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The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 8 September 1900 on page 11 published a letter written by Private Fog. It reads ;- Private L. W. Fog, of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry, writing from Vredefort on July 27, says -

"We are living chiefly on poultry, eggs, butter, and sometimes a little bread , as for our rations, we turn up our noses at them now. We have been doing considerable travelling: in fact we have been going all the time since we left Pretoria. We got to within six miles of Lindley when De Wet attacked our rearguard, and they came galloping into the transports, with the Boers after them. This left the rear unprotected, and the dismounted men, with Lieutenant Garvan in charge, were ordered back to stop the attack. I happened to be riding with Lieutenant Garvan when he got the order, so I went back with him, and I can assure you they gave it us hot for about half an hour, then we got the pom-pom on to them, and they cleared out as hard as they could go. In this engagement I got hit for the first time, a spent bullet hitting me just above the knee without, however, inflicting a wound."

His last name is FOG not double GG