South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 7 (of 8): The Guerilla War, from February 1901 to the Conclusion of HostilitiesCreswicke, Louis
History
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 7 (of 8): The Guerilla War, from February 1901 to the Conclusion of Hostilities
Creswicke, Louis
South African War, 1899-1902; Transvaal (South Africa) -- History
=Sergeant W. Firth=, 1st Battalion West Riding Regiment.--During the
action at Plowman's Farm, near Arundel, Cape Colony, on February 24,
1900, Lance-Corporal Blackman, having been wounded and lying exposed
to a hot fire at a range of from four to five hundred yards, Sergeant
Firth picked him up and carried him to cover. Later in the day, when
the enemy had advanced to within a short distance of the firing line.
Second Lieutenant Wilson being dangerously wounded and in a most
exposed position, Sergeant Firth carried him over the crest of the
ridge, which was being held by the troops, to shelter, and was himself
shot through the nose and eye while doing so.
=Corporal J. J. Clements=, Rimington's Guides.--On February 24, 1900,
near Strijdenburg, when dangerously wounded through the lungs and
called on to surrender, Corporal Clements threw himself into the midst
of a party of five Boers, shooting three of them with his revolver,
and thereby causing the whole party to surrender to himself and two
unwounded men of Rimington's Guides.
=Captain N R. House=, New South Wales Medical Staff Corps.--During the
action at Vredefort on July 24, 1900, Captain House went out under a
heavy cross fire and picked up a wounded man and carried him to a
place of shelter.
=Sergeant H. Hampton=, 2nd Battalion Liverpool Regiment.--On August
21, 1900, at Van Wyk's Vlei, Sergeant Hampton, who was in command of a
small party of Mounted Infantry, held an important position for some
time against heavy odds, and when compelled to retire saw all his men
into safety, and then, though he had himself been wounded in the head,
supported Lance-Corporal Walsh, who was unable to walk, until the
latter was again hit and apparently killed, Sergeant Hampton himself
being again wounded a short time after.
=Private E. Durrant=, 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade.--At Bergendal, on
August 27, 1900, Acting-Corporal Wellar having been wounded, and being
somewhat dazed, got up from his prone position in the firing line,
exposing himself still more to the enemy's fire, and commenced to run
towards them. Private Durrant rose, and pulling him down endeavoured
to keep him quiet, but finding this impossible he took him up and
carried him back for 200 yards under a heavy fire to shelter,
returning immediately to his place in the line.
=Private C. Kennedy=, 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry.--At
Dewetsdorp, on November 22, 1900, Private Kennedy carried a comrade,
who was dangerously wounded and bleeding to death, from Gibraltar Hill
to the hospital, a distance of three-quarters of a mile, under a very
hot fire. On the following day, volunteers having been called for to
take a message to the commandant across a space over which it was
almost certain death to venture, Private Kennedy at once stepped
forward. He did not, however, succeed in delivering the message, as he
was severely wounded before he had gone twenty yards.
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