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In the Natal section of the theatre of war there

has been a certain amount of activity during the week, but it has been neither decisive nor the cause of important losses to either side. Sir Redvers Buller is observing the Boers entrenched on the Biggarsberg, and they, apparently fearing that his inaction hides some deep design, have been making a series of attacks, chiefly by artillery fire, upon his camps in the region of Elandslaagte. Renter's correspondent attributes the Boer activity to "restlessness," as he declares it difficult to understand their object. Possibly, but pro- bably also the Boers want Sir Redvers to think that there are more men in front of him than is really the case. Troops when active always seem more numerous than when they are passive.

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