2 DECEMBER 1899, page 17

The News From Lord Methuen ' S Column On The West Is

almost as good, though it is a record of desperately contested battles. As we write it is known that Lord Methuen has pushed his advance to within twenty-five miles of......

News Of The Week.

T HE military situation is distinctly more favourable than it was a week ago. We will take the position in Natal first. When we wrote last Friday the tide of Boer raiders was......

The Battle Of Graspan Was Followed By Another Advance, And

on the Tuesday by a severe action at the Modder River. Even now the accounts of the fight are so short and conf used that we do not know whether the Boers fought us with their......

The General Aspects Of The Military Situation Require A Word

or two. It is very possible that before we write again we may not only have heard of the relief of Kimberley and of Ladysmith, but also of an important forward movement by......

The German Emperor Started On His Return To His Own

dominions on Monday, travelling via Holland, where he has been the guest of Queen Wilhelmina, and has doubtless heard much of the other side of the South African War. Before his......

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