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BATTLE AS SEEN FROM THE
RANKS.

Writes of Buffers Defeat at Colen
SO.
A letter received few days ago by 8
New Yorker from a cousin in the In
nlskilling regiment in South Africa de-
scribes without giving the names
General Buffers first attempt to cross
the Tugela. The letter is dater Frere
Camp, January /, and is in part as
follows:
Our brigade, consisting of the Con-
naught Rangers, Dublin Fusiliers, the
Border regiment and ourselves, was on
the left bank and CENTER Our regiment
was on the extreme left, and we We're
marched to within a thousand yards OF
the Boer position, in column, before a
Long Tom let fly a shell at us. We
were ordered to lie down and, after a
bit, the word to extend was given. My
company was on the left of the lot, and
i think we must have doubled at least
a mile before we got extended and lay
down, the shells and shrapnel hurrying
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posite the Boer position, without any
kind Of shelter, at distance Of be-
tween eight and nine hundred yards I
raised myself on my elbows and
watched the duel which began between
our artillery and the enemy's, some of
the shells passing over my hear, but
most to the center and right flank. 1t
was a grand sight, the guns flashing
all kinds of colors; and high columns Of
white smoke rose every place the lyd-
dite shells burst from our naval guns.
The roar of the big guns and the con-
tinual rattle of the Maxins and Nord-
enfeldts, &C., were tremendous. ! could
see perfectly where our shells burst as
there was hardly any smoke except
from the Boer guns, on each side of
which the shells landed without putting
them out of action.
II had come to the conclusion that the
main body Of the enemy was on the 9th
err side of the hills, as l had not seen
one of them, except squadron of horse
who gallaped toward the fort from the
river, after the first shell was fired and
narrowly escaped our shells. was
waiting till our guns had silenced the
Long Tom and we could get our pom
ICONS fixed and cross the river when
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