“You oughtn’t be here,” Lieutenant David Ogilvy, who was in charge of the naval guns, gasped when he saw Buller. “I’m all right, my boy,” Buller replied. Shouting to his men, the shells and bullets pounding the ground so loudly that he could barely be heard above the din, Buller said, “Now, my lads, this is your last chance to save the guns; will any of you volunteer to fetch them?” A tense moment passed, and then one man stood up, a corporal, and with him six more. It was an incredible display of bravery, but it was not enough. There were twelve guns out there, and Buller needed more men if
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