do not hesitate to say that in the three days I spoke with some hundreds, standing "round us in groups of from ten to twenty. Again and again, I will add, they expressed their admiration for the bravery of our men. Several used the ion.' Ausser ordentlich tupfere' (ex-wrily brave). One matter more in the interest of mutual courtesy I will end with, During the burial of our dead the Boers informed me that they had order not to fire a shot. It was by some i advertence, Tam convinced, that bath on Friday and Saturday our guns opened fire. Several of the Field Cornets referred to n on our part with re with considerable warmth and indi
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