... During his enforced sojourln in Pretoria, Mr. Winston Churchill obtained from officers who were taken prisoners at i\'ickolson's Nek an account of that unfortunate affair on1 October 30. HIe tells the story this morning iu a telegram to the .lo, )inA1 I'os. It will be remembered that Colonel Carleton, Avith '1,1.00 nien ot the (';loicester Regiment and the Irish Fusiliers anld a mountain ...

... [BY HENRY SETON-KARR, M.P.] THE present war is an object lesson in the use and effectiveness of the modern small-bore, smokeless powder, magazine rifle. It is, in fact, the first serious war in which white men have been opposed to one another, using this powerful weapon. In the days of the gas-pipe flint musket, and, after that, of the old Brown Bess, before rifling was invented, individual ...

... 'WARE WIRE I To the EDITOR of tle. PALL MALL GAZETTE. SIR,-A great many people, I imagine, will agree with you in wantin'to know why Boers can get into British trenches and we cannot get' into theirs. May I suggest what I believe to be the true explauation? A brave man, whether Briton or Boer, has a tangible chance of reachin, the best-defended trench, especially at night-time, if it has not ...

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... THE MONEY MARKET. The condition of the market remains easy, call loans being negotiable t II/ per cent, and fixtures at 2 per cent. Discounts have gone off f'urther, d per cent. is the maximum obtained for three months' iine paper. The Buenos Avres premium on gold is 129.10 per cent. The previous uotation was 129.70 per cent. q g RATE. LOANS9, DProsrcs. BANR BILLS. 30 Derent. Day Dis. louse ...

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... HOW TO CAPTURE THE INFLUENZA MICROBE. To tCe EDITOR of the PALL MALL GAZETTE. SIR,-Your article on the nature and behaviour of the influenza bacillus contains some points of especial interest which lead me to write to you. The influenza microbe being known, it is a question of how to eradicate it. Prevention is better, and a good deal easier, than cure. The entry for the enemy is by the nose ...

... LADYSMITH'S THIRD DISAPPOINTMLN l. HOW THEY ANXIOUSLY AWAITED BULLER. LADYSMITH, Feb. 7 (By runner to Chieveley).-We have anxiously watched General Buller's renewed attempt to relieve this town. Up to the present, as far as we can see, he has made satisfactory progress, and the general belief in town and camp is that the relief column will join hands with us by Monday night the latest. The ...

... MHE FIGIITING SEEN FROM LADYSMITII. LADYSMITHI (by heliograph to \c-nenei), T1ueslay, 10.30 A.)i. There is t' e greatest satisfactiou expressed here at Geineral Buller's capture of lows Hill, which is plainly visible fEont Ladvsmith. Thle garrison watched the shelling of the Boer position all day onl vunday wvith intense interest. Even the Bi itish infantry were observ.ible ;rom here making ...

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... AFTER four months of weary anxiety and repeated dis- appointment, our real camfpaign has at last begun. Lord ROBERTS has entered upon that march, shorter than his famous relief of Kandahar, of which he spoke to the High- landers on Saturday; the first, we hope and believe, of a series of marches the stages of which it would be much too premature as yet to conjecture, though we know what the ...

... BOER KILLED AND WOUNDED. A-Mr. Scott has communicated some impressions of Johannesburg to the Cape Times. He was convinced that the rapid and far-reaching movements of the British forces up to the capture of Bloemfontein were simply paralyzing to the Boers, and many of them admitted that if Lord Roberts had pushed straight on he would have touched Transvaal soil with outmuchopposition. ...