Lord Methuen congratulates the troops.
"Comrades," he said, "I congratulate you on the complete success achieved by you this morning. The ground over which we have had to fight presents exceptional difficulties, and we had as an enemy a past master in the tactics of mounted infantry. With troops such as you are, a commander can have no fear as to the result.
GRAVES OF THE SOLDIERS KILLED AT BELMONT.
Erected by the Duke of Edinburgh's Own Volunteer Rifles.
"There is a sad side, and you and I are thinking as much of those who have died for the honour of their country, and of those who are suffering, as we are thinking of our victory."
SLEEPING OUT ON THE VELDT.
How our soldiers make themselves comfortable—when they can.
And not they alone were thinking of the dead and the wounded. When it became known in London that the Guards' brigade was likely to go into action, large and anxious crowds began to assemble about the War Office in Pall Mall, and to besiege the lobby where the casualty lists are usually posted. Not for many years had scenes so sad and pathetic been witnessed in that temple of official routine. Many of the men had friends and relatives in London, and thus the capital was moved by a stronger personal interest than in the case of regiments whose headquarters are in the provinces.