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tDWARU VII
l\in|f and Elmp^ror
rOP THE PLAG
ot
Lays and Incidents
or
The South African War
BY MRS. naCLCOD,
authoress of Carols of Canada, Dc
CHaRL0Tn!TOWN. PWNCC COWARD ISUNO.
Archibald Irwin, Printer.
1901.
n3S" ■
c. 3
Ent«^ according to Act of Parliament, in the year ,90.
By Euzabbth S. MacLeod,
In the Office of the Miniater of Agriculture
OUR EMPIRES FLAG.
■MIMM to our PiiriMt.
Ho fairest tight m land or wave !
Ho brightest gleam of glory '
Shine forth that alt beneath Ihv ray,
May read thy wondrous slo.y
How Freedom rose when rose thy dawn
And, though the way was gory
Passed on ere£l, with unbound hands
To cltmb the heights of glory
To dimb the heights of glory.
Beneath thy beams. Oh guiding star >
From off the hills of heather
1-tom western plains, from southern sea,
Leal sons, troop on together.
That sword which sought the mothef-hearl
Hath nerved her every daughter,-
AW «// tt, Wrf shall learn that blood
Is thicker far than water.
Is thicker far than water.
Thou droopest not 'neath summer sun-
Thou heedsl not winter hoary-
Nor years shall dim that steadfast light
Wh,eh gilds thy path of glory. ^
"' '^■' '""' O" 'Aou conquering Flag'
»"<"": out for aye thy sto,y! ^'
Across thy march of glory.
Across thy march of glory.
n
The British Cabinet
1900-1901.
PSIMS MIXISTKR-MARQUIS OK SAUSBURV.
Secy of State— Foreign . m», • .,
I _i T. , ■ Marquis of Lausclon-ne
Lord Pres. of the Council . . D..t.„fn! T
,,,T -_,„,«, IJoke of Devonsh re
.»t I^rd of Treasury and Leader in House of Commons
Rt. Hon. A. J. Balfour
Lord Halsburj-
- Lord O. Hirailton
Sir Mat. White Ridley
Rt. Hon. J. Chamberlain
Rt. Hon. W. St. John Broderick
Lord Balfour of Burleigh
- - Sir Matt. Hicks-Beach
Earl of Selbome
Rt. Hon. Gerald Balfour
Lord James
Lord Salisbury
Rt. Hon. H. Chaplin
Earl Cadogan
Lord Ashbourne
Rt. Hon. W. Long
Rt. Hon. Ackers Douglas
Lord High Chancellor
Secy for India
Home Secy.
Se V. for the Colonies -
Secy, for War -
Secy, for Scotland -
Chancellor of the Exchequer
1st Lord of the Admiralty
Pres. of the Board of Trade ,
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Lord Privy Seal - . . .
Pres. Local Government Board
Lord Lieut, of Ireland
Lord Chancellor of Ireland -
Pres. Board of Agriculture
ist Commissioner of Works
PREFACE.
cf thlJrivaTe in'thtTr* "'."; ""'"'" -'Poke with contempt
same. Evel he rust ™ w"? , ""'' '""" '"^'"^"^ <" '^e
mood, acceptri .r" S: °7f 1 " u^'"* ^"'^ O™""'"
amid the lamentations on '" "*" P*'*™"' ""«=«
^^3S2.
PRIFACa
be no repetition of the crneUy thoughtIe« neglect experienced
in former campaigns. «"vcu
To thMe who believe the war to have been of un-
necewao- duration, I would recommend the peru«U of
one o Lori Robert,' de.patch«.. in which he pointo out the
magnitude of the a«. over which hctilitie, ^ carri«l on
and If thu. despatch fails to carry conviction, then the reader
judi^"""' *" »"°'°""<">' "P'q''^ Of hopelessly pre.
inoi/'l' ''"^""'f; «"=•• *" these pages are original. The
incidents are gleaned from the public press of the period
Owing to the kindness of His Lordship I am enabledto lay
before his many fnends a copy of "Strathcona's" latest
S^lT"^ r '^ ' autograph; and for figures in relation to
Canadian Contingents I am indebted to the politeness of
Colonels mng, of Halifax, and Moo«. of Charlottetowi"
restively Commanders of the Militia of Nova Scotia and
r. t,, island.
It would seem invidious to prefer a few likenesses of
famous generals to the exclusion of others; thus I choose the
oneA,r.^«//™«, the Chief, Eari Roberts; while in bomiden
loyaUy, as also in token of the distinction of having this book
Edward VII.. I have the honor to insert therein, as frontis
piece, a photo of his Most Gracious Majesty
While lamenting the loss of the great' and good Qaeen
Victoria, we have reason to be thankful that her successor bv
inhentance is also her successor by choice of the people. May
the love and the loyalty which has ever surrounded His
Majesty and the peerless Queen Alexandra live on, untarnished
through the years; and nowhere else will they exist more
generously than in this our great and wide Dominion, our
beautiful and hopeful Canadian land, wherein
" G.-d bless our own dear Canada!"
With heart and voice we sing;
" God bless Britannia far and near!
God bless our Sovereign King!"
CONTENTS.
infroducHon '''^'^
Port I
Record or tlv" War
Part II
lncldenrsoriiattle,etc ^
Port III
Canada - . . .
- ■ ■ • 86 ,
Port V
StrathcxMVi's Hen ....
Parfv
Rf. Hon. Baron strathcona and Mount Rogal . - 105
Part VI
Incidents of Canadians, etc .... ,™
Part VII
The Southern Seas - . „
157
Ptirl VIII
OencraisoftheWar - - . .
165
Part IX
Medals 01 Generals
173
Part X
The Victoria Cross -
179
Hnole
" " - - 181
jn^
INTRODUCTION.
Sututio of South Afriuu
YUXZioz::.^"'"'"" " '^"- ^"-' -- '■• '"^
...r'S;;.^:^^'^^ '^ ■-'- •^-^ ■■■"- p-p".-..."
B«:hua„.la,„l. (British ITotector.t,) a„. „,,,<«« wuart rail.,
popuht,™ «,..„,; chief clti.», Maf.ki„K, Halapye, ..al„cl«r
Cap. Colony or Cape of Oood Ho]!., (Britid, Colony) ni»a J66 7„
To:;;, "^^r: Z":tL;.Tf \''"" -" *• »«— '•'- ™p^iS
"r ,':r; 'rr.'^-r-pri.ii^'^r:; ;^''\i,f r ^■"""-■"
WorcMter 5,4u4 KUaibeth j.,,266, I ItenhaK. 5,33,;
e?;:::;.rt;::^^j^Shr"^' - -«° --
chieS;^^^^'^^-;;-— --P— ^.■^:
chief°':;;'^,<::;^„r„%,H':;: '"■''* -^""^ ■"'"■■ ■»»-■■""" -'■'<-
n,il-I"°;!!I!^T ^^ *'""• """""KUe^ Colony) area ^,,750 «,uare
m.le. p^ulafon , 5oo,<xx.; chief city U.-en.o Marquee, 7^0^ ^
.»tiof ,t4'th"7c"ul^.";oIan7r' "''" ' "■■■" '^'^" """-■ ^-
Potc.hef,t!Z:r^r^oia ,"::!:"''■ '"^■'■"^ K'"''«'™P. 'J-:
Recapitulation: ..062,733 Kiuare miles, population s,4»,.«65.
A Warainc.
distant penod, to a voou. imitation of some South An.erican
•lii« Iht Enxli* (W\™. nli-^ r T^ ■'"*''' '""""I. ever
■Hma.i,i„h.«i!i,7.r;«n S ; *** '■'*"' ""'• *" "^ '«'
Tcttfanoaki araioit the Boer.
.n.l it. ye.rni„K .fteT' p^ J!1^T T'^'^i. *"'" I™"' "'«"'»«
-ppe-led only to h.« S,l„T7; "" "'.''^ "'""^ '"'° >»«
war which i. out of h-mZ y wUh th; ". ? '"""'^ ""■ ""^ "" ""•
»n. driven to write thtaT^ ''^'"° '"'^ " *'"*■"•• ""t I
|o fo™ onT,„„.|„nTo« r Hh'* o™^^^^^ """ "^ '""
If ever there wu ■ war for ih. i , ,'" ''™" ^rtUiu ii now enKBKeri.
h.vecri«J up toh^S ^iT, J t "-e«.»lv«., who., w™*.
U.i. i. the w„. "" '*"' •- «»»e down to deliver theT
Kn.pi«i,bein, Pou^t..^.^^- :'','' ^'J^'-""^ "f '-e Briti*
African mil to-day -. ,»,. .»«//, ' °™"'' »'dler. are dying on
.-UK continued ti^^MgCu. g^r^^^^r/"'""' °' "'«'''- "-K-
Imt thi. BcriUceof ll L1?Ti^.i. "''"'''• 'W"™"j'' "«hing
co.oni«. to,e.her;ij"L':::„'.ru^.,rx t^tvr"""" "'
enm«. which, unav™g«I for long y«r. ha^I^t u^ ,h '' ""^"""'^
ear of Eternal JnHice. ' "P """'' '^J "«o the
U.eir/.i^Xrh.^^ru'^i'rr;'"?^' ""! ''""'™' ^'P-Wicand
to do «,, ribbed oral! ^^Z^TVT^ " '" " '"'^ '»"' K"*-^'
the col„™, p«p,e „, ,h?f la^J*'™*""* " *™ " Wow >.™.n being,
"ci.. and"nd™:"'h™:: "rt^.red"""'"' '".^''■"'- "«^'"«™.
-th„i.hi„.„.be..ondthebo.":oTr'Cb.rrwL^'5t;r:;
■KTIUllH'CTtoX.
Mil »ow thef. wa- .« pa.UI,l< .l,ll,m„„. | Wwl.:. ,„ riKht ll.«»»|v«
h. br«K^,!. of ,hl. l.„d for over two hundml ,«», ho, n,o« «rtTc«l.r7v
from that p.rt known „ ,h, Tra„.v«.l Urri.ory. defy dwcriplC «" U
h™«»^« ,h„u,h ml,« wonld n,v„ con... „ .h^h J«A.»Zncl
I^^rj' ': "'•""""'•"»«'" tl>,n.«,«„,h „«un. within «■"
^«Vcf „h!^T ""'"r" °' *•■''" """ *""« thcBritw, C
p««i«l to know th.t on ,v,r,„ld, individual lm,uli,i« w.Ve l^i
Modem oppr«or. hgt t,y a I.mft»«lly Chrirtian and hixhlv reliriou,
P«,pl^who. wiU, ,h. WW, in their hand, and lond profellion. of Wth
put to ahame the ncmd, of what the Mvaxea of thi» land have inflicle.1
^rciPc^,' ■ """"■■ '■■'>■■-'•'" <''>'™"i"»'h™lner,
II.
The Pari, • SlKle • of May ninth eonuin, a remarkahle letter from a
wS;S;;n^i '•"'"" °' "••J"--' - "•• African waTo
which we tranaUte aorae paaaaitea. The writer «ay« •
• ._,"""™ "'^ '" "» Transvaal for more than five vear.. and can hear
todm^y a. to the Boer policy towa.d. U.e ritUnder,, My ^Z^
S^ *f i^ •t'K,'' °^"*"«' " ' k""" by "Pcrience th« he
STwho* ^ AM "' '"r" <■'•"'.'"«'■•■ -I «■« «t the bottom of
bL w«U^^^,1. . ""i "^r'"*' ■•»"«. the pariah whom the
Boerwant. to exploit in hi. own fadiion. DonMl™. there are Briti*
^ ^^>:t Z^^, """ "" **" ■■ •»" "■' »•>■»>' difference i^
here that with *e EnKlirf. there is protecUon, juatice, «,Mli,y hefo"
*. law to the black, while with the Boer the blik i. ouS" .he U^
How « t that the Proteatant mi«on.rie, are de.e«ed bv the bJL«.
B«»u.e they are the friend, and the pmtector, of the black" Sat rt,«
are amo„K« the Boer. ho„e« folk, who only a,k li,„r,v to S« the^
S^ h^ Tb- " r'\'™'' •'"' "■" *»• "■'' "'"■ '"e patriarchal Cr
attached t^ h,. church, riKoroualy practisiuK bi. reliRiou, dutie., Z^:
U *e ^eat ^wer, and-^he haa uaTu,: otn^^'^.Td'^ a^ilf^'eTh'^;
of the Tnmavaal la a traveaty of the facta. The trnrtTi .H . .
