The young journalist was exceedingly popular and deeply regretted. He was buried with military honours on the evening of the 2nd. His coffin was covered with the Union Jack, and carried to the grave by Major Baillie of the _Morning Post_, Mr. Angus Hamilton of the _Times_, Mr. Hellawell of the _Daily Mail_, Mr. Reilly of the _Pall Mall Gazette_, and the correspondent of the Press Association. The funeral was attended by many members of the Staff, who were desirous of showing their esteem for the promising and gallant writer. [Illustration: THE SIEGE OF MAFEKING TOPOGRAPHICAL SKETCH SHOWING THE BRITISH AND BOER POSITIONS From a sketch by a British officer brought by runner to Buluwayo] The enemy now engaged in hostilities under the command of the son of Cronje, who was said to have had, in the interval, a _passage d'armes_ with his father, the General, the younger man having taunted the elder for not having succeeded in reducing Mafeking to submission. Whereupon Cronje _fils_ undertook to do the great deed himself, and in setting about it managed to get killed. The Boers again stormed the place, and were driven back in confusion by the magnificent energy of the British South African Police, leaving strewn on the field of action an enormous number of dead and wounded. Their removal occupied two hours. Captain Goodyear, commanding a squad of Cape "boys," made a dashing sortie, and received a wound in the leg, but he nevertheless captured the brickfields, and held them against the enemy, thus preventing him from utilising them for sniping operations. Sunday the 5th of November was, as usual, observed as a day of truce. The enemy made an effort to defy the rules of Sabbath etiquette, and were informed, under a flag of truce, that if they should continue to erect works commanding the brickfields, the guns would open fire on them. This warning had the desired effect. The memory of Guy Fawkes, together with the news of our victories in Natal, was honoured by an exhibition of fireworks--a display which some thought rather _de trop_ considering the nature of the daily operations in the town. On the following day the Boers made themselves unpleasantly obstreperous by saluting the place with quick-firing guns, weapons whose shells burst almost simultaneously with the report, thus depriving those aimed at of the chance of running to cover. The air of Mafeking is said to be equal to champagne, and perhaps to its stimulating influence the garrison owed its sprightliness and activity. The little township "ran" a journal of its own, and though not so effervescent as _The Lyre_ of Ladysmith, it had its humorous side. The _Mafeking Mail_, as it was called, was issued daily--shells permitting. Quoting from the _Mail_ of the 1st of November, a facsimile of which was reproduced by the _Daily Telegraph_, we read that--