Chapter 34

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​⁠We were not able to return to Johannesburg that night. The shells were coming over pretty fast, and I gathered that we were now more or less cut off, owing to the rebels having obtained possession of a new part of the suburbs.

Our place of refuge was a farm some twenty miles or so from Johannesburg—right out on the veld. I was dropping with fatigue. All the excitement and anxiety of the last two da