she went to fetch water from • spring. 400 yards away. There was • flee In the kitchen, bat no guard in front of It. Oho had left the Inmost two missiles, when she heard •tbe children remaining, sod next saw the deceased ran ...

... battle bore on Fri- day the 15th I tecember It lasted about eight i n . g r a _ hard fighting, shot and shell firing all over the visa The rifle fire lasted about viz hours as hard as it could be. Our regiment was in the des•tiog line and the shots fell like ...

... a signaller to up with every officer in the firing floe and with the officer in supreme commend, thus beeping the whole of the attacking party, be they 500 or 5 000 strong, In touch with each other'. firing line to reserves and to supports, and from left ...

... Rat: kebab. Works had fired, sad plaint , ff toast tale steps to prevent it going near to the peddling of the canal. Pialutiff replied that he hardly liked the tone of defendant's letter, hot he would take every step to prevent the fire getting near the puddling ...

... end when Brady gave the signal to fire, which woe the imitation of the hoot of an owl, the crack of their guns rang oat through the wooda. Hardly had the smoke Seared away, when the other party of redskins opened fire upon the whites. Two of Brady. men ...

... Frl: l lCe says — We are sow tensing is pad secouot the training we have reeelved in seestilyt to , for we fors the advance guard of Lord lidasso's many. The position is an bonoureble though sernerri.at dangerous one, ars ens are aakiset to swipe also& ...

... Harold 1 But ii Its did. Palmer Bade doesn't know it, for I asked hint pointblank toe day. and he said it was ono of the sost.guard I But, to return to the geese at the Burt Host. Harry Dillingham's out, of course, bemuse Gregory Bsseeltaret is there. You ...

... among those engaged in looking Ow the woended soldiers in South Africa. tine accompanied her son, an officer in the Grenadier Guards, to Capetown, sod what he }gained Lord Methuen at Hodder River she obtained the sanction of Lord Roberts to proceed to Nsauwpoort ...