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Map 2I came to the conclusion that, as the enemy werenot within a hundred miles, there would be no needto place the camp in a state of defence till the followingday. Besides, the men were tired after theirlong trek, and it would be quite as much as they coulddo comfortably to arrange nice and shipshape,all the11
stores and tools, which had been dumped down anyhowin a heap, pitch the camp, and get their teas beforedark.Between you and me, I was really relieved to beable to put off my defensive measures till the morrow,because I was a wee bit puzzled as to what todo. In fact, the more I thought, the more puzzled Igrew. <strong>The</strong> only “measures of de[ence” I could recallfor the moment were, how to tie “a thumb or overhandknot, ” and how long it takes to cut down anapple tree of six inches diameter. Unluckily neitherof these useful facts seemed quite to apply. Now, ifthey had given me a job like fighting the battle ofWaterloo, or Sedan, or Bull Run, I knew all aboutthat, as I had crammed it up and been examined init too. 1also knew how to take up a position for a division,or even an army corps, but the stupid little subaltern’sgame of the defence of a drift with a smalldetachment was, curiously enough, most perplexing.I had never really considered such a thing. However,in the light of my habitual dealings with army corps,it would, no doubt, be child’s-play after a littlethought.Having issued my immediate orders accordingly,I decided to explore the neighborhood, but was fora moment puzzled as to which direction I should take;for, having no horse, I could not possibly get all ~oundbefore dark. After a little thought, it flashed acrossmy mind that obviously I should go to the north. <strong>The</strong>bulk of the enemy being away to the north, that ofcourse must be the front. I knew naturally that theremust be a front, because in all the schemes I had hadto prepare, or the exams I had undergone, there wasalways a front, or -- “the place where the enemies12
Page 2: FMFRP 12-33The DefenseofDuffer’sD
Page 6 and 7: ABOUTTHE AUTHORMajor General Sir Er
Page 8 and 9: BACKGROUNDINFORMATION(THE BOER WAR)
Page 10: “/t was our own fault, and our ve
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Page 15 and 16: UDUOFFHR’SUDUNIFT.GENERAL PLAN.Ma
Page 17: I had so often longed for. This was
Page 21 and 22: a most loyal Briton, and had been m
Page 23 and 24: silhouetted in the cheerful blaze o
Page 25 and 26: out the following lessons, the resu
Page 27 and 28: men each, one to the top of Waschou
Page 29 and 30: preached the guard of the north fro
Page 31 and 32: amazing alacrity, and looked as if
Page 33 and 34: teeth outside their kraals whilst t
Page 35 and 36: horseshoe bend of the river, as thi
Page 37 and 38: It was astonishing what difficulty
Page 39 and 40: on top of that kop-je on the fur si
Page 41 and 42: at first halted and begun to be sus
Page 43 and 44: Eh’eam‘(0 was some power the gi
Page 45 and 46: Map 5The Dutchmen and Kaffirs were
Page 47 and 48: presence, with a close-range volley
Page 49 and 50: By the time I had gathered what was
Page 51 and 52: “We lay bare as the paunchof the
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Page 55 and 56: ifth &eam“A frif/ing sum of miser
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Page 59 and 60: distributed in case of a long and p
Page 61 and 62: and the road south to see how matte
Page 63 and 64: we opened fire on the main body som
Page 65 and 66: True, we were not captured, and had
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advantages of the proposal.I resist
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any degree hampered by a fear of hi
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scooped out a little, or a shelf cu
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dream; all we could do meanwhile wa
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and a coat there peeping over the t
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musketry in the distance, and saw a
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