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Ladysmith

CHAPTER X
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We moved him to the hospital, but he died within an hour.

I have little doubt that the shells were aimed at the hotel, because the Boers know that Dr.Jameson and Colonel Rhodes are in the town.

But the man killed was Dr.Stark, a strong opponent of the Chamberlain policy, and a vigorous denouncer of the war's injustice.
The havoc of the siege is gradually increasing, and the prospect of relief grows more and more distant.

Just after midnight the Boers again aroused us by discharging all their guns into the forts or the town, and again the people hurried away to their caves and culverts for protection.

The long Naval guns replied, and then all was quiet.
_Sunday, November 19, 1899._ Another day of rest, for which we thank the Fourth Commandment.


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