5^ra the. ha. eaUtaU a vaat plot worked by the amHtlouTLe^'^;":
.«
FO» IHK FLAG
jnstiM. civiliation, proim-is and in k ^7° ^'","P«'«"'» "k1«.
and that is why sheZittT'J, .,. ■''^ >>«a»ure Cliristianitv itself.
the aKed P™...™ male Z^lt '^ria ^ SetalT ° '"*" "^- '"
car. But he say, h.. l,„,l , '™''™ '° DelaKoa Bay in an open coal
.» commandeeml or stolen hv the Boe™ ~ ? '''"'' P^P^rty
is worse than it «a,lK.f„r,,l. i , ™= ^"K"-" "' 'he Boer to^lay
man's blood M tl,e„ , ' rffl 7 ,T\""'- " """'^'""'y Christian
victims and .lrer,ot"al'::p";^r,a*ToX"''h ''^ t' '"'"
Briti.sli subjects." ' "'™ "i^ui* they are
IV,
one^i.CLit:'::^^::^:^:^--;:^--^''?"^
o^.neofBoerdes,t...t.e^^^
an this Ln^hter,- .his^L^^f ntl.t^ '"' "•' •7,-1%-'°' '
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To the Editor of the Sunday loumal New York I l.„ i i ■ ...■
country Ia.t week, having come rt-L Cap; Town iuthAfri,i Tca-n"
abou'tthrB.!:::' vlttt "f"^™" "" ■ ""-='- f-'»
anyother iTLi" ^ Sic^ f^''° t^^"™" "■=" ■"■ '"*■""" -
uevcr gets justlce from a Boer in any court of law in the
1!
INTRODUCTION
Iuhrrhe,ai.tef«i'"" '° ""^-» ""o -"' P-e .hat .he,.,.!
I will (five you a type of the justice In iSo= I ™ i-
rLZT'r """""■! '"*""" -"■"« '"belles *" """
... r L^LV^a-7hrtX^:s/'rtr.:° tT'°
^;^.Ta";r^hr.;^----^^^^
«. he sen, then, to schi,l, and one day b«auL th^ ^ "',7 ^""T"'
the Dutch, the teacher strtuck her™ M, ^^ ."^ "'*' ""' '"™
she wen. into convulJo^ltddfl™ ''"•""" "'™'"" "•»""-
Mr. Kahey had the teacher arrested, hut he was Irt nff . .1 . ,.
.ha. .wenly o7.he le "^r LT.^ ^T^^^I "' "- ""<«'«-
pmi^rty, furniture and such liuTthe ^^ ^lutZ 7v 11^,''! '"?
.0. to.e.her^,„ and sen. Mrs. Kahey^ ^erchm^n ZZZZ'
Dayville. Conn.. Feh. n.
Daniki, Maury.
Opptession.
A cry comes over the waters;
A sore and bitter cry,
It stirreth our sons and daughters
'NeaUi nigh and far off sky.
•■•OK THE FLAG
It i> the wailinK of- n.othcra
O'er many a neejless ){rave ■
It M the prajinK of brothera
To lend a hand to save.
Shall we who liat the mournful .strain
. Stand coolly, idly by
While Misery claapeth handa in vain
And puppet powers defy.>
No! by the Ruler of the world.
Who gianteth liberty
Through Whom our banners are u„furl„I
To whom we bow the knee.
Who lendelh unto nations might
His mandates to fulfil :
Nor yieldeth unto any right
To thwart the Higher Will.
We swear to oust the tyrant's sway
To right the righteous cause;
And light with Fr«dom's glorious ny
The wronged of wrongful laws.
the Government of Gr^at Britain and Sw A L'" 'J"" '^™«^«'''J '■>•
itisb^forAfri.thatGreaT;ri:L^rX''Lt::^r"'''*'"
th^ttrsLd: tZ^^r^r ""' "-T^^ -Htair^^^^Her fiag.
every cLandcr^*ndr.-"-A":rrp:U'*''^' '"" """ '"^ '"
PART I.
Record of the War.
ON the 6th day of October, ,899, i„ the sixty-second year of
the re.K„ of Her late Most Gracious Majesty. Queen Vic
tona, Paul Kruger, President of the Transvaal "«!.„
haraToTherl^ ""T^T' °' °'^=" »"'^'"' ^"^
that all of her troops be withdrawn from the frontier, and that
wnnm the short limit of forty-eij^ht hours
,h. ^' !l" ","' ""^ '■'"' ' '^'^" '"'•<* "f the Boers cro.ssed
theteundary hue; entered Natal, and shelled and derail^
British armoured tram; while another force sunounded the
^^n of Mafekmg, and cut off all communication. This un«!
pected promptitude on the part of the Boers, added to the not
Stetn'Z'""^. '-"T !"" '"^ °""«^ ^'- State President
Steyn. had cast m h,.s lot with the aggressor, caused much
realized tha undue clemency had been extended to those
tle^rrmn^""^ «™"^^°' theunpreparednes.s for wlr^
the few miliary Bntish in South Africa; and it was feared
outside aid be for any length , r time delayed
General Sir Redvers Buller, with a large body of soldiers
under his command was at once, on the f4th, despatc"^ t"
land" w ';:"■; """ ""'"t '""" '"'^ <''^'"« "f *- home
land, but also from each of the Colonics came messages of
sympathy and offers of assistance messages of
Meanwhile the invaders had marched on to Glencoe and
captured a train at Elandslaagte. in which neighWh.::, "n
ouehT kT iV'*' *' '™ '"' """^ engagements were
fought. Elandslaagte was won by the British under General
White with the heroic a,ssistance of General French
The Bntish, under General Penn-Symons, encountered
the enemy under General Joubert, at Talana Hill, and aft^
The victory however, was deariy bought; the loss on both
sides being heavy, whiLst the gallant leader of the British for«
fO» THE F1.A(1
"'"'• ■""rtally wounded, as he rode f.r, ^
".en to .,to™ the almost u.surmTuntlbrhm."' '"'""™'^^ '"^
Goieral Penn^ymoiu.
"0. on IM.I „„„ „,„j
fcven as upon that day
"-XeTn^:'„-^---".
Might on his valor tell •
He urged us on with voice of hope
«-lear as a tocsin bell
" "no'Tus::.'*?"?'."' '"""«" '"^ ^■•"'e,
or paused to catch our breath ;-
Who would refuse to honour such
Even to the very death
" "^AndYi*"?!" "^ "'^^•^ «^"--' fall r
And I be left to tell
How like a patriot he planned ;
How hke a hero fell
From out his mortal pain
R° °"if"f "ever mind me boys."
Re-echoed down the plain
And through a storm of rifle fire
We rushed the frowning hill '
KOR THS FLAG
25th. General Yule renrho.! i -j ■.,
days .hereafter was fo„gh,o,7eo?fhe if T'' "'"' "^'^
of the whole war-that of N°ri J' Nek Tr^" V If,"'"
estimated .heBriot^tot ?be'^f:r:^" ^''>-""''
apart. Joubert was leader of the B«r, ' "'"• "P""""
thee~nd '"' '"'•'"'• L'«'>»">'«' was surrounded by
tne enemy and communicat bns cut off th- fir^f . ^ ^
from reaching the outer w„rM t. ' "^"'* "'^'■«-
one of a numir wh ch had h^^^T' "' '"^''™^ P««>„,
Durban. The me^«« t^^ "" '° "^J-^'"'"' from
November, wastoir effect Z.^"T' "^""^ -^^^^ ^th
and believ«, to 4 h'perfS X ' "" "'^^" ''™"''™'"'
6th. Colenso fell into the hands of thp n^^ .
^T^Lr^hf '"""d-T ^'■>-'h, which wttav^;'
KLl:^eyI'^=fr:edtp ™f T"""^ '"^ '*""->- °^
the day following. "^ "^ °'"'" '""'"' *>>■ '»mba«iment
»th. British forces left n.„K»
a.ssista„ce of General White Th^R "* "'"'^ '° '"e
and kept up thTfi Jh f™- f 7 *" ^"^''^ Mafeking
troops reac^'caS ;ow„ °" '" '^"^™' «"'"=' -"" '"'^
she.i:.;'by tht B«';. a^nd^frr^r.'"" ^'«'^-^'"'"' "^ =>«-
latter city. ' ""^ ^"""^^ ^^P"''*<» ^ «>rtie from the
Boerstder^TrL^^raX^rnr ^^'^^'" '"^
Pan on the J5th. "elmont, and agam at Gras
retre:t,L'-tola:dstiy:Lifr"b'^ T '"'^ ''"'^ ^""^^
■ccc^menenter^^tferr' """^ ^"^^^' "■"'>•''«' with
MoodTbattle^or^^S-frVitr^^^t^^^ "'^^-P^'-. '"e
fury for over six hours Th' "^''^"'^ "K«l "1 uncea.sing
.5,000. both .sides Sabolt e^rarTh^r"" r?""" °^-^'
their positions weeks ^forea'd he Bnti!h*' '""■'"«"'
.0 «.ht on the o,„. Gene., ^rf M^r reZ;ro'::'t'h1
■o
TOR THB KlAG
of the British s^;,Tt^Tl",::'''-^'''^"'°''''^^
commanders, the grav",t 1 „x, t ''=\"°^'«'k«1 "kill of .heir
that the Boer., Jre far^o'i „ "7 ^f "^" ""' ""''"^ "'"«'
at first been app^hendiS a„^T!f "'."PP""^"'" "»" had
revealed to the^^ut^„'/,t '"""«'' '™>» ''««•>'« farces
.hey had long C^^fef -"T"* ••'''^"''"''"'' ""ich
struggle. "•■'' ■" «°"apatio„ of the coming
forcer„':de;wr.rthri'?°' 'herepmsebythe Boer
forced march of "xuLr '^''"'"*' '^''"•"ft*- a
on the.othof CX' andTT'''^^"™'- "Stromberg
disaster at Mag^o"^^ o"n''t: 7^ ^^ r' °^ *-^-"' '
that of intense personal .sorrow hnk^ !^ "^ """^^ "«»
immediate stron'^er and rra^^ele""' T t^ ""'" '"
the presumptuous foe, to re»to« to "Xm .f T'^ '" ^"""'
countrymen who were «,ff.„- 'r^™ ""e kmsmen and
to uphold thepr°aC o tha^P^ '" '"e beleaguered cities, and
mission to car^ e^ i\t ^""^^ "'''"^'' '" '«»'°"'cd with a
blessings of CWstrci:nila:ir""' '"'"' '"^ -«»• '"'
wau^"^;:trSb1J;'^^oS^r',:''^'^^^^^^
who, through what was beHevTfnl ^°"' ^*«''"^'"'
order, marched bravely to ftel^ 1, """ ^ "" '"""^'
-rbelov.C.nerrd^^r^de.s'^ftV^Lr^-
B.-i.IoftheH«o«.tMag„sfon.a„.
3r:S^--~edar..eldt.
"Xtrr^otty-Se::.-" —
FOR THE FI.AO ,,
" We wrapped theni around in their patriot whroud.
The crimyin dye hid of the brown,—
Oh ! the angels might weep, o'er those heroes who sleep.
As from regions of peace they look down.
" For the pihroch shall sigh through the lone Highland glen.
And the surges shall moan on the shore,
But the .step that was music, and sun.shine, and mirth
Shall be heard on the threshold no more.
' We silently dug th.-m a grave on the waste.
And we buried them side by side ;
And the .stoutest heart failed as we tenderiy gazed
On >hr).se comrades, laid low in their pride.
' Together we'd shared in the hardships of war.
And together had bra%-ed the fight ;
But this was the .sorest, the saddest of all,
When we covered them from our sight.
' Then a voicing of prayer, then a last, low dirge,—
Oh ! the wail of those pibroch notes !—
And over that altar, for country and cause
Rich incense of sacrifice floats."
December 14th. General Buller advanced to the relief of
Ladysmith but was surprised by the Boers at Magersfontein
and repulsed with heavy loss,
15th. Repulse of the British, under General Buller, at
Tugela River, after a fierce and blocdy tattle in which the
Bntush casualties amounted to one thousand men. The Boers
were led by General Joubert.
17th. Lord Roberts was appointed Commander-in-Chief
of the army in South Africa, and sailed with a large body of
troops for Cape Town.
Towards the end of the month the shelling of the Boers
upon the besieged cities of Mafeking and Lady.^mith proved
more constant and more vigorous, and increasing anxiety was
felt respecting their fate.
