Diary of Ebenezer 'Edward' Barron, 1901 - Part 3

which was [[?]]
cooked. Boers not far from
here. Got word to go to

 . The place they were making
for came over rise, when

a beautiful sight met the eye
a large fire raging over the
plain & up mountain side
beautiful lighting up the evening

had the moon not been
at full & a beautiful sight
it is [[?]]
[sketch-see original document]
Went to Burghersdorp Hosptl

Augt 31st. To [[?Karnar]] port
Sept 7th to [[? fontein]]
Sept 11th Left Hospital
Oct 17th  for  Steynsburg
arrived there Oct 18th
Stayed in & [[?]] camp
until
Mr Swan to send up 3 - to
Sgt Moore Steynsburg -
 

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Aug 11^th Left Column with
Dr Rush & 2 ambulances - took
4 men to Steynsburg

Hospital
went to Smiths to have Amb -
repaired stayed over night.
Slept in ambulance - have
Scoff with  Hospital staff men
of Guard bearer compy
Mon 12^th Amb repaired [[?]]
brought another for repairs sent
other out to camp [[?]] &
stayed to get other repaired
Smith too much work - xxx have
to wait till tomorrow got
some provisions for Dr [[?]]
In went out with Ambulances
4 pm - Slept in [[?]]
heavy
Tues. 13^th.
had breakfast - went
down to station had look
at armoured train - bullet
marks etc where they had been
hit by Boers in night [[?]]

fairly  all round here  done by

night. Orders are : fire on any

one after dark, without halting

which makes it dangerous to 

travel 1 mile after sundown.

No 1 company camped here today

Left 3.30 pm for  [[ ? Sham..]]

which ^ our column left 6 am this [[?morn]]

very dark a stampede of horses, but although

occasional shots were fired all
night long by ours  at Boers

we were not molested altho

a few shots were heard to 

[[?]] iz  - not far above our 

heads striking an iron shed

in the rear of us  I went to

bed about 11 pm & slept

well all night.

Wed 14^th Left  [[?Spenks}} on own

trek after Column about 7.30

a m . Got on right road &

treked them by  spoor on road

travelled at the rate of 8 ml

an hour sometimes more &

got on well ( good route) have

to give mules a spell for an

hour- about 15 miles from