NOTE.--Wanted to know--_vide_ the Press report of Paardeberg action--Since when has the 82nd Battery, R.F.A., become a mule battery? * * * * * 'ORSE OR FUT? BY MARK THYME. (_A Song of the Household Brigade._) I. It ain't a fatigue to see him, 'E's a taller than usual man, As 'e struts down the road 'e's as smart as be blowed, And 'is swagger would stop Big Ben, 'E's a fair take-in for the ladies, For of course it's a maxim trite When a cove's in the Guards, why it's just on the cards 'E's a bit of the best All-Right. CHORUS. Whether 'e wears a 'elmet, Or 'airy 'at on 'is nut, When all's done and said, 'E is 'Ousehold Brigade, Whether 'e's 'Orse or Fut. (_Shouted ad lib._): THAT'S RIGHT Whether 'e's 'Orse or Fut. II. O' course 'e's fond of 'is lady, 'Is lady she doats on 'im, And it's princip'ly that what's the cause of 'er 'at, With its feathers and twisted brim. When 'e takes 'er out of a Sunday She says, "What a lovely sight! "Oh! there isn't a doubt, But I'm walking about "With a bit of the best All-Right." CHORUS. And when 'e looks in promisc'ous 'Taint often the door is shut, For she's fond of a mash, with a curly moustache, Whether 'e's 'Orse or Fut. (_As before_): That's Right Whether 'e's 'Orse or Fut. III. And then, when the war-clouds gather, On Service 'e goes away; And it's "Goodbye, Sal, God bless you, my gal!" And the woman is left to pray. Then whether it's toil and 'ardship, Or whether it's march and fight, 'E's a joker, we know, As is certain to show 'E's a bit of the best All-Right. CHORUS. Whether it's sword or bayonet, Whether it's lance or butt, 'E's bound to go large When they're sounding the Charge, Whether 'e's 'Orse or Fut. (_As before--only more so_): That's Right! Whether 'e's 'Orse or Fut. * * * * * HAS THE WAR JUST BEGUN? The Cradock Dutch newspaper, the _Middellandsche Afrikaander_, says: "Our English contemporaries are greatly mistaken in thinking that the war has now virtually ended. The Republicans are now going to act on the defensive, and now one can expect a deathly struggle. The war has now lasted nearly six months, and, however much we desire it, there is no prospect of peace as yet." CHAPTER XXII IN THE SHADOW OF SANNA'S POST _We try to Name the New Colony, and describe the Kornespruit Fight._