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Creeping in advance of ours and the red sun which showed our silent escort appearing suddenly against the sky line on a ridge or galloping toward us through the dew to order us
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One hour after sunrise the train drew up at colenso
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The hammering of the boer pom poms and the maxims and colt automatics spanking the air we smiled at each other guiltily we were on time it was most evident that ladysmith had not been relieved
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This was the twelfth day of a battle that buller's column was waging against the boers and their mountain ranges or disarranges as some one described them without having gained more than three miles of hostile territory
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He had tried to force his way through them six times and had been repulsed six times and now he was to try it again no map nor photograph nor written description can give an idea of the country which lay between buller and his goal it was an eruption of high hills
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Linked together at every point without order or sequence in most countries mountains and hills follow some natural law the cordilleras can be traced from the amazon river to guatemala city they make the water shed of two continents
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The great divide forms the backbone of the states but these natal hills have no lineal descent they are illegitimate children of no line abandoned broadcast over the country with no family likeness and no home they stand alone or shoulder to shoulder
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They never appear the same some run to a sharp point some stretch out forming a table land others are gigantic ant hills
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In a ride of half a mile every hill completely loses its original aspect and character they hide each other or disguise each other each can be enfiladed by the other and not one gives up the secret of its strategic value
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Until its crest has been carried by the bayonet to add to this confusion the river tugela has selected the hills around ladysmith as occupying the country through which it will endeavor to throw off its pursuers it darts through them as though striving to escape
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It doubles on its tracks it sinks out of sight between them and in the open plain rises to the dignity of water falls it runs uphill and remains motionless on an incline and on the level ground
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Twists and turns so frequently that when one says he has crossed the tugela he means he has crossed it once at a drift once at the wrecked railroad bridge and once over a pontoon
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At two hundred yards a man in khaki is indistinguishable from the rocks around him indeed the khaki is the english soldier's sole protection it saves him in spite of himself for he apparently cannot learn to advance under cover
4770-25951-0025
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And a sky line is the one place where he selects to stand erect and stretch his weary limbs i have come to within a hundred yards of a hill before i saw that scattered among its red and yellow bowlders
4770-25951-0026
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Into this maze and confusion of nature's fortifications buller's column has been twisting and turning marching and countermarching capturing one position after another to find it was enfiladed from many hills and abandoning it only to retake it a week later
4770-25951-0027
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The greater part of the column has abandoned its tents and is bivouacking in the open it is a wonderful and impressive sight at the first view an army in being when it is spread out as it is in the tugela basin back of the hills seems a hopelessly and irrevocably entangled mob
4770-25951-0028
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An army in the field is not regiments of armed men marching with a gun on shoulder or crouching behind trenches that is the least even if it seems the most important part of it before one reaches the firing line he must pass villages of men
4770-25951-0029
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Who are feeding mending repairing and burying the men at the front it is these latter that make the mob of gypsies which is apparently without head or order or organization
4770-25951-0030
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Their camp fires rising to the sky at night like the reflection of great search lights by day they swarmed across the plain like hundreds of moving circus vans in every direction with as little obvious intention as herds of buffalo
4770-25951-0031
14,161,42,11,22,117,73,56,172,69,0,57,198,12,123,71,195,171,98,46,142,148,35,69,127,151,126,87,157,41,115,85,154,80,128,116,184,93,66,31,100,119,172,185,112,21,130,128,60,76,47,24,95,71,34,158,0,57,18,82,114,182,0,57,198,12,172,195,171,48,130,128,116,126,87,157,0,174,117,174,5,69,127,165,24,54,134,58,194,198,28,57,119,82,63,93,66,44,187,115,176,4,109,3,81,119,82,66,195,171,100,6,121,27,115,13,85,73,193,148,35,69,127,45,9,13,156,146,16,186,164,173,136,160,17,112,176,103,4,80,21,60,101,24,69,127,37,54,177,106,145,97,108,190,169,136,54,21,130,128,116,99,61,32,36,94,149,94,122,142,5,147,82,63,93,127,165,24,172,185,168,157,41,115,85,30,31,46,96,144,198,50,53,112,157,0,37,143,112,30,141,180,15,187,115,95,71,30,180,62,31,144,50,51,114,182,0,174,52,83,95,71,30,180,15,41,51,182,0,57,174,198,12,123,195,171,48,74,117,34,196,150,3,81,199,33,9,185,134,105,145,108,184,13,70,86,146,3,49,159,12,123,71,129,48,74,133,117,73,178,169,105,148,78,95,71,196,130,128,5,35,69,127,165,24,40,141,120,180,62,135,7,160,95,30,180,41,115,85,117,196,150,81,83,78,111,180,62,121,59,27,172,13,156,195,150,3,81,1,143,30,141,39,152,36,162,166,161,42,11,117,59,115,85,117,34,196,37,115,176,103,4,109,76,101,24,13,195,150,81,145,108,184,79,104,165,24,87,19,157,0,133,135,7,49,159,95,71,89,158,113,187,172,129,0,57,18,82,63,182,177,66,73,178,134,105,148,78,95,71,86,34,68,36,117,162,137,92
