The Shooting of the British and the Boe s

themselves once a week. The prsn ueually consisted of an ox, given by one of the wealthier farraera. In addi tion to thip, there was compulsory Government practice once a fortnight. Where doeis poor Tommy get a kok m V

A correspondent strida the London limes a copy of n letter which he recently rec&ived from ran officer m j South Africa, who is a first class rifi««' man, From this letter, which was written from BUrberton on September fcgS, we itako ihe following extracts :— V v We h»d a very pretty engagement one day oa our march towards this pl*ce. It was at Red hill, or Booihot-k. Ac mounted troop a, we were, of course, well m front when the game com menced. The Boers were occupying a long ridge of rocks, behind which there was a fairly high hil 1. We left our horses at the bottom of r rising slope, and advanced np to it m extended order. Unfortunately for us, it was a gradual s ope, without an atom of Rover on the top. Consequently we could not help showing ourselves, and directly we did bo the pip pops started. Alter selecting a position, we lay down ac flat as the ground would let us. 1 at- once started to find the ranges of the various Boer positions, mj captain spotting for me with a strong telescope. TMa I did by firing at a roadway running up to the Boer ridge: This produced.a small dust cloud at each shot. I then gradually increased my elevation, tracing the shots one by one sight up to the ridge: Then we J would pasa the result along tha firing iine. . The object of this letter was to hare a • pow wow ' on rifle shooting on active service- Now, before I left England I had an idea that the reputed marksmanship of the Boer was all * buncombe,' but I have now qaite changed my opinion. In the fight which I have endeavoured to describe their shooting was splendid: The ridge from which the bulk of their fire came was 1,500 yards from our position, and at thai; distance they made it very warm indeed for us—in fact m one sense we were fortunate m raot having more casualties. At one time I thought I was over estimating .the danger we were m, and comforted myself with the thought that the bullets, though sounding near, were some way over j our heada. I was toon disillusioned on looking down the line, for the ballets were flicking up the dust round ns. Several times I had the duet sent flying over my face. They undoubtedly knew f something about keeping eleva tion, At such long ranges it seems to me that their system is thebest—l c. they content themselves with firing at a position as long as they know that there is someone there, though they may be unable to actually see them at the time, By shooting as carefully as if they actually had a man m front of them, they keep their bullets flicking over the top of the position, and then they trust to chance. The Engliah Tommy seems so take no interest when be cannot see anything to shoot at. It is curious, however, that the Boers are, as a rule, rank bad at short ranges. One day we were ordered to ride out to reconnoitre & kopje. The beggars waited for ua until we were within 800 or 400 yards, and then blazed. Judg ing from the fusillade, there must have been at least 20 or 80 of them there, and we only numbered about 15—just a patrol We Biraply went * fiiea about' and trotted quietly back to another kopjf*, where we took cover while the position was shelled before we advanced again. We were m the open, and not one of us was touched. ilhe only reason I can thick of is that they may possibly lose their nerve, So much for B n marksmanship ' As regards English marksmanship, the question is —• Is the shooting man of any special use m war by reason of bis proficiency m the art V Well, from my experienca out here, I say that he is, most decidedly, even if hi is just one among a lot of ammunition wasters, I have found my knowledge—such as it is—most useful m finding ranges, This is always the first thing 1 do. It is very seldom that one is unable to trace one's shots. The best way is to fire at any object likely to produce dust, quite irrespective of the actual or lupposed position of the enemy, so long as it is on the same alignment. This is the surest way of obtaining the right elevation, as, of course, it allows for errors of sighting on the rifles. Having found the elevation for the whole of your command, you can then blaze away to your heart's content. The men, having got the right eightiog, are far more likely to fluke a few shots meat* the object, whereas the shooting man—even if he is only one by himself —can keep on patting his shots near the object to the best of his ability. At Bed-hill four or five Boers showed themselves towards the end before the flight, Ihey were walking behind, a ridge, whicbj after a previous thorough test, I knew to be exactly|J 2,00. I loosed at them as fast as I could go— ala Mappin or Dewar—and th*y soon skipped out of sight. Of course, Ido not suggest that I hit any of them, as I could not have told at that distance if I had, but evidently my bullets went near enough to make them cautious. Of course, it is really the only thing one can do to aim at a position— * picking off' at long ranges is out of the question, For instance, there is often a good strong wind blowing^ generally of a very changeable nature. One soon finds this out m trying to evade the smoke when sitting round a camp lire. 1 One thing you will be glad to hear is that volleys are practically done away with out here. I did once hear two m the distance, but that is ail* The theory of ' fire tactics' haa been revo lutionized entirely. I remember the first time I was under fire I conscien tiously went the length of our firing line, examining each man's night, and having done this, I asked my captain's permission before shooting personally. Luckily, no one was hit m oar squad ron, as it did not last long. Bat such adherence to the bock Is suicidal nowa days. Any one moving draws the fire, so the best thing for a company officer to do is to make another rifle for the line Of course, advancing m the attack is a different matter, but m taking up a position it is simply absurd to walk about m the matter suggested by the book 1 One day when my troop formed the advance scouts I bad an Afrikan der as a guide. He bad not taken op the burgher rights and had evaded commandos. I had a long talk with him as to the rifle practice of tde Boers and he told toe that m his district they ped $9 have a prissa shoot amongst

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