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regiment to write to you, and that you might Hke to 

 hear how we are getting on. You have, of course, 

 seen all the accounts of our charge in the papers, so 

 I will not try to tell you anything more about it, ex- 

 cept that Jenks was worth his weight in gold. He 

 was everyivhere, and kept his head as well as if he 

 had been at a common field day. He was on 

 * Moses '. The good old horse got shot in four 

 places, and was only just able to get back to the 

 heavies behind whom we formed up. 



" A few days after the fight we moved our camp, 

 and went to the rear of the Second Division, on the 

 extreme right of our line, so we were under fire again 

 on the 5th of November, but luckily escaped without 

 loss. Our next 'grief was the hurricane on the 

 14th. It was bad enough for us, but still worse for 

 the horses. We lost thirteen in five days from the 

 effects of that one day's cold and wet. We then re- 

 mained in the same place for a fortnight, during 

 which time the horses got no hay, and about three 

 pounds of oats each a day ! Our commissariat trans- 

 port is so very bad that they could not manage to 

 get up any more for us, and on two occasions they 

 could not even bring up biscuit for the men. At 

 last, on the 2nd of December, they sent us an order 

 to move down to our present position, so that we 

 might be near our supplies. You never saw such a 

 sight as our march ! The horses were so weak that 

 riding them was out of the question, and the brigade 

 had to put their pride in their pockets and walk 

 down, leading their horses. Even then about ten had 



