But they openly boast that on the field the authority and direction of officers do not count for much, and they go pretty much as they please.

The camp, though not in the least disorderly, was confused and irregular--stores, firewood, horses, cattle, and tents strewn about the enormous veldt, almost haphazard, though the districts were kept fairly well separate.
Provisions were plenty, but the cooking was bad.

It took three days to get bread made, and some detachments had to eat their meat raw.

I think there were not more than 10,000 or less than 7,000 men in the camp at that time, but the commandeered trains crawled up every two or three hours with their new loads.
By a piece of good fortune we succeeded in crossing the frontier in an open coal-truck.

The border-line runs about six miles north of Majuba and Laing's Nek, the last Boer village being Volksrust, and Charlestown the first English.