THE "TIMES" HISTORY OF THE WAR.
[To TILE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—On the subject of the refusal to fire upon the flying Boers after the battle of Talana, Hill, referred to in the Spectator of June 7th, I had recently a conversation with a Dublin Fusilier, since returned to South Africa. He stated that his company were firing at the retreating Boers, when Colonel Yule rode down the line with the order to cease firing, and then rode out in front and shouted to the Boers, "Go home to your farms." Assuming that the incident, or some- thing 'like it, may have occurred, I doubt if the officer could have been Colonel Yule. The tale is certainly ben trovato, if nothing more, for there was a very general impression amongst officers that if the verdict of Majuba Hill were reversed in one decisive engagement the Boers would at once lay down their
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