37th. General Kitchener, who came from Egvpt to
Gibraltar to join Lord Roberts as his Chief-of-Staff, embarked
J
It
«>« TH« I^lAo
Co,ei'^- '""■ "*"'"" "'-" '•-e .he Bocn. ,^
-» the supply of ammunition „^ L^TZ' *'"'**• ^hort
suffering defender, were theTnTe'nh^f "* ^"'^ " "'*
to Genera, Whit^^d" luZ^S^ ™"'f««""««on, and .hank,
-pened.heC^,^,frre':u7ofrat:r^ °' «'''^'''"-
Sehaih?r;^a?LtTr^^^" -■■''"«^-■
Pea.Io,,„f,ifewasabandonV™Th: Z'^T- •"'""«"
ga<- was n.or.aIIy wounded ^"'- °*°"«1 W'ood-
"''}Pt^^-^"^T^^'^^^ hundred and
Gen/ralWoUr^rr^rL^nlLd^ror^^^^^^^^ '"^ '-«.
cations, and others vis^ edX a ' °' ""* ""* <>' ™mmuni.
and me. Udy RanToph Ch^"hTh ".T*^" «''''' ««-'
Of thrtun^e^ S'lof C '°°'' °" '^^'' " "-'-^
e.^h^^lcXth^XTe';!;; ^'^"^ «'- -" -
by C^-arKtSferch^te^ereftnl "i™^"^' '^^'-''«'
march, .hrough a blinding d„ f.' ^""' ^ ""'K"'fi«nt
the cuemy, entered .he "ty tord Z ^ ^"^'^''' '"^
Pleased wi.h .he work of the WaVB^r^^'X h^ pS
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H
a upomtder kui, on a kopje commaiidiiiK the ri«r. Great
joy and thankfulne«. p^vailed all over the Empire A
no chance of escape they surrendered.
iHth. First battle of PaatdeberK
hean'L «!-™' B'-""tookCole„so. The enemy admitted
dc'LU^lhel^^chr "°"" "•" "•"">■ »•■»"«'«' "Hile
f™,.'''"' ..^"\™' ^"'"^'■" '^'"■"' "'ffht march from Ma«rs-
fomem ended „, h,, bein^ trap,«i. During a terrible thunder
and l,ghtn,„g storm the British closed around him on all sides
26th. General Brabant occupied Jamestown.
27th. Battle at Paardelwrg, and surrender of Cronie with ^
over 3.000 troops. This was con.sidered one of the great
cpoc^of the war, and was the more memorable as ha ™g
Vlctor7.
Ring out, Oh bells of gladness !
Peal through the frosty air;
The God who lent us sadness
Hath heard the nation's prayer.
And dawn hath risen o'er darkne.s.s.
And right shall oust the wrong;
For, over Af.ic's blood-stained veldts
Shall soar fair Freedom's song.
Droop low. Oh flags of Boerish land !
Majuba's bloody day.
Through Briti.sh steel' and brother hearts.
Shall be redeemed for aye.
Not ours to place a laurel wreath.
On every patriot's head;
Nor drop a tear upon each mound
Which tombs our glorioas dead.
For„ob,„.d«d..„d„obI«i,,iv„
Otd,unthegI.„ofd.y,
Whler.re.ndc«.ly monument
0« vaunt mwt common clay.
And many a gifted, noble life
Hath piu«d ,„,„ ,^^
Content to hide from mortal lien
"" "Mven-airorded light
Wails by the crim^ned Md-
Yet nseth to .triumphant strain,
inpeeanstoourGod.
^''-'''^^^^ulf'^T„r:V±^yj «.»ad™„ of
reception. * "« »"<' received an enthusiastic
who"nu.t,':Lto'::i^rotira:::i^r -^ °*"'"" «"■-
W» arrival ,p„.ding, C^neiS^ri*"*?":''."^' »"« ~W'of
went to receive him. t^eS^'r''"'' ^" "»« " o""
Office: ■General Dund^W J^,h"l''''f?P''«' 'o "■' War
composite regiment, entered ' t^h • u^""^"''™'*" »"<> «
rejoicing alUver the EmpTe. '""""' '"'»'«•>'•• Great
The Governor of Car*, r-^i--
%««.rtedontXh\" rSoTI'i'^^'''^" -" --
Kruger issued an Ip^,?' T.'V"'''''^ '" ^l. Helena.
British wi„ never reTh ?r^ria!° '"^ =»^"' «"<«"« "the
Boasting.
Another to fail in the fight;
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K)« TH« KLAO
The morning of golden bright gleanu
Off waneth to darkaomcM night.
Tin one thing to combat in wonl,
Another to utand in the field
■*"?"««»'"* on*'* might with the iiwonl
Of foemen who know not to yield.
The threatening and boasting are vain,
The head of the haughty bend* low;'
And the voice of the tyrant no more
May imue his mandate of woe.
As Herod, who kissed not the rod,
But boa.<ited when under the ban,
Who mount to the seat of a god
Shall sink 'neath the footetool of man.
Cape Town was loud in praise of the reliever of Ladv -
»n.,th, who kept hi, men atUcking the enemy for twelve dav
previous to entn^ Loni Roberts published an ordlMhlnkL
the troops for their zeal and endurance "-anKing
Sth. General Brabant defeated the Boers at Dodrecht.
h«rf!r ^'!'2''«" "«'*»»'>'* entry into London. Never
for«d by the troops. She smiled ami bowed contiguously
f^t^^K ?■'* ^'''" ""' '"°"' °" *« '»«l'fi«W « Drie-
on^m: but m vain endeavoured to rally their troops The
route was complete.
9th The Naval Brigade reached Durban. The ennner,
"T.^'/« '" '^''' """"nation, with the tattered Unfon Jack
which had flown through the siege of Udysmith
.2th. I^nl Roberts addressed a mes.sage to the Boer
au ho„t,es •■that, should the gross abuse of the white flagl^d
hoId.„gnpof hands be continued, he would be compel^ ,o
disregard the white flag entirely."
were'^wTtr'' ^'^5'" "f*? "^^ures to Great Britain which
Sr; '''"■°™' "' *"' Government, rejected by Lord
General French reached Bloemfontein and occupied two
hills near the railway station. '
I«
rOM TMB nLAo
'ith, Bloentf^.iteiii, cupiul of thi> rtr.«~ t»
War Office : *"* '"""""'W <l«r»tch to the
M.j«.ty' ».die™"th''e't?cl."'^ "^ ""■• "'""^ -' ""
e...™;"'Tht°f:frc^t5rr h"""" " r™""' '" -""• ">.
OcneLc^^^rortt^roXn "-'""^'"^ •*'"«"
••ore a bunch of shamrocks in ,hc,r h.'..;etl "''^'"P'"
The Shaiimxk.
Oh the dear little Shamrock! the sweet little Shamrock -
The proud little Shamrock. I ween- """""*"'
NL""v,r""* *!""' """"«* "■""K" 'he dool of the year.
Now blossoms noath smile of a Queen !
" ''^°'^}' Qoeen of the mightiest empire
Which earth has ever known
1 joy but in my peoples' joy
Their sorrows are my own.
" ' In'thH' "'T "' """ °' "^ ""«•«• ™""»er hours
In the glory of manhood went down •
I have mourned and have missed the glad voices long stilled
More preaous than pearls of my crown.
'■And^aJl I not mourn with tho.se mourners who weep
O er the tomb of that glorious band ^
Who have died for fair freedom, for country and Queen
On the heights of the far-away land ?
roR THK ruui
"7
' Oh ye d«ughlen of Erin I liRht-h«irt«d ami Inio ;
Oh ye tons o{ the biyal and brave I
I rtoop (mm earth'* grandeur to gather a wreath
For my hreve Iri»h Holdiera' grave.
" It nhall lie of the flower of the land of their love.
And green a> ita leave* iihall their name
R' enahrincd in my heart, and the hearts of all Ihow
Who link Ireland with honour and fame.
"Oh! l)eor it, all proudly, aluft on your crettj
That the world of the future may know
How much of the glory, and triumph and rwt
To the leal eons of Erin we owe."
Oh the dear little Shamnnk ! the sweet little Shamnx^k !
The proud little Shamrock, I ween ;
For the nunling which bloomed through the d(H>l of the yearn
Now liloesoms 'ncath smile of a Queen.
20th. T^rd Kitchener occupied IMeekal unopixwed. The
rebels surrenderefl th' ir umin.
28th. GeneralJoubert died, and wan buried on the day
following.
April 2nd. The Queen, out of sympathy for the friends of
her brave Irish soldiers who had fallen in Africa, left Windsor
Castle for a visit to Ireland.
4th. Her Majesty reached Dublin. At Kingston an
address of welcome was iiresented. The Queen replied, and
asked "God's blessing on Ireland." Over a milUon people
witnessed the pageant and heartily cheered the Queen. The
Duke of Abercom said, " It is the most wondrous and most
spontaneous exhibition I have ever seen. I am immensely
proud of being an Irishman."
5th. Lord ' huen captured a force un-^T General
Villebois Mareuil, a„ iJoshop. The leader was k ■ c .
10th. Remounts were continually arriving, but the
shortage of horses monthly was calculated at 5,000.
IJth. The Boers were ill-treating their prisoners, the Co-
lonials i«irticularly. They used them as they would malefactors.
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13th. Wepener was still surrounded; but the garrison,
600 British Horse, under Colonel Dalgetty, waj! holding out well.
23rd. Lady Sarah Wilson wired from Mafeking, "Situation
unchanged, the garrison depressed, but determir.-d to deprive
the Boers of a crowning triumph. A pound of flour sold for two
guineas; and a case of whiskey realized one hundred and eight
pounds. ' '
25th. Wepener relieved.
26th. The Queen left Dublin for England. Amid all the
jubilation, not one arrest required to be made by the police
during Her Majesty's visit.
Lord Roberts.
Halted bis arny for six weeks In Bloeinlonteln. The l^orint at bam: ttramblej
over the delay.
What means this sudden halt,
This seeming aimless ride
On war's tumultuous tide,
Is't need or is it fault ?
Say, is the warfare o'er.
Hath strength of battle sped.
Is vaunted courage dead —
Dead, and to rise no more ?
No ! should those colors pale
Which never knew defeat ?
Speak not of mean retreat
To those who fear no gale.
They rest but on their oais;
They nurture needful strength;
Well knowing peace, at length,
'Yond war, shall rule those shores.
^ May Ist. Lord Roberts with his army marched northward
from Bloerafontein.
5th. Defeated the Boers at Vet Ri 'er.
6th. General Hamilton nccupie( Winberg.
I2th. Lord Roberts occupied Kroonst' '.
15th. A patrol, under Commandant Eloff, Kruger's grand-
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s -n, . Titeied Mafeking. Colonel Baden-Powell opened fire on
them, kill'ng 1 ' and taking Eloff and several men prisoners.
Ci i mels Piui . r and Mahon joined forces. General Buller
oc;uji!fiil Di T.idee, and on the 16th advanced and captured
Glencoe.
16th. The Queen visitetl Netley Hospital and talked with
and distributed flowers amongst the wounded.
17th. Mafeking relieved. Sews of the relief were wired
abroad and congratulations reached the brave General Baden-
Powell from every comer of the globe. The occasion was made
a day of rejoicing throughout the British Empire.
General Ix>rd Methuen entered Hoopstad. General Broad-
wood occupied Lindley, and General Hutton's mounted Infantry
surprised and captured Commandant Botha and his troops 30
miles north of Kroonstadt.
18th. General Buller occupied Newcastle, having marched
138 miles since the 10th.
19th. Lord Roberts was at Kroonstadt, his cavalry
extending like a semi-circle for many miles. General Clery was
at Ingogo and Lc- -d Dundonald at Laing's Nek.
21st. General Hunter was pushing up the railway with
supplies for Mafeking.
2.5th. Lord Roberta, and his troops, were at Verdetort
Road.
27th. The British army had crossed the Vaal River and
were in the Transvaal.
28th. Lord Roberts and his army marched 20 miles and
were then 18 miles from Johannesburg. The enemy were hard
pressed, and had barely time to get their guns into a train and
leave the station as the West Australians dashed into it.
29th. Kruger was ready for flight. Aspecial train, provisioned
and with steam up, awaited him beyond Pretoria.
30th. The British forces under Lord Roberts entered
Johannesburg, the occupation of which marks an epoch in the
war ; it being by far the largest and most populous city in the
Transvaal, and the most populous of any in South Africa.
General Hildyard had occupied Utrecht, and General Clery
was bombarding Laing's Nek.
June 2nd. Generals Botha and Buller met at O' Neil's
'" FOK THE FLAG
farm, near Majuba. BuUer asked Botha to suirender, ! ut Botha
replied that he wag not empowered to do ao.
5th. General Botha surrendered the city of Pretoria,
capital of the Transvaal, and Lord Roberts marched in. The
Umon Jack was hoisted on top of the Government offices
The Queen, then at Balmoral, surrounded by several
member of the Royal Family, and by many notables of her
court^ drank the health of Lord Roberts, and the whole nation
jomed m the toast; glorifying the victors and rejoicing in the
blazed on Craig Gowan mountain, and illuminate,! the countr^
for miles around. '
Pcelorii.
Pretoria ! Pretoria !
Fair harbinger of peace;
Bright goal, at which the storms of war
Shall li ne their long surcease.
Xow, three cheers for our glorious Flag 1
The loved Red, White and Blue,
And blessings on each patriot heart
To Britain's honour true.
Pretoria ! Pretoria I
With gladness and with mirth
The sons of Freixlom swell the song
O'er this, thy second birth.
Three cheers for " Bobs" and Kitchener I
And French and Buller brave I
And blessings on the rank and file
Who fill a warrior's grave.
Pretoria 1 Pretoria I
We hail thy glad, new hour;
Since tyranny hath dropped its chain
And lost its lease of power.
