Impressions of a War Correspondent

all other inconsistencies are as in the original. Author's spelling has been maintained. Photo Bassano . Frontispiece . GEORGE LYNCH. IMPRESSIONS OF A WAR CORRESPONDENT BY GEORGE LYNCH AUTHOR OF "THE WAR OF THE CIVILIZATIONS" LONDON: GEORGE NEWNES, LIMITED SOUTHAMPTON STREET, STRAND, W.C. MCMIII "TO CARMELA" CONTENTS The Dance of Death The Aftermath of War Elandslaagte A Glimpse of our Gunners In the Tents of the Boers The Fellow that felt Afraid The Dance of Death in China Certain Comparisons The Crucifixion of Christianity in China Ex Oriente Lux Night in the City of Unrest A Street in the City of Unrest A Glimpse of a Southern City The Penalty of their Pace in the City of Unrest The Million-Master in the City of Unrest The Woman who works in the City of Unrest The Hou-men of the Dingy City Tired The City of Dumb Distances The Land of the Evening Calm With Some Toilers of the Sea LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS George Lynch Bringing Wounded Back Into Ladysmith Advance of the Gordons at Elandslaagte Advance of the Devons before the Attack at Elandslaagte George Lynch Captured by the Boers Boer Shell bursting among the Lancers at Rietfontein General French and Staff on Black Monday General White and Staff on Black Monday Artillery crossing a Drift near Ladysmith Naval Brigade passing through Ladysmith General Yule's Column on the Way to Ladysmith Hospital Train leaving Ladysmith for Pietermaritzburg Boer Prisoners Japs entering Pekin Relief of Pekin We are indebted to the courtesy of the Proprietor of The Illustrated London News for permission to reproduce the illustrations facing pages 33, 48, 65, 80, 97, 144, 161, 176, and 193, and to the Proprietor of The Sphere for a similar permission with regard to the illustrations facing pages 224 and 231. INTRODUCTION There are few people in the world who have more opportunity for getting close to the hot, interesting things of one's time than the special correspondent of a great paper. He is enabled to see "the wheels go round;" has the chance of getting his knowledge at first hand. In stirring times the drama of life is to him like the first night of a play. There are no preconceived opinions for him to go by; he ought not to, at least, be influenced by any prejudices; and the account of the performance is to some extent like that of the dramatic…