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Ladysmith

CHAPTER VI
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CHAPTER VI.
THE REVERSE AT NICHOLSON'S NEK LADYSMITH, _October 31, 1899_.
On Sunday we were all astir for a big battle.

But no village Sabbath in the Highlands could have been quieter, though it might have been more devotional.

We rode about as usual, though our rides are very limited now, and the horse that took me forty miles last Wednesday is pining because the Boers have cut off his exercise.

We sweated and swore, and suffered unfathomable thirst, but still there was no more battle than the evening hymn.

Next day we knew it would be different.


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