Knocked Over, But Not Shot.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVI, Issue 23, 9 June 1906, Page 22

Knocked Over, But Not Shot.

During the height of the pitched battle between No. 1 and No. 2 troops of the East Coast Mounted Rides on the Repongaere hills on Wednesday (says the Poverty Bay “Herald"), a dramatic and exciting incident occurred. A sergeant of the attacking forces was pushing forward up a steep face in the bold attempt to capture an imporutnt position, when a sergeant on the ridge above levelled his rille, blazed away, and a sure “kill” resulted. Immediately upon the flash of the firearm, the attacking sergeant fell and rolled with a sickening thud to a ledge below, where he lay for at least a quarter of an hour. The incident caused much consternation to the soldier higher up. who had wild ideas of a genuine fatality, which he thought must have been caused by a shot cartridge accidentally getting in amongst the blanks. Hurried investigations, however, relieved all anxiety, for the man was only “dead beat" as a result of nearly a couple of hours’ vigorous military tactics on the hiUa.