Cheers for our valiant heroes all !
May everlasting sheen
• Illume the record of their deeds
For country and for Queen.
FOR THE FUAG
Pretoria ! Pretoria I
'Neath firm, yet gentle hand,
Dark Afric's deserts yet shall bloom
To fair and fruitful land.
Then glory to that Sovereign Power
Who rules l)y land and sea.
And blessed he His glorious name
Through Whoni all victories be !
nth.
General Carrington was moving southwanl.
A despatch of the 12th says: "The Fourth Derbyshin;
Battalion of Militia has Ijeen overpowered and the Colonel kille<l
and prisonere to the number of about six hundred are in the
Boere' hands. The catastrophe is much more serious for the
British than the capture of Spragge and his men."
14th. Botha was returning to the eastwar i.
15th. Lord Roberts offered preference to Colonials in the
men wanted for the new Mounted Police in South Africa.
25th. De Villic's commando surrendered to General
Warren at Bilkcfontein.
26th. Sir Charles Warren reported that the rebellion in
Cape Colony, north of Orange River, was ended, the last
formidable body of Boers, under Commandant De Villier,
having surrendered.
July 7th. General BuUer visited Lord Roberts in Pretoria.
He looked none the worae for his eight months arduous work.
Colonel Thomeycroft and his men drove back a company
of Boers at Greylingstad.
19th. At Lindley General DeWet's force broke through
Generpl Hunter's cordon, but was repulsed after several hours'
hard lighting.
2l8t. The Boe-s made a determined attack on Heidelberg
but were beaten off after a sharp engagement. Generals
Hamilton and Mahon were marching eastward to join General
Pole-Carew.
It was stated in the House of Commons thai over 12,000
troops had beendespatched to Africa since the capture of Pretoria.
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Lord Salisbury.
' 111 »MU M iKiini, tyn niy Itrft •MItlcn, tin 'Ira; lU Nti; M OnuBrluli."
Why smileth Peace o'er many a plain,
Where, in those days gone by.
The clang of arms and groans of pain
Thrilled earth and heaven on high ?
Is it that nations shame their birth,
And their escutcheons mar,
By dallying on j. peaceful earth
In coward fear of war ?
The bravest mariner who sails.
Ere entering unknown seas.
Sets rudder firm and never fails
To watch the rising breeze.
So is it with the wiser course;
Those statesmen see afar
Whose active minds, of vast resource.
Stem off the tide of war.
And hold that bounteous show of arms
Doth guarantee fair peace;
And that through force of war's alarms
All needless wars shall cease.
23rd. Commandant DeWet cut off Lord Robert's commu-
nication and captured 100 Highlanders.
August 1st. General Knox attacked a Boer force near
Kroonstadt.
Sth. Commandant Olivier escaped to the hills, near
Bethlehem, with 1500 men. General Bundle went after him.
6th. Boeis were damaging property around Pretoria, and
attempting to destroy the coal mines which are necessary to the
running of the railway. Several residents of the city have been
sent into exile for having behaved cruelly or shamefully to
British subjects during or before the war.
9th. A plot to shoot all the British officers and to capture
ijord Roberts was opportunely discovered. The conspirators
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numbered 15, of whom 10 ringleaders were arrested. The houses
which contained the oflicera had been marked, and were to have
l>een set fire to after the massacre, and homes stood in readiness
to carry off the Commander-in-Chief. The affair caused
great excitement and indignation,
25th. General DeWet wag prevented by General Baden-
Powell from joining forcra with Botha. Baden-Powell captured
DeWet's WHggons.
27th. Major Brooke, commanding at Kerai Rulway
Station, attacked and completely routed the Boers, who were
holding a kopje near by. H. Pretorius was among the wounded.
The Boere were beaten back by Bruce Hamilton at AVinburg.
General Olivier has been captured; also three of his sons.
Olivier formerly defended Colesburg against General French.
He was an able general.
31st. Eighteen hundred British prisoners, released at
Nooit Gedacht, reached French and Pole-Carew. They were
badly clothed and half-starved. Ambulances were sent out to
pick up the sick and weakly ones. The oflicera had lieen taken
to Barberton, whence some had escaped. Those included the
Earl of Lcitrim and Viscount Ennismore.
September 2nd. The Transvaal was annexed to the British
Empire. General Buller engaged the Boers under General
Botha near Lyndenburg. The enemy, 2000 strong, held the pass
and fired continually the whole day at the British.
3rd. General Hamilton drove back the Boers and
occupied Swartzeskopjes. Colonel Plumer defeated the foe
near Warm Baths.
5th. DeWet captured a British train near Kroonstadt, #
securing 44 loads of supplies. DeWet declared he would fight
"to the bitter end."
The seige of Ladybrand was raised, after several attempts
to capture the small garrison of 150 British troops. The
attacking Boers numbered over 2000. They twice tried to
rush the position, but failed.
General Baden-Powell arrived in Cape Town. He was carried
shoulder high, by the crowd, to Government House.
8th. DeWet joined Theron near Johannesburg. General
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Paget defeated the Boers near Warm Baths and sent over iocw
head of cattle to Pretoria.
i6th. General Buller captured the Boer position near
Spitekopje . The enemy lost heavily.
soth. Kelly-Kenny was dealing with the enemy at
Dormberg.
22nd. Lord Methuen, at Harris River, captured many
thousands of cattle, guns, etc.
24th. The Guards, under Pole-Carew, occupied Koom-
atipoort.
28th. Boers attacked Paget's force but were driven off.
30th. Rundle's troops recaptured a battery gun lost at
Nicholson's Nek, also 65,000 rounds of Martini ammunitiun.
Oct. 1st. Twenty Gordon Highlanders were killed at
Korriespoot. Ian Hamiltori found a number of guns in
Crocodile River.
8th. Commandant Muller surrendered to Clery. Boer
prisoners aggregated 16,000.
17th. General Botha's brother surrendered.
19th. Kruger sailed from Lorenzo Marques, on the Dutch
cruiser Gelderland, for Holland.
25th. DeWet with 3000 Boers was reported in the north
of the Orange River Colony.
29th. Prince Christian of Sleswig Holstein, the Queen's
grandson, died of enteric fever. He was Major in the King'sR.R
Prince Christian.
"Ml wliM to M'kiirM rtctlda kli cnradn In Sout Urttt."
" I have fought in the ranks of the loyal and brave,
I have marched 'neath a withering sky,
Yet not in the battle, in fury of fight
Is it mine, as a soldier, to die.
" Sweet life, with its pleasures, its largess of hope
Shall not be my portion, I ween; —
But I go at the call of a Higher command,
As I went for my country and Queen.
FOK THE KI.AG
"TlK-n, lay me adown «itli my comrades who s-leep
In the ahrine of a patriot's jfrave;
Where calmly Ml rest sincu, for a>v o'er my breast
The loved colours of England shall wave."
30th. Trains to Pretoria were attacked by the Boers, and
rel^Th^r" "' ^°° ™'"""'' ^° ""''*■ *"" «"«"™«''»
3>»t. Rundle occupied Bethlehem. The railway at
Edenburg was wrecked by the Boers.
^■"JT.*^," 'f.- ^'''°' "■^I-'o"''. Scaforth Highlanders
occupied Phillipolis. ■"'uers,
. ^""'^ ,^!? ,?"'*'■" '°°'= '''•' ■•'''='= daughter to Johannes-
burg, and Lord Kitchener was left in command
caoturi!!'. s,^°1 ^'""''" '^'^''""' '"" ^°"''* "* Lichtenbury,
captdrmg several waggons-Prinsloo and Foumee were kill«^
and Groebler wounded. ™
i6th. The Queen received a detachment of Colonial
troops at Winder, and personally thanked them for their Z
services to the Empire. '
A plot against Lord Roberts' life was di.sc-vered The
inten ion was to explode a mine under the church which he
usually attended, St^ Mary's, while he was within at wo ship
/,n1 T 'T.^'l''''' "'"' °"^ Frenchman were arrested
, , ti, ^"^"^ ™'* ""■""^ f™" his horse but
whatever. This timely message allayed the anxiety produced
a^ide'nl '■' ' "' '"'°^"' ''^""'" "^'^ "^^ -*' -rious
24th. A skirmish took place at Dainsfontein. Captain
Watson, seeing a New South Wales trooper fall, turned back
under a hot fire and earned the wounded soldier out of Iger
26th. General Sir Redvers Buller reached London The
city gave him a hear', welcome. The roval carri ^7' -.1
the General at Wind.sor: and he and La^^^tZ^^^^^^
the Queen and remained at the Castle overnight
Rrit,n ^"^ /<"»«>* handed over the command of the
British troops in South Africa to Lord Kitchener.
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December ist, The first despatch from General Kitchener
in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief, confirms the reports
of heavy fighting between Generals Pilcher and DeWet.
December 3rd, Lord Roberts reached Ladysmith. He
said he trusted the day was not far disUnt when peace would
reign supreme, and without ill feeling towards a conquered foe.
Qemencr.
To fight when honor calls to arms.
But, when the fight is o'er.
On helpless victims of defeat
To wield the gun no more.
It is not thine, Britannia,
To tread upon the weak ;
Nor through unfair excuse of war
A dire revenge to seek.
No son of thine shall idly stand
Where coward victors be;
Nor ghoulish knave, nor fiendish aoul
May claim a part in thee.
6th. The 15th Parliament of the reign of Queen Victoria
opened. Lord Salisbury paid a tribute to the skill of Lord
Roberts and General Kitchener, and to the bravery of the
officers and soldiers of the South African war.
nth. A battle was in progress beteen Generals Knox
and DeWet.
At a reception in Cape Town Lord Roberts made a telling
speech in the course of which he referred in feeling terms to
the Imperial unity the war had made manifest, and to his
pride in being the first General to command the Empire's troops
from all parts of the world. "God has given into our bauds,"
said the Field Marshal, " a great heritage for which a heavy
price has been paid in the blood of the best and bravest; and
we must not be neglectful of the trust, as we have been in the
past, but must be able to give a good account of our .steward-
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»hin and must remember there are other duties than national
gurification."
Lord Rokrti.
Unto a nation's ^onj; of praise,
To all the homage meet,
Which gilds the laurels on thy brow
And circles round thy feet.
Since dauntless deeds of patriot hearts
Should every muse inspire,
1 fain m>a)d touch one other chord
On Victory's tuneful lyre.
Aye prompt to strike for countr>''s cause.
Aye slow to hear re-call ;
Amid those valiant men of arms
The greatest of them all.
High on that scroll, Britannia,
Where glows thy patriots' fame.
Encircled with a triple wreath,
Shines forth thv Roberts' name.
The supplementary estimatesof /i6,ooo,ooo were adopted
m Parliament, by a vote of 284 against 8.
14th. Botha was near Standerton with 2.500 men
General Clements was compelled, by Delarey, to retire with a
loss of 5 officers and a number of men. The War Office
ordered all the available mounted infantry at Aldershot, Malta
etc. , to leave for Africa.
iStH. The prisoners taken by the Boers were released.
17th A big battle at Orange River, which toed several
hours. Total defeat of the Boers, who numbered 2000.
Lord Kitchener wants the wounded Imperial Bushmen
now convalescent in South Australia sent back to" Africa
having found them very valuable troops
Sir Alfred Milner has been gazetted Administrator of the
Orange River Colony and the Transvaal.
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1 8th. Thi Boers invaded Cape Colony. General
McDonald engaged them near Burgheriidorp. General Clements'
entire force had a narrt^w escape from capture. Colonel Legge
of the Joth Hussars, at Nogitdacht, killed five Boera with his
revolver before being mortally wounded.
32nd, The Boer movement into Cape Colony was checked.
DeWet was near Senekal.
Jitth. The Boers cut the railway south of DeAar
junction. General French pursued them. Commandant
Kruse was cap; ed.*--Canadians wire invited to enroll for
«er\-ice in the South Africa Mounted Police, under General
Baden- Powell.
28th. Lord Kitchener announced that all who voluntarily
surrendered would be allowed to live in the Government
l:i.-gers till the abatement of the guerilla warfare. Seventy-
•>. Boer prisoners were permitted to return to their homes.
Every trooper in General Knox's column was supplied with
three horses.
January ist. General Knox was following DeWet; had
captured horses, waggons of supplies and 6,ood rounds of
ammunition. General French captured Boers and a quantity
of cattle.
6th. The Canada, with Lord Roberts on board, anchored
off Osborne. Lord Roberts was given a warm welcome. At
the Palace the Queen conferred an Earldom on him, with
remainder to his daughter.
Babington engaged the enemy and forced them to retire
—20 Boers killed, and Co.nmandant Dupeit taken prisoner.
Lieutenant Laing, 2 officers and 15 men were killed in action
against a superior force of Boers near Lindley.
loth. Lord Kitchener surprised many by his lenient
dealing with the enemy.
Khcheccf — Buonaparte.
