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... impression made upon her while among the Roors was that the BURCGHERS WERE HEARTILY SICK OF They bhad lost almost as maay from the fire of our sharpshooters as they would have done had they taken the town by storm. They ware dirt; and deetitute of comforts, and ...
... wonderful hervism of the British soldiers. It certainly is something wove than mere disc:pline which sept (ne men under a galling fire for (welve hours without a hesitating thought, and. whatever criticistn may be passed, it is & certaiaty that no large force ...
... nose W have just twigged four of their sples. so la-ta. Write at onee THE HORRORS OF WAR, A cornerel in the 3rd Grenadior Guards has sont home & lettor wntten st Modder River & few dave sfter that engagement. The writer You will no doubt have seen bzu:ho ...
... to meet them from our advanced camp at Bushman's Hoek. Their patrols were speedily sighted on the hills. The first shot was fired by the Boers at eighi in the morning. It came from a big gun which they had mounted on an eminence in front of Bushman's Hock ...
... ussars and sections ol orse llery a: p —_—_—— qunfl-: 31‘;‘,.. '-:\'::.'.-g ::L'-?.a‘f tacked, and this, combined with & hot fire from | DESPATCHES FROM THE | very hard pressed.’’ 1 have abwolutely no more our infantry, caused the Boers to fall back. l ...
... 4068 Lance-Corporal A. Pearson () Pietson, 19th Hussars. :'lzg (I;mu-.‘flc Cornwell, hsh Luwtnd 12 DEPOT . Orton, sth Dragoon Guards. 4052 Private T. Thwaites, lst Leicester Regimeut. 4005 Private H. Packham, 19th Hussars. 2524 Corporal A. Hill, Leicoster ...
... ‘guns replied, and kept the enemy lively. They were unable to hit cur guns, but fired shrapnel ‘;hku:l. '(lh‘;n'lflslugom This moenng our ' T-pounders an pounders again ned fire, fi.did considerable damage to the E\fl fortifications. A mosrage, dated Mafoking ...
... & ‘mile on the other side. They sent several volleys into our advance guard. : ‘ Our men rephied, and the artillery opened fire from a neighbouring kopje. During the ‘m of the firing partims of men pulled ‘across the river in the pont, and the enemy, ilndmg ...
... hours under the hottest fire known in modern warfare. We left most of our wounded on the fieid that night, and every ome of them speaks in the highest manner of the kindoess of the Biers It seems that after oar guns stopped fire. and when it got dark, ...
... Wilkin. son, of the Coldstream Guards. We got pro- icrlinv-n.n‘mu--umdmw |ba pleasant. 1 p.m —Reinforced Wilkingon, who | was out of ammunition. and eould not keep the | enemy's fire down My men gave him some packets. Fired steady volleys. an! afier two ...
... Nordenfeldts fired at long mmtervals. and not having fired a shot his comrades raisod hum and held his rifle while he fired. There is flat stroteh of country between the last position occupied and the enemy’s main position. A well- directod artillery fire was ...
... extended order, covering an enormous front, 10 get 10 the enex ¥'s position at d-gh-k. saves you, i the first instanve, from ne fire: and, i the second, from grest lomes in the plain. There is far 100 great risk of failure in making & flank and front attack ...