NEWS OF THE WEEK.
AGAIN we have to record that no war news of import- ance has been sent home during the week. This does not, of course, show that our activity is abated, but rather that Lord Kitchener has some movement in hand of which he desires that no hint should be published. It is clear, too, that the process of attrition goes steadily on, and that the Boers are every week losing men, horses, rifles, and ammunition which they can never replace. It is calculated that there are still some thirteen thousand Boers in the field, but they are broken into small parties. How long it will take these small units, to dissolve altogether it is impossible to con- jecture, but that they will ultimately dissolve it is equally impossible to doubt. Meantime John Bull can only go steadily on, remembering that " it's hard pounding that does it," and that, though he must never let himself be taunted into harshness or cruelty by the provocations of the Pro-Boers, it is often his duty to keep his eyes dry as well as his powder.
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