REPAIRING THE RAILWAY NEAR ENSLIN.
Lord Methuen's address to the troops.
At Enslin Lord Methuen addressed his troops upon the morning after the battle. He congratulated them upon the work they had done, and expressed his appreciation of their gallant endurance of hardship. The work was the severest encountered by the British Army for many a long day. They had, in front of them, an enemy to whom they could not afford to give one point, whose tactics had been excellent, and whose courage he recognised and admired. When called upon to fight for his country, he preferred to fight against such a foe—a foe worthy of his steel. He hoped that he and his men had gained each other's confidence, and that they would all do their duty as Englishmen should do.
[Photo by R. W. Paul.
The water is drawn up by means of a chain of buckets passing over a wheel which is actuated by a windmill.
He went on to the painful topic of the abuse of the white flag and red-cross flag, describing as dastardly the conduct of the enemy in firing on ambulance waggons, the shooting of a British officer by a wounded Boer, and the use of Dum-Dum bullets; but he refused to believe that these acts were characteristic of the enemy. He would give them credit, until he was convinced to the contrary, that they, like the British, wished to fight "fair and square."
PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF ENSLIN OR GRASPAN.