They throw a 287lb.shell.We are all beginning to feel the pinch of hunger.

Bit by bit every little luxury we had stored up has disappeared.

Nothing to eat or drink is now left in any of the shops; only a little twist tobacco.
What is even worse, the naval guns have too little ammunition to answer the enemy's fire; so that the Boers can shell us at ease and draw in nearer when they like.

The sickness increases terribly.

Major Donegan sent out thirty-six cases of enteric to Intombi Camp from the divisional troops' hospital alone.