moriden's

Updated: June 5, 2025

Jameson was quoted as authority. But the best evidence for hope was the unusual violence of the bombardment. It began early, and before the middle of the afternoon the Boers had thrown 178 shells at us. They were counted by a Gordon officer on Moriden's Castle, and the total must have reached nearly 200 before sunset.

Henry Woodd Nevinson - Ladysmith: The Diary of a Siege