Camp, to which the following reply was sent: "Good wishes reciprocated. May our range be always long enough to be a guardian angel to the Mounted Corps." Notwithstanding the festivities, additional precautions were taken to prevent the enemy from catching us napping. Later news showed that the bombardment continued, that "Long Cecil" replied to the enemy's attack, and that the garrison suffered little or no loss. On the 9th of February the despatch of press messages from Kimberley was temporarily forbidden, owing presumably to the necessity for reticence as to the initial stages of the progress of General French, so quickly to be attended with the happiest result to the patient and hopeful little beleaguered city. NATAL CAMPAIGN. 12.-Boer troops entered Natal. 14.-Newcastle occupied by Boers. 18.-Action near Acton Homes. Boers advanced towards Glencoe. 19.-Train captured by the Boers at Elandslaagte. Boers capture large number of Hussars. 21.-Battle at Elandslaagte. Second attack on Glencoe. 22.-General Yule retreated from Dundee. 23.-Boers entered Dundee. Death of General Symons. 24.-Engagement at Rietfontein. 26.-General Yule's column arrived at Ladysmith. 30.-Disaster of Nicholson's Nek. Nov. 9.-British victory at Ladysmith. 15.—Armoured train derailed at Chieveley : Mr. Winston Spencer Churchill captured. 23.-Engagement at Beacon Hills. |