Lendon, 18th December":
Mr. Davis, United States Amistant Sapretary for the Interior, los gone to the Transvaal to Invish upon the right of hu Government to protest British Interests.ture
WOELS WITH THE BOEES...
The Patty Neler says that the London managers of the Johannesburg banks were snubbed for wakaing the War Ofice of the Transvent's vast rutuittances to the gun factores at Creusot, in France, and Eesen (Krapp's) in Germany
London, 19th Decomber The leading newempara declare that the number of German and Frenez offers serving. with the Boer forces is much larger than is generally imagined, and that there are arriving by every steamer at Delagos Bay, on their way THE HOSPITAL ZIUS MAINS. to the Traustaal. It a farther stated that Colonel Vilebois Maran, s French military. strategist, is with the Boar force outside Lady
THE WORE AT HOMEM
Doadon, 20th December.
COLONIAL TROOPS ENGAGED,
Loddon, 18th Deambersmith Two thousand Boots soupy a range running parallel with the railway near Arundal, CA
During & night march a force, of which The Government but at last consented to Australian and New Zealand mounted troops mobilises foros which General Haller is credited formed part, discovered Bobra to the number of with having demanded all along as essential to 1,200 posted in a pats copas in South Africa, namely, 10,009 reunted A sharp fight eussed. The artillery Anally infantry. This moving the War Office issued compelled the enemy to seck gover
An order to the effect tint the Government had The British casualtion were slight
decided to raise for South Africa a monnted in Captain Cos, of the New South Wales Lancers, fantry force to be calei zifasperial Yeomanry had his horse shot during the fight The Boars lost heavily main
LORD METHUEX'S BAVERSE
London, 18th December, The Times states that the information supplied to Lieutenant-General Lord Methion which led to the British rayerse at Magersfatain, was deliberately falso. ** w
Louden, 2511 Dosember, The hospital ship Maine, Atted out by American ladies, has salted for Cipetowa... WOUNDED BODDIKES ERJOINING THE VORDE.
London, 25th Docomber. A third of the British soldiers who were wounded at Magersfontein bava recovered and rejoined the forces at the front,
A$818TING THE YEOMANRY.
London, 27th December. The sum of £20.000 has been sabsoribed in Northumberland to assist the Yeomanry rolux- teoring for South Africa. Yorkshire is raising: £30,000 for the samo purpose.
NR. T. BEARGSY VOLUNTEERS.
Lontos, 26th Decembar, Hr. T. Brassny, eldest son of Lord Brassey, bas voinnteored for service in South Afrion.
KIMBERLEY WELL PROVISIONED,
Loudon, 27th December. Kimberley bas sufficient provisious to lash for six months. T
CAPTURE OF CARGO,
and to be recruited from youmanry, volunteers and civiliane possong the requisite qualifica tions. Enlistment will be for one year, or da ring the contenance of the war. The mon must be between 20 and 35 years of age and of equal physique to the ordinary cavalry soldier.. Ulcers and men aro-to provide their own hardes and to wear central tins cloth shooting jeokreta, COMFORTS FOR AUSTRALIAN FOLLIERS... not necessarily uniform, felt hats, brooches and London, 18th December gaiters. Alpst be good riders and markamen.
The same order invife oyers volantear rogk-- Australian residents in Capetowa are raising. fend to provide comforts for their countrymennent that is Hoked with a regular battalion of the Cape of Good Hope and West Afriam Corving at the front to supply a fell company station, hins captured & a cargo of stralehors and in thefeld D
which will take the place of the mounted infan-railway sleepers in Dalagos Bay intended for 'try of the regiment, thing
the Boars. Rudyard Kipling addressed a mealing at Rot tingdean last arening, called for the purpose, of forming a volunteer company,
PATRIOTIC FERVOR IN CANADA,
London, 18th December The Queda correspondent of the Sunday Times says that: Canada is from open to ocean afire with patriotic fervor.
ARRESTS FOR TREASON
London, 18th December.
Two persons are heen arrested for treason able conduct in connection with the reverse to Major General Sir W. F. Gatore's force at Stormberg,
A SCANDINAVIAN COMMANDO ALMOST.
