The Boers observe the movements of a column from a long way off, only showing very few men. Then, having chosen some advantage, charge in with great boldness; and the result is a serious casualty list.
Field Marshal Lord Horatio Kitchener,
in a despatch during the 1899-1902 Boer War.
The green time has come
The rains invade
The listing masthead
tilts and tilts again
surrend’ring eighteen years
Heeling beneath mud
final arms laid down
rebuke life’s brevity
No dry dust remains Nor sign Nor shallow mound
Angola’s reclaimed
Unsung The boy from Cuba dies again