But each had his appointed work and each was utterly indifferent to the battle going forward a mile away hundreds of teams of sixteen oxen each crawled like great black water snakes across the drifts the kaffir drivers naked and black
4770-25951-0032
14,11,131,22,10,134,105,148,78,40,67,98,160,17,6,121,59,56,119,53,130,128,116,6,59,48,21,130,128,116,187,79,71,30,180,15,41,56,151,126,87,157,48,134,105,199,147,17,136,126,87,157,48,134,58,193,99,181,38,194,28,1,163,71,168,180,15,152,133,86,122,40,67,150,3,144,198,95,71,66,158,160,17,182,13,66,73,144,12,40,180,15,144,198,12,123,195,171,98,160,17,113,119,82,114,23,142,148,88,155,33,169,58,136,160,17,36,162,166,161,42,11,86,110,18,82,112,176,103,4,153,199,83,169,136,160,17,7,37,54,85,154,142,52,83,147,93,59,144,194,28,0,174,52,83,95,71,30,180,15,41,51,63,192,87,19,48,142,80,60,24,51,63,112,168,62,44,100,115,172,13,195,171,150,3,81,148,35,185,30,121,59,27,177,106,119,82,66,31,100,115,85,89,154,178,58,105,49,159,123,111,39,152,84,197,118,117,118,94,118,117,64,94,64,107,94,117,188,107,117,64,117,188,64,117,107,117,64,107,117,107,64,188,86,90,2,138,42,11,22,10,106,43,91,173,33,9,111,141,19,48,4,109,53,112,87,141,180,120,48,74,86,73,193,49,50,114,7,119,82,93,66,31,46,148,35,95,71,30,180,15,41,151,126,111,141,180,62,48,134,105,186,65,69,127,172,185,143,116,6,121,59,0,57,72,25,79,53,106,175,43,119,82,114,7,1,187,40,67,98,119,82,182,112,66,85,86,34,158,46,49,187,95,71,30,31,44,57,119,82,63,182,112,66,154,178,134,105,5,147,75,93,66,195,171,62,129,36,162,137,92
Lashing them with whips as long as lariats shrieking beseeching and howling and falling upon the oxen's horns to drag them into place mules from spain and texas loaded with ammunition kicked and plunged
4770-25951-0033
14,42,11,86,10,177,106,80,60,101,0,174,52,83,155,95,71,30,180,15,41,51,63,93,112,171,67,150,3,91,21,177,106,80,60,101,24,40,141,102,15,16,186,164,79,13,156,73,165,24,54,169,134,58,194,12,6,121,59,27,115,13,156,146,3,49,159,163,70,135,7,49,159,12,79,156,73,45,9,13,85,89,146,193,52,5,25,147,51,63,192,168,157,48,74,130,128,116,172,195,171,48,134,105,16,76,101,24,172,195,171,62,44,193,145,170,35,126,87,157,48,121,59,27,16,186,164,173,136,119,82,69,7,115,23,170,35,143,104,144,198,12,40,141,180,102,15,144,198,32,36,162,161,42,11,149,122,103,15,41,16,76,179,136,160,17,121,59,27,54,13,156,73,178,134,58,91,65,13,66,195,171,98,193,148,95,71,34,158,113,1,172,168,141,120,48,23,91,173,23,142,5,147,17,136,37,54,85,154,142,52,83,147,63,59,27,115,95,13,156,195,150,3,81,148,35,95,146,183,3,81,186,164,79,71,30,180,39,152,36,162,166,138,42,11,117,122,176,122,4,109,81,54,79,53,177,130,128,5,147,114,7,23,142,52,97,108,184,111,180,15,41,145,97,108,35,69,127,37,143,121,59,27,151,172,85,195,150,3,81,181,190,33,9,71,31,100,6,121,59,144,198,28,0,57,174,5,6,59,136,165,47,139,197,117,86,188,86,117,90,10,110,37,115,95,85,34,196,150,81,83,78,111,180,62,59,27,115,54,85,86,154,178,105,72,50,114,0,57,119,82,182,106,49,159,95,158,160,17,93,66,31,46,80,60,101,24,185,121,27,115,172,85,31,46,49,99,190,45,124,36,162,137,92
More oxen drew more soberly the great naval guns which lurched as though in a heavy sea throwing the blue jackets who hung upon the drag ropes from one high side of the trail to the other across the plain and making toward the trail
4770-25951-0034
14,131,11,131,117,10,128,145,148,35,95,158,113,119,51,63,112,87,180,48,134,105,186,65,69,127,172,185,21,130,116,6,176,48,103,4,153,52,199,83,140,69,127,165,47,101,21,116,6,176,48,74,86,183,3,81,148,78,40,67,98,119,51,63,192,168,19,48,74,116,37,6,176,48,85,86,158,46,72,25,79,66,71,73,115,85,86,196,116,187,163,70,177,106,1,82,66,129,36,162,166,161,42,11,86,10,116,6,176,48,62,31,46,187,25,51,93,66,168,180,15,41,51,182,112,66,34,196,46,115,85,34,158,160,17,112,168,180,120,62,44,16,186,164,65,19,48,74,133,196,150,81,88,155,140,69,127,172,69,127,194,12,172,85,195,171,98,170,5,6,121,59,165,179,24,151,126,19,141,48,74,196,178,105,186,65,111,180,62,59,58,194,28,151,111,180,48,74,89,158,46,49,159,12,173,169,45,9,85,34,196,142,189,101,24,192,87,157,41,37,51,53,93,156,66,73,3,81,83,140,185,70,156,130,128,116,99,49,159,32,123,139,197,117,197,117,20,117,188,117,188,90,138,161,42,11,117,122,180,48,74,34,193,170,88,35,69,127,165,24,127,54,177,106,5,147,17,121,58,27,119,53,21,130,128,60,101,24,176,103,153,187,95,30,141,180,178,134,105,97,108,184,51,93,66,168,157,41,37,143,85,31,46,170,6,121,59,136,165,24,185,129,23,142,80,60,101,24,40,19,180,15,41,151,126,87,152,36,162,166,42,11,22,117,10,183,3,81,186,65,126,87,157,41,37,143,13,156,44,16,52,83,79,185,70,30,89,31,46,119,25,1,51,63,66,168,180,152,0,133,86,89,158,46,72,25,53,112,30,180,102,15,41,37,143,176,85,117,196,109,115,176,103,4,76,47,24,192,87,157,152,36,162,166,161,137,92
Wagons loaded with fodder with rations with camp equipment with tents and cooking stoves crowded each other as closely as cable cars on broadway scattered among them were fixed lines of tethered horses rows of dog tents camps of kaffirs
4770-25951-0035
14,42,11,86,10,86,34,196,142,52,83,78,111,180,74,73,136,69,45,9,111,180,62,44,49,159,12,40,67,98,51,63,87,157,48,74,73,116,115,6,121,59,27,115,13,183,3,81,170,35,185,112,70,89,196,150,81,83,78,111,180,19,48,74,130,128,116,49,159,12,104,160,17,112,176,103,4,109,53,63,93,121,59,27,119,82,135,175,144,28,181,38,179,38,1,151,111,141,180,39,120,129,0,133,57,110,18,82,63,93,66,129,23,46,142,97,108,184,28,151,126,87,141,120,62,195,67,150,3,61,32,139,84,197,86,118,117,118,64,86,77,117,90,2,138,2,138,161,42,11,22,86,195,150,3,187,79,71,73,160,17,130,128,199,83,69,127,165,101,85,89,196,46,142,189,101,24,172,168,19,48,74,116,6,121,59,27,151,126,87,157,48,74,177,106,119,82,114,194,12,111,141,180,102,120,74,73,187,95,13,158,113,187,1,163,168,180,157,0,57,18,35,126,87,157,121,59,27,54,183,3,81,170,172,195,171,98,177,106,119,82,93,66,31,46,148,35,185,112,85,89,34,46,5,79,53,93,66,73,136,119,82,114,194,198,12,192,87,157,36,162,137,92
Hospital stations with the red cross waving from the nearest and highest tree dripping water carts with as many spigots as the regiment had companies
4770-25951-0036
