Boer Marksmen.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 96, 16 January 1900, Page 3

Boer Marksmen.

The boasted m.u-ksmansliip oc the B>et\s if judged by results in the sh ..po oi" damage done by &h a and shell to the British force vi the battle before Ladysmith, on Oct. 23, must be confined to Uih few. It is compute 1 that the Boers on th.it d.iy expended a' o >i, L,00),000 cartridges, ti)H'iyno;hing of tons of metal hi the toim oC •iiielis. On our side the casnali u h amounted to about forty killed md one hundred and sixrj' wounded. It would seem, there* fore, that it took about oCWJshoM to inflict one death or injury, Tnat the Boers ha^e still son*a jfi'dud nnrksmen left was, how-v-ver, amply demonstrated at Duudee. An old B:>er took up his position behind some stoned abo at 500 .yards beyond a wall, behind which the Dublin Fasiliers were taking a breithiugf -.pell prior to a furl her adviujc-. \ Fusihrfi', with a view^fo seei'-^' what was to be expected wiieu r..i« urd m- to go ahead was put his helmet on the top of tao vvall. A rifle cracked, ;iud a bullet made a neat hole light thiongll che headgear. It was put n\t again with the same rt-sult, fi\'e lined in saccession. Probabiy ihe shooter fancied he had mliolive Britiahero, and was comp!;msnting himself on his prow.-.--. Next moment, however, i f. i. j burst close to his shelter, and silenced hi 3 gun — piobabiy Uj' all tune. According to report the oM Boers with their ancient rifle . aro much more effective at rang' a at from two to five huniii.u yards than the you.ig - Wan '" v ' u-mod buigherrf, dad tne ne.i-y loss of the Naval Brigade at Grarfspan is alleged to bo tue w suit oc their ii.uing stumbled on a ne&t of old marksmen, who had been placed in a kopje wit a a view to picking off Britisu ouicers.

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