SERGEANT MURPHY'S PRESENCE OF MIND.
An officer who was wounded at Elandslaagte describes his experiences in a letter published by the Thnex. Colonel lan Hamilton had, he says, seen a white flag hoisted on the Boer camp, and had ordered the 'cease fire' to ha sounded. Just then the officer took a rifle from a Boer who had been shooting from behind a rock But as he turned round he was badly wounded on the back of the left shoulder. A tremendous fire-was poured into the British line, and the men not understanding why the ' cease fire ' had been sounded, wavered for a moment and retired 40 yards. The wounded officer was left lying on the ground between the two forces, when a Sergeant Murphy, of his company, pluckily ran back, held him up, and shouted to the men not to retire. The whole line then rallied, the panic being only momentary.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 6, 8 February 1900, Page 20
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152SERGEANT MURPHY'S PRESENCE OF MIND. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 6, 8 February 1900, Page 20
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