The bullets were fortunately flying high; all the same, we had twice to stop under a wall and wait for a lull before proceeding.

Then I saw a native boy fall in front of me, and at the same moment I stumbled and fell heavily, the servant thinking I was hit; and all the while we could hear frightened cries continuing to emanate from the flaming stadt.
The day had fully broken, and never had the roads appeared so white and wide, the sheltering houses so few and far between.

At length we reached the hospital trench, and the last 500 yards of the journey were accomplished in perfect safety.

My dangerous experiences ended for the rest of that dreadful day, which I spent in the haven of those walls, sheltering so much suffering, and that were, alas! by evening crammed to their fullest capacity.

It was a gruesome sight seeing the wounded brought in, and the blood-stained stretchers carried away empty, when the occupants had been deposited in the operating-room.