Sir, - I hate to break into John Fallon's pleasant dreams about loyal Irish being commended by Queen Victoria and the Duke of Wellington, but may I point out that the greatest numbers of casualties in the Boer War were among black people - unarmed and defenceless men, women and children, shot, hung or flogged to death by both sides. - Yours, etc.,
Colm Kennan, Carlingford Road, London N15.