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Lt Eustace Lockhart Maxwell, 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment, reported an earthquake (or two) hitting his camp at Geluk during the Battle of Bergendal. I can find no other references to it. Does anyone have information to support his claim? Thanks.

The Rifle Brigade Chronicle, 1900, p. 143, George Cockburn: "We had reached Geluk's Farm on August 23rd and rested on the 24th, and on the 25th (the Centenary of the Regiment), the force was sniped at dawn; we had an earthquake at luncheon; and at dusk we were shelled."