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Title: South Africa and the Transvaal War
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Creswicke, Louis
Subjects: South African War, 1899-1902
Publisher: Edinburgh T.C. & E.C. Jack
Contributing Library: Robarts – University of Toronto
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fear of injuringour own force. The Boers losses were great. Our own were : Lieu-tenant Fergusson, 2nd Rifle Brigade, and ten rank and file killed ;Captain Paley, Second Lieutenant Davenport, Second LieutenantBond, and forty rank and file wounded. Six men of the Rifle Brigadewho remained in charge of the wounded were taken prisoners. Sir George White now continually used his balloon for purposesof observation. He was also in communication with Frere Camp,where an electric searchlight was in operation, and with Umkolanda,near Weenen, where Captain Cayzer of the Dragoons worked theheliograph. The garrison still remained cheerful although the Boer bombard-ment grew heavier. Threatening sounds of firing in the neighbour-hood of Colenso caused them to sustain hope, though the pinch ofsiege life, suspense, sickness, and shell-fire were beginning to befelt. However, owing to the admirable forethought of ColonelWard, Army Service Corps, the food supply was still equal to thedrain upon it. 150
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Frere Camp FRERE CAMP General Sir F. C. Clery arrived at Frere on the 2nd of De-cember, and assumed command of the Second Division. He tookup his quarters at the shattered house of the stationmaster. Pre-parations were set on foot to repair Frere bridge, which had beenentirely wrecked, and a mounted force under Lord Dundonald wasactively engaged in chasing large parties of Boers on their returnto Colenso. Great interest was caused by the arrival in camp ofanother of the inventions of Captain Scott of the Terrible. Itconsisted of a search-light apparatus for signalling to Ladysmith,with engine and dynamo, entirely armoured. Communication withLadysmith by heliograph was soon successfully established, muchto the consternation of the Boers at Colenso, who tried their bestto interfere with messages. The camp was daily increasing insize, and reinforcements, with their baggage, horses, waggons, andguns, began to pour in from Maritzburg, while the Durban LightInfantry and a battery of Natal F
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