More Tales from the Mess Author:Miles Noonan From the book jacket: — Once again the settings of the tales range geographically from Malaya to Ireland and from South Africa to Liverpool and historically from Victorian times to the present day and once again Miles Noonan does not vouch for their absolute unvarnished truthfulness. — A peek inside: — In 1898, before the war with the Boar Republic... more », in Ladysmith (northern Natal, Africa) a demonstration of artillery skills was arranged for the local Boar farmers - maybe to impress upon them the superiority of the British army. A low ridge called Wagon Hill was designated for target practice for the highly trained and experienced crews of 20 field cannon. 20 goats were staked out on the hill. After twenty minutes of sever and continuous shrapnel bombardment from 3,000 yards, the spectators were led to the hill go inspect the carnage. Twenty-two goats were found in fine shape- the original twenty plus two kids born during the shelling.« less