A sortie by the Natal Volunteers and the Imperial Light Horse from Ladysmith with the object of capturing the Boer position on a kopjie known as Him Hill was admirably carried out and entirely successful. The Boer position was carried, and one of the Long Toms (a 6in. gun), a 4.7 Howitzer, and a Maxim captured. The two former were destroyed with gun cotton, but the Maxim was taken back in triumph to Ladysmith. From the London ‘‘lllustrated Mall."
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIV, Issue VI, 10 February 1900, Page 278
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79A sortie by the Natal Volunteers and the Imperial Light Horse from Ladysmith with the object of capturing the Boer position on a kopjie known as Him Hill was admirably carried out and entirely successful. The Boer position was carried, and one of the Long Toms (a 6in. gun), a 4.7 Howitzer, and a Maxim captured. The two former were destroyed with gun cotton, but the Maxim was taken back in triumph to Ladysmith. From the London ‘‘lllustrated Mall." New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIV, Issue VI, 10 February 1900, Page 278
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