. Review of reviews and world's work. Castle, with LordRoberts and Lord Kitchener on board, sails from Gibral-tar There is a heavy fall of rain in Natal The Boers assume the and shell the Modder Rivercamp. December 28.—Spasmodic shelling continues at Mod-der River ; at Ladysmith a Boer shell bursts which killsLieutenant Dalziel and wounds T other officers. December 29.—The Orient sails from Southamptonwith 1,275 officers and men for South Africa. December 30.—A New South Wales battery leavesSydney for South Africa; the Majestic, with 2,000troops on board, arrives at Cape Town. Janua

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. Review of reviews and world's work. Castle, with LordRoberts and Lord Kitchener on board, sails from Gibral-tar There is a heavy fall of rain in Natal The Boers assume the and shell the Modder Rivercamp. December 28.—Spasmodic shelling continues at Mod-der River ; at Ladysmith a Boer shell bursts which killsLieutenant Dalziel and wounds T other officers. December 29.—The Orient sails from Southamptonwith 1,275 officers and men for South Africa. December 30.—A New South Wales battery leavesSydney for South Africa; the Majestic, with 2,000troops on board, arrives at Cape Town. January 1.—General French captures the town ofColesberg, with wagons and .stores ; Colonel Pilcher•defeats a Boer force at Suunyside Laager, near Bel-mont, taking 40 prisoners. January 4.—A Boer attack on the British lines atColesberg is successfully repulsed. January 6.—The Boers attack Ladysmith in force, butare repulsed by the British with heavy on both.«ides ; the British casualty list shows 15 officers and 135.

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