The London Gazette of Friday week contained two long despatches
from Lord Kitchener relating the progress of operations between July 8th and September 8th. The pro- gress of a guerilla war is necessarily void of dramatic inci- dents, and Lord Kitchener's diary —for that is what it amounts to—is well described by the Times as "one long record of the endless sweeping up and down of a vast country." Complete success has rarely attended any of the movements of the columns, but the extension of the block- house system in July and August has undoubtedly proved of great value in obtaining security for traffic. Of the operations specially singled out for approval, we may note General Broadwood's descent on Reitz, when he was within an ace of capturing Steyn, and a dashing exploit by the Australians under Lieutenant-Colonel Williams, who captured a convoy after covering sixty miles in twenty-seven hours. Conspicuous mention is also accorded more than once to Colonel Rimington, while in the long list of officers and men whose good services are brought• to notice the Colonial and irregular corps are handsomely represented.
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