There is a blessed home
Beyond this land of woe;
and
There is a green hill far away,
sung sadly to the accompaniment of Buller's guns.
He appears to be nearer, and his shells have been bursting on a hill and ridge in the distance, Colenso way.
The following statistics are of interest:—
Early in November the garrison of Ladysmith numbered about 13,500 men. During the siege there were over 10,500 admissions to hospital.
Thirty-eight men had been killed by shell fire, and 430 men had died of disease. Four shells only had accounted for nearly all the thirty-eight.