South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 6 (of 8): From the Occupation of Pretoria to Mr. Kruger's Departure from South Africa, with a Summarised Account of the Guerilla War to March 1901Creswicke, Louis
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South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 6 (of 8): From the Occupation of Pretoria to Mr. Kruger's Departure from South Africa, with a Summarised Account of the Guerilla War to March 1901
Creswicke, Louis
South African War, 1899-1902; Transvaal (South Africa) -- History
=Corporal J. Shaul=, the Highland Light Infantry.--On December 11, 1899,
during the battle of Majesfontein, Corporal Shaul was observed (not only
by the officers of his own battalion but by several officers of other
regiments) to perform several specific acts of bravery. Corporal Shaul
was in charge of stretcher-bearers; but at one period of the battle he
was seen encouraging men to advance across the open. He was most
conspicuous during the day in dressing men's wounds, and in one case he
came, under a heavy fire, to a man who was lying wounded in the back,
and, with the utmost coolness and deliberation, sat down beside the
wounded man and proceeded to dress his wound. Having done this, he got up
and went quietly to another part of the field. This act of gallantry was
performed under a continuous and heavy fire as coolly and quietly as if
there had been no enemy near.
=Captain W. N. Congreve=, the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's
Own).--At Colenso, on December 15, 1899, the detachments serving the guns
of the 14th and 66th Batteries, Royal Field Artillery, had all been
either killed, wounded, or driven from their guns by infantry fire at
close range, and the guns were deserted. About 500 yards behind the guns
was a donga in which some of the few horses and drivers left alive were
sheltered. The intervening space was swept with shell and rifle fire.
Captain Congreve, Rifle Brigade, who was in the donga, assisted to hook a
team into a limber, went out, and assisted to limber up a gun. Being
wounded, he took shelter; but seeing Lieutenant Roberts fall, badly
wounded, he went out again and brought him in. Captain Congreve was shot
through the leg, through the toe of his boot, grazed on the elbow and the
shoulder, and his horse shot in three places.
=Lieutenant the Hon. F. H. S. Roberts= (since deceased), the King's Royal
Rifle Corps.--Lieutenant Roberts assisted Captain Congreve. He was
wounded in three places.
=Corporal G. E. Nurse=, 66th Battery, Royal Field Artillery.--Corporal
Nurse also assisted.
=Captain H. L. Reed=, 7th Battery, Royal Field Artillery.--Captain Reed,
who had heard of the difficulty, shortly afterwards brought down three
teams from his battery to see if he could be of any use. He was wounded,
as were five of the thirteen men who rode with him; one was killed; and
thirteen out of twenty-one horses were killed before he got half-way to
the guns, and he was obliged to retire.
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