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In order to draw part of the Boer fire away they
ascended from the northern side and carried the hills which formed
a continuation of the same ridge. The movement was meant to be no
more than a strong demonstration, but the riflemen pushed it until,
breathless but victorious, they stood upon the very crest of the
position, leaving nearly a hundred dead or dying to show the path
which they had taken. Their advance being much further than was
desired, they were recalled, and it was at the moment that Buchanan
Riddell, their brave Colonel, stood up to read Lyttelton's note
that he fell with a Boer bullet through his brain, making one more
of those gallant leaders who died as they had lived, at the head of
their regiments. Chisholm, Dick-Cunyngham, Downman, Wilford,
Gunning, Sherston, Thackeray, Sitwell, MacCarthy O'Leary,
Airlie--they have led their men up to and through the gates of
death. It was a fine exploit of the 3rd Rifles. 'A finer bit of
skirmishing, a finer bit of climbing, and a finer bit of fighting,
I have never seen,' said their Brigadier.


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