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The South African war news of t he week has

not been important. General Buller has been pushing on steadily, as has also General French, and both have made considerable captures of stores, prisoners, and ammunition, but, unhappily, not of guns. One is almost tempted to believe that the Boer artillery is an optical delusion. General Methuen has also been active in the Mafeking region, and has made a good many captures. On the other hand, the Boers have been making almost daily attacks on the railway, though in nine cases out of ten the damage has bees repaired on the same day.

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