THE LATEST.
DARK DAYS IN LONDON.
The Ladysmith wires have been cut,' and London to-day (November 3) : is sullenly enduring beneath a very dark war cloud. The intense anxiety of the friends and relatives of those attached to the captured squadron at Farquhar's Farm cannot.be described. Each message 'has made things worse, till now our killed and wounded are. said to number three hundred. After displaying a. disposition to turn malignantly on Sir Geo. Vvwlite the yellow press has thought better of it, and has decided that he is a hero. The Service Clubs and experts generally are, however, still shaking their heads, and even in India, where he was very popular, the discredited General gets little support. Our reverses have not materially disturbed the current of daily life in London, a fact which appears to amaze Continental nations. The Paris journals sent over correspondents to tell them how we took our set-back. They have been here several days, and are still waiting something "to chronicle.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 295, 13 December 1899, Page 5
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