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create diversion if w. did not DO 50 IL
ssenied very probable that We should be
worsted after AZ / czAIlsd to the captain Of
our hstle force and rapidly put the position
before bIm- seains .he urgescy Of the oc-
casion Re agreed with ure that ve nHyt risk
it and IN t~s minutes moro We were, with
toe exception 81 my own nen, whom / bett
70 guard the wounded, trortlng across tho
opsn space ard throuyh the deserted town
toward shs spot where tho struggle Was lax
Ing place, some zoo yards away Ia seven or
eight minutes reached group Of huts--
IL wa headman's kraal that vas situated
about 10 yards behind the fortified wall, and
took possession Of Il unoosrrvsd The enemy
was too much engaged with the Zoe in front
OF them % notice Us. and bessdes, the broken
ground rose IN hog back shape between
There We waited uainHte or two and recov-
cred our breath. while gave my directions
So soon os We hesrd the BstiAai irnpi begin
u charge again We were 20 run in line 10 the
brow Of ths hogback and pour our FIRE into
the mass of defenders behind the wall Then
the guns were 20 De thrown down, and We
must charge with tho aSsegai We had no
shields. but that could not be helped: there
would be no time To reload the guns, and 1t
WAS absolutely necessary that the enemy
should be disconcerted at the moment that
the main attack vsas delivered
The men, who were as plucky a set Of fell
lows as ever / saw, ard whose blood was now
thoroughly up, consented 20 this scheme,
though could see that they thought il
rather large or,ter, as indsed did myself
But knew ttrst II the tnpi was dnsven back
a second time tbs game would be up, and for
me. at any rate, 10 would be q case Of the
Thing that bates, ana this sure and certain
knowledge flied my breast with valG
We had not long to wait Pr .sently we
heard the Butisna war song swelling loud
and long. They had commancsd their at
tack l made a sign, and the $50 men,
BRAIDED by myself, poured out of the kraal,
and, getting into . rough line. ran up the
fifty or SSty yards Of slope that. tntcrvcned
between ourselves and tho crest Of tho hog
backed ridge. In thirty seconds we were
there, and fmmediseely beyond US was the
main body of the hatlku host waiting the
onslaught Of the en-sny With guns and spears
Even now they did net sse US. Sc intent were
they upon the coming attack / signed to
my men TO take careful ain, and SUDDENLY
called ont to them 10 fire, which they did
with . wiz, dropping thirty or forty Ma
tUkus.
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