Identifier: battlesofninetee06forb (find matches)
Title: Battles of the nineteenth century
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Forbes, Archibald, 1838-1900 Atteridge, A. Hilliard (Andrew Hilliard)
Subjects: Battles Military history, Modern
Publisher: London New York : Cassell and Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ecial war corre-spondent for theDaily Chronicle of1-ondon, and specialartist for theGraphic. Out of hisletters and sketches,many of them madein some lull of anattack, he producedone of the best his-tories that we haveof the campaign, abook that revealsthe pluckv, light-hearted spirit of itsauthor. Baden- Powell is a cheerful,resourceful man, andno better commandercould have been found for Mafeking. His garrison was made up ofspecially enlisted volunteers, many of whom liadserved under him in Rhodesia, and all of whomknew the country well, WKiXM at home on the veldtand in the saddle, and were handy with theirrifles. As helpers he had a number of specialservice officers. Amongst them, acting as chiefof his staff, was Lord Edward Cecil, the soldier-son of Lord Salisbury. Cecil had served withLord Kitchener in the re-conquest of theSoudan, from Ferket to Omdurman. News cif the approach of Cronjes forcesreached Mafeking on Friday, October 13th.The first fighting took place next dav. Baden-
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COI.ONEI, I!(Pluto: Jilaii/I Powells mounted scouts had been watching andretiring before the Boer commando during theFriday afternoon, the enemy moving up alongthe railway from the south and across the veldtto the northward so as to encircle the town.At dawn on Saturdav morning all the garrisonstood to their arms expecting an attack,^lounted patrols were pushed out in all direc-tions, and at ^.2^ a sharp rifle fire was heard away to the north-wards. A patrolunder Lord CharlesBentinck was out, on that side, and ina few minutes oneof his men camegalloping in withthe news that hewas in contact witha Boer commandoabout boo strongnear the railwa)line. The reporthad hardly beenmade when thesound of the firingceased. In the railwavstation there was aiiarmoured train wait-ing with steam up.It consisted of aprotected engineand three armouredtrucks, two of themarmed each with aMa.xim, the thirdcarrying a smallHotchkiss quick-firer. Captain Ashle\Williams, of theBritish South African police, was

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