14,42,11,117,122,142,88,155,21,128,116,172,71,168,102,15,41,165,101,13,156,146,16,52,5,147,63,93,192,87,157,48,74,89,34,146,193,145,108,35,69,127,113,172,185,13,156,73,145,108,184,113,151,126,87,157,74,177,106,119,114,7,194,12,183,156,183,3,81,186,164,79,71,30,180,15,41,170,35,126,87,157,41,115,177,106,49,159,12,85,154,142,45,199,33,124,36,162,161,133,22,10,34,196,150,81,88,155,79,69,127,172,185,85,154,46,148,78,111,180,48,121,59,144,198,12,192,19,141,120,62,31,100,6,121,59,27,172,195,171,150,3,61,28,181,26,190,169,9,0,174,60,101,13,156,158,49,159,12,143,104,130,128,116,49,159,12,71,31,100,6,121,27,0,57,72,25,79,93,156,104,134,58,136,119,51,63,93,112,168,180,102,15,41,151,126,87,141,120,48,103,153,187,190,9,185,48,116,151,6,176,59,48,74,177,106,119,82,114,182,23,142,148,78,176,30,86,195,150,3,81,170,78,111,180,62,129,36,162,166,161,42,11,110,18,82,182,93,156,73,193,88,155,147,93,66,127,119,6,121,59,27,151,126,87,157,41,160,17,66,48,74,86,73,178,58,91,65,13,156,73,193,72,25,82,114,127,151,172,13,195,171,98,151,126,87,62,121,59,56,172,185,182,177,106,49,159,6,13,66,59,27,115,95,85,89,34,196,46,142,5,33,169,104,136,165,24,69,127,115,172,185,86,31,46,170,78,111,141,180,62,44,115,54,73,45,9,176,4,109,60,179,81,170,79,104,109,165,179,101,0,174,148,83,78,176,30,89,44,165,47,139,84,197,117,118,117,77,86,77,117,92
Howitzer guns guided by as many ropes as a may pole crowded past these to the trail or gave way to the ambulances filled with men half dressed and bound in the zinc blue bandages that made the color detestable forever after
4770-25951-0037
14,90,131,138,161,42,11,86,195,67,150,3,91,79,30,141,15,41,37,6,121,59,56,144,28,0,57,38,101,183,3,81,170,35,184,95,175,43,28,6,169,58,136,60,101,54,23,142,80,60,101,24,40,141,180,15,74,34,158,193,88,190,155,169,136,37,79,185,73,30,176,103,153,100,150,91,65,6,121,59,151,111,87,157,48,74,177,106,45,33,9,71,31,44,100,151,172,85,195,31,100,91,65,185,21,116,6,121,59,27,172,13,156,195,171,98,72,50,160,17,93,66,146,178,58,160,17,37,143,30,141,180,120,48,74,86,117,73,109,76,179,76,101,24,87,157,41,51,63,112,168,180,48,74,134,58,160,17,182,93,156,73,193,190,124,9,86,168,180,152,36,162,137,92
Troops of the irregular horse gallop through this multitude with a jangling of spurs and sling belts
4770-25951-0038
14,131,42,11,86,110,113,69,127,151,126,87,157,41,16,54,164,147,63,58,194,12,21,128,116,51,63,59,27,115,176,103,153,187,95,13,158,43,181,38,24,119,51,63,27,115,111,141,120,62,195,150,81,170,95,71,195,98,165,101,24,54,134,105,145,108,184,126,87,157,41,119,82,63,93,66,44,165,179,38,54,79,13,156,73,178,169,58,136,160,93,66,158,113,115,79,71,104,6,121,59,27,151,172,85,71,31,100,54,177,106,199,33,9,71,168,31,100,119,51,63,182,112,66,154,80,116,187,78,40,67,98,0,51,63,112,168,141,180,120,48,74,128,199,190,9,71,195,150,165,160,17,177,106,193,148,78,111,180,48,74,34,46,5,79,53,112,168,180,120,62,100,173,136,37,115,85,86,196,128,116,187,95,85,86,34,48,74,89,154,142,52,83,26,192,111,39,152,36,162,166,138,42,11,86,10,128,199,83,9,121,59,27,172,13,156,44,193,170,35,185,182,177,106,72,25,63,93,168,157,48,74,34,196,142,52,83,79,53,182,183,3,81,170,35,172,71,168,180,62,15,41,49,72,25,51,63,93,87,157,41,56,35,69,127,172,185,85,31,46,187,119,82,93,112,195,67,98,1,82,114,75,139,36,162,166,161,42,11,86,110,18,82,121,59,144,28,0,174,199,83,79,176,4,153,136,115,111,180,102,15,98,165,101,183,3,49,159,126,87,157,151,126,111,23,151,111,141,180,48,153,160,17,93,146,165,38,24,40,19,120,62,31,100,91,173,23,151,126,87,157,23,142,190,155,9,177,106,1,163,70,66,129,68,197,86,20,188,77,188,77,64,77,94,64,94,92
It is only when the figure on the stretcher lies under a blanket that the tumult and push and sweltering mass comes to a quick pause while the dead man's comrade stands at attention and the officer raises his fingers to his helmet
4770-25951-0039
14,131,117,132,86,90,2,138,42,11,86,10,59,56,51,63,59,27,54,177,106,193,52,148,83,78,111,180,48,0,133,86,122,30,180,102,15,76,101,24,185,195,171,98,151,126,87,157,16,52,83,147,114,127,115,13,156,158,193,25,82,182,21,128,116,37,6,176,48,89,196,150,81,148,78,95,158,160,17,113,37,143,104,130,128,116,187,79,71,30,180,15,41,51,63,112,67,98,193,148,88,155,9,140,71,168,15,41,119,82,182,0,57,113,53,93,66,154,109,115,95,85,158,46,49,159,12,40,67,98,1,51,63,192,157,152,36,162,137,161,92
Then the mass surges on again with cracking of whips and shouts and imprecations
4770-25951-0040
14,161,42,11,22,110,57,113,151,126,87,157,48,21,130,128,116,187,6,176,103,59,41,119,82,114,7,194,0,57,198,12,126,87,157,144,198,12,13,85,44,187,151,111,180,15,41,51,63,112,168,180,102,15,41,170,35,6,121,59,27,151,40,67,98,193,190,124,192,39,152,36,197,118,86,118,86,20,188,29,86,22,10,59,56,16,186,65,126,87,19,48,4,109,53,63,93,121,59,56,165,101,0,174,186,164,65,147,182,93,66,34,146,16,5,147,51,63,112,168,180,157,48,74,89,154,46,142,148,78,111,141,180,102,15,41,16,186,164,104,165,24,6,121,59,27,119,53,130,116,6,59,27,115,40,67,150,183,3,81,190,45,169,9,85,89,34,196,150,109,24,40,67,98,119,51,82,75,63,93,66,44,16,26,186,164,124,36,86,162,166,161,42,11,117,10,59,56,16,186,65,126,111,19,48,109,53,63,121,59,144,198,32,0,57,113,119,82,114,7,119,115,53,106,144,61,198,12,13,156,73,76,101,24,40,111,180,62,44,115,54,177,106,5,147,17,30,121,59,27,26,53,106,0,57,174,148,35,140,71,176,48,183,3,81,181,38,0,57,18,119,82,93,66,195,150,165,54,143,104,45,33,124,9,192,180,39,152,36,162,166,161,42,11,10,110,60,101,24,40,141,180,44,144,198,12,95,71,158,0,57,89,57,113,187,79,112,66,73,187,172,31,100,119,51,163,134,58,194,50,28,119,51,114,27,115,111,141,180,102,15,41,52,83,79,176,30,141,180,15,16,80,60,136,184,28,190,45,124,139,84,197,118,86,20,188,42,11,90,22,110,18,82,114,7,56,35,13,156,44,193,5,35,126,87,157,41,51,63,93,66,31,46,142,52,83,147,79,53,177,106,194,12,126,87,157,48,183,3,81,5,78,171,62,44,100,172,156,44,187,115,95,30,121,59,27,54,53,106,193,88,155,65,140,129,68,133,117,22,86,110,148,35,126,87,180,62,74,89,158,96,198,12,123,71,89,30,180,102,180,15,41,99,49,159,123,71,89,30,39,152,36,162,137,92
Is within easy distance of the shells those from their own guns pass over them with a shrill crescendo those from the enemy burst among them at rare intervals or sink impotently in the soft soil and a dozen tommies rush to dig them out as keepsakes
4770-25951-0041