By the dusky tombs of the pyramids
In the glow of their splendor were spread
The glittering hosts of the Gallic land
With their ever conquering Head.
Foil THE PL.\o
Grim Cheopn looked down from hii giddy heights
Which rang with the wail of defeat,
For the hrart of the xpoiler waa barren of weal
As the desert beneath his feet.
He looked on the slaughter of helpless men
At the hands of an armed host,
While the warm winds carried the shameful tale
Of triumph where honor waa lost.
But Thou ! Oh thou land of the noon-day light !
Thou land of the undying brave I
Thine annals are clear, thy honor is dear,
No son fills a tyrant's dark grave.
isth. Lord Kitchener holds all the railway lines. He
was organizing a force of 30,000 irregular horse. The defen.se
of Cape Town was completed. The Admiral's Cape Fleet was
prepared to land a naval brigade of 2,800 men with six
Hotchkiss guns at Murray's Bay,
13th. Fourteen hundred Boers cro-ssed the line, attacking
Zurfontein and Kaalfontein, but were driven off. I/>rd
Kitchener telegraphed that three agents of the Peace Com-
mis,sion were taken prisoners before DeWet, January loth.
By his orders one, a British subject, was flogged and then
shot— the others were flogged. Until the reckoning with
DeWet comes this action ought to be borne in mind.
15th. Five thousand men were sent, from England, to
reinforce the Imperial Yeomanry.
16th. A severe engagement took place at Murraysburg
— 6 British killed, 17 wounded and 5 missing.
Lord Roberts, in delaying the presentation of a sword of
honor from Portsmouth, said: "It is most distasteful to me
to be honored and feted and called upon to rejoice while so
many are in bitter grief."
1 8th. Colonel Grey, with New Zealanders and Bushmen
routed 800 Boers near Ventershiirg—General Colvillc engaged
the Boers near Standerton, and drove them off with heavy
90 roK THK rLAO.
loM— 300 Boera entered Aberdeen, lootinr reet«, but retired
befure 100 Britiih.
19th. The Queen wu announced to be Kriouiily ill at
Oitbome Houiw, Isle of Wight.
2i«t. Great anxiety regarding Her Majenty'ii condition
overspread the Empire. Public and private engagements were
postponed and a settled gloom rested on all classes of society.
H. R. H, the Prince of Wales telegraphed to the people, " My
painful duty obliges me to inform you that the life of our
beloved Queen is in the greatest danger."
»nd. This day forms an epoch in history, and will
always be held memorable as not only the closing of one reign
and the beginning of another, but as the day upon which there
passed from earthly life tl\e longett reigning and the best
beloved sovereign who has ever graced the throne of the
great British Empire. " My beloved mother just passed
away, surrounded by her children and grandchildren," was
the announcement made by the affectionate and dutiful son
who is now destined to wield the sceptre as our future king.
May his throne, "established in righteousness," ever rest
secure under the blessing of Heaven, and in the love of a loyal
people ! The Queen died at 6.50 English time.
Jjd. The King took the oath before the Priv>' Council,
and mode a noble accession speecb.
a4th. The King was proclaimed EdwanI VII. at St.
James's Palace.
28th. Welzel, one of the peace envoys to the Bosrs, was
shot by order of DeWet.
29th. The United Statei Embassy sent b»utiful wreaths
for the late Queen's funeral from President McKinley, Mrs.
Garfield and Ambassador Choate.
The King telegraphed General Kitchener that the late
Queen had spoken of him shortly before her death.
February 2nd. Queen Victoria's remains were taken
from Osborne House to Windsor Castle, followed by the
Royal Family and representatives from every European Court.
The funeral, according to the wishes of the late Queen, was
strictly military, the coffin being conveyed on a gun carriage.
roR THU njui.
Ji
The iiionminK iMneant w«» tiie InrKeiit ever witneawd.
ReMKiMtm wrvicni wore hpid all over the Empire.
4th. The late Queen wrh Anally laid tii mt benidc her
mother and her IniiR and faithfully niuumed huohand, "Alliert
the (io<m1j" in Fiogimire MauMdeum.
.^h. (ieneral French, near Bethel, was driving the enemy
eiwtward. At MiKldcrnfontein 1403 Biww made an asaault
oil llie Britinh, and killed two ifflcen.
Sth. A Britiah column at Petentburg brought in 4000
howcii and cittle. U>rA Methuen captured 13 waggons of
KUpplicii. LouiB Botha, with iWiO men waa repulml by Ucncral
8mith-l)oricn at BothwvU.
16th. Colonel I'lumer'n column engaged DeWet near
PhilipsUnvn. DoWet, after a shnriMlcfeat, rcjde off, telling hia
followers to look out for themnelven.
Match 3iil. In an engagement at Uchtenburg i offlcen
and 14 men were kille<l. The Boer General Celliera wa« killed.
12th. Colcmel I'ilcher's column cleared the Boers between
Bloemfontein and the Orange River, capturing many prisoneni
and 300 horsee.
14ih. The end of the war waa, apparently, not far off.
Commandant-General Botha sent a message to I^rd Kitchener
with a view to surrender. His brother was lately killed, and
his two nephews wounded.
2 1 St. Botha declined British terms for peace, and hostilities
were resumed. A combined movement of the forces against the
Boers, near Thaba N'Chu, resulted in great loss to the enemy.
Besides taking several hundred prisoners in Thaba N'Chu, with
thousands of sheep, horses and cattle. Major Byng and
Colonel Bethune brought in 16,000 cattle and 140,000 shwp
from the Wepener district.
The long hoped for day of peace cannot be far distant ; for,
despite the dogged determination of the Boer leaders to prolong
a hopeless struggle, and that indifference to the sufferings of their
kin which permits them to continue the work of bloodshed
merely for the gratification of an ignoble revenge, the systems
of evil must evei give way before the inroad of a freer, broader
faith, a truer conception of the rights of humanity and the
strength of a Power which has hitherto proved invincible.
PART II.
Incidents of Battle, Etc.
TALANA HILl.
"As soon as the Boer guns silenced oar artillerj- General Si'mons
gave the order for an assault on Talana Hill, The hill rises 800 feet, and
the distance to the top is more than a mile. The first portion of the
ascent is gentle and over open ground to a homestead surrounded hv
broken woods. Above the woods the ground is rough and rocky, the as-
cent steep, and halt way up a thick stone wall runs around the hill, as
the fringe of a wide terrace of open ground.
Above the terrace the ascent is almost perpendicular, and atthe end
of this was the Boer position, on the flat top so characteristic of African
hills. Altogether, the position seemed impregnable even if held by a
small body, against large forces, and General Symons must have had ex-
traordinary confidence in his men when he ordered 2,000 of them to Uke
it in the teeth of a terrible and well-sustained fire from superior numbers
of skilled riflemen. His confidence was fully justified.
It is said that he deliberately resolved to show the Boers that
Majuba hill was not the measure of what British infantry could do, and
if so, he more than succeeded. To find a parallel for the endurance,
tenacity and heroic determination to press forward oyer all obstacles and
at all hazards, one has to go back to Wellington's invincible infantry in
the Peninsula.
The men had to go through eight hours of fighting, without break-
fast. The wood was the first cover available, and in the rush for this
position the Dublin Fusiliers led the way, though afterward the three
regiments went practically side by side.
The advance of the infantry was covered by a vigorous cannonade,
but the appearance of our men in the open was the signal for a storm of
rifie fire from the Boers. Though our losses at this stage were extraordin-
arily small, in the wood, which for some time marked the limit of the
advance, they were considerable, and here, about 9.30 o'clock. General
Symons, who had galloped up to tell the men that the hill must be Uken,
fell mortally wounded. Throughout the morning he had exposed him-
self, perhaps unnecessarily. His position was always marked by a t«d
flag, carried by his orderly.
By ten o'clock our men, creeping up inch by inch, and Uking ad-
vantage of every available cover, had gaindthe shelter of the stone wall,
but for a long time further advance seemed impossible. As often as a
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About twelve o'clock, hovever, a lull i„ their (it. .a^^^
a« opportunity for«:ali„g the w.11 kud ZhmT^^ "^T^ "" "^
Gun„.^g, who wa. always in the f™„t of hi, „.„,^a, JiTtl^^"!;
Near the top of the hill Captain Pechell whn t.j ■ . .
u^i^u^^iir^r^-i:^-"-^^^^^^
Boe^'^dtatot'^St^'elr^el^r^'"**''"^-'' •>"'«■'
being seen «ying precipiute^'i^ fte C^fZ" M„"" h"*" *""''
reached the cteat." "» me top ot the hill when our men
BLANDSIjUOTe.
ae::"Ztel\rn."r?^.''rtheTr'™-^°'"'^'^'^- ~''™-
«».en, aky swept a sheet oj^f W th Xelrrhh.""' h'"^ *'
horses turned their heads and nn»i,i "tablnng drops the
It d^ve through'^Sires'^.-'i 'S.:;rreTC™-^^^
i™s filled with a hissing sound and under^^, ^ ^'*'- ^*^"'
earth melting into mud and thi ml fl • *°" ""''' "" '^•"M
rain blott«l out hilTd Je auf en^v , °'""^ '"^ '° ""* '»'''• ^he
water. You would haveLlduSZ h """ l"^' '="^'" °' "«»»»«
w«lh of man. "" """"^ '"'' "f"''^ «o drown the
Through it the guns still thundered and «,. ti. i.- ,
<lo»5«lly on. The in.antry came ™^„ the Wd^ .' T^" ^'^'^
out. The supports and reserves foUoH "* '*«^ "" °P«"
other^t^-rTJ:'.— fc rs::?'!!:^ f 'tT' '""' "-**"
down behind the recks tS m™ „ . ."""i death, m the firet line,
flickering around S^m ^e meuT™ 7^ 'T' '"" *' """"» <=^'
Itoply, L if a strinrihat h,ld .^ '^'*- '"'' ''°8K««<i ■-d dropped
push'^'onand°a':Ze;t,,''Z'n™ rr' 'it "^^ ""■ ""^
and they came to , tocky edge, tlentyS hi^ T°"f '"'""^°°
cover, firing, then ro- L/^ 'wenty leet high. They clung to the
m.io;wa,,Sti':';ertt:mV.^:rrw?^\*;!:i ••'""''' ■^»- ^
pa^d.^^dTi";™" re"'h"ei;irh,irffT„rt!." -*"«' - -«
down. More men pushed iuirfi^-.trdX.nT^:;^
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than ever. The air was a sieve of them ; they beat on the hoatders like
a million hammers ; they tore the turf like harrows.
Another ridge crownefl, another welcoming whistling gust of perdi-
tion. More men down ; more pushed into the firing line. Half the offi-
cers were down. The men puffed, stumbled on— another ridge taken.
God I Would this curs'd hill never end ? It was sown with bleeding and
dead behind, it was edged with a stinging fire before.
On, and now it was surely the end. Merry bugles rang like the cock-
crow on a fine morning. "Fix bayonets ! " staif officers rushed shouting
from the rear, imploring, cajoling, cursing, slamming every man who
could move into Ime. But it was a line no longer. It was a surging wave,
of men. The Devonshires, Gordons, Manchesters and Light Horse were
all mixed. Subalterns commanding regiments, soldiers yelling advice,
officers firing carbines, stumbling, leaping, killing, falling— all drunk
with battle. And there beneath our feet was the Boer camp and the last
of the Boers galloping out of it. There also, thank heaven, were squad-
rons of Lancers and Dragoon Gdards storming in among them, shouting,
spearing, stamping them into the ground.
"Cease fire!"
It was over.
Twelve hours of march, of reconnaissance, waiting and preparation
and half an hour of attack— but half an hour crammed with the life of a
half lifetime."
The same correspondent, describing the end of the battle when the
Highlanders, the Manchester Regiment and the Light Horse were
sweeping to the final charge says ;—" To our astonishment we heard
'Cease fire and retire,' sounded by the buglers. It was difficult to account
for them, but not when we knew that the Boers had learned our bugle
calls. In obedience to the sound the Gordon Highlanders were beginning
to fall back, when their boy bugler, saying, "retire be dammed," rushed
forward and blew a hasty "charge," whereupon the ranks closed up and
the victory of Blandslaagte was won.*'
Colonel Scott-Chisholme, who resigned his command of the 5th Lan-
cers and raised the fine Corps of the ImperialLight Horse, South Africa
was killed in the battle of Elandsgaate.
COLENSO.
By An onicer Who Vu Pntnt.
After the most terrible and one-sided battle of Colenso last Friday
I fainted when I got to camp, from sunstroke, and on Saturday morning
found I had dysentery. How any one escaped on Friday is a marvel to
me. We were nine and a half hours under fire, and it was like a severe
hailstorm on a tin roof. I couldn't put my glasses up without hearing
"phi*," "phit," "phit." FrtJtn the -i-ciy first I saw it would be no go.
