Unhappily Mr.Dalzell, a first lieutenant with eight years' service, had refused to come under the wall, and was sitting at the table reading.

The main part of the shell struck him full on the side of the face, and carried away nearly all his head.

He passed painlessly from his reading into death.

The state of the messroom when I saw it was too horrible to describe.

The wounds of the other officers prove that the best traverse is insufficient unless accompanied by head shelter.