26 SEPTEMBER 1903, page 3

The Position On The Downs Held By Sir Evelyn Wood

was not only well selected, but it had been strongly entrenched. This position Sir John French tried to envelop. But in doing so he was obliged greatly to attenuate his line.......

The Polling At Rochester, Which Took Place On Wednesday,...

in the return of Mr. Tuff, the Unionist candidate, by 521 votes, a majority greater by 42 votes than that secured by Lord Cranborne. Mr. Tuff] was personally very popular.......

The Military Manceuvres Came To An End On Friday Week

in a march past Lord Roberts at Newbury. Taken as a whole, they must be pronounced to have been a great success, and no one who marched with the troops or saw them at first hand......

There Has Been A Deplorable Mountaineering Accident In...

appears that four gentlemen — Mr. S. Ridsdale, Mr. A. E. W. Garratt, Mr. H. L. Jupp, and Mr. R. W. Broadrick—attempted on Monday to ascend the Scafell Pillar, one of the most......

The Times Has Been Publishing A Series Of Letters On

the American Army, from which it appears that West Point, the Sandhurst and Woolwich of that Army, is in admirable order. The officers are practically picked by competitive......

In Respect Of Only One Point Have We Any Serious

ground for regret in regard to the carrying out of the Manceuvres. We cannot but feel a very real disappointment that no effort was made to supply one of the rival Generals with......

It Is Not Worth While To Inquire Minutely Whether Sir

Evelyn Wood or Sir John French carried the day. It is enough to know that both commanders availed themselves of the opportunities given them by the admirably thought out scheme......

Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent.

Consols (2-• per cent.) were on Friday 88i.......