14,161,42,11,117,174,5,79,71,73,56,6,71,121,59,27,115,176,103,4,3,81,52,83,147,63,93,66,129,48,74,89,73,3,81,88,155,147,114,127,119,82,182,175,28,190,169,136,54,183,3,81,170,35,172,195,171,98,177,106,119,51,112,66,168,180,15,41,165,24,54,134,105,145,97,108,184,160,17,112,66,196,150,81,88,155,140,195,171,120,62,48,74,89,73,54,142,97,108,184,182,13,156,73,3,81,88,155,147,114,127,119,82,63,182,175,28,16,190,169,58,136,186,54,183,3,81,52,83,140,95,71,30,180,15,51,63,112,168,141,120,62,44,16,186,164,65,51,75,192,168,152,36,162,166,161,42,11,110,18,126,111,180,120,48,4,153,189,38,35,126,87,157,175,43,12,95,71,158,113,51,63,112,168,141,180,102,15,144,198,12,6,121,59,27,115,23,187,190,33,9,87,157,41,165,24,40,120,102,15,41,16,186,164,147,182,21,128,116,6,71,121,59,26,53,75,139,36,86,162,188,11,22,117,10,116,6,59,56,115,13,85,89,146,178,105,148,78,111,180,62,44,43,12,13,185,156,44,151,87,180,62,44,187,160,95,17,146,116,24,40,67,48,74,59,27,119,53,106,136,115,95,66,158,113,25,82,112,168,180,15,151,87,111,180,48,74,34,146,193,145,97,108,184,169,105,145,108,184,114,7,37,143,121,104,193,170,79,104,3,194,198,32,23,187,190,33,124,71,162,166,161,42,11,86,122,4,109,179,101,81,0,174,186,164,104,109,165,101,24,6,176,103,59,41,150,3,194,12,53,177,106,52,97,108,190,45,9,87,157,0,89,174,37,54,21,130,128,116,99,61,159,32,139,84,197,118,117,77,117,86,77,117,77,117,77,92
Up at the front brown and yellow regiments are lying crouched behind brown and yellow rocks and stones as far as you can see the hills are sown with them with a glass you distinguish them against the sky line of every hill for over three miles away
4770-25951-0042
14,131,117,86,117,188,117,188,90,11,86,122,180,15,41,54,53,63,93,66,31,46,145,108,184,53,93,112,87,180,59,41,27,119,82,177,106,119,82,182,183,3,81,145,108,184,126,87,157,41,51,63,112,176,103,153,52,97,108,184,181,38,47,139,0,57,110,18,51,63,59,56,165,179,38,24,126,87,157,41,115,176,103,153,144,198,12,104,3,38,24,40,67,171,48,103,4,178,169,105,5,170,69,127,165,179,81,37,143,104,48,177,106,5,78,111,19,48,74,34,158,115,172,85,195,150,61,32,86,162,166,161,42,11,86,168,180,15,41,5,53,93,112,66,31,46,145,108,184,53,112,168,180,59,56,49,12,134,105,145,97,108,184,53,177,106,186,65,40,67,98,51,134,58,136,151,111,141,48,74,4,109,101,179,0,174,88,155,79,128,60,165,24,19,48,128,199,6,59,27,115,13,34,146,5,26,147,82,63,112,168,180,141,48,74,177,106,49,95,30,121,59,27,54,21,130,128,116,49,159,123,111,180,62,195,150,3,81,49,159,123,70,89,129,68,86,162,166,2,138,161,138,42,11,22,117,86,110,113,82,114,194,12,21,130,128,5,147,82,114,23,91,173,116,56,151,126,111,141,180,15,144,50,82,63,114,0,57,174,170,79,71,30,102,15,41,51,53,63,93,44,193,88,155,147,63,93,157,119,114,7,115,13,156,44,76,101,156,73,194,12,13,156,44,99,49,159,12,21,128,116,6,121,59,56,151,172,185,168,180,74,89,59,153,193,88,155,9,87,157,136,51,63,192,87,157,41,37,115,143,104,193,72,25,51,93,168,157,41,119,51,63,93,66,31,46,72,25,51,93,168,180,15,41,51,63,134,105,97,108,184,93,168,157,41,37,143,104,154,142,80,60,101,24,40,19,102,15,41,151,126,87,157,41,119,82,182,177,106,116,91,65,104,160,17,177,106,52,199,83,79,73,30,141,152,36,162,137,161,137,92
Sometimes the men rise and fire and there is a feverish flutter of musketry sometimes they lie motionless for hours while the guns make the ways straight any one who has seen epsom downs on a derby day with its thousands of vans and tents and lines of horses and moving mobs
4770-25951-0043
14,161,42,11,117,128,116,6,176,103,59,144,198,0,57,113,119,82,93,66,31,46,52,83,95,30,180,15,115,95,34,158,46,49,159,12,40,67,98,119,51,114,7,37,143,104,115,13,85,146,3,49,159,123,70,57,37,143,104,193,25,82,75,70,66,86,89,129,133,6,121,27,21,128,116,119,114,160,17,28,37,54,79,156,73,45,54,142,80,60,101,24,40,19,141,102,120,48,150,3,99,49,159,123,111,39,152,36,162,166,161,42,11,117,122,96,28,181,38,47,101,21,128,116,60,101,177,106,187,119,82,114,7,165,189,101,24,95,71,34,158,46,187,190,33,9,156,44,56,170,101,79,104,183,3,194,12,28,0,57,174,88,155,164,60,47,0,57,18,82,135,7,16,186,164,21,130,128,5,147,114,7,37,6,121,59,27,115,53,177,63,135,7,16,186,65,126,87,157,48,130,116,51,114,127,151,87,141,62,31,150,109,76,24,82,182,106,49,95,85,86,34,196,46,142,52,97,83,5,147,79,53,139,36,86,162,161,42,11,117,59,27,115,111,176,103,153,193,148,78,95,30,59,56,163,70,177,106,186,65,111,141,180,62,44,51,53,93,66,85,154,150,81,170,78,111,180,102,41,151,126,87,157,48,175,43,91,173,0,57,151,126,87,157,121,59,56,181,179,38,119,82,13,93,66,31,44,187,115,176,4,109,24,51,112,168,180,120,62,100,13,156,73,136,172,69,16,199,33,124,139,36,86,188,137,92
With the intoxication of a great event the winning of a horse race here where men are killed every hour and no one of them knows when his turn may come the fact that most impresses you is their indifference to it all
4770-25951-0044
14,131,42,11,117,10,116,6,168,141,120,195,150,81,145,108,95,30,19,102,15,41,194,12,53,177,106,186,65,111,141,180,102,15,41,151,126,87,157,121,59,27,54,13,156,73,80,60,101,69,127,0,57,49,181,38,24,6,121,59,27,115,172,85,89,31,46,142,52,83,147,79,53,106,61,123,192,87,157,48,86,59,144,198,28,0,174,5,147,82,93,66,44,115,143,104,145,108,69,127,172,69,0,57,113,82,93,195,171,67,150,179,38,1,151,111,180,62,0,57,174,37,143,121,59,144,198,57,113,119,82,93,195,171,98,119,172,135,7,28,181,38,24,192,87,157,0,57,51,63,59,115,85,86,34,119,51,112,168,19,120,62,195,150,81,170,95,30,67,98,119,51,114,37,143,104,37,79,85,89,154,142,52,83,147,63,93,66,31,100,91,65,63,182,93,156,73,3,81,99,1,172,185,195,171,36,162,166,161,42,11,86,121,59,27,151,111,141,102,15,41,54,134,58,151,111,180,15,41,151,172,71,195,171,100,65,69,127,151,6,121,59,27,54,177,106,5,170,69,127,54,95,71,34,45,9,111,141,180,120,62,44,193,148,78,176,4,0,86,174,186,164,79,104,165,24,6,27,54,134,105,199,83,199,147,17,178,134,105,97,108,184,51,63,112,168,157,41,37,143,104,130,128,116,91,65,53,63,93,66,44,1,185,129,68,86,162,137,92
What strikes you most is the bored air of the tommies the undivided interest of the engineers in the construction of a pontoon bridge the solicitude of the medical staff over the long lines of wounded
4770-25951-0045
