23 DECEMBER 1899, page 5

The Military Preparations. T He Government Preparations...

they go, entirely satisfactory. They adequately meet, that is, the immediate demands of the situation, and provide in the best way for our military needs in South Africa. It was......

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THE NATION AND THE WAR. I T must be allowed that on the whole the nation re- ceived the news of General Buller's failure to cross the Tugela at his first attempt in an admirable......