Instead he waited for the sixteen signal-runners to come gasping back to the center, whereupon he praised Nxumalo's men, nodding graciously to him as he did so. Rhodes' proposed will he scribbled: Maud. Burn all your mealies. ' It was an epic struggle, tied at five-all until the gang of Morkels made superhuman plays to eke out a 9-5 victory.
Instead, in his report to London he complained that he had been repulsed at the Tugela because the Boers outnumbered him: 'They had eighty thousand in the field against me. 'He said he feare I was one of those young radicals. He sees fit to buy champagne, that's why. We send you our kisses and our love, and we pray for your victory.
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