HUDSON – ANTHONY THOMAS PHILIP
| Born: 1858/02/00 Rank: MAJOR Regiment: MANCHESTER REGT. – 1ST BATT. GPS: |
Reason for death: DOW Place of death: ELANDSPRUIT Date of death: 1901/12/20 Memorial: |
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GENERAL BEN VILJOEN IN HIS BOOK “MY REMINISCENCES OF THE ANGLO-BOER WAR” ON PAGE 260 RECORDS THE FOLLOWING – ANOTHER REPORT CAME FROM GENERAL MULLER AT STEENKAMPSBERG. HE INFORMED ME THAT HE HAD STORMED A CAMP DURING THE NIGHT OF 16TH DECEMBER, BUT HAD BEEN FORCED TO RETIRE AFTER A FIERCE FIGHT, LOSING 25 KILLED AND WOUNDED, AMONGST WHOM WAS THE VALIANT FIELD-CORNET J.J. KRIGE. THE ENEMY’S LOSSES WERE ALSO VERY HEAVY, BEING 31 KILLED AND WOUNDED, INCLUDING MAJOR HUDSON.