Directly we got under fire a corporal said to me : "I wonder how many
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ngm. Two companies of the Jird went in .n^ i n
Fusiliers ifo in ot the left „f ,h , ^ companies of the 7th
THE OVINO SOLDIEt AT COUNSO.
Oh. mother ! whereroe'er thou art,
Afar o'er land or sea,
In anguVi keen each mother-heart
Doth bleed for thine and thee.
Oh! for that sore, that 'woeful cry
Of longing, 'midst the pain.
For her whose help, through all the yeira
Was never sought in vain.
First name, and last upon his lips.
Save His, who, at the close
Of life's brief day, relieved all pain
With undisturbed repose.
Oh. mother ! whereso'er thou art.
That prays by land or sea,
"""' =»■"«" part. Heavjn will not keep
-ly loved for aye from thee.
Describing the battle of Colenso. Pte H Morri, ,rj n .. ,•
King's Royal Rifles, says: "As man afte"' maT in'le Sh
rtgiment jumped into the river to gain the other .M ,1
shot down or drowned. When we ref"^ w,LT, i '^ ''"*
into camp for hours. One man ZiX^Zl^Z'lT-, T'""
but sua managed to cntwl into our lines. TheU^rfSrcrCh;
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RMger., who wu reported amongtt Uie killed, appeared in camp hardlv
recogniiable. He mu beqxttered wi* blood from head to foot, and
he waa cheered aa only Britlah aoldien could cheer him "
Private John Stroud, of the lath Bearer Company, A. M S in a
letter to hia father at Maidatone, aaya: "We fought a great battle
(MeMo) on Friday, an attack on the Boer porition which waa not
BiccMrfnl There were over i,ooo caanaltiea among our own men.
We had four bearer companiea here and they were under fire moat of
the time, and the buUeta and ahella were dropping amongat ua too cloae
to be comfortable. Fortunately the Boer sheila are badly made and lel-
dmn burst; if they did a good ma-y of ua would not be alive now. Many
of the ahella dropped within three or four feet of us, doing no damage
but covering ua with dust. . . . In many place, on the fieldadog
could Karcely cn«>, bullet, and dieU. dropping like a shower of rain!
One battery of guns had to be left, all of our officer, were shot, and honws
dead and injured, and only a few of the men got away safe It waa
temble whUe it lasted. The fearer Company were kept on the go until
late at night, and nuny awfol right, were to be Ken. In one plux over
twenty were found within a couple of yanla round, and the place waa
thick with wounded,**
THE FIRST TUOEU REVER8B.
Many brilliantly written account, of the first Tugela reverse appeared
m the English papers. Mr. Bennet Burleigh, writing of the terrible
ordeal of fire through which those who manned our guns pasaed, says —
The gunners never flinched nor winced, buckling to their work
like men who grip a heavy load. Nay, more, some of them in derision
began to field * a. at cricket, with the badly aimed apent riiot of the mach-
inecannon. Runningaade, they would makeacatch, and call, ■ How*,
that, umpire?* Abounding, and yet more aatounding, for thi. rtorv i.
absolutely true I o / «
Within a quarter of an hour Colonel Long wa. knocked over, Aot
Uirough the arm and body, a bullet pawing through hi. liver and kidney.
He wa. earned a»de two hundred yards, into a Aallow donga, where
lay aeveial of the Devon, and others. There, wounded a. he wa., Colonel
Long Knt for help to overcome the enemy*, rifie fire. But it did not
come, for there wa. a difficulty about quickly finding either General
Buller or General Clery colonel Long became delirious
conrtanUy repeating : ■ Ah ! my gunners are splendid. Look at them '
Colonel Hunt, shot through both legs, waa alK ca.-ied to the donga
A. the men were being Aot down very rapidly— for the Boer fire was by
that time increaring— Colonel Hunt advised that it would be Ijetter to
abandon the guns, but Long*s characteristic reply was : 'Abandon be
dammed ! We never abandon guns !*
After the order wa. given to abandon the gun. four men peiristed
b
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venomoudy nunni upon the ground inM dir-^ti™^ '• ^' '^"'^
•nd taring Ulrough *e «r ^ Arin ^^LT TwT"^ ""'"' -' """^
heavy and m deadly a furilade • buTndthT fh.' /!".. "" ■**" "
infantry hesitated or winceT ' ""* «"""""■ "" *'
i« day, ever po»e«d mote d^led ^H ,t™',''°r«'''"P^"-
imn.d and beaming to meet dwT » Z Bri.t.h '"' ?"*"°" "■"^'-'d
ja.«ted..d then :fth alacrity"^ S^f^td^'^-.^--^'^^^
AmeX" J'-^f' r^°" """"^ '""^ advance STt^y'^lS^S^ ^
American who had seen ■"'"^qr* at *,«»,. j- /> i. . ^ asKM an
countrymen geneml^did «d he ^wS^T "ytf^t"'"' " "" f ™
Imtwaateful.' •»" ne answered, Yes, it la marveloM
within Ty^'„?rn:::^ii*e*Liu""?? '",*• **' '™''»" "■■«'
By 7-15 the Irish Brigade had driven the Rn— »» .1.
It was a desperate and serious situation Th- .»._v 1, .
was making no progtes. and the hear^ae .^V^^^ZT' ""'"
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f^^h^ • "'*"■ "^"""'^ °*" ™'"««™ w-™ found Colf™U
Z» ™ r^""'" "■' ''^""' "' *' •■"-"nilion waggon, uki^^TMre
t«m,,pinoprfout, andm.„.„d h«o«> again began fall ngone^r^
^« but ttT^-fi'"^ ""'""■•' "'«■»"'« ""-""off *.''r::!«rng
^MoTr G.^, ^^r'^'T^"' ""* '^"•"*"8. At four the battle
was over. General Buller abandoned the gun. and retreated "
.. J. '■'?"" """ ^ • •»"'« <■"•«"■ drawn up by General Clerv nrr.
rd::ar^-r'-t-:--;,5^^^
7^^ TT'^ '^'^- "» ""■"■'"ition trains and guns had fo
eras the Tugela River, then a raging torrent, with pr^lpSoitanfc,
but not a man or a pound of store, was lost. So carefully wa, ev^ Ttan
arranged U,at the various units of the fon:e, cavalry, S; eTc^l^'J
mirtvto^r'M"";?"-^*'""''"' m=nlocated^t interv Is of Trim
ZZTi^Z '""^ '"'°" ''"''' '* ''" '» ''"P "«"> in the right tracT
^ t^A ," "IT" '"'^ ■="■= '" *= Tujela River opposite the wn'
toon bndge Ia,d down by the Engi„eera,lnd crossedTn , f e y M
pdded in the manner indicated they were bought at last to a temporajv
^S^Tf tlfe''rrcr/LH""°T'"'''"" "'""'' "" «"•-«> •"*=
IZkl^e S.!,f.bT *«''^''« °" Spion Kop, prepared to homb.„d' and
attack the British forces, but found that they had been outwitted.
LIEUTENANT ROBERTS
Klll«l .t Towl. Rlv,r, Dw. ijih, ,8„.
Oh! calmly shall thy loved one rest
Within that ever sacred earth,
Baptized, through floods of Mcrifice,
Unto fair Freedom's glorious birth.
TOK THE FtAO
"^'r*'" ••"»'. Waththatflag-
Nor foot of tyranny may dare
To de«crate hi. hallowed grave.
^'Tfn.'" °"' ''""•' *' joy 'Of «><«
Who sleep beneath the Afric wd ■
Their hve. unto their country given
Their soul, unto the patriot'. God.
Oh I never through .he waningyea™
Whnt^ir^' "" '"r""" "f "-<« •"av. ;
Stand ;■""'""« "■"'"K'- •«' tea"
Stand, guardmn o'er each honored gZt.
Out-looking .yond the stonn, of ™r,
Jo halcyon days when war Aallcea*-
And ereo^ breath which *in, the g^v" '
Shall „„gthe pMta of la«ingp^ce.
THE MAOERSFONTEIN SLAtOHTER
.™ch...i„.4X'7r"rifle''and'™ir'^ ^"■'"™^' '-
awful rtorm of death and destruction ZfZ' '^"' """ P°"™' »■>
fonnafon, pre«nH„g a marruiat' the '" "^^ """" *«"'»*
fail to hit. " "* """ "» poorest markanan could not
There was no time to deolov 1„ . a ^
»metori«n„more. The „.? ^Uae^r h^*."""^ "•'" ''y do"".
and many a foor fellow wT woMdST^,^";,''"'"' '" °" -iirection^
h.s comrades. wounded by bullets from the rifles of
f™^:at'uXtr:f tm^aSXr^f^ ^^ ■'™- "•-" •>'^
«wocon,pa„ies of the Black Watoh ,^Ln ^ "^ T' '™'' "'' "^^ deep. Then
whipping out their bayonet ^h ' '''*"' "" -"^'^ '<> cha^ Td
'""rt and left not a Za^i il" f Tad^ ""^ "^o- upon ^^ fi^t
Knef, for their beloved General W.L J"^ °"^"' ""' ™^^<1 with
'He «^.hey thnist *eir S^Xr.^ S^hrd Je^ "" '--^
ȣx-tLrve'-ru7rr^-irr--
-al. a ^vererepulAes/rdlf- r/ - ->-;^^^
3<>
43
FOR THK FLAG
dead, dying .i,d wounded, the Hlghtandm fell bjk iMvinitt. .wl
<»mp.nie. of ,h. Royl Highlander, unsupported «d cT^Chem
likew« to retire from the trench gained »ith their h.a^l5~vi * 2L
•^ P^^f" l!r" "•«"' "•^°' *• "" "^ ^r". ^"^T,""
From Slmon>ki-i Kcount there appean lltUe reuonTriii
!;-_ .1. ■ ^ ***'"« companie. marebed with a rop. carriJ
otto, •n.e force expected to meet the Boer picketa <rtt and thJ^in
o^ out for attack. But the Boe™, expecting the IIS^'lL d«vS^k
the picket, mto the.r trencher The Highland brigade h^no Ata^h
er. or «outa in fr^,, and Juat a. the darkne- he^fta l^Tk ftt ^^h"
the.»lv« in „,id<,u.rte, column, rightunder • "^Boer^uS^^ """
The blame which can attach to Methuen can apparenUvbe onlv ^t.
ZZLTt" *"" °"^' 'oinf*,try to attacka.£SJXifl^^"o„
without previoua or Bmultaneou. use of artillery. '"" P<wtion,
fPION KOP.
.ndrhe^r^^rrJueH^JXrtel^ta^f T'" "' ™'
officers Spion Kop, printei in tie Da.^y G^pht ^n USai^t^
thiaare™. not the Red C„« flag" but t^^,1rLJ^:r^JZ
y re rtrolhng over to it, either to take cover the« or to «e wtat ~ «„
^ing. I promptly ordered them away. A few minutTaZ thT^
Md did no harm. Thi. »rt of thing went on round ^ for tte ™^ of *^
day. but I always kept well in the shelter of the b«ik *'
From this time to ten o clock next moraing the wonnd«1 ~™.
though mydre^ng «ation, a. the pas. was the onfyt^."Z ft. M
I saw every case, and some of them were mntilat<«t h..»».j j™ "J" nui.
Fully 330 wounded, and dead who hal died on thf w^^^^^Ch
2^- . T^"^'^"""«» -' «■' wounded .truck m^'J^S
men w.th dwttered wounds anoking their pipe., aud althouriTrtl^.
f^folTr r ^, ?"^'' "'°' •* '^''«'' '"y *° «» W«ing «■» S dav
One old CoonuJm Thomycroff., with a gray beaM walked dotn
leamng on h,..rifle. He waaa maasof wounda^^ne ^^it^^'^^
'OR THE FtAO
to let m, Uke hi. finger off, „ i, T. ' Zlj^ "l* ^°" ''"'PP"' '"
pulllh..ri»j,^ofhl. rifi., .n"i r, if ,^^™' ','"' "• ""l-l -ot
which he could u«, for he w.„M TJ. l!^ I ""'' ? "" °"" « W.
an.ii^t'jorrL'c'j rr'Lrjr ° r -- -<>■•.
