She was head nurse from the beginning of hostilities (Jan.

1) until the professional nurses arrived, Jan.8th.

Of the 53, "Three or four were Boers"; I quote her words.]--This is a large improvement upon the precedents established at Bronkhorst, Laing's Nek, Ingogo, and Amajuba, and seems to indicate that Boer marksmanship is not so good now as it was in those days.

But there is one detail in which the Raid-episode exactly repeats history.
By surrender at Bronkhorst, the whole British force disappeared from the theater of war; this was the case with Jameson's force.
In the Boer loss, also, historical precedent is followed with sufficient fidelity.

In the 4 battles named above, the Boer loss, so far as known, was an average of 6 men per battle, to the British average loss of 175.
In Jameson's battles, as per Boer official report, the Boer loss in killed was 4.