The hospital at which they worked is made up of one old and one new (unfinished) building. Into this latter building beds were rushed and between 150 and 200 wounded were admitted. The patients were! in a pitiful condition, having, in many cases, Lain in the open for two Jor three days attended. The small nursing staff did heroic work washing and cleaning up whilst the doctors worked night and day operating and dressing wounds.
On October 3, word came in that there were many wounded lying unattended some 201i from the elt Messrs. Brazener and Twidell got out in a Red Cross launch to do what they could. They wandered on and eventually found themselves inside the Southern lines where they were stopped and not allowed to return since they were in possession of a Northern permit only. They did not return until the Southerners advanced on the city on the 10th, They state that there is a very maxed unti-British sentiment in the ranks of the Southerners, and also that they are very confident of victory.
The Southern Attack The next week was one of com-
[parative quiet and hard work. On the 8th the city was agitated by the question, "will the Southerners attack to-day?" During the night heavy firing was heard on the other side of the river as the Cantones approached the railway terminus. Orders were received from Northern headquarters that the city must b-held at all costs. It was not till the 11th that the Southern attack really developed. They crossed the river and occupied the suburbs, not being held up till they actually reached the city walls. Heavy fighting covinued from dawn till midday, when slackened off. The hospital throughout this and subsequent fighting was continuously under fire {from three of four directions. The! buildings and residences were hit many times but there was not a great deal of artillery fire. The stream of incoming wounded now acslerated, this time being mainly Southern.
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