At night there was peace. The Modder might have been the placid purling Thames winding along between fringed and sloping banks to the bosom of the sea. But there was none to admire the pretty scene. All were worn out, and glad to drop to sleep where they had fought, while the bearer-parties--"body-snatchers," as they were jocosely styled--picked their way in the darkness, doing their deeds of mercy with zealous, unflagging perseverance. During this time many deserters from the enemy came in. They had seen the hopelessness of their case, and had been urging, uselessly, the implacable Cronje to surrender. The following is the list of those who were killed and wounded during the fight:-- _Killed_:--Mounted Infantry--Colonel Hannay.[1] 2nd Warwick--Lieutenant Hankay. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry--Lieutenant-Colonel Aldworth,[2] Captain E. P. Wardlaw, Captain Newbury. Seaforth Highlanders--Second Lieutenant M'Clure. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders--Lieutenant Courtenay. West Riding Regiment--Lieutenant Siordet. 1st Yorkshire--Second Lieutenant Neave. Oxford Light Infantry--Lieutenant Bright, Second Lieutenant Ball-Acton. _Wounded_:--Staff--Major-General Knox (13th Brigade), Major-General Hector MacDonald (3rd Brigade). Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry--Captain J. H. Maunder, Lieutenant H. W. Fife, Second Lieutenant J. W. C. Fife, Second Lieutenant R. M. Grigg. Seaforth Highlanders--Captain G. C. Fielden, Captain E. A. Cowans, Captain G. M. Lumsden, Lieutenant J. P. Grant, Second Lieutenant D. P. Monypenny (died of wounds), Second Lieutenant A. R. Moncrieff. 1st Gordon Highlanders--Second Lieutenant W. B. J. Nutford. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders--Lieutenant C. N. Macdonald, Lieutenant G. Thorpe, Second Lieutenant G. A. Akers-Douglas, Second Lieutenant F. G. S. Cunningham. Black Watch--Lieutenant-Colonel A. M. Carthew-Yorkstoun, Major Hon. H. E. Maxwell, Major T. M. N. Berkeley, Captain J. G. H. Hamilton, Lieutenant J. G. Grieve (N.S.W. forces attached). West Riding Regiment--Captain F. J. de Gex, Captain H. D. E. Greenwood. 1st Yorkshire--Lieutenant-Colonel H. Bowles, Major Kirkpatrick, Lieutenant C. V. Edwards, Captain A. C. Buckle (South Stafford attached). Oxford Light Infantry--Major Day, Captain Watt, Lieutenant Hammich. East Kent Regiment--Captain Geddes. Shropshire Light Infantry--Captain Gubbins, Captain Smith, Lieutenant English, Second Lieutenant Kettlewell. Canadians--Captain H. M. Arnold (since died of wounds), Lieutenant J. C. Mason, Lieutenant Armstrong. R.A.M.C.--Captain J. E. C. Canter. Lieutenant G. H. Goddard. East Surrey--Captain A. H. S. Hart. 2nd Lincoln--Second Lieutenant Dockray Waterhouse. 1st Yorkshire--Second Lieutenant W. G. Turbet. 2nd Oxford Light Infantry--Captain Fanshawe, Lieutenant Stapleton. 2nd Bedford--Captain R. W.