HC Deb 06 February 1900 vol 78 cc699-700
MR. BAINBRIDGE

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether the Government possesses full information as to the number and character and projectile force of the guns at present in Pretoria, and whether a list of these can be laid before the House; whether some of these guns have a range of over 10,000 yards; and whether the siege train sent out at the end of De- cember last had any guns with the same range.

* THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. WYNDHAM,) Dover

There is reason to believe that many of the guns from the forts round Pretoria have been sent to the front. We have not full information as to what guns have been left. The answer to the last two questions is in the affirmative.