splinter-or

Updated: June 4, 2025

Following the example thus set by regiments on the main defensive positions, others temporarily in reserve have begun to build or dig for themselves splinter-or bomb-proof retreats, in which they may take shelter when the shelling becomes too hot. The Imperial Light Horse were first to hit upon the idea of burrowing into the river-banks.

Henry H. S. Pearse - Four Months Besieged: The Story of Ladysmith