(The War in Transvaal, Forward Boers!), Le Monde IllustrÄ, 9 dÄcembre, 1899, p. 1. This picture suggests the delight with which journals like Le Monde IllustrÄ greeted the news of the early Boer victories. English-speaking Canadians usually received the news of British reverses in dark sombre headlines accompanied by editorials dismissing the event as a slight check attending the inevitable fortunes of war, and expressing confidence that there existed no question of the eventual outcome of the war.
