10 a.m
He was on the lookout . They have been moving the big gun and the 16-pounder Krupps again , and some of the laagers seem to be shifting , so we have kept an extra eye open of late , by night as well as by day . He was very keen always ... '' Already he is spoken of by those who have known and loved him as one who was and has been . `` He had relieved me at 10 a.m. . He might have been up over an hour when it happened . The orderly-sergeant had got his mouth at the speaking-tube , in the act of sending down a message ; he did not see him hit . It was a shell from their Maxim-Nordenfelt .