10 FEBRUARY 1900, page 1

From The Southern And Western Theatres Of The War The

news is meagre but good as far as it goes. We know definitely that Lord Roberts has gone to the front—the whereabouts of Lord Kitchener is not known—which means, of course, that......

The Military Situation, As We Write On Friday, Is As

follows. On Monday General Buller began his third attempt to relieve Ladysmith. On that day a feint attack in force was made from Potgieter's Drift by General Wynne's brigade......

We Note With The Greatest Possible Satisfaction That The...

of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty which, in effect, forbade the making of the Nicaragua Canal, have been abrogated by a Convention between the United Kingdom and America, and it has......

The Government Have Not Yet Published Their Scheme For...

us a new army, but in all probability their proposals will be made on Monday. We can only say we hope that they will err, if at all, on the side of over-caution and......

News Of The Week.

T HE position of the Government has, we are glad to say, greatly improved during the past week. Not only have they exhibited a distinct and most wholesome determination to think......

In Regard To The Despatch Of More Troops To South

Africa at the present we must say a word. After the Volunteer drafts and the Imperial Yeomanry have been sent and the new Colonial Mounted corps have arrived we doubt whether......

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