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
=Private J. H. Bisbee=, Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen. Act of courage for
which recommended.--On September 1, 1900, Private Bisbee was one of an
advanced scouting party passing through a rocky defile near Warm Bad,
Transvaal. The enemy, who were in ambuscade, opened a sudden fire at
close range, and six out of the party of eight were hit, including two
officers. The horse of one of the wounded officers broke away and bolted.
Private Bisbee gave the officer his stirrup leather to help him out of
action; but, finding that the officer was too badly wounded to go on,
Private Bisbee dismounted, placed him on his horse, mounted behind him,
and conveyed him out of range. This act was performed under a very hot
fire and in a very exposed place.
=Major E. D. Brown=, 14th Hussars.--On the 13th October 1900, at Geluk,
when the enemy were within four hundred yards, and bringing a heavy fire
to bear, Major Brown, seeing that Sergeant Hersey's horse was shot,
stopped behind the last squadron as it was retiring, and helped Sergeant
Hersey to mount behind him, carrying him for about three-quarters of a
mile to a place of safety. He did this under a heavy fire. Major Brown
afterwards enabled Lieutenant Browne, 14th Hussars, to mount, by holding
his horse, which was very restive under the heavy fire. Lieutenant Browne
could not otherwise have mounted. Subsequently Major Brown carried
Lance-Corporal Trumpeter Leigh out of action.
=Lieutenant A. C. Doxat=, 3rd Battalion Imperial Yeomanry.--On the 20th
October 1900, near Zeerust, Lieutenant Doxat proceeded with a party of
Mounted Infantry to reconnoitre a position held by one hundred Boers on a
ridge of kopjes. When within three hundred yards of the position the
enemy opened a heavy fire on Lieutenant Doxat's party, which then
retired, leaving one of their number who had lost his horse. Lieutenant
Doxat, seeing the dangerous position in which the man was placed,
galloped back under a very heavy fire and brought him on his horse to a
place of safety.
*=Lieutenant H. Z. C. Cockburn=, Royal Canadian Dragoons.--During the
action at Komati River on the 7th of November, Lieutenant Cockburn, with
a handful of men, at a most critical moment held off the Boers to allow
the guns to get away; to do so he had to sacrifice himself and his party,
all of whom were killed, wounded, or taken prisoners, he himself being
slightly wounded.
*=Lieutenant R. E. W. Turner=, Royal Canadian Dragoons.--Later in the
day, when the Boers again seriously threatened to capture the guns,
Lieutenant Turner, though twice previously wounded, dismounted and
deployed his men at close quarters and drove off the Boers, thus saving
the guns.
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