That is the shooting of some of the British wounded who lay round the guns.

There is no question at all about the fact, which is attested by many independent witnesses.

There is reason to hope that some of the murderers paid for their crimes with their lives before the battle was over.

It is pleasant to add that there is at least one witness to the fact that Boer officers interfered with threats to prevent some of these outrages.

It is unfair to tarnish the whole Boer nation and cause on account of a few irresponsible villains, who would be disowned by their own decent comrades.