How Lord Methuen was Wounded.
Lance-Corporal Martin, of the let Royal North Lancashire Regiment, who was captured by the Boers in the disastrous fight at Klip Drift on March 7, describes in a letter the way in which Lord Methuen was wounded:— “ Lord Methuen did not leave the guns till the last gunner had been shot down. He then came over to us and stood about fifteen ya ds from where I was. Five minutes later he got his first wound in the right side, and then tried to mount his horse. I do not know what he was going to do, but his horse got shot in the leg, and he had to gat off. A few minutes later he got his second wound in the thigh, and laid down on the ground as if nothing had His horse was shot dead immediately afterwards, falling on Lord Methuen and breaking his, leg.
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Manawatu Herald, 31 May 1902, Page 2
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153How Lord Methuen was Wounded. Manawatu Herald, 31 May 1902, Page 2
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