ANNIHILATED. "
Lendon, 18th Desember... At the battle of Magersfontein, on the 11te instant, all of the Scandinavian commando. numbering 35 mon, under Baron Cadernewolds, ware olther killed or wounded, with the excep tion of seven who were captured.
Bont nounts of the battle acknowledge that General Cronje's forcza suffered a torribo slaughter. They were still collecting their wounded on the night of the 13th
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The Standard Binis editially this morning that it Forlagal continned to allow supplies of war material and foreiga volunteers to reach. the Transvaal through Dollgen Bay England will have something to aug in the matter,
Statement are published from Boer sources in Brussels and Berlin that Frosident Kragar is willing to catoinde peace on the basis of the status quebat: that otherwise be will call un the Boers in Cape Golony to join in proclaiming the independenos of the Capetorritares of Groat Britain."
STRENGTH OF TAX HOW FOSITION/
Londos, 37th December.." The British oraiser Forte, one of the vessels
THE SIXTEENTH LANCERS,
London, 27th December. Before leaving England Fiold-Marshal ord Roberts, the soly appointed Commander-in- Chief in South Africa, obtained a promise that the 16th the Queen's) Lancos, stationed in the Punjab ahonld be despatshed to South Africa.
#EDITION.
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** Loudou, 37th December. Three members of the Cape Henso of As- serably have been implicated in seditius aeta
THE YEOMANKY BRIGADE.
Loudon, 27th December Twenty thousand men hare volunteered for the Imperial Yeomanry Brigade being organis d for service in South Africa.
BOERS BETORT ON TUGELÄ,”
Loudon, 28th December.
LORDON, 21st Da ember. Roporta received from General Methuen etato that observations made from balkons sent up. from the British lines have revealed the fact
The report of General Seliulk Barger, the that the position held by the Boar force auder Governl Cronje is booming increasingly formatd. | Hoer commander in Natal, of the battle of There were hundreds of instances of co-able. The position now extends for a distnaceugels, has boon published in Pretorin. It spicuous Briti h gallantry worthy of baing-re of twelve miles, and a entrenched throughout, states that the Boer casesllies were only thirty warded with the Violorus Cross
whilethe entrenchments are protected by barbed wire fencing that has been erected in front. The Boer force is else supported by a large num ber of heavy guns
The ratiroment of the British from the front of the enemy's position to the Mod 'er River was conducted on Tuesday in perfect calmness wader a terrific Are
Fondra, 18th December...
Lieutenant-General Lord Methuse, in his arti lory reconnaissanco on Friday, dismantled one big ga aul silenced two smaller guns of the Boor artillery. He shelled the enemy'a trenches without an foring any loss, da
BURN TRIBUTE TO BRITISH COURAGE,
Losbox 31st December.
In the official reports published by the Boer authorities of the reasnt engagerasats at Magersfontein, admission is made of the woorder- fal and sublime conrage shown by the British soldiers in their advance against Lil of bullets from the fuusor rides of the Bour troops
MILITARY DNTHUSIASM IN LONDON,
BOER LOSSES. AT MAGERSFONTEIN,
London, 18th December: It is stated that the Buer losses at the battle of Magersfontein totalled nearly 2,000 kilied and wounded.
Sabarquent to the battle the bodies of over 100 Bears were fonil in the Modder River
with stones tied to their necks.
· BOEKG · MASSING AT JACOBSDAL, AREN
London, 18th Decembar
It is estimated that General Cronje has ury under his coiualand 20,000 men. Many of these ara mawing at Jacobsdal, in the Orango Free State, about 30 piles south-west of the Madder Birer Station, owing to the Laduens of the'}; wator at Magersfontein.
London, 21st December. Lord Weeley, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, hos accepted the offer made by the Lord Mayor of London (Alderman: A. J. Newton) to raise and equip 1,050 volunteers, all aki led marksmen, for service in Sonth Africa.
