An Exploit of the Seventh Contingent.
An Auckland trooper of the Seventh Contingent in a letter to his friends, says;—Yostorday (Sunday, Feb. 2) our regiment received orders to be saddled-up ready to move off at fifteen minutes past 9 p.m. We were informed that a Boer laager was 20 miles away, and that that distance had to be covered in less than three hours. At any rate the position was reached in due time—l2 midnight. Here we halted and waited for daylight, which dawned upon us with a sight I shall not easily forget. The enemy were not two thousand yards from us. The order then came to mount and charge. No time was lost in obeying the order, and before half an hour had elapsed we found ourselves in possession of two of the enemies pompoms, one 15-pounder, R.F.A., 97th Battery, fifteen live and three dead prisoners, four mulewagons, 60 mules, 700 rounds 15pounder ammunition, pompom ammunition, 27 rifles, and 13,000 rounds small ammunition, 200 head oxen. Amongst those captured were Fieldco net Whistles and Captain Muller, in charge of their artillery. The former, who was shot in three places, died before we got back to camp.
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Manawatu Herald, 20 March 1902, Page 2
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198An Exploit of the Seventh Contingent. Manawatu Herald, 20 March 1902, Page 2
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