[Ladysmith by H. W. Nevinson]@TWC D-Link bookLadysmith CHAPTER XIV 9/38
A sapper was killed 200 yards away.
Three others were wounded.
Eleven horses were either killed or hopelessly disabled. All from one chance shell, while fourteen hit nobody! One man had both legs cut clean off, and for a time continued conscious and happy.
Five separate human legs lay on the ground, not to speak of horses' legs.
The shell burst on striking a horse, they say (it was shrapnel), and threw forwards.
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