In his report the Goneral further states that the Buers with their Mansors poured is so deadly, a fire that the British penulting the south-east corner of the entrenchments rolled. buck like & spent wave, Javing the ridges covered with" doad. The British, again" ad- vanced, but retired after adding to the dand on the ridges.
THE CAPTURED GUNS.
London, 26 December. An areago of 60 empty cartridges was found besido ench British soldier killed at Tugela.
Their comrader wept will rage to see tho abandoned gane kurrondled by heaps of founded sokliers and horses,
The gans which were captured by the Boora are useless to the enemy.
A BOER PERIMÛTION.
London, 25th December. Genoral Schalk Burgor, in command of the Boers at the Tugala Kiror, told a British military officer that the Boers would fight to the last, though he new Great Britala must
The Corporation of the City of London bas vated £25.00 for the epaipment of this force, and prominent business men and tiers in the city have contributed aver £20,000, the Roths childs Ben Mr. Alred Beit and the Merwin in the end. cars Company having each subscribed £5,000,
THE JOEES' STRENGTH. Mr. Charles H. Wilson, a well-known ship-
London, 26th December. of owoer, and Liboral member of the House
Prominent residents of Capetown stimato Commona for the Western Division of Hull, that the Boers now in the field number 63,003
men
The City Corporation has decided to present to every London volunteer who is accepted by the military anthorities the freedom of the City, an honour usually conferred only on dis- tinguished personages.
MEGUSOREN ·BPEAKS.
London, 78th December. George J. Gosthon, First Lord of the Ad-lns offeral to fit ont a transport steamer te convey the force to South Africa, and this offer
A ROTHSCHILD VOLUNTEERS. miralty, when distributing prisen to volunteers is equivalent to a contribution of £15,000 to
London, 25th December. and rifamen in London this evening, said: "I the funda
The Hon. Lionel Waiter Rothschild bas Bitle thought when I accepted this invitation
volunteered for the front. that I would address men to whom an appeal
EUROPEAN SKILLED OFFICERS AT PRETORIA. had boon tonde to stand shoulder to shoulder
London, 27th December. with the mgulam in South Africa. The posses
The members of the Afrikander Band at sion of 250,000 rolunteers will be regarded by
Capetown report that "900 Exropést officers the country, I am sure, as a great slement of According to the War Office during the day and me skilled in artillery tuotos ars held in secucity, and I am caulident that they are all from throughout the country came offers of secreserve at Pretoria. preparel to do their daty. The colonies price from 100,000 of yeomanry and volunteers, prepared to do their share, and Canada and all prepared to equip themselves under the Australia ars to the fore, waiting for the op- terms of broad latitude of the rule as to cloth. portunity to go to the front." C
After praising the sorvices of the Navel Bri.ing, which rely only restricts them to neutral state and Traustad troops opposing Lord
gatea assisting the troops in South Africa and testifying to the constant anxiety of the nasal men to be in the thick of the fighting. Goschen said: "It is impossible to grant their desires, although these soldiers and sailors would be
colors. sa is not to be too conspicuocs targets for Boarsha paboobs, Farther offers of reluctary service ware coming in so fast yesterday after. soon that it was impossible toattend to them. They enme by post, by telegraph wire and cables from the cast and the west, Australia, Canada, Malta
FREE STATE AND TRANSVAAL TROOPE.
London, 26th December. There is much friaffon between the Free Mothuen zor the Modder River. The Trans-- valers, fearing defection from the rauka. co- tinually threaten to shoot Free Staters at the Arst sign of weakness
The Free Staters declare that they would
anthority, da
glad to go to South Africa in thousands, hecause the Cape, and from almost every region prefer British domination to Transvaal
wton 1:0,000 regulars have left curabores the responsibility for the latency of our navy will be immensely inoreased VON
hors the Britian onlonies dourish,
Everywhere the war faver is visible The wave of enthusiasm which is rolling a
over the country is being fanned by all public
speakers and newspapers.
Last rening Sie Bienord Temple talked of an army of 175,000 meg.
