Reminiscences : Army Medical Service / by W.T. Black.

  • Black, William Thomas, 1824-1909.
Date:
1905
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Credit: Reminiscences : Army Medical Service / by W.T. Black. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    River country to get terms with Moshesh, the chief of the Basutos tribes, but not without a preliminary fight at the Borea Mountains; also in an expedition under General Somerset across the great Kei River, after ford- ing on horseback a wide stream, against the Gaikas and Galekas under Kreili; and visited Butterworth, a large mission station further up country. Also in an expedi- tion under Colonel Sutton to the Bromine heights to attack the Caffirs under Macomo, located in the Water kloof, who vigorously assaulted the rearguard on its descent in returning home to Yellow-wood camp, when the 74th Regiment withstood a hand-to-hand fight in the bush, with bayonets against assegai.
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