Battles of the nineteenth century . commantl,Major Wools Sampson, whobetVire the war had been aprominent business man inJohannesburg, was badlywounded. Four of the cap-tains and four lieutenants were also among thewounded, and the loss of the rank and file washeavy. Of the Gordons, Major Wright was struck downwith a bullet through the foot as he led his menup the hill. He roughlv bandaged the wound,and then calmly got his pipe and pouch outof his haversack and smoked the pipe of peaceas he lay disabled behind the advancing colleague. Major Denne, who had beenwith the Gordons in Egvp
Battles of the nineteenth century . commantl,Major Wools Sampson, whobetVire the war had been aprominent business man inJohannesburg, was badlywounded. Four of the cap-tains and four lieutenants were also among thewounded, and the loss of the rank and file washeavy. Of the Gordons, Major Wright was struck downwith a bullet through the foot as he led his menup the hill. He roughlv bandaged the wound,and then calmly got his pipe and pouch outof his haversack and smoked the pipe of peaceas he lay disabled behind the advancing colleague. Major Denne, who had beenwith the Gordons in Egvpt from Tel-el-Kebirto Kirbekan and Tamai, w-as killed higher up1 he fire-swept hillside. Four of the lieutenants\vere killed. The battalion commander, ColonelDick Cunynghame, was severely wounded bya Mauser bullet in his right arm. Two ot thecaptains fell wounded and four of the lieu-tenants, and in several of these cases there wasmore than one wound, the officers strugglingon till a second bullet dropped them. One the Manchesters,. GENERAL ;e>i prisoner at Elandslaagte, of those thus doubly wounded was LieutenantHennessy, a miHtia officer of the Gordonsattached for the campaign to the secondbattalion. Sergeant - Major Robertson waswounded, and also Pipe-Major Charles Dunbar,who fell as he played the pibroch of the Gordonsat the head of the charge. Of the rank and file27 were killed and 84 wounded, and there wereonly five companies, or less than 500 men, inaction. The losses of the other battalion atDargai seem trifling compared to theseterrible figures. Of the staff. Captain RonaldBrooke was wounded. The colonel of theArthur Curran, had a bullet inthe shoulder, and three ofthe captains were badlvwounded and a lieutenantslightly. The Devons had acaptain and three lieutenantswounded. Two officers ofthe artillerv were hit. Of the Boer losses it isimpossible to speak with anvcertainty. The}- had prob-ably removed most of theirwounded. Si.\t_v - five deadwere found
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