Finally, I could «„d „„ JoreCuud^ '^ '^'•"' ""* "■»'"■'«'•
"tack them .ith ,h. de.d"rr„^° ^IhT'"" "" ''"" »"'' "-"l to
wounded officer, on .tr,.che™ Z.nd J. T"' ' ""•"'^ >" the
a hypodermic of n,oT,hia * """' «"" "'™ •>"'»<Iy and
'.Jof^^™'s.;i''lu^rtrn.r„?-rf■■''''■^'''•••"^
•ome beef tea and coffee a^ .ft„ ,?? °" K°'» «" '«'ly andgM
".en.„nthe«nb«,.nc1^''.h'^''/rt«-'""« '"* "-"■"'^ "O"'. ' «"
Commandants Botha and BuriOTt the n^,
upon the .cene. Tl.e former, whol^hecL.^ *'",'"'"• "'"' "■»'
ton man, with yellowish b^ard anT^V a nd f h ' "" " ""°'"">'
Iwutifully carved with hi. nam. ^^d aT^t , !? ° ■»«g«ificent riH.
couple of mounted Kaffir, cj^fw h la air" •. ' *""'■ "' ■»■» '
-nd an interpreter. He ««Z hol^"""'""" '"•• »'"' bottle,
'hough he ,.fu«d to apeaT? but nor''.'"."""'""'"'' «"«"*
"rtainly... There waa^"te 1 num^r „f "^^ """ '"'"•• "Certainly
that on. of them had b«.n k ,w Th« 1« ™'" "*""'• ' "'"d
for their identification card, and i.«.- ? °'"' """ «""=h the dead
- the thing, we found .7t ,1 ;^tet:!',„""''?r- " "^ -"■- «" 'o
WUe poclcet-booka with accoum.Ta^ t[ hl^'f' f"' '="*'""" "rd.,
Boe„ handed in ^ittle thing, they found ! 1 f' ^'"'"' "' "»
P"f "'"■ -"""ey, etc. Some of U.! offic":™ , !?" '" "" '''""-Ka, a
■.«k. One poor fellow had a r^kri^St'l' r"^'" """'^ "'eir
we had to cut his name off his shirt air,! . "^^ °' "'"'" """ther, and
identification. •• '•""^"t and pm it to the locket as a n.ean. of
ation'o^Spi;„'n;:'''''°"'™'''^^»«-' »-"" .fives tor the evacu-
-^;s:t:^-trrr.iS-;ft;^r^-
Briti*'„;:;,™fte*heSrorcoirnr'"""""''' ■"""p"- °' «■,
By this lime the Uttle was almost over. The ret,«„ h
"e retreat, however, had
4»
FOR THE FLAU
onlyiBrt bqtun. So we .gnt^t to rid. oul o«r the plain .cro»the
lne» on which the troop, were retiring. In the hr dLtance. ne.r the
Motch ot Kreen In the veldt which nwrkwl the ^rove of tree, ahout tl»
town, we could m the ((un. of the dewrted batterie. .tandinx 'Jack in
the Herce .unlixht of noon and beyond thi. the iquut of troop, pourtnx
out from atnong the houK. of the town. All over the va.t .weep of «in-
bumed veldt the Kattere.1 troop, of four brigade, of Infantry were
crawlinK, half-exhau.led. hack to camp.
Here wai part of a .kirniLh line, wavering a. it crept to the rear
. "" "" "«" °' "» «""» <"" laBjlnft! here a man lay behind an
ant hill thinking perhap. in hi. thirrt-dried brain that he .till wa> under
lire of the Boer., An ofBcer walked wHth painfullv .teady rtep. hi. chin
.unk in on his neck. The fint man we came to wa. a wldier of the
Scotch Fuaileer.. He look«l up at n. with half-ahm eyet
■ You we me > ' wid the man.
'Ye..'
' And you Kc thow five men up ahead > '
'Ye..'
'We were ewort to one of the guna. The rest are down there in the
ditch. Laat evening they gave ua a pint of water apiece, and that was
the last we ever got. An' now I'm goin' up there, an' I'm goin' to say,
'Give me water,' an' if they don't give it me I'm goin' to shoot 'em.'
We had had no water ourwlves since dawn, and though we had only
looked on at the battle we thought we knew what he meant.
Then we came to more men, who always looked at us with their eyes
half-closed.
■ Water.' ' they would ask, and we had none, and the men dragged
on as before. This always with the stifling sunlight pouring down upon
us from the heat-blurred, whitened sky; and underneath the dry, dead
grasa,
Uter we came to another native dwelling, which likewine had been
turned into an hospital. Coming towards this place we could see a man
on a horse, who refused to sit straight in the saddle. The man was
wobbling heavily forward, half down the horse's shoulder, while another
man walked slowly alongside and tried to keep him held on the honK.
We rode away from the hospiul only to meet twostretcher-bearers carry-
ing a man between them.
' I'm afraid you're too Ute with that man.' said an officer. ' See his
'p;n eyes staring at the sun.'
The stretcher-bearers left him to carry some other man who lived.
These were among the last of the array, so we joined in with the
struggling throng that was crawling so slowly up the steady rise of the
veldt. On the bottom of an old water course was an oblong hole half
filled with a pool of still water as thick as potato soup with mud and
around this hole the men were kneeling close packed together, eagerly
TOR THB FIAO
«
' When an thow horaei from ' m uknl the Cm «._ ti
•l«ping in the open .inM he left th. aunp '^' "' '"'' '^°
wh..h;:rdt';irr.^i;„^^sr:;;'rH^^^^^^ <" "■'"•
He wa. unible to .pealt. but u kwh ., he wu Kttled In „ . .1.
made .iffns that he wanted to write. '° " ""' ■«
A little memirandum book and a Dsacil wi.r. h.^A.A . ,.■
, ^*"" f«°'"8f through the form of weltinit the oencil at -h.. k. 1
b«n a mouth, he «mply wrote, •■ Did w. ^IT' ^ ^ °""
No one had the heart to ti .m the truth.
MODDER KIVBR.
do cho ce but to attack them directly in front, and Ihi. be «Twi h T
determination and with auchpet^atence that he won a vtfo^
;:««e^'hif:Scr- '" "« -- '- --tne c^i
SAL.n'INO THE WOtJNDED AT THE BATTLE OF THE MODDER R.VER
..e iari^aCo™nrrrfrr«eryutt''or ""'l"'
A REQUIE.V FOR TNF ENEMYS- BEAD
At Modder river on the morning after the battle, at daybreak, burial
44 roi TR> rtAo
I«Um WW •«! out by tht Brilkh. Tli.y «.n mrt by lb. Bom. «bo
M~.!l'"rr ■^"* •*""■" "*^ "^^ *'""•■" Moon, .IncriMnc Ibt
ModdT Rlw b.ttl,. ■• 8»«y mlnul, you could hmr «>me poor «3dl«?I
^f« bdp^wbll. «. ou., b«. . k™, ™„y Uy d«d .STdylng .it
SSTto ™. i lu "'' ' """* 0«d U-1 1 ". .p.«d to writ. Ihl.
S^«?i^„.*f^ •*'""""-" to o„.»Hhe„b.. d„.h «uld
Kl JTZU'!?^,"' '!'" *^ I*^"""! l-y th. Dwbyrfil™. .t th.
R^tam of tb« explodn. undnr«..th th. w>won bridg. which h«l bm.
b. o.,.^;i? f^- f """dlw G««l. -y : "Oh, ito «tr. to
.^m "'• thai you le. mrybody preying. Th. biggwt
of vil Han. com. to it wh.n th.y «. th. «« «gbt Ling poor fc^
Aot « your fMt, if. th« th. thought, com. Into your h^tT^
A Youthful Patriot
p ''S'f'"!,'*°".'^''' '*»9'*°"" M.rkrt 8,u«,,H.rriM.ith.0r.ng.
F«. SUt., for rrfuring to fight <«.!„« hi. own countrym™, John
McUchUn ag.d 30 ytm, .Idat «>n of John McUchhui, of W.nd.worth
fonn.rlyof Lunbrtb." — —wurui,
Th.y nurchnl him along 'mid th. wondning throng ;
Oh I h. carried hi. brad full high ;
And proudly h. walked, for he de«n.d it no crime
For th. uk. of hi. country to di..
H. bad Mid that hi. hand, hi. bonot right hand,
Should Btvtr yield Krvice to wrong ;
For h. came of a Und whne no traitor may ttarir.,
Whn» the pillara of frradom rtand Mrong.
They halted ; th.y .tood bim In mid.t of tb. crowd,
Neatb th. gUire of a withering sun ;
Vet he flinched not, but straightened a. warrior might
Who know, his last battle is won.
On. volley I and coward, have finished their work,
InjuMice hath honoured its name ;
A .pirit hath wared from the triumphs of wrong,
And valour is richer in fame.
ro« THE n..«.o 4j
Ym, ht WM bat OIK— Oh ! Uu thooMndt IimIiI*
Who ban •tniiJKled ud raflerad and dltd :
A» th* •word of tht tyrant dripped red with th< blood
Which tht >ltu a( frMdom nipplled.
Mm dia for a caUH, yet the principle llvei,
For, u nl(hl-ihade doth brixhten to day,
Sotheaftermith. riainx from darknew of doom.
Shall glow in Ita glory for aye.
BOBRC DRADLVFIRB.
. h..'![J"il'!.""°" "'"'* °' "••U'r.font.in : •• I wa. firing from behind
ZISl^- J'"'"'""- '»">'""/. -Jodxing from bu,h to bn.h,
Si A Bwl w".T °' "" ■"'*' **""• ■"'"« "' "• «•« '■"■ind a
, ;_. . l^ V" "'" ""' '^ '» '•••"Kk. One of ourofflcera
crawW to him and bandaged him up, He crept back again, wC ta
-a. ahot in both h«,d. ; he got up and ran, and i.. .hot ifthi U»"
A BRAVB aiBNADIBK.
. o:IlT>.°"'^ "" "*"'' '"""'••"•l Kf of bravery diaplayed bv our men
bSouthAfric. that of Private Pitrmaurice, of the Gran«ll.r Gu.^
Crabbe. «m,m.„dtog the Orenadiera. bec«n. drt«:hed from hi. ragi-
ZL^wZT "iL"'™'"''*^'^^'* ^-f W- Colons',
danger. Fitnnaurice ruahed to hi. aniatance. He ahot two Boeri
Uy^rted a third, and amidrt the firing carted Colonel Crabbe toX
ttlgh, and lhe« were the wounda he de«rib.d a. Kralche, when writing
mlZ P? ^" ' "':^'"^'"- H' •" -" 'bou, again, and raco^*
ant Grenadien who volunteered from Wind«r to ]oiu the 3rd Batulion.
QENBROUS,
ta H^'.h*?^r'°°,"il"" Boera were » moved by th, heroic indifference
to d«th duplayed by a p.rty of two olScera and twelve private, who
charged up to the very muiale, of their opponent^ that cling their
weapon. «ide, they rurfied in an overwhelming number upon thet
Th«i. when they had been dimrmed, the Boer commandant «id
wi^r;ou^in«. '™ '" '"' ""' "' ""' °°' "^" "« "-'" y- -
hUNOURABLE.
«rv.ftITr''Vi" *' '"="'='"' " Magerafontein he «id to hi,
behmd »me rack, until twelve hour, later.when all the firing had ceued
46 FOR THE FI.AG
ventured out of his hole. Hewwat once captured lij- the Boeni. but
when he told them the storj- they bade him go and fulfil Wauchope's
dying wish,
UNSELFISHNESS.
An orderly was bringing some water to a wounded man lying on the
grxjund. He was shot through the abdomen, and he could hardly speak
owing to thedrynessofhismoulh, but he said, "Take it to mv pal firat ;
he is worse hit than me. "
This generous Ud died next morning, but his frieud got through and
is doing well.
An article of faith with the soldier, it seems, takes the form of a grim
stoicism under pain.
Thus one enormous Irishman, with a shattered thigh, yelled out in
agony as he was being lifted upon the operatiuj; table to be examined.
The pain was evidently terrible, and excuse enough for any degree of
exclamation. But he apologized quaintly and profusely for the noise he
had made, urging as an excuse that •• he had never been in an hospital
before."
COOLNESS.
Sir Redvers Buller had left the position he had appointed for himself
at the naval battery— the situation on the right (where the guns lay
useless) was too serious for a man of Bnller-s spirit to stay there now—
and had ridden off towards the guns with all his staff and the escort of
the Natal Police. He was down among the naval twelve-pounders
behind Long's guns now. The Boers had perhaps recognised the staff ;
the whistling in the airtrebled. • You oughtn't to be here, sir,' gasped
Ogilvy, ' I am all right, my boy, said thjgeaeral."
BLOEMPONTEIN.
The capital of the Orange Free State is a fine, modem city ; with
all the improvements special to the times.
The Government offices, the College for boys and the Institute for
Ladies, along with the Public Library, the Natural History Museum,
etc., are handsome and substantial structures, while many elegant
private dwellings lend ornament to the general appearance of the
cleanly, wide-streeted city, which can also boast the possession of several
well laid-out public parks.
JOHANNESBURO.
The famous city of Johannesburg is at once both the largest and,
previous to the outbreak of the war, contained the greatest population
of any city in South Africa. It is situated on the southern slope of the
Witwatersrand range of mountains, from the summit of which it is only
a couple of miles. It is one thousand and fourteen miles distant
from Cape Town, four hundred and eighty-three from Durban,
POK THB PtAG ..
