thesbit

Updated: May 16, 2025

Our troops did not fire a shot, but still the fusillade continued for half an hour. The Boers were evidently in a state of nervous excitement, brought on by nothing more formidable than twelve men of the Gloucesters who, under Lieutenant Thesbit, had gone out to destroy a laager at the foot of Limit Hill.

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