These guns were new, serviceable Mausers, and the men who bore them looked as if they knew how to handle them.

There must have been long months of training behind this show, and I marvelled at the man who had organized it.

I saw no field-guns, and the little transport they had was evidently for food only.

We did not travel in ranks like an orthodox column.

About a third of the force was mounted, and this formed the centre.