17 MARCH 1900, page 1

News Of The Week.

L ORD ROBERTS'S admirable strategy, the speed with which General French moves his cavalry, and their own losses in all close engagements, have apparently weakened the nerve of......

Lord Salisbury's Reply Is One Of The Ablest And Most

satis- factory State Papers ever despatched by a British Govern- ment. It gives in a compact form the history and the justification for the war. Her Majesty's dominions were......

On Tuesday The Telegram Containing The Boers' Offer Of...

dated Bloemfontein, March 5th, and onr reply were read out in both Houses of Parliament. Of the Bt,er terms it is hardly an exaggeration to say that they offer to forgive us for......

This Is Evidently The View Of Lord Roberts, Who In

his telegram announcing the occupation speaks of Mr. Steyn as "late President of the Orange Free State," and of Mr. Fraser as a member of the "late. Executive Government." He......

Up To Friday All Was Going Well On The Southern

border. where General Gatacre has crossed the Orange River and occupied Bethulie. He is in touch with General Clements and General Brabant, and has been reinforced by the Guards......

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