14,161,42,11,10,59,27,54,183,3,49,159,12,172,195,171,98,6,121,59,27,172,135,7,49,159,95,71,158,113,172,185,30,86,34,158,113,115,176,103,153,144,181,38,24,87,157,41,193,170,35,79,71,121,59,56,165,24,134,105,5,79,53,93,156,73,3,179,160,17,112,141,180,120,62,44,144,28,181,38,47,24,192,19,141,180,48,121,59,27,115,176,103,153,193,148,78,95,30,59,56,172,69,0,57,170,79,104,3,194,21,130,128,147,114,151,87,157,119,51,93,66,31,46,25,82,93,66,129,0,174,52,145,147,63,112,168,141,180,102,15,41,5,79,53,93,112,66,121,103,59,99,160,17,139,36,162,166,161,42,11,86,110,57,113,82,114,7,198,12,176,103,59,41,99,160,17,139,84,188,197,133,117,133,86,133,10,66,73,5,140,71,59,27,115,13,85,73,193,148,88,35,69,45,124,84,197,86,117,77,92
The rage of the naked kaffirs at their lumbering steers the fact that every one is intent on something anything but the battle
4770-25951-0046
14,131,90,131,191,42,11,117,110,37,115,40,67,98,16,190,33,9,71,154,46,142,148,78,111,180,41,151,126,87,157,41,16,186,164,79,104,109,165,24,6,121,59,119,53,134,169,105,145,108,95,30,121,59,27,151,115,40,67,98,49,159,95,71,158,160,17,113,37,143,104,177,106,119,82,114,7,194,12,13,66,31,46,190,169,136,115,13,146,3,81,148,78,176,103,48,130,128,97,108,181,47,192,19,39,152,36,162,166,161,42,11,110,18,82,63,135,7,145,108,184,6,121,59,165,101,0,174,199,83,78,79,176,4,153,136,115,111,141,102,15,41,165,76,38,101,24,13,135,7,16,80,60,101,24,71,31,46,142,52,83,147,53,106,194,12,183,3,49,159,12,40,87,180,15,151,126,87,157,151,126,87,157,23,99,170,35,185,66,31,100,21,130,128,199,83,78,95,71,195,171,98,1,163,70,168,180,120,62,195,150,81,108,184,159,123,95,71,34,158,68,197,117,20,86,20,188,90,42,11,86,117,10,59,56,49,159,28,0,174,189,101,172,85,89,31,46,142,52,97,108,184,181,38,24,185,129,0,57,18,119,82,63,182,177,156,73,52,83,140,69,127,194,198,32,0,57,72,25,82,93,66,44,127,119,82,63,182,177,106,52,97,108,184,82,182,21,128,116,6,48,74,89,196,150,3,81,72,25,53,93,30,66,31,100,48,134,58,187,25,53,192,157,41,119,82,114,0,57,49,159,95,71,158,160,17,0,174,52,97,108,184,192,87,39,152,36,162,166,161,42,11,10,59,56,49,28,56,35,143,104,23,142,148,35,185,70,89,31,100,48,150,178,128,105,190,33,9,143,104,135,7,145,108,184,159,123,71,168,157,0,57,18,119,82,63,93,66,31,100,48,150,178,128,199,190,33,9,66,44,49,159,123,192,87,180,157,0,174,37,143,104,48,74,117,73,193,148,35,69,127,45,124,36,162,166,137,161,137,92
A shell passes over them like the shaking of many telegraph wires and neither officer nor tommy raises his head to watch it strike they are tired in body and in mind with cramped limbs and aching eyes they have had twelve nights and twelve days of battle
4770-25951-0047
14,131,22,86,110,18,72,25,82,93,66,129,0,57,113,187,172,71,129,68,133,23,148,35,87,157,48,134,105,199,83,78,111,180,62,44,0,57,151,172,71,168,48,74,154,46,142,88,155,80,21,60,47,24,85,89,31,100,143,173,136,115,79,177,106,175,43,91,65,192,39,152,139,84,197,118,86,118,94,64,94,107,64,117,107,86,188,107,64,107,64,107,117,188,107,64,107,94,107,94,107,117,107,64,94,107,64,107,117,188,107,64,107,117,90,2,138,161,42,11,22,10,130,128,116,51,82,63,59,27,151,111,141,180,102,15,41,16,189,101,172,195,171,98,119,51,63,112,168,157,48,74,34,196,142,199,33,9,121,59,27,115,95,85,34,46,5,147,53,93,66,73,119,82,114,194,198,12,111,180,62,31,100,115,13,85,158,193,170,35,121,59,165,38,24,6,121,59,56,49,28,181,38,194,0,57,175,198,12,66,34,146,165,76,38,24,0,57,18,119,82,63,135,7,26,78,176,103,153,0,57,113,82,114,127,194,198,12,103,59,160,17,113,151,126,87,157,48,74,73,193,170,35,69,127,165,24,6,121,59,119,51,63,134,105,97,108,160,17,112,168,180,62,44,187,190,45,33,124,9,36,162,161,42,11,22,117,10,134,58,187,95,71,158,160,17,7,16,5,79,71,73,136,6,71,121,59,27,151,111,141,180,102,15,41,5,147,114,194,198,28,57,51,63,112,168,141,120,48,74,146,3,24,69,127,54,13,156,73,45,9,23,187,190,33,9,87,157,0,57,60,101,24,13,156,31,44,193,88,155,147,114,63,93,66,31,100,6,121,59,27,115,85,89,154,178,58,105,49,50,82,114,182,66,196,150,3,81,199,83,199,33,169,58,136,160,17,139,36,86,162,166,161,42,11,10,116,6,48,85,89,73,178,169,105,148,78,95,71,34,0,174,52,83,95,71,34,30,180,15,41,1,82,75,139,197,86,197,188,118,117,77,117,92
And it has lost its power to amuse when the sergeants call the companies together they are eager enough anything is better than lying still looking up at the sunny inscrutable hills or down into the plain crawling with black oxen
4770-25951-0048
14,131,188,90,138,42,11,22,86,110,37,54,177,106,5,147,17,59,27,13,146,3,91,65,79,71,73,116,37,126,111,180,62,44,193,148,78,79,176,104,0,174,83,79,71,104,136,151,111,180,15,41,165,24,192,111,141,180,15,16,5,79,53,106,136,147,114,23,151,126,87,157,134,105,52,83,78,111,180,62,44,151,111,19,141,102,15,41,115,13,146,16,189,101,23,142,45,33,9,44,165,47,139,36,86,162,166,161,42,11,117,110,113,56,69,23,56,35,111,141,180,48,178,134,58,187,79,71,30,171,48,4,109,53,156,73,115,172,85,31,48,150,116,144,50,12,114,7,23,151,126,87,180,120,48,103,153,144,160,17,93,146,165,47,24,192,87,19,157,0,57,18,25,82,182,21,130,128,116,6,176,103,59,27,187,37,143,104,119,82,63,93,156,44,187,95,30,89,44,37,143,104,135,114,7,151,111,141,180,0,86,174,5,37,143,104,0,57,119,82,182,0,57,72,25,114,127,115,53,177,106,136,1,163,70,103,59,153,99,160,17,192,87,157,36,162,166,161,42,11,117,122,142,148,35,126,111,141,120,102,120,48,178,134,58,187,99,187,35,69,129,0,57,18,119,82,63,93,13,156,195,171,98,193,52,5,79,53,93,30,89,31,129,0,86,174,5,147,82,63,93,66,171,98,165,179,81,37,79,85,154,142,97,108,190,169,136,37,143,176,104,4,183,3,81,52,83,95,70,117,34,30,39,152,36,117,162,20,166,138,137,92
Among the group of staff officers some one has lost a cigar holder it has slipped from between his fingers and with the vindictiveness of inanimate things has slid and jumped under a pile of rocks
4770-25951-0049
14,131,11,131,86,122,103,59,144,198,28,0,57,113,51,82,93,195,67,150,3,187,151,111,180,62,129,0,174,37,5,37,143,104,0,174,89,174,199,33,9,169,9,0,174,37,54,183,3,81,148,88,155,147,93,66,129,0,57,113,187,151,126,87,157,0,57,86,57,113,82,63,112,168,141,180,62,15,41,119,51,93,66,48,134,58,194,12,40,111,180,102,15,41,119,51,82,63,93,66,31,100,165,76,47,24,185,129,0,174,52,147,63,121,27,54,134,105,199,83,78,111,180,62,129,0,133,122,111,180,102,15,41,115,13,85,146,16,189,101,23,142,45,33,9,121,44,165,47,139,86,197,118,86,118,86,77,86,188,90,138,161,42,11,22,86,59,27,56,172,85,31,46,52,83,147,79,53,106,194,12,87,157,48,74,89,73,144,12,198,158,28,113,25,82,93,66,31,100,91,183,3,81,199,33,9,121,59,27,54,183,81,52,83,95,71,30,180,141,102,15,41,115,54,21,130,128,116,99,49,159,32,36,162,161,137,92
