 Seeing the hospital burning, and the desperate attempts of the enemy to fire the roof of the stores, we converted two mealie bag heaps into a sort of redoubt, which gave a second line of fire all round ; Assistant- Commissary Dunne working hard at this,...  The History of the Victoria Cross - Page 393by Philip Aveling Wilkins - 1904 - 442 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edwin Hodder - 1878 - 380 pages
...hospital burning, and desperate attempts being made by the enemy to fire the roof of our stores, we now converted two mealie-bag heaps into a sort of redoubt, which gave a second line of fire all along, Assistant-Commissary Dunn working hard at this, though much exposed, thus rendering most valuable... | |
 | Charles L. Norris-Newman - Zulu (African people) - 1880 - 464 pages
...and the desperate attempts of the enemy to fire the roof of the stores, we converted two mealie bag heaps into a sort of redoubt, which gave a second...eventually forced to retire to the middle and then inner wall of the kraal on our east. The position we then had we retained throughout. A desultory fire... | |
 | Alexander Wilmot - Antiques & Collectibles - 1880 - 284 pages
...the doorway with the bayonet, their own ammunition being exhausted. Mealie-bags were then converted into a sort of redoubt, which gave a second line of fire all round. While this was being done, the hospital was in flames, and the enemy continued to make desperate attempts... | |
 | Henry Stewart (M.A.) - 1880 - 418 pages
...desperate attempts being made by the enemy to fire the roof of our stores, we now converted two mealie bag heaps into a sort of redoubt, which gave a second line of fire all along, Assistant-Commissary Dunne working hard at this, though much exposed, thus rendering most valuable... | |
 | Ralph Watts Leyland - South Africa - 1882 - 408 pages
...and the desperate attempts of the enemy to fire the roof of the stores, we converted two mealie bag heaps into a sort of redoubt, which gave a second line of fire all round, AssistantCommissary Dunne working hard at this though much exposed, and rendering valuable assistance.... | |
 | Whitworth Porter - 1889 - 612 pages
...desperate attempts being made by the enemy to fire the roof of our stores, we now converted two mealie bag heaps into a sort of redoubt, which gave a second line of fire all along, Assistant-Commissary Dunne working hard at this, though much exposed, thus rendering most valuable... | |
 | Whitworth Porter - 1889 - 612 pages
...desperate attempts being made by the enemy to fire the roof of our stores, we now converted two mealie bag heaps into a sort of redoubt, which gave a second line of fire all along, Assistant-Commissary Dunne working hard at this, though much exposed, thus rendering most valuable... | |
 | Farquhar Glennie, Sir William Penn Symons - Great Britain - 1892 - 458 pages
...the desperate attempts of the " enemy to fire the roof of the stores, we converted two mealie bag " heaps into a sort of redoubt, which gave a second line of fire all " round, Assistant-Commissary Dunne working hard at this, though "much exposed, and rendering valuable assistance.... | |
 | Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers - Civil engineering - 1895 - 600 pages
...and the desperate attempts of the enemy to fire the roof of the stores, we converted two mealie bag heaps into a sort of redoubt, which gave a second line of defence all round. As darkness came on we were completely surrounded, and, after several attempts had... | |
 | Edward Gilliat - Africa - 1911 - 414 pages
...from their terrible fate." Mr. Dunne worked hard with others at converting two heaps of inealie-bags into a sort of redoubt, which gave a second line of fire all round. Then quickly it grew dark ; the works were completely surrounded by yelling Zulus, and the garrison... | |
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