7/38 We are fighting for our country." He turned away, and a bullet killed him as he turned. They did excellent work throughout the day, though they, too, were once or twice driven from the top. But the credit of the stand remains with the I.L.H.and a few sappers like Digby-Jones, who held one of the little forts alone for a time, killed three Boers with his revolver, and went for a fourth with the butt. He would have had the V.C.if he had not fallen. So perhaps would Dennis, of the Sappers, though I am told he was present without orders. |