Then another--and yet another--and yet another.

But there was no time to heed them, for there was the hillside and there the enemy.

So at it again with the good old murderous obsolete heroic tactics of the British tradition! There are times when, in spite of science and book-lore, the best plan is the boldest plan, and it is well to fly straight at your enemy's throat, facing the chance that your strength may fail before you can grasp it.
The cavalry moved off round the enemy's left flank.

The guns dashed to the front, unlimbered, and opened fire.

The infantry were moved round in the direction of Sandspruit, passing through the little town of Dundee, where the women and children came to the doors and windows to cheer them.