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Title: Reports on military operations in South Africa and China
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: United States. Adjutant-General's Office
Subjects: South African War, 1899-1902
Publisher: Washington : G.P.O.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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unded on the east, north, and west by the Modder River and our creek, called Koornspruit. This plain gradually rose toward the south in a long gentle slope, the crest of which seemed several miles distant. About 1,200 yards to the southeast there were three houses, and at the distance of about a mile there appeared a large square, out of the middle of which rose a high smokestack, and at the south end of which some conical tents could be seen. At first we took the square to be the inclosure of the waterworks, within which was the camp of the garrison of 200 men; we, the attaches, did not know yet that the wagon train with its escort of 2,000 mounted men had reacfted the waterworks and thailli< square we were looking at was the wagon park and nothing else. We waited impatiently to see the wagon 1 rain come from somewhere down to the Modder River, when suddenly, at 1 a. m., tw Boer gmf9 opened fire on the square in our Iron! ;ii long rang; (oxer 5,000 yards); finding the range too
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OPERATIONS OF THE BOER ARMY. 201 great for their black powder Krupp guns, the artillery moved to a point about 1,000 yards nearer, when we could see the shells fall into the inclosure. The troops in the camp could now be seen to stand to horse and to draw away toward the south to get out of the artillery fire, none of them advanced toward us on the road by which their transportation must proceed. The large square began to dissolve and we realized for the first time that it was the wagon park, and a long train of wagons moved toward us, the rear end hidden by dust. About 7.30 the first wagons reached the creek. They were light ones and contained the baggage of the command; they were taken across the creek and parked in the small flat there, after the few soldiers with them had been made prisoners. General De Wet himself stood at the crossing and called to them hands up and come in, which they did. These baggage wagons were followed by the large trek wagons. The large wagons were not allowed to cross

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