Rumour says there will be thirteen in all, a goodly number for a position which completely commands the town from end to end.

All day the shells had a note of extra spite in them as they came plunging among the defenceless houses.

But they did no great harm till evening.

As a rule the Boers cease fire about half-past six, and some twenty of us then settled down to dinner at the hotel--one or two officers, some doctors, and most of the correspondents.

We had hardly begun to-night when a shell from "Silent Susan" whistled just over the roof and burst in the yard.