The inspection of the Siego Train by Brigadier-GeneralPipon, Commanding R.A., China Field Force, took place on the lith instant. The Siege Train contingent, now stationed in Kowloon, left home for South Africa on the 9th of December, 1899, end arrived at their destination at Christmas time. They left South Africa again in July, 1900, and have been out here since last summer. The Brigadier-General expressed himself extremely pleased and complimented the men on the smart anu soldierly manner in which they had gone through the drill and manipulated the guns.
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