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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

THE telegrams from the seat of war merely exhibit the process of attrition, their only special features being the capture of an unusually large number of commanders, and a certain tendency in some districts for the smaller Boer com- mandos to concentrate. An official telegram received on Friday morning announces that Fouche has sent a letter to a British commander stating that he has shot two British prisoners taken by him at Dordrecht on November 16th. It is not stated whether Fouche alleges any action on the part of the prisoners which made them liable to the death penalty under military usage. If he had no such ground for his action, Fondle, if he is taken prisoner, can only expect the punish- ment due to murder.

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