1899 - Diary of the siege of Mafeking by Edward Ross
Monday, 8 January
Only two or three large and about 12 small shells during the morning, one of the latter, a five-pounder, struck poor Dudley who was behind a wall in the Cape Police fort; the shell came right through the bricks, carrying away half his face and broke one of his arms, and one of his legs, and generally mutilating him.
One of the large shells again struck Whiteley Walker’s building, making a bad mess of the end of the large store.
Two native runners in from the north, but very little news.
At 4.30 the enemy again commenced shelling with their big gun, and the one-pound Maxim only doing the usual damage, perforating buildings.
Rain coming up very heavily.
