Under the above heading, writing from Modder River on the 6th of December Julian Ralph depicts the scene "fter the battle, A common reliance of the Boer was upon gin, Einpty gin-bottles, bottles still containing gin, and one fall bottle of that liquor were to be sven stuck in the loose dirt of the trenches. In every trench was a surprising debris of shell cartridges of many sorts—-Mausers, Martini-Henrys, and two or three sorts of
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