Lieutenant Frederick Roberts, saving the guns, Battle of Colenso, 15 December 1899. (Roberts was mortally wounded, and posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross)
1901 Illustration by William Barnes Wollen (1857–1936) from a history of England published circa 1912. Info from wiki: Buller, who had also heard that his light horse were pinned down at the foot of Hlangwane and unable to advance, decided to call the battle off at this point, even though Hildyard's men, advancing in open order, had just occupied Colenso.[13] He went forward (being slightly wounded himself) and called for volunteers to recover Long's guns. Two teams approached them, hooked up and brought away two weapons. One of those mortally wounded in this action was Lieutenant, the Honourable, Frederick Roberts, the only son of Field Marshal Lord Roberts, who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.[14] Corporal George Edward Nurse was also awarded a Victoria Cross for his efforts in retrieving two of the guns that day amongst other actions. Several other VCs were also awarded. A second attempt to recover the rest of guns failed when horses and volunteers were shot down by Boer rifle fire.
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