For a fortnight past, 120 of the Manchesters have gone barefoot among the rocks.
_Sunday, February 4, 1900._ The sun shone.

Women and children went up and down the street.

I even saw two white-petticoated girls climbing the rocks of Cove Redoubt to get a peep at "Princess Victoria"-- otherwise "Bloody Mary." It was a day of peace, but every one believes it to be the last.

To-night an attack is confidently expected.

The Boers are concentrating on the north-west.
A new gun was seen yesterday moving towards Thornhill's Kopje, and sounds of building with stones were heard there last night.