News Of The Week.
T HE news of the week from China has been horrible. Reports from native sources received at Shanghai, and believed to be trustworthy, declare that all the Europeans in Pekin to......
The News From South Africa This Week Is Very Meagre,
as it always is when Lord Roberts has a large scheme on foot. What appears to be happening is a combined move- ment of several columns to surround De Wet's commandos in the......
Next In Importance To The Destruction Of The Legations,...
as rumoured, of all Europeans in Pekin, is the evidence in._Admiral .Seymour's report of his march that the new 'Chinese soldiery will fight. He, or a correspondent with him,......
In View Of All These Facts, The Assembled Admirals At
Taira have decided that it would be foolish to march on Pekin without much larger forces than are at their disposal. They have thirteen thousand men, counting four thousand......
The Position Of Affairs North Of Pretoria Is Somewhat...
but apparently Botha and the Boer forces are not able to take the initiative, and Lord Roberts is not anxious to deal with them till the Orange Colony Boers have been reduced to......
Of Course Those Risks Ought To Have Been Run, And
run with- out hesitation, if there was any chance of saving the Legations, and we do not believe that Russia or any other Power would have placed a prohibition on such action.......
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