Shoot Straight, You Bastards! by Nick Bleszynski

Shoot Straight, You Bastards! by Nick Bleszynski

Author:Nick Bleszynski
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Published: 2003-05-14T16:00:00+00:00


AFTER AN HOUR OF FRUITLESS CIRCLING, the Boers realised that there was little chance of taking the fort and Beyers pulled his men back to lick their wounds and count their losses. There was visible relief amongst the defenders, who offered not so much as a ‘thank you’ to the prisoners before they were returned to their cells. If fate had been kinder to Morant and Handcock, they would have perished on that roof and their debt would have been settled there and then. On another occasion, such bravery might have yielded a medal or a mention in dispatches, but it was not even mentioned in court, offered in mitigation of their sentences, or referred to in any official report or any of the supposedly impartial newspaper reports of the trial.

To add insult to injury, they later learned that the Pietersburg Light Horse had left Fort Edward and tracked the retreating Beyers. Although some got within 150 yards of him, their officer decided to wait until reinforcements could be brought up before taking him. Needless to say, Beyers escaped whilst they dithered and Morant mercilessly lampooned his unfortunate successor:



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