Letters from the Front

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 108, 14 February 1901, Page 3

Letters from the Front

n Tho following letters has bm re caved by Mi’ J. J (r jl-lstouo, from oh ■broth ?r, Ten >p *i’ -T. (ioMstone, of the Second Contingent : Pretoria, Doe. 17th, 1000. I suppose by this tint.) you will have hoard of the smash-up we got at Khenoster Kop. 1 have been unable to write so far, -and my arm is still in F'-Unts, although I don’t think any of t : o hones are permanently injured. In {art. 1 think. I sluil! bo lit for the hold ioaiin by Christinas. There has been t-uiue heavy fighting bore lately, and wo hoard to-day that the Cape rebels have blown up the line ufc Naauwpoort, i 3) 1 don’t think we shall get home for some time yet, as Kitchener will keep us as long as he can. The rest of our fellows are out at Waterval, or some-wh-re in that district, and have had no figluing lately. Crawshaw is getting ,Q!i ill right, and Street and Foreman liitv.t rejoined the troop already. IFII, who was shot through both hips has ■bee i walking about for a week, and all thn others are up and well. Somerville win not bo right for weeks, as the bone o’" i:is arm was fractal’';'!. The bullet wiii h struck nn mule a clean hole F ■ nigh the .vrisl just above the joint. It afterward struck my bandolier, ■d tabled up a cartridge, and made a ■biaisv in th 1 cenire of my chest, so my bi idolier ‘’saved my bacon.” It hit ■ai ■ a vr-1 in the chest, a d felt like on-:-■of -1 imugm’s f.rst bills. It cut the artery in my arm. and I lost a good ■dull of blood, but 1 hitvt! had no pain. December 2f-’b.

I received a letter yesterday fro a Mr Pilch -r. XV.v Zealand ag.-nl tit C ip -town, saving that lie bad ri-c-iv.M -a rr oic fro u the N«*w Zealand Govern in ml saying ihat J22b h:i'i been pbiavd ;•) the credit. of odd, Toipor ri jidstone. wounded at IMufonfeiu. I: i- from the W aim.vie Patriotic Com *!!’;• tea. and wis most acceptable, as av-- \wre very short. I was bad for a few days with a touch of fever, but I •am ail right again and am lo )kmg forward to seeing the veldt again in a ■few days. My wrist has honied splendidly.