"I believe the preparedness has contributed. ussen fally, to wist Beltons to remain timed confident, despite the black outlook. We hase not only to look at South Africa, but at-le situation and at paasible emergencies all around,
The War Office to-night considers that it and without being an alarmist, I would insist can get all the men and horses it wants. Lord that we must sacrifice to the imperativa duty that every ship he fully and properly minged Wolseley, who has boon openly severely attack Gosalian clored with an eloquent trilate load, bas completsly changed his views, and is
now for all the cavalry that can be mastered. the unnimity of the country and colonies in
MESSAGE TO THE COLONITS FROM LORD supporting the Government in a grave ociais.
ROBERTS. BOERS HAVE UNLIMITED BUPPLINA,
London, 18th Desember. J.B. Robinson, the South Africa milliounire, writes to the Daily Chronicle, reasserting that the Boers have unlimited spplies of ammuni time and ample stores of food, and declaring that all statements to the contrary should be
ignored
SCENE IN A NEW YORK CHURCH.
London, 22nd December, Field Marshal Lot Roberts. the Commian- der-in-Chief of the British Forces in Sonto Africa, has sont n toessage to the Australians and Canadians. He expresses his warmest od miration of the spirit of the colcules in sending troops to the war, and states that the action of the colonies, farms a glorious page in the his.
Lord Roberts states that he expects great.
the British in the Church of the Megalah In
Her
The Daily News, commeating upon the spou-tory of the Empire e taneous response to the Government's appeal for volunteers from all parts of the empire, says the things of the colonial soldiers
SIGHAND mast.remarkable scene of all recorded from the COLLECTIONS FOR THE SICK AND United States was thedemonstration in favor of
Louden, 22nd Dongmber New York City, during the decourse of Rev.
Majesty the Queen has anthorised Minot J. Saruge on Sunday. The inquiries collections to be made in the churches through among the Liverpool, shipowners show that out Fngland and Wales on Jannary 7 in aid of transportation for £0.000 men, with horses and the sick and wounded,,Re equipment, sau be ready before the men are prepared start. The Gorerament has chartered the Peninstilar, and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steamer Zerye and the Khorke of the Union Hue,
A COLONIAL OFFICERË
London, 19th December.
UNDER A FLAG OF TRUOS
London, 29th December, A British officer of Liontenant-General Lord Methaen's force went forward into the Beor lines, protected by a flag of trued and rested by the enemy
ar-
Lord Methuen, who sout a letter to the Bours protesting against the arrest, was insolently an Australian officer, has been given a comauswered by: General Cronin, who stated that
It is announcel hat Linatenaut Noel Calvert,
mission in the Sixth (Louisillie) Dragoons, who are serving in South Africa,
LOYALTY OF ACSTRALIA AND CANADA. Loudon, 27th Decomber. The Times' wat correspondent Modder River got that it is dificult to forestimate the effect of the loyalty displayed by Australia and Csuada. The colonial defachments are BY- tremely popular with the British troops., The New South Wales Lancers. Ive giren proof of their courage and amezability to divcipline. The sentative adda, ia ovcouraging to all fighters, enthusiasm of the colonies, the Times repré- shames many waverers into loyalty, and imposea a heavy debt of gratitute upon the motherland,
STRE DUJOH RISING,
London, 7th December, Onathonsand Dutch residents of Cape Colony have rainforced the Brers at Togels.
The Times; correspondent at Sterkstroom says that the four of the consequences of going orer to the Boera, and not a question of loyalty,
revents a general rising in Cape Colony.. The members of the Afrikander Band, he adds, aro banimously distoval:"
It is transpired that 1850 disloyalists fooght with the Boers at Stormberg when fiantenant- General Sir W. F. Gatsors's division was repolsed. A
NARROW ESCAPE OF BULLER,
London, 27th December. In the totian at the Tugela Rivor on the 15th instant General Sir Redvers Baller, who was under bency fire, lada parrow escape, a bullet, having grazed his ribs."
A Boer ballet also grazed one of Major- General G. F. Clery's trus.
TMB. ICHOLSON'S NER INCIDENT.
