AN EPISODE UNIQUE IN THE ANNALS OF FISTICUFFS.
There was a funny incident during the fight at t'olenso. The Irish Fusiliers were working their way towards the Dutchmen's left Hank amid a terrific rifle and shell fire, and at one spot they halted for cover and a little time to regain breath. Here two of the men quarrelled, stood up amid the singing around them of hundreds of bullets, had a regular set-to with their fists witli their comrades looking on, and when the best man won they coolly resumed their march to the river front, well satisfied with their little interlude.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIV, Issue XXIII, 9 June 1900, Page 1073
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102AN EPISODE UNIQUE IN THE ANNALS OF FISTICUFFS. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIV, Issue XXIII, 9 June 1900, Page 1073
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