With regard to the numbers in Tables I. and II. it should be at once said that they are only to be regarded as approximate, since they do not exactly tally with those officially reported in the 'Times' at a later date. Sources of error may, however, have crept into both, and as there is little difference in the gross numbers, I have preferred to retain the series compiled by Major Burtchaell, R.A.M.C., as Table II. contains interesting information as to the proportionate number of men who died during the first 48 hours, after being wounded. TABLE II SHOWING PROPORTION OF MORTALITY AMONGST MEN HIT, (_a_) ON THE FIELD, (_b_) DURING THE FIRST FORTY-EIGHT HOURS ---------------------+-------+------+------+------+-------+---------------- |Number |Total | | Died | | Percentage | of |number| |within| | mortality -- |troops |of men|Killed|forty-| Total +-------+-------- |engaged| hit | |eight | |To men |To force | | | |hours | | hit |employed ---------------------+-------+------+------+------+-------+-------+-------- _Belmont_: | | | | | | | Officers | 297 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 2.02 Non.-com. officers | | | | | | | and men | 8,396 | 265 | 55 | 8 | 63 | 23.77 | 0.75 +-------+------+------+------+-------+-------+-------- Total | 8,693 | 291 | 58 | 11 | 69 | 23.71 | 0.79 | | | | | | | _Graspan_: | | | | | | | Officers | 326 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 40[2] | 1.22 Non.-com. officers | | | | | | | and men | 8,213 | 188 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 11.17 | 0.25 +-------+------+------+------+-------+-------+-------- Total | 8,539 | 198 | 21 | 4 | 25 | 12.62 | 0.29 | | | | | | | _Modder River_: | | | | | | | Officers | 335 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18.18 | 1.19 Non.-com. officers | | | | | | | and men | 9,856 | 462 | 67 | 9 | 76 | 16.45 | 0.77 +-------+------+------+------+-------+-------+-------- Total |10,191 | 484 | 70 | 10 | 80 | 16.53 | 0.78 | | | | | | | _Magersfontein_: | | | | | | | Officers | 379 | 68 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 32.35 | 5.80 Non.-com. officers | | | | | | | and men |11,068 | 918 | 148 | 20 | 168 | 18.30 | 1.51