London 27th December. The Daily Newn states that it was Colonel Adys, Lieutenant-General Sir C... White's staff offer accompanying Lieutenant-Colonel Carleton's brigadu, who hoisted the white flag
be considered the officer to be a spy General at Nicholson's Nek, and not a subordinate Crezje dealined to hold any further communica officer s pravionsty reported. Hon with Lord Mettuon on the subject.
London: Sud Desember,
LORD BERESFORY DISCUSSES THE WAR.
w London, 18th December Rear Admiral Lord Charles Boracloed is SIGNALLING KIMBERLEY, quoted in an interview to-day sa saying. **The issue of the war will depend more upon artillery than anything else, especially at the siege of Pretoria and others places where the biggest battion are expected. Therefore, Lurge that all the paral-gutic which can be spared from: the resurres and oilper ships be monated ou artillery trains and titobora for field-service immediately. This move is nestry, as there e no quick-firing twelve pounders of twelve hundred-weight in the army.
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Lieutenant-General Lord Methaen at Modder No. 6, ICE HOUSE Street, Pad River nightly excusages signals by electric flashlight with Colonel Kekowichat Kimberley- COLONEL PLUMER'S FORCE.
Loadon, 21st December. Colonel Placer, with his foros of Border Police, has returned to Luli, owing to the severe drought. He is garrisoning Maklatai, from the neighbourhon of which place the Boers have disappeared.
::A FACETIOUR HOER LIESSAJE
London, 21st December. The Boors fired an empty shell into afek ing containing a message advising the besieged
todeinte All the whisky?
"The Government should immediately cod mission every ship in the division of the as a nesdful precaution against any patien Berking to take alvantage of Great Bri aia cndition, Na friendly nation could object.not to drink all the whisky It would only be racing wafer throngs hose pipes 60 53 to prepare for fire. I am greatly pleased to see Gogerals Roberts and Kitchener go to the aid of General Builor."
IMPRESSION ON THE CONTINENT
London, 20th December. The response that has been made throughent the British Empire to the needs of Great Bri- tala in connection with the war in South Africa has created a marked impression on the Con- tinent; and the impress on has been deepared by the Faraing to other Powere implied in Mr. Goschen's speech in London with regard to the British nary
MUNITION OF WAR TUROUGH DELAGGÀ BAY!
STREAM London, 2nd Lecimbor
It lins transpired that the Boers have received. 159,000 rifles from Europe, via Delagoa Bay
To the British Government's protest to Por Lagal for having allowed these mauitions of war to pees through borderritory. Portugal replied. that the Roars had been allowed to import many guns la Capetown and Natal:
ACCIDENT TO LORD KITCHENEE'S TRAIN, London, 22nd December. Major General Lo Kitabaner performed the journey by rail fiu. Onderman-to Cairo in 61 hours. The train was derailed at Laror, MEMORIAL SERVICE ST. PAUL,6,
on the right bank of the Nile, in Upper Egypt, London, 20th December.
bat Lord Kitchener osoaped injury. A memorial corrion of a most impressive cha Footer, in connection with the sildiers who bare RITISH CAPTURED WOLLE GEARCHING FOR
WOURRED, NAA fallen in the war in Boath Africa was held in
London, 2nd December." St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday Among these
Colonel Bullock, three officers, and 40 men of present at the service were HRH the Duke of Cambridge (late Commander-in-Chief of the the Devonshire Regiment were captured while British Army), the Marquis of Lacadowne, sesrobing for wounded after the battle of Tugel Secretary of State for War, and the Lord despite the fact that a fag of trace was shown. Mayor of London. --~
CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT BY THE
London, 20th Decembar Her Majesty the Queen will entertain at Windsor Castle on Boxing Day a large number of the wires and children of the studiers, now sogaged at the front in South Africa A Christmas-tred will be provided by bor Majesty and a large number of gifts will be distributed
BOER, PREPARATIONA PRIOR TO THE WAR
London 2nd Decara bor, The friends of Major-General Sir William Hutler, Commander-in-Chief in South Africa declare that he had fully advised the War Office of the Boer preperations
The Daily Mai says that Field-Marshal Lord Wolseley tho Commander-in-Chief, was urgently and parsistently advised to despatch an army corps to South Africe months ago.
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