ABSTRACT
'I WONDER which of these gentlemen of the Press it is who writes the articles now appearing in Le Soir', said Vansittart to Maclaren and Captain Pompier whilst enjoying an after-dinner cigar and coffee during the march of the troops against the rebels massed at Tugurt. He had not long returned from Boca Grande and found all in readiness for a forward movement on his arrival. 'None of them is supposed to represent the rag', replied Pompier. 'They are all too high and mighty to contribute to such a journal'. Vansittart did not add that his Chief of Police had informed him that M. Legru sent his letters to de Tournon, who gave them, type-written, to Le Soir. General Daubisson, at Vansittart's request, had been given the chief command of the now enlarged expedition. Every care had been taken by Vansittart for the comfort of the men, little for himself.
