We had to wait some time for our baggage; E and F companies, who were escort to the two five-inch guns, did not come into camp at all that night, but joined us late the next morning.
FOOTNOTE:
[7] Our casualties during the day were as follows:
| WOUNDED. | ||
| Lce-Cpl. | G. Washer, | B Company. |
| Private | A. Hobden, | B Company. |
| Private | J. Clapshaw, | B Company. |
| Private | E. Baker, | Vol. Company. |
| Private | J. Caldwell, | Vol. Company. |
| Private | J. Miles, | G Company. |
| Private | T. Gainsford, | A Company. |
| MISSING. | ||
| Private | Ebsworth, | F Company. |
CHAPTER IX. DIAMOND HILL, SECOND DAY.
Boer main position—Reconnaissance by Lieut. Morphett—Advance of C.I.V.'s—General advance—Failure of Boers to occupy outer ridge—They hold the second crest in force—No further advance possible—Nightfall.
The following day, the 12th of June, we did not start very early, but moved after breakfast up to the hill we had attacked and captured the previous day, where A company was still on picket. Arrived there, we waited for some time, until the afternoon in fact, before we moved again.
In front of us, across the valley, was a long ridge, steep of access on our side and, apparently, flat on top; this ridge on our right ran down into the valley in a grassy slope, becoming less and less steep as it trended further away; but on our left it became more and more precipitous, until, in the far distance, it appeared almost like a wall. There were no signs of the enemy on it, but they were there all the same.