The interest of all around is instantly centred on the lost cigar holder the tommies begin to roll the rocks away
4770-25951-0050
14,131,10,59,56,49,28,16,199,189,179,69,127,126,87,180,48,74,86,158,96,198,50,82,114,7,151,126,111,180,62,86,62,31,46,181,38,194,28,181,165,38,24,192,87,157,0,174,89,174,148,78,176,30,195,44,165,47,179,0,174,37,54,183,3,81,148,140,70,86,129,68,36,162,166,161,137,92
They are as keen as terriers after a rat
4770-25951-0051
14,131,42,11,86,110,174,186,164,21,116,6,59,165,101,23,142,99,35,185,168,180,157,135,7,52,140,71,86,31,48,150,46,128,147,114,194,198,12,176,103,153,144,96,198,12,69,127,37,115,13,156,73,5,37,143,121,59,27,151,40,67,98,193,170,190,33,9,111,180,120,62,195,171,98,49,159,40,180,15,41,144,198,12,172,85,195,171,98,16,5,35,6,121,59,136,165,101,176,103,153,144,28,181,38,24,40,19,141,180,178,58,61,32,123,32,139,197,86,188,86,188,117,188,42,11,86,117,10,73,56,6,121,59,144,28,16,52,199,83,176,4,153,136,151,111,180,102,15,41,165,24,87,157,41,145,35,143,185,156,73,144,115,12,85,89,34,46,5,147,53,106,115,85,34,46,5,78,111,141,180,102,62,44,119,51,63,93,66,44,151,115,40,67,98,99,190,124,192,39,152,36,162,166,161,42,11,110,37,126,111,141,180,102,15,41,76,101,24,195,171,48,4,109,179,54,134,105,199,83,78,111,141,180,15,41,115,13,34,146,16,189,101,23,142,45,33,9,121,157,41,165,47,101,21,130,116,172,71,195,171,98,151,126,87,157,74,34,146,173,136,160,17,7,16,52,83,147,114,0,174,5,147,93,66,195,150,165,24,6,121,59,56,115,101,13,156,104,153,181,38,179,194,28,0,174,52,97,108,184,192,87,157,41,0,57,151,126,87,157,41,37,143,13,70,89,86,146,3,49,159,69,127,165,47,24,0,57,113,119,82,93,66,195,150,179,1,111,39,62,129,68,36,162,166,138,161,42,11,86,110,18,82,93,66,129,48,21,130,128,116,119,82,114,7,0,193,148,140,70,134,105,148,78,111,180,15,41,115,172,85,31,46,142,52,83,147,53,106,194,12,13,85,154,142,88,155,147,112,66,168,180,41,151,126,87,157,41,37,115,85,154,142,52,83,147,114,7,1,172,66,129,48,128,116,6,71,59,27,54,134,105,148,78,176,104,153,136,37,143,48,30,85,195,150,81,97,108,184,28,26,79,53,66,176,68,36,162,137,92
Over their heads not twenty feet above the shells chase each other fiercely but the officers have become accustomed to shells a search for a lost cigar holder which is going on under their very eyes is of greater interest and when at last a tommy pounces upon it with a laugh of triumph
4770-25951-0052
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The officers look their disappointment and with a sigh of resignation pick up their field glasses it is all a question of familiarity on broadway if a building is going up where there is a chance of a loose brick falling on some one's head the contractor puts up red signs marked danger
4770-25951-0053
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And you dodge over to the other side but if you had been in battle for twelve days as have the soldiers of buller's column passing shells would interest you no more than do passing cable cars after twelve days you would forget that shells are dangerous even as you forget when crossing broadway
4770-25951-0054
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That cable cars can kill and mangle up on the highest hill seated among the highest rocks are general buller and his staff the hill is all of rocks sharp brown rocks as clearly cut as foundation stones
4770-25951-0055
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Upon itself all of the sun's heat this little jagged point of blistering rocks holds the forces that press the button which sets the struggling mass below and the thousands of men upon the surrounding hills in motion
4770-25951-0056
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It is the conning tower of the relief column only unlike a conning tower it offers no protection no seclusion no peace to day commanding generals under the new conditions which this war has developed
4770-25951-0057
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Do not charge up hills waving flashing swords
4770-25951-0058
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The swords have been left at the base or coated deep with mud so that they shall not flash and with this column every one under the rank of general carries a rifle on purpose to disguise the fact that he is entitled to carry a sword
4770-25951-0059
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The kopje is the central station of the system from its uncomfortable eminence the commanding general watches the developments of his attack and directs it by heliograph and ragged bits of bunting a sweating dirty tommy turns his back on a hill a mile away
4770-25951-0060
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And slaps the air with his signal flag another tommy with the front visor of his helmet cocked over the back of his neck watches an answering bit of bunting through a glass the bit of bunting a mile away flashes impatiently
4770-25951-0061
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Once to the right and once to the left and the tommy with the glass says they understand sir
4770-25951-0062
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Folds his flag and curls up against a hot rock and instantly sleeps stuck on the crest twenty feet from where general buller is seated are two iron rods like those in the putting green of a golf course they mark the line of direction which a shell must take in order to seek out the enemy
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Back of the kopje where they cannot see the enemy where they cannot even see the hill upon which he is intrenched are the howitzers their duty is to aim at the iron rods and vary their aim to either side of them as they are directed to do by an officer on the crest
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Those three yards are as safe a margin as a hundred their confidence is that of the lady in spangles at a music hall who permits her husband in buckskin to shoot apples from the top of her head
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From the other direction come the shells of the boers seeking out the hidden howitzers they pass somewhat higher crashing into the base of the kopje sometimes killing sometimes digging their own ignominious graves the staff regard them with the same indifference
