ge and expressions of sympathy.

(Signed)
COLONEL COOPER.'

XXX.

_5th Brigade Orders, 18/3/00_ (1).

CAPE TOWN IRISHMEN SEND TELEGRAM.

The following telegram has been received by General Sir Redvers
Buller:--

'Cape Town Irishmen wish the gallant Irish officers and men under your
command many returns of St. Patrick's Day, and would express their
heartfelt admiration for the way in which they have maintained
unsullied the splendid military traditions of Ireland and the Empire
under your gallant leadership.'

XXXI.

_Ladysmith, 20/3/00_ (2).

THE QUEEN SENDS TELEGRAM OF THANKS.

The following reply to telegram sent by Colonel Cooper on behalf of
the battalion to Her Majesty the Queen on Shamrock Day was received
yesterday:--

'The Queen thanks her Dublin Fusiliers for loyal message. Windsor
Castle, 18th.'

XXXII.

_Elandslaagte, 3/4/00_ (7).

COLONEL SAUNDERSON'S LETTER.

The following letter was received to-day by the Commanding Officer
from Colonel Saunderson, M.P.:--

_'Castle Saunderson, Belturbet, 1/3/00._

'DEAR SIR,

'I cannot help writing to you to express on my part, and on the part
of every loyal Irishman, the pride and sympathy we take in the heroic
deeds of the Dublin Fusiliers in South Africa. Your gallant regiment
has shed a lustre on the army to which they belong and on the country
from which they come.

'No words of mine can express the admiration we feel for their
loyalty, their courage, and their indomitable determination. I hope
they realise how our hearts are with them.'

A reply thanking Colonel Saunderson has been sent by the Commanding
Officer.

XXXIII.

_Fourteen Streams, 12/5_ (3).

DEATH OF SECOND LIEUTENANT J. T. DENNIS AT ALIWAL NORTH, MAY 2ND.
ENTERIC.

The Commanding Officer deeply regrets to announce the death of Second
Lieutenant J. T. Dennis, which occurred at Aliwal North on May 2nd of
enteric.

XXXIV.

17/5/00 (4).

GENERAL HART CONGRATULATES 1ST BORDERS AND 2ND ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILIERS
ON THEIR MARCHING.

Major-General Hart congratulates the 1st Border Regiment and 2nd Royal
Dublin Fusiliers upon the recent instance of their marching powers.
For military reasons it was needful after the march forward yesterday
to march back