. Review of reviews and world's work. eat numbers,.so that the air was filled with dust, broken stones,and poisonous acid fumes. Step by step, how-ever, that brave baud advanced. The British•once endeavored to make a charge with bayonets,but the sure fire of the Boer Mausers held themback. The fight continued from early morninguntil two oclock in the afternoon. During allthis time the Boers were continually advancing,but carefully picking theif way. When the fightbegan a giant Boer, in the prime of strength andmanhood, was seen carrying a small Boer flag ;in a short time he fell to rise no mor
. Review of reviews and world's work. eat numbers,.so that the air was filled with dust, broken stones,and poisonous acid fumes. Step by step, how-ever, that brave baud advanced. The British•once endeavored to make a charge with bayonets,but the sure fire of the Boer Mausers held themback. The fight continued from early morninguntil two oclock in the afternoon. During allthis time the Boers were continually advancing,but carefully picking theif way. When the fightbegan a giant Boer, in the prime of strength andmanhood, was seen carrying a small Boer flag ;in a short time he fell to rise no more ; then anold, white-haired veteran picked up the fallenbanner and, waving it, urged his comrades flowing hair and flashing eyes the old manruslied on, but suddenly a shell laid him the flag touched the ground, however, hisgrandson, a bare-footed, thirteen-year-old lad,fighting in his shirt-sleeves, leaped to the oldmans side and snatching the flag from his nerve-less hand raised it aloft and pushed on. A mighty. COMMANDANT-GKNERAL LOUTS BOTHA, GENERAL JOUBERTS SUCCESSOR. shout arose from the Boers as they saw that gallantdeed, and with renewed courage following theflag they rushed like a flood over the Britishtrenches, and Spion Kop was won. GeneralBurger led the attack on the other side of thehill, but Bothas party arrived at the summitfirst, and did most of the fighting. The Boersconsidered the feat second only to Majuba Hill;indeed, the larger numbers engaged made it an evenmore important victory in some respects. Bothasgeneralship appeared as conspicuously in this at-tack as in the Colenso defense ; for it was notsimply a wild and overwhelming rush of individ-ual fighters, but a battle in which by Bothas tac-tics the enemys trenches were flanked and anenfilading fire mowed the British down like this victory and the death of General Jou-bert, General Botha became the foremost man inthe Boer army and was recognized as the comingman in the Bo
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