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Identifier: battlesofninetee06forb (find matches)
Title: Battles of the nineteenth century
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Forbes, Archibald, 1838-1900 Atteridge, A. Hilliard (Andrew Hilliard)
Subjects: Battles Military history, Modern
Publisher: London New York : Cassell and Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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battle, these batterieshad run into one. For nearly half an hour theguns were served by men and officers, whoseemed to melt down into the around under back out of it and brought into action on thesouth side of the hollow. Meanwhile ColonelLong and Colonel Hunt had both been badlywounded. For half an hour there was ammuni-tion enough in the limbers to keep up a steadyfire. Then, as the waggons had not come up,and no more shells were available, the gunswere abandoned—it was hoped only for awhile—and what was left of the officers and men ofthe two batteries took shelter in a neighbouringdonga, bringing back their wounded with them.This was at seven oclock. It appears that itwas the want of further ammunition ratherthan the accuracy of the Boer fire that disabledthe guns, though, on the other hand, it musthave been the Boer fire that prevented thearrival of the waggons coming up with a furthersupply of shells. The naval guns, 400 yardsfurther back, kept in action for two hours and a k
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u8 THE BOER WAR half longer, and only lost four men. Whenthey at last withdrew it was on General Bullersexpress order. Hildyards brigade had pushed its way overthe trenches into Colenso. Some officers andmen of the Queens West Surrey had clearedthe railway station of the Boers. On their left,Harts brigade had fought its way up to therivers edge. They had crossed the first spruit,but then found that they had in front of themnot an easy ford, but the river dammed up andflowing in most places ten feet deep. Where itwas shallower the river bed was entangled withbarbed wire. Some of the Dublin Fusiliersmade a splendid attempt to get across. Theyplunged into the river, and some of the bravefellows, loaded down with their cartridges, sankand were drowned. It was in this advance upto the rivers edge that little Bugler Dunn, ofthe Dublins, had his bugle knocked out of hishand by a bullet, and was hit and wounded inthree places. He onl)- left the ranks on anorder from his officer, and walked ba

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