Vulgar words in The Record of a Regiment of the Line - Being a Regimental History of the 1st Battalion Devonshire - Regiment during the Boer War 1899-1902 (Page 1)
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The two infantry battalions and mountain battery, detailed to guard the left flank, knocked up against the Free State Army under Cronje (which was seen in the forenoon by the main body of General White's force, coming over Walker's Hoek) on what is known now as Surprise Hill, and which place is situated a little above and nearer Ladysmith than Nicholson's Nek.