He was shot with the majority of his followers.

General Knox of the 12th Brigade and General Macdonald of the Highlanders were among the wounded.

Colonel Aldworth of the Cornwalls died at the head of his men.

A bullet struck him dead as he whooped his West Countrymen on to the charge.

Eleven hundred killed and wounded testified to the fire of our attack and the grimness of the Boer resistance.