down to get upon their horses. In time nur force across the river numbered #10, Jier-General Pole-Catew took command. Our own shells and our own ritle fire beat upon this little band, and it halted and cheered to disclose its'nation-alit That is the truth of a hemic movement, of which there are already too many untrue versions in print, It is said that the Boers fight in deadly terror of our bayonets, which we have not yet had a chance to use upon them, and this increased their fever for flight. They have also had " wholesome dread of our lyddite shells—ot which likewise, we have not yet made any use, but at this battle General Cronje, who watched the fight all supposed our naval yuns were fung and said to his staff: 'I've been watching that stuff all day, and I don't think much of it One word as to that phase of their warfare which must be touched upon, in justice, in every account we correspondts write of it. With my own eyes, being upon the scene, I saw the " putt-putt" gun and the fire of the sharpshooters trained upon our ambulances three times, and upon our stretcher-bearers on in: numerable occas: ons—in fact, whenever they rose to their feet (on the right of the line) and attempted to perform their work,
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