THE LAST STAND OF THE GREYS In a few more minutes the regiments destined to carry out the flanking movements had tramped off in silence, keeping carefully to the lee of the rising ground in order to c
THE LAST STAND OF THE GREYS In a few more minutes the regiments destined to carry out the flanking movements had tramped off in silence, keeping carefully to the lee of the rising ground in order to c
FOUND And now I come to perhaps the strangest adventure that happened to us in all this strange business, and one which…
IGNOSI’S FAREWELL Ten days from that eventful morning found us once more in our old quarters at Loo; and, strange to sa…
WE ABANDON HOPE I can give no adequate description of the horrors of the night which followed. Mercifully they were to …
SOLOMON’S TREASURE CHAMBER While we were engaged in recovering from our fright, and in examining the grisly wonders of …
THE PLACE OF DEATH It was already dark on the third day after the scene described in the previous chapter when we campe…
GOOD FALLS SICK After the fight was ended, Sir Henry and Good were carried into Twala’s hut, where I joined them. They …
THE ATTACK Slowly, and without the slightest appearance of haste or excitement, the three columns crept on. When within…
BEFORE THE BATTLE Luckily for us, Infadoos and the chiefs knew all the paths of the great town perfectly, so that we pa…
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