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was nothing for the Mission escort to fear, except,
perhaps, the bullets of their own companions. This
was so real a danger that the company of the 32nd,
which had been sent round on the right, as has been
A minute after the outbreak at Hot Springs. It is remarkable that only one man has
fallen where the' greatest crowd existed. The terrific velocity of a modern smallbore
rifle has almost no stopping power.
described, was obliged to retreat so as to leave a clear
field for the fire of the Gurkhas on the slope of the
spur. The guns had come into action on the right
as soon as possible, but the extraordinary difference
