gun on Middle Hill beyond them.

They fired pretty steadily from 4 to 5 p.m., sending out clouds of white smoke.

For their big shells (6.3 in.) are just thirty years old, and the guns themselves have reached the years of discretion.

They fired by signal over the end of Waggon Hill in front of them, and it was difficult to judge their effect.

The other great event was the kindling of a great veldt fire at the foot of Pepworth Hill, in such a quarter that the smoke completely hid "Long Tom" for two or three hours of the morning.