Chapter 4

EARLY DAYS OF THE SIEGE

Moral effects of shell fire--General White appeals to Joubert-- The neutral camp--Attitude of civilians--Meeting at the Town Hall--A veteran's protest--Faith in the Union Jack--An impressive scene--Removal of sick and wounded--Through the Boer lines--How the posts were manned--Enemy mounting big guns--More about the spies--Boer war ethics--In an English garden--Throwing up defences--A gentlemanly monster--The Troglodytes--Humorous and pathetic--"Long Tom" and "Lady Anne"--Links in the chain of fire-- A round game of ordnance 30