The little hews the cables contain of late is all in connection with, the minor skir mishing affairs that iave so'far taken place between the.outposts of General French's division, and the enemy in and about the Colesburg'district of the Cape. It may be well worth considering what the position of the two armies iix the Cape is, or was, when latest cables were despatched. The enemy appears to hold Colesburg anci the hills around that town with his right, and has h!a outoosts same twenty miles further south in tne vicinity of Rendsburg, his centre is pushed south a few miles to the tte ra:iwa y Past Naauwpoort and Middleburg, covering the line oFrail wav that connects Middleburg Junction with Sternberg Junction, on the eastern railway system. Their left flank rests somewhere to the, east of Sternberg, although they practically control all the country to the east end north, as there are no British forces in ail that vast district, and the in habitants are nearly all in the Boer ranks or else in active sympathy with the Boer cause. The occupation of Middleburg and Sternberg. Junctions, and the control of the i'ne that connects these two places," givee the enemy complete possession of the , country Mtar«» the railway* ar* concerned,

and enables them to stop all communication between the eastern and western lu-ovtnces ■ by rail;.and as long as they hold Ukj posi tions they At present occupy, Ui'm-ritls French and Gatacre cannot unite their com mands in any movement against the lioer forces. Operating against these forces we lmve General Gatacre commaJidLng a division of about 7000 men, nearly <dl Infantry, form ing the British right flank," ,, his bnsa being at Queenstown, on the East London nncl northern railway line, and his trooys pushed forward to Molteno, about ten miles south of Stortnberg, covering the line of roKwny Hhnv which he ie operating. The la ten * reports from ttas division fead us to He- \ lieve that it is too weak to cany out the | \objecfc ib -was intended to perform, and we ■have just been informed that the Boer com mander in that district has despatched a number of hds men to reinforce their com mando which is holding Colosburg and Nor mal's Pont against the British under General French. 