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One of them tears the overcoat upon which colonel stuart wortley is seated another destroys his diary his men lying at his feet among the red rocks observe this with wide eyes but he does not shift his position his answer is that his men cannot shift theirs
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Have added so much to the lists of killed and wounded and to the prestige of the men
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Hurt the prestige of the men by whom the attack was ordered the result of this attack was peculiarly disastrous it was made at night and as soon as it developed the boers retreated to the trenches on the crest of the hill and threw men around the sides
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To bring a cross fire to bear on the englishmen in the morning the inniskillings found they had lost four hundred men and ten out of their fifteen officers the other regiments lost as heavily the following tuesday which was the anniversary of majuba hill
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Three brigades instead of a regiment were told off to take this same railway hill or pieter's as it was later called on the flank and with it to capture two others on the same day nineteen years before the english had lost majuba hill and their hope was to take these three from the boers
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For the one they had lost and open the way to bulwana mountain which was the last bar that held them back from ladysmith the first two of the three hills they wanted were shoulder to shoulder
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This last was the highest and in order that the attack should be successful it was necessary to seize it first the hills stretched for three miles they were about one thousand two hundred yards high
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For three hours a single line of men slipped and stumbled forward along the muddy bank of the river and for three hours the artillery crashed spluttered and stabbed at the three hills above them scattering the rocks and bursting over and behind the boer trenches on the crest
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As is their custom the boers remained invisible and made no reply and though we knew they were there it seemed inconceivable that anything human could live under such a bombardment of shot bullets and shrapnel a hundred yards distant on our right
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The navy guns were firing lyddite that burst with a thick yellow smoke on the other side colt automatics were put put put ing a stream of bullets the field guns and the howitzers were playing from a hill half a mile behind us
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And scattered among the rocks about us and for two miles on either hand the infantry in reserve were firing off ammunition at any part of the three hills they happened to dislike
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Which sounded like the clicking of many mowing machines on a hot summer's day tore the air with such hideous noises that one's skull ached from the concussion and one could only be heard by shouting but more impressive by far than this hot chorus of mighty thunder and petty hammering
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Was the roar of the wind which was driven down into the valley beneath and which swept up again in enormous waves of sound it roared like a wild hurricane at sea the illusion was so complete that you expected by looking down to see the tugela lashing at her banks
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Tossing the spray hundreds of feet in air and battling with her sides of rock it was like the roar of niagara in a gale and yet when you did look below not a leaf was stirring and the tugela was slipping forward flat and sluggish and in peace
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The long procession of yellow figures was still advancing along the bottom of the valley toward the right when on the crest of the farthermost hill fourteen of them appeared suddenly and ran forward and sprang into the trenches
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Perched against the blue sky on the highest and most distant of the three hills they looked terribly lonely and insufficient and they ran about this way and that as though they were very much surprised to find themselves where they were
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Then they settled down into the boer trench from our side of it and began firing their officer as his habit is standing up behind them the hill they had taken had evidently been abandoned to them by the enemy
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But they disappeared so suddenly into the trench that we knew they were not enjoying their new position
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Just as the others had done looking for cover
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And it was with a distinct sense of relief and of freedom from further responsibility
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And become part of the yellow stones about them then a very wonderful movement began to agitate the men upon the two remaining hills they began to creep up them as you have seen seaweed rise with the tide and envelop a rock
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They moved in regiments but each man was as distinct as is a letter of the alphabet in each word on this page black with letters we began to follow the fortunes of individual letters it was a most selfish and cowardly occupation
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For you knew you were in no greater danger than you would be in looking through the glasses of a mutoscope the battle unrolled before you like a panorama the guns on our side of the valley had ceased
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The hurricane in the depths below had instantly spent itself and the birds and insects had again begun to fill our hill with drowsy twitter and song but on the other half the men were wrapping the base of the hill in khaki which rose higher and higher
