CHAPTER VII.
HEMMED IN LADYSMITH, _November 2, 1899_.
"Long Tom" opened fire at a quarter-past six from Pepworth Hill, and was replied to by the Naval Brigade.

Just as I walked up to their big 4.7 in.

gun on the kopje close to the Newcastle road, a shell came right through our battery's earthwork, without bursting.

Lieutenant Egerton, R.N., was lying close under the barrel of our gun, and both his legs were shattered.

The doctors amputated one at the thigh, the other at the shin.