13 JANUARY 1900, page 14

Shields In War.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR:1 Sin,---Some time since a description and drawings were shown to me of an infantry shield that had been subjected to a number of severe tests,......

The Gun-tax V. The Practice Of Shooting.

[TO THE EDITOP. OF THE "SPECTATOR] SIE, — Recent articles and letters in the Spectator have done much to bring home the conviction that the security of thi s and of every......

Rifle Ranges: How To Get Them.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] have been much interested in the references made in your columns during the past few weeks to the necessity for the better provision of rifle......

[to The Editor Op The "spectator."]

Sro,—Onr generals in Africa seem to be making no effort to approach the enemy's position by trenching, although an assault without such aid, however strong the attacking force......