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Growing looser and less tightly wrapt as it spun upward halfway to the crest there was a broad open space of green grass and above that a yellow bank of earth which supported the track of the railroad this green space spurted with tiny geysers of yellow dust
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Where the bullets came from or who sent them we could not see but the loose ends of the bandage of khaki were stretching across this green space and the yellow spurts of dust rose all around them the men crossed this fire zone warily looking to one side or the other as the bullets struck the earth heavily
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Like drops of rain before a shower the men had their heads and shoulders bent as though they thought a roof was about to fall on them some ran from rock to rock seeking cover properly others scampered toward the safe vantage ground behind the railroad embankment others advanced leisurely like men playing golf
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The silence after the hurricane of sounds was painful we could not hear even the boer rifles the men moved like figures in a dream without firing a shot they seemed each to be acting on his own account without unison or organization
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As i have said you ceased considering the scattered whole and became intent on the adventures of individuals these fell so suddenly that you waited with great anxiety to learn whether they had dropped to dodge a bullet or whether one had found them
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The men came at last from every side and from out of every ridge and dried up waterway open spaces which had been green a moment before were suddenly dyed yellow with them where a company had been clinging to the railroad embankment there stood one regiment holding it and another sweeping over it
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Save a high bulging rampart of unprotected and open ground and then suddenly coming from the earth itself apparently
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He was fully fifteen yards in advance of all the rest entirely unsupported and alone and he had evidently planned it so for he took off his helmet and waved it and stuck it on his rifle and waved it again and then suddenly clapped it on his head and threw his gun to his shoulder
4770-25951-0098
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He stood so pointing down into the trench and it seemed as though we could hear him calling upon the boers behind it to surrender a few minutes later the last of the three hills was mounted by the west yorks who were mistaken by their own artillery for boers
4770-25951-0099
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And fired upon both by the boers and by their own shrapnel and lyddite four men were wounded and to save themselves a line of them stood up at full length on the trench and cheered and waved at the artillery
4770-25951-0100
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The boers continued to fire upon them with rifles for over two hours but it was only a demonstration to cover the retreat of the greater number and at daybreak the hills were in complete and peaceful possession of the english
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These hills were a part of the same railway hill which four nights before the inniskillings and a composite regiment had attempted to take by a frontal attack with the loss of six hundred men among whom were three colonels
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He said horrid things about other people in such a charming way that one forgave him for the equally horrid things he said about oneself behind one's back hating anything in the way of ill natured gossip ourselves
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Thus although possessed of only moderate means he was able to live comfortably within his income and still more comfortably within those of various tolerantly disposed associates
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Some fraction of a shilling or franc or whatever the prevailing coinage might be should be diverted from his pocket or service into that of a hard up companion a two franc cigar would be cheerfully offered to a wealthy patron
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The coin would have been duly returned at the earliest opportunity he would have taken means to insure against forgetfulness on the part of the borrower but accidents might happen and even the temporary estrangement from his penny or sou
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Was a calamity to be avoided the knowledge of this amiable weakness offered a perpetual temptation to play upon laploshka's fears of involuntary generosity
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To offer him a lift in a cab and pretend not to have enough money to pay the fair to fluster him with a request for a sixpence when his hand was full of silver just received in change these were a few of the petty torments
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That ingenuity prompted as occasion afforded to do justice to laploshka's resourcefulness it must be admitted that he always emerged somehow or other from the most embarrassing dilemma
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Without in any way compromising his reputation for saying no but the gods send opportunities at some time to most men and mine came one evening when laploshka and i were supping together in a cheap boulevard restaurant
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Except when he was the bidden guest of some one with an irreproachable income laploshka was wont to curb his appetite for high living on such fortunate occasions he let it go on an easy snaffle
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At the conclusion of the meal a somewhat urgent message called me away and without heeding my companion's agitated protest i called back cruelly pay my share i'll settle with you to morrow