Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1900 — WAR NEWS IN BRIEF. [ARTICLE]

WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.

British war office admits that Boera have taken 2,285 prisoners. Ladysmith complains that they suffer most from flies and spies. Preparations are being made to send 20,000 more men to South Africa. The Duke of Portland has sent to Lord Kitchener a magnificent fharger. Roberts promises that the censorship will be raised and freedom in dispatches allowed. ‘ • Many Cretans residing in Athens have offered their services to the British war office. . The maintenance of the British army at the front is estimated to cost $40,000,000 a month. Most of the English railways have agreed to keep plates open for employes who go to the war. England is surprised to learn that one; third of her warships are equipped with old-style, gnns. The casualties already reported bring the total British losses during the war to 10,244 killed, wounded and captured.