. South Africa and the Transvaal War. st after their walk, and then, assisted by theirofficers—Captain P. F. Robertson and Lieutenant G. Staunton—began thework of making their entrenchments. At about 5 the expected companyof the 60th Rifles arrived, under the command of Captain E. Thurlow andSecond Lieutenants C. B. Pigott and H. G. L. Howard. Surgeon-MajorCornish also accompanied this detachment, with some mules laden withhospital requirements. Captain Thurlow, who had received no orders, and whohad brought out his men without either their greatcoats or their rations, joinedthe Highlande
. South Africa and the Transvaal War. st after their walk, and then, assisted by theirofficers—Captain P. F. Robertson and Lieutenant G. Staunton—began thework of making their entrenchments. At about 5 the expected companyof the 60th Rifles arrived, under the command of Captain E. Thurlow andSecond Lieutenants C. B. Pigott and H. G. L. Howard. Surgeon-MajorCornish also accompanied this detachment, with some mules laden withhospital requirements. Captain Thurlow, who had received no orders, and whohad brought out his men without either their greatcoats or their rations, joinedthe Highlanders in their entrenchments. They had to work hard, so as tocomplete their work rapidly, and consequently the men had little or no restthat night. At about 6 we were visited by Commissariat-General J. , who was returning to the camp, and promised to send out the 60ththeir rations. Shortly afterwards a conductor named Field arrived with a ledmule, laden with stores, &c, for the staff. He was hurrying on to try and 92. WHERE COLLEY FELL. ROUGH CAIRN OF STONES ON MAJUBA HILL. Photo by Wilson, Aberdeen. Majuba reach the summit of the hill before day. Doubts were expressed as to theadvisability of his going on alone; but he had his orders, he said (about theonly man who had that day!), and so he went on his way. About an hourafterwards a shot was heard, and we afterwards learnt that the conductor hadbeen wounded, and he and his mule taken prisoners ! By this time the dayhad quite broken, the heavy curtain of the night had rolled away, and disclosedbefore us the rugged and precipitous ascent to the Majuba Mountain, whichstood directly in front of us, about 1400 yards distant. It stood out in boldrelief against a blue-grey sky, and on the summit, and against the sky, thefigures of men could be distinctly seen passing to and fro. These were onlydiscernible with the aid of field-glasses, and at that time no great certainty wasfelt as to their being our own men. Away to the
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