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as
someone
or
other
beautifully
says
.
It
was
a
splendid
thing
to
see
those
brave
battalions
come
on
time
after
time
over
the
barriers
of
their
dead
,
sometimes
lifting
corpses
before
them
to
receive
our
spear-thrusts
,
only
to
leave
their
own
corpses
to
swell
the
rising
piles
.
It
was
a
gallant
sight
to
see
that
old
warrior
,
Infadoos
,
as
cool
as
though
he
were
on
parade
,
shouting
out
orders
,
taunts
,
and
even
jests
,
to
keep
up
the
spirit
of
his
few
remaining
men
,
and
then
,
as
each
charge
rolled
on
,
stepping
forward
to
wherever
the
fighting
was
thickest
,
to
bear
his
share
in
its
repulse
.
And
yet
more
gallant
was
the
vision
of
Sir
Henry
,
whose
ostrich
plumes
had
been
shorn
off
by
a
spear
thrust
,
so
that
his
long
yellow
hair
streamed
out
in
the
breeze
behind
him
.
There
he
stood
,
the
great
Dane
,
for
he
was
nothing
else
,
his
hands
,
his
axe
,
and
his
armour
all
red
with
blood
,
and
none
could
live
before
his
stroke
.
Time
after
time
I
saw
it
sweeping
down
,
as
some
great
warrior
ventured
to
give
him
battle
,
and
as
he
struck
he
shouted
"
O-hoy
!
O-hoy
!
"
like
his
Berserkir
forefathers
,
and
the
blow
went
crashing
through
shield
and
spear
,
through
head-dress
,
hair
,
and
skull
,
till
at
last
none
would
of
their
own
will
come
near
the
great
white
"
umtagati
,
"
the
wizard
,
who
killed
and
failed
not
.
But
suddenly
there
rose
a
cry
of
"
Twala
,
y
'
Twala
,
"
and
out
of
the
press
sprang
forward
none
other
than
the
gigantic
one-eyed
king
himself
,
also
armed
with
battle-axe
and
shield
,
and
clad
in
chain
armour
.
"
Where
art
thou
,
Incubu
,
thou
white
man
,
who
slewest
Scragga
my
son
--
see
if
thou
canst
slay
me
!
"
he
shouted
,
and
at
the
same
time
hurled
a
tolla
straight
at
Sir
Henry
,
who
fortunately
saw
it
coming
,
and
caught
it
on
his
shield
,
which
it
transfixed
,
remaining
wedged
in
the
iron
plate
behind
the
hide
.
Then
,
with
a
cry
,
Twala
sprang
forward
straight
at
him
,
and
with
his
battle-axe
struck
him
such
a
blow
upon
the
shield
that
the
mere
force
and
shock
of
it
brought
Sir
Henry
,
strong
man
as
he
is
,
down
upon
his
knees
.
But
at
this
time
the
matter
went
no
further
,
for
that
instant
there
rose
from
the
regiments
pressing
round
us
something
like
a
shout
of
dismay
,
and
on
looking
up
I
saw
the
cause
.
To
the
right
and
to
the
left
the
plain
was
alive
with
the
plumes
of
charging
warriors
.
The
outflanking
squadrons
had
come
to
our
relief
.
The
time
could
not
have
been
better
chosen
.
All
Twala
's
army
,
as
Ignosi
predicted
would
be
the
case
,
had
fixed
their
attention
on
the
bloody
struggle
which
was
raging
round
the
remnant
of
the
Greys
and
that
of
the
Buffaloes
,
who
were
now
carrying
on
a
battle
of
their
own
at
a
little
distance
,
which
two
regiments
had
formed
the
chest
of
our
army
.
It
was
not
until
our
horns
were
about
to
close
upon
them
that
they
had
dreamed
of
their
approach
,
for
they
believed
these
forces
to
be
hidden
in
reserve
upon
the
crest
of
the
moon-shaped
hill
.
And
now
,
before
they
could
even
assume
a
proper
formation
for
defence
,
the
outflanking
Impis
had
leapt
,
like
greyhounds
,
on
their
flanks
.
In
five
minutes
the
fate
of
the
battle
was
decided
.
Taken
on
both
flanks
,
and
dismayed
at
the
awful
slaughter
inflicted
upon
them
by
the
Greys
and
Buffaloes
,
Twala
's
regiments
broke
into
flight
,
and
soon
the
whole
plain
between
us
and
Loo
was
scattered
with
groups
of
running
soldiers
making
good
their
retreat
.
As
for
the
hosts
that
had
so
recently
surrounded
us
and
the
Buffaloes
,
they
melted
away
as
though
by
magic
,
and
presently
we
were
left
standing
there
like
a
rock
from
which
the
sea
has
retreated
.
But
what
a
sight
it
was
!
Around
us
the
dead
and
dying
lay
in
heaped-up
masses
,
and
of
the
gallant
Greys
there
remained
but
ninety-five
men
upon
their
feet
.
More
than
three
thousand
four
hundred
had
fallen
in
this
one
regiment
,
most
of
them
never
to
rise
again
.
"
Men
,
"
said
Infadoos
calmly
,
as
between
the
intervals
of
binding
a
wound
on
his
arm
he
surveyed
what
remained
to
him
of
his
corps
,
"
ye
have
kept
up
the
reputation
of
your
regiment
,
and
this
day
's
fighting
will
be
well
spoken
of
by
your
children
's
children
.
"
Then
he
turned
round
and
shook
Sir
Henry
Curtis
by
the
hand
.
"
Thou
art
a
great
captain
,
Incubu
,
"
he
said
simply
;
"
I
have
lived
a
long
life
among
warriors
,
and
have
known
many
a
brave
one
,
yet
have
I
never
seen
a
man
like
unto
thee
.
"
At
this
moment
the
Buffaloes
began
to
march
past
our
position
on
the
road
to
Loo
,
and
as
they
went
a
message
was
brought
to
us
from
Ignosi
requesting
Infadoos
,
Sir
Henry
,
and
myself
to
join
them
.
