. Besieged by the Boers; a diary of life and events in Kimberley during the siege . pped himand told him that he would have to be fumed and blustered and said he hadnever heard of such damned insolence, but theguard was firm, so Rhodes burst out laughingand produced a permit to pass the barrier with-out being searched. He was just testing themens discipline. Whatever else he may be, heis no coward; he goes through the barrier andrides far out on the veldt almost every after-noon, with only one or two friends and noescort at all. He always wears white flanneltrousers, and is mos
. Besieged by the Boers; a diary of life and events in Kimberley during the siege . pped himand told him that he would have to be fumed and blustered and said he hadnever heard of such damned insolence, but theguard was firm, so Rhodes burst out laughingand produced a permit to pass the barrier with-out being searched. He was just testing themens discipline. Whatever else he may be, heis no coward; he goes through the barrier andrides far out on the veldt almost every after-noon, with only one or two friends and noescort at all. He always wears white flanneltrousers, and is most conspicuous. Nothingcould save him if a Boer chose to lie in wait andpot him with a long range shot, and as theMauser rifle which the Boers use carries wellover a mile the marksman could be well inamong his own people long before any of oursoldiers could get a chance at him. That this could easily happen is shown bywhat occurred on October 20th. A patrol ofthe mounted volunteers (Diamond FieldsHorse) was out scouting early in the Boers were seen anywhere about, when. KENILWORTII BARRICADE.
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