South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8): From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of KarreeCreswicke, Louis
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South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8): From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree
Creswicke, Louis
South African War, 1899-1902; Transvaal (South Africa) -- History
At other times, when battle raged warmest,
all that was known of the Brother Boer was the shape and number of his
bullet!
The following officers were killed and wounded on the 22nd, 23rd, and
24th of February:--
Staff--Wounded, Major-General A. S. Wynne, C.B. 3rd King's
Royal Rifle Corps--Killed, Lieutenant Hon. R. Cathcart;
wounded, Lieutenant D. H. Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell and
Lieutenant A. F. MacLachlan. 2nd Royal Lancaster
Regiment--Killed, Lieutenant R. H. Coë and Second Lieutenant N.
J. Parker; wounded, Major E. W. Yeatherd, Lieutenant A. R. S.
Martin, Lieutenant F. C. Davidson (since dead), and Lieutenant
R. G. D. Parker. 2nd East Surrey Regiment--Wounded,
Lieutenant-Colonel R. H. W. H. Harris, Major H. L. Smith, Major
H. P. Treeby, Captain F. L. A. Packman, Lieutenant C. H.
Hinton, Second Lieutenant J. P. Benson. 1st South Lancashire
Regiment--Wounded, Captain B. R. Goren, Lieutenant H. R. Kane,
Captain S. Upperton, Second Lieutenant C. H. Marsh. 2nd
Devonshire Regiment--Wounded, Lieutenant E. J. F. Vaughan. 2nd
Royal West Surrey Regiment--Wounded, Lieutenants B. H. Hastie,
H. C. Winfield, and A. E. M'Namara. 1st Rifle Brigade--Wounded,
Captain and Quarter-Master F. Stone and Second Lieutenant C.
D'A. Baker-Carr. 2nd King's Royal Rifle Corps--Wounded,
Lieutenant W. Wyndham and Second Lieutenant G. C. Kelly. 2nd
Rifle Brigade--Wounded, Second Lieutenant H. C. Dumaresq. 1st
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers--Killed, Lieutenant-Colonel T. M.
G. Thackeray,[5] Major F. A. Sanders, Lieutenant W. O. Stuart;
wounded, Major C. J. L. Davidson, Captain R. M. Foot,
Lieutenant J. Evans, Lieutenant J. N. Crawford, Second
Lieutenant C. Ridings, Second Lieutenant H. P. Pott, Second
Lieutenant J. G. Devenish; missing, Second Lieutenant T. A. D.
Best. 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers--Killed, Brevet
Lieutenant-Colonel C. G. H. Sitwell, D.S.O.; wounded,
Lieutenant A. V. Hill, Second Lieutenant A. Broadhurst-Hill,
Second Lieutenant F. B. Lane, Second Lieutenant J. T. Dennis.
2nd Gordon Highlanders--Killed, Captain S. C. Maitland.
Imperial Light Infantry--Wounded, Major Hay. 1st Connaught
Rangers--Wounded, Lieutenant J. L. T. Conroy, Lieutenant R. W.
Harling, Lieutenant H. Moore Hutchinson, Lieutenant A. Wise,
Second Lieutenant A. T. Lambert, Second Lieutenant J. M. B.
Wratislaw, Captain E. M. Woulfe Flanagan (5th Battalion,
attached). Royal Welsh Fusiliers--Killed, Lieutenant-Colonel C.
C. H. Thorold,[6] Lieutenant F. A. Stebbing; wounded, Second
Lieutenant C. C. Norman and Second Lieutenant H. V. V. Kyrke.
2nd Royal Fusiliers--Wounded, Lieutenant R. H. Torkington.
The following casualties occurred on the 27th of February:--
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