I thought he was bored by the familiar scene, but at the end he told me he had enjoyed it immensely, never having seen Ladysmith by daylight before! The man is now in magnificent health, rosy as a rose, and no doubt has a great career before him as a wonder from the war.
_February 5, 1900._ The noise of guns boomed all day from the Tugela.

It sounded as though a battle was raging along miles of its banks, from Colenso right away west to Potgieter's Drift.

I could see big shells bursting again on Taba Nyama and the low nek above the ford.

Further to the left they were bursting around Monger's Hill, nearly half-way along the bank to Colenso.

From early morning the fire increased in intensity, reaching its height between 3 and 4 p.m.At half-past four the firing suddenly slackened and stopped.