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Title: South Africa and the Transvaal War
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Creswicke, Louis
Subjects: South African War, 1899-1902
Publisher: Edinburgh T.C. & E.C. Jack
Contributing Library: Robarts – University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto
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ention of surrender, it appears—but our firing wasstopped by order of the artillery commander. Two guns andseveral prisoners were captured, together with horses and variousboxes of shells for Maxim, Nordenfeldt, and Krupp quick-firingguns. Our wounded were many, and some companies lookedwoefully attenuated as the remnant, when all was over, whistledthemselves back to camp. Their gallant leader, General PennSymons, who had taken no precautions to keep under cover, but,on the contrary, had made himself conspicuous in being accompaniedby a lancer with a red flag, fell early in the fight, mortally wounded.His place was taken by Brigadier-General Yule, whose position atthat time was far from enviable. A message had been brought inby scouts, stating that some 9000 Boers were marching with theintention of attacking the British in the rear, and that at the verymoment the advancing multitude might be cloaked in a dark mistthat was gathering round the hills. Fortunately the hovering hordes 16
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w <w h o IX0) < h I < H o w hO h The Battle of Glencoe failed to appear, and the first big engagement of the war terminatedin a glorious victory for British arms. From all accounts the two hostile columns numbered respectively4000 and 9000 men, and against these forces Sir Penn Symons hadat his command in all about 4000. Among these were the 13th,67th, and 69th Field Batteries, the 18th Hussars, the Natal MountedVolunteers, the 8th Battalion Leicester Regiment, the 1st KingsRoyal Rifles, the 2nd Dublin Fusiliers, and several companies ofmounted infantry. But on the Dublin Fusiliers, the Kings RoyalRifles, and the Royal Irish Fusiliers fell the brunt of the work, the taskof capturing the Boer position, and the magnificent dash and courage
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