GENERAL RUSSELLI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether it is the intention of the Government to publish Colonel Long's report regarding the abandonment of eleven guns at the battle of Colenso.
§ * MR. WYNDHAMI must refer my hon. and gallant friend to the answers which have been given by the First Lord on the general question of the publication of despatches and reports.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLMay I revive the hon. Gentleman's recollection that last March—
§ * MR. SPEAKEROrder, order!
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLWell, let me put it this way. I will, of course, at once sit down if you rule me out of order. Sir Redvers Buller made a serious attack on Colonel Long—
§ * MR. SPEAKERThe hon. Member is putting an obviously irrelevant question.