It was great fun and we sat up as late as we could around the fire on account of the cold.

We could see the Boer fires in the moonlight on the hills and across the Sand, the English flashlights signalling all night.

We put a rubber blanket on the grass and wrapped up in steamer rugs but both of us died several times of cold and even sitting on the fire failed to warm me.

We were awakened out of a cold storage sort of sleep by pom-poms going off right over our They sounded just as disturbing I found from the rear as when you are in front of them.
They are the most effective of all the small guns for causing your nerves to riot.

We climbed up the hill and saw the English coming in their usual solid formation stretching out for three miles.