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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 14, 5 April 1900, Page 4

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Mr. Winton ChuuJnll. the war corre-poniVnt, writing from Spearman's Camp, on Januaiy 2! to the London Mornni'/ J'mt. cay, — iho infantry wue patiently holding the captured position on a --pur at the id/c of the plateau all day >o-<tirday under a hara-smg bomliaidment by tho Duel aitilloiy. The Irish regiment was exposed to an anuojini' cross- (h e, irom Cieusot and Maxim shell frun«. The casualties wen howi \cr. slight — about a do/en up to noon. 'I he d< me inour of 'lie ttt.ops under this tire, which they ha\e now b'line pi'-Mu ly i<>r thier d iy-. ha- been mo-t admirable. The quality ot tuepmat 1 -old i ri» wonderful. Duung the morning 1 \l-Itid t' c In-h infantiy ramming h.Uf-an-liour. in which tinu' 11 -h' IN, and ivvo discharged fm.n a Maxim shell j^un, exploded in t i\> ■ re-cuti..nt angle where the sin ltering soldiers were smoking and plying cuds or sleeping utterly unmoved. They are still the iiuu-t miantiy 111 Uk world — cheery, dignified, and magnificent.