Now and then we could see the shells bursting, but the Boer camps have not moved.
The ration coffee has come to an end, except a reserve of 3 cwt, which would hardly last a day.

The tea ration is again reduced.

The flour mixed with mealy meal makes a very sour bread.

The big 5th Lancers horses are so hungry that at night they eat not only their picket ropes but each other's manes and tails.

They are so weak that they fall three or four times in an hour if the men ride them.