LUCKY BEGGAR, INDEED.
The, following is from a letter by Constable Pendered, of the \Yolvcrhampton Police, an army reservist, who is now with Lord Mpthuen's rirce. lie was at tlie But!" of .Modd-r River, and says : — During the. af.einoon someone seems to have, spotted vac. from th?. trenche?. First, a shot struck the side of my boot and struck my riile just in fi'ont of my fae:-, fi;:ii;g my eyr-s --vi;!i dust and splinter.;. I ro'-ie u[> a little when another shot struck the mk'icile finger of >»y !e r t hand. I had got on my kttf-es when a bu'lef struck me fair on the chest on the "buckle of my huversack,, breaking it through the con! re and causing a slight puncture of the skin, and bruising my dies!. Rave been congratulated as being the luckiest beggar in my battalion.
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Clutha Leader, Volume XXVI, Issue 1376, 16 February 1900, Page 6
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142LUCKY BEGGAR, INDEED. Clutha Leader, Volume XXVI, Issue 1376, 16 February 1900, Page 6
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