... Batteraea, on Wednesday, on Miss Alice Viola Blagrove, teacher of music! who died from burns, it was stated that she cut and set fire to herself under the delusion that by torturing her body she purified her soul. A verdict of Death from misadventure while ...

... cavalry, the Queen's, tbe do, waa perhaps ?? the excellent practice of th« ma and the steadiness of . tun •-. .. vi ry accurrate fire, • naval ■ ana from Chieveley :. i think, heavy. '• vs FROM BULLER. .ted a: the War j .. ■•. moon : — . _lier, Blows Farm, ...

... shells over the trenche3 nntil the Boers' fire became less destructive. Sitting there on the hill by the Horse Artillery one thanked Providence that a ?? remained in front with a solid line of Coldstream Guards, who never budged an inch in the general ...

... selected Captain Beresford, 7th Hussars, and Captain Clay- ton. Scots Guards, to act as two of hi_s aides-de- camp at Dublin, while his Equorry. Captain McNeill, late 4th Dragoon Guards, has boon appointed assis- tant military secretary to his Royal Highness ...

... Lancashire Fusilier received a ballet wound in the elbow before he had time to fire a shot. He was so disappointed that he got Lis comrades to hold his rifle wb.le he fired. According tO .1 private in the Rifle Brigade, a curiously huge nntnoer ot men ...

... remarkable only for its immense size, but it ha-s some good roorrs. It is fi rtnnate that the pictures were saved from the fire on Thursday night, as the collection is a very fine one. The great feature at Welbeck is the deer park, which covers nearly ...

... from Natal on Tuesday. It is stated briefly that firing was resumed on Monday moruing. General Hart's brigade being heavily engaged. Telegrams from the Boer camp indicate that the British artillery fire is much more deadly than at Colenso. The effect of ...

... sleeping in the train at Kopje Station, | on the i4th inst. The enemy, under Commandant j De Wet at three in the morning opened fire on it. j ief uf the Staff saddled his horse and galloped | to RhenOßter River, where Colonel Spens waa | encamped with 1.300 ...

... bath, then breakfast at eight. We have a general parade at 9.30. For firing exercise we throw barrels or empty cases overboard, and as soon as they are about 200 yards behind us we fire. We also have stable duty at eleven, and dinner at 12 30. General work ...

... by Dr. prinkivater, in St. James's Sunday School, The Steam Fire Exoixs. — Wrexham people nl probably be interested to learn that the new -team lire engine ia expected to arrive at the Fire Station oo Monday next. Tin Re_toum Clci! Smokkb. — Among those ...

... we had got within a mile of the positiou, our naval guns opened fire on the hill, and kept it up for ab mt a quarter of an hour, while we Uid down. The 13 lers Uid not reply to our fire, so we advanced, and we had got within 1 000 yards of them wh sn ...

... He it tb i sition, strongly held by the enemy, nmand y.-er Lydenburg of about 1,800 feet, £ to it being ou a spur exposed to fire ;, thi • lole ji-tance. thr u battalions which attacked — the Devons, il Irish, and the Royal Scots — started ou a . : ul at ...