Bravo, Mark Pickett!
One of the Hawke’s Bay troopers, in a lettor to the Napier Herald regarding the engagement at Rhenoster Kop, says:—“ At the battle of Rhenoster one of the greatest feats worth mentioning was the conduct of a Gisborne trooper, M. Piokett, who rushed to within 50 yards of the Boer trenches. He could get no further for the hail of bullets which swept the ground. He claims to have shot three Boers the first fifteen minutes, and fired 190 rounds of ammunition, leaving himself three in reserve, which he had when he crawled back to his mates at 8 o’clock at night under a heavy firo which the enemy kept up. Everyone wa3 amazed when the word was passed along that Pickett was safe.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 10, 14 January 1901, Page 3
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