On August 21, 1900, during operations near Van Wyk's
Vlei, Corporal Knight and four men were occupying a position
behind some rocks, to cover the rear of a detachment of their
company, which, under Captain Ewart, D.S.O., was holding the
right of the line. Being attacked on the right by about fifty
Boers, Knight's little band of four men were almost surrounded
at very close quarters by the enemy. Ordering them to retire one
by one to a more sheltered position, he stayed at his post for
nearly an hour, covering Captain Ewart's force, during which two
of his men were shot. Placing one of them in a secure place he
left him there, carrying the other for two miles on his back,
the whole time being under a very hot fire from the enemy. |
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