4/
three tmndred „nd ninety.«x from MnRon Bay. and thirtv-two miles
from Pretonn. It may he imagined the city is well atxive "the level of
the Ka. Its elevation heing five thousand six hundred and eiRhtv-nine
fe*t. lU altitude is greater than that of any other to«-n in South
Afriea. Out of a population of over a hundred thousand that
JohannesV-rg poswssed previons to the outbreak of the war over fifty
Ihonsand were whites, sixty-seven per cent, of whom were of British
ftem"' '^'"^ "'""' "'" "'°'"°"'' Transvaal citizens amongst
The growth of Johannesburg has t«n something marvelous and
forms a record m the history of the cities of the world. Other cities
Z ^v!- "Tu" '""''^^'' '"" '"»• ""« "^ '""t can show s.,ch
substantiality as Johannesburg, with its palatial hotels and stately busi.
ness blocks, its h,nd.some public buildings and its suburbs with its
comfortable villas and pretty gardens.
Fourteen years ago to^ay Johannesburg was not. One year ago it
was full of commercial life, its streets were full of people, business ac-
tivity was rampant, and all its industries, especially the chief of all the
r'"!!lJ"? '" "P^"""- P"' n«>"ths past it has been a silent and
d«»rted Mty in compan»,n, its trade dead and its st,«ts empty save for
a few ni, ves and • Zarps. ■ or Transvaal Police, merely living in the city
to prevent incendiansm and di»,rder. It is now likely, however, that with
the advent of the British army Johannesburg will in a brief space of time
become itself again. Johannesburg dates from September. ,886. when a
few straggling shanties began to rise along the line of gold reefs now
fomiing the Wemmer and Ferreira companies' gmund. The existence
of the reef at this point was not then known, but on its discovery
fX r" r" 'f ."■ '" '™"' '"°"' ™'°'"' locality, and in December.
1886. the nucleus of the present city was laid ont. The land around was
prenonaly considered of so little value that not long ago farms had
changed hands for the value of a team of oxen. In January ,^5 two
sUndsin Commis^oner street sold for forty-two thousand pounls, and
one on Pntchard street at forty thousand pounds. All around the undu-
tating country 1, dotted m all directions with battery houses and other
bmldings connected with the working of the mines
h„„J^""°ir' ""l^u °' '"' J'>'"'""^»''>"K mines has reached over a
hundred million dollars The general consensus of opinion of the
TrllLrT"""/ '■^^°^""' >■="" f"'-"" «he expectations of
ncreased vane of ore with increased depth of worki.;g, and so far as
nn'oundS. °"° '""'"' ™' "^ '™^'^' '"" '"""^^^'^ "" -«
othef'^n «'n ^^""■""'"r^"'' "K*"-. 'h^re are in the Transvaal many
other gold fields, such as the Venterskroom, the De Kaap, the SteynsW
and the Sontpauslierg. the latter of enormous area »«>n»'lo"T>
.,A V" f" r' "*" ""'"''' ""' ^° »"» "< ''" «!'""<' ■""« of roads
and streets. In the course of the last few years maiy outlying suZS
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FOR THE FLA G
have been creuled for the benefit of those winhinj} to live n little way
from the town. The streets are regularly laid out and several open
squares exist, among which is the Market Square, which is the largest in
South Africa. In the buildings the city is particularly rich considering its
youth. They include the public offices, the Stock Exchange, the market
buildings, the public library ; the hospital and a number of churches and
theatres, beside several fine hotels and business houses. St. Mary's
Anglican Church is the largest in the city, but a still larger one, to meet
increasing need, was about to be built. The city is wsU provided with
public parks, including Kruger's Park, Jouhert's Park, the Hospital
Gardens and other breathing spaces. The transportation facilities ait
verj- good, including several lines of street cars and the railway that runs
through to Pretoria, to the north and to Cape Town on the south. The
lighting system, lioth gas and electric, is good, but the water supply is
poor both in quantity and quality, besides being very dear. The
scarcity of water is owing mainly to the undermining of the earth or the
mining industries, but it is expected that in future measures will be Uken
to successfully cope with the diliiculty of obtaining a copious supply of
pure fresh water.
The sanitary condition of Johannesburg is a horror ; ita streets are
foul and unpaved, and, as very few of the Boers live in the metropolis,
the typhoid epidemics that frequently devasUte Johannesburg are com-
placently ignored by the Government. Anything that thins out the
Uitlander population is hailed by the Boere as a friendly interposition of
Providence in behalf of the Transvaal. The water supply is inadequate,
and what there is is contaminated. A petition signed by 30,000 residents
of Johannesburg praying for municipal improvements was presented
to Oom Paul during my residence there. The President sipped his coffee,
puffed Us great pipe, spat excessively into a huge porcelain dish, and
laughed immoderately. " If the Philistines do not like the land of my
people, let them depart in peace, " was his only reply.
PRETORIA.
On a map the city seems easy of approach by any army, hut such is
not the case. On three sides the mountains rise from one to Iwo
thousand feet above the streets of the city, which is itself 4,500 feet above
sea level. On the fourth side the south, facing Johannesburg, the rang.;
flattens away to a vast level plateau exposed at every point to the sweep
of any guns that may command it. The city is 1,080 miles from Cipe
Town, and about 50 miles from Johannesburg.
Seven mo.lem forts command the approaches to the town and it
would take at least twenty thousand men to properly defend it. The civil
engineers who built the railroad from Johannesburg to Pretoria found
such problems of grade and mountain misUnce offered them that the
train was finally forced to enter the city on a line resembling the curves
and twists of a giant boa constrictor.
You look at the mounUin fronts as your train struggles to find its
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^^r fl r • "'' ''"" "' """'■"--' •""-•"" " 'he domes of iK-ml
proof n«e =„d cannon pita. They command the few, and very few
narrow entrances to Pretoria. , an., ^er5 lew.
loh.™'''. """T,.'' '"^ "'"™'' "■ """"" "^^-I^" ^n-i 'he railroad to
Joh^nesbur^ They face the north of Winderl»omandKuard thT.m"
of Beersheha, Hebron and Polonia. The* two formidablf fortificaUon
were b,„,t by ,h, best n,en and engineer, obtained in Berlin orhe^fron
• deC;,"'' '"■'"' '"'"'' °"" ""'"" •="«*"«" -"«'"■'-■'«' other ofZ
=r:.^^h:^„:e^v-.--£--i^5
Tnv iid"; """ *°' ■"• '"=" '™""'" -™y -nightstrike. There .re
rpii-srirj^ir:^; -— w^ir- -
would know more of these forts, but it is impossible to fiml out IZ
^<k questions but they are not answered. None seems to know ;he in
ward mechanisms, nor how the batteries are placed. A'l say iha o™
Paul can tell, Imtno. even an inquisitive American would ■Tk'^h m VV^h "
he forts were budding workmen employed in one part we^enTal owed
theTork" "" r t"'""" ""•' •»"«' "' ^" 'he entrances. DeSo
offlceT irhasf"" T,"' ""' ""^ ■'™""' "»■' 'he comnunl;
othcers. It has teen said that British spies have gained entrance Ii^
said that enough food has been accumulated withrth7fo^ and the H,
t'BT:::^"-^ '""""''"" •"" -^ ■"■■>• '-'■' --.o? i" i^^
hL^^h ammunition supply i, estimate,! for three years
Pretoria is m many respects the most agreeable of all S™tl, if ■
comfort, of hamionious development. At Pretoria on ih- ™„,
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of the city, costing much to keep theni in repair. But this is a good fault
and will abound to the benefit of the city in the future.
Anxkty.
" H« reacbad Iimm aato and wall. Miwitlnt tala aotka.- had d:«d of a alatj."
Oh ! war hath its ahadowa as well aa Ita ahinea,
And sorrows abound in its train ;
The pean of triumph floats out o'er the wail
Of sadness, bereavement ami pain.
She heard not the music, she saw not the flags
As they streamed on the calm summer air;
Her eyes with her heart were In far away clime,
For ihe loved of his lifetime was there.
She saw him, her hero, stand forth in first rank
'Mid the hosts of the youthful and brave.
She saw him, the target of death-dealing guns,
Lie tombed in a warrior's grave.
She faded and died 'neath her harrowing thoughts,
' Neath the picture her fancy had drawn ;
Ne'er looking through darkness of withering night
For the rays of a bright after dawn.
Ah ! what of the hearts which have sorrowed for those,
For whose coming the longing was vain ;
Those lights of the homestead, those hopes of the hearth
Who will ne'er cross the threshold again.
Oh Thou ! Who wert human. Who tasted of woe,
Give comfort, if sparing of Joy ;
Since many a mother throughout this broad land
Is heart lonely for loss of her boy.
IN KIMBERLY DURING THE SIEQB.
When we come to making the terms of settlement with these inhuman
Boers, every woman in England must remember why her sisters in Kim-
berly were in more danger from shells than their husbands. It was
because the Boers purposely shelled the houses knowing that only women
and children were in them.
Different women behaved differently. 'As a rule, we think they
showed more pluck than the men,' a leadirr- citizen said to me.
Two women were sitting on different stoops on different days. In
each case a shell fell nearby and exploded in the street. One— an
English woman — looked on rather amused than otherwise, and went out
^nd gathered the pieces to give away as mementos. The other — a Dutch
^^^-anan — died of fright.
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Two Kaffir womra were waiving in the main >treet aide by aide A
thell came, killed one and did not touch her companion
Dr. Ashe tellaof a lady who walked or rode out with her huaband
ever,- day, ahell. or no .hells. Plenty suffered dreadful deaths. Plenty
enjoyed amnangly narrow CKapes, mainly while at their daily work in
their homes One younx lady hid in a shell-proof pit until it was time
to dre«i for dinner and then went to her room and was killed That is
precisely how death came to George Ubram, the mechanical wizard
whfr llL^ ^" '°' "" "•*"• *"°"'" *«" W ■""1"= bed on
which a babe was sleeping, but it did not explode.
A lady was lying down full dressed on her bed resting after dinner
A man came in to say that he foun.l a man with firewood (which was
TLr !r '. '"^°Z""f •"««•■> «-» '<"• > io,A. The lady turned over
on her side to get her hand in the pocket at the back of her dress, and
just as «he rolled away from the side of the bed a hundred pound shell
^me and .xired its way through the bed in exactly the same^ace where
she had lieen l5-i„g. It went through the bed and the floor and into the
S^'estd" u '^'"';" ""''°'" "P"^'"''' •"" ■' ™""1 »»« <=«' ker to
pieces h«i she been dressed as men are clad and b«;n able to put her
hand down at her side and Uke her purse out of a pocket there
their LT™."' rr^ "f" "°™' "" '""'"" »•■""»« '"'y «'». '"""I
Mun-r?r 1 "".^"''■"K point when the Boera brought the hundred-
^nnder to play on «,elr homes. That was when, as if by common con-
sul, the servant girls used to dive under the beds whenever the alarm
was sounded to announce the coming of a big one
invitlU «n T" ^ '°* ^l" '""''*' "" '"■" -' "«= "'«<= "h™ M'- Rhodes
becoimng the familiar haunt and rendezvous of a populace Their
hough., on finding themselves walled in with rockTwho^ ,„l„u
could purchase principalities and stir the longing of queens- « and
the emotions of a thousand fair women of mo« mod«t moW , ,^ aro
of common clay, and yet love diamonds fully as fondlv arl Z
complex, too intense, too tremedous for handling here. But,';prfrlm
eartV^nT ■ "■=« s™-encrusted caverns hollowed deep in the
earth s interior, came fifteen women and children; to another came a
wiZu" tread^ " "r "-''-<>"»--«. " — i impossfbUt^tov
^sLshlritn", '^'"""\*"''- ''"^' ^«''' MaVitets and mat!
treses had been lowered into the depths, and those who lived in the«
share the »fety of the babes and women, but such w.^ the silent .^memp"
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they inspired that they presently fled to tile upper air, and none of their
kind took their d ..stable places.
Many women worked in all the ways that charity, hunianity and
lienevolence suugested. and those who formed an organized corps dis-
tributed the tew delicacies obtainable, and especially the tinned milk,
which was most precious, taking care that it went only to the nursing
mothers, the biljes and the v.ounded.
PRENCn-S RIDE INTO KIMBERLV.
From Modder River, from Kensburg and from DeAar the cavalry,
r.lounte<l infantry and horae artillery, came in long lines concentrating
at Gras Pan and Honeynest Kloof, On Monday the march began. Ram-
d mi, eight miles to the Eoutheast, was soon pa sed. and a sharp skirmish
secured Devils Drift on the Riet. After a I alt of a day the column
march«l on. At Klip Drift tlie cavalry division halted at night. The
breathless haste of a dasli through the enemy's country, carried out with
a rapidity probably without a parallel, had left its mark on the horaes,
and the transport was hopelessly in the rear.
On the 15th, at 10 o'clovk, the critical advance was made, and the
shelling and capture of two laagers a few miles out of Klip Drift on the
northern side of the river, cleared the way for the junction of the forces
encamped on the M^idder. «orae five mile.i east of tliB border fence. This
iKxly was composed of Kitchener's and Roberts' Horse and two more
regiments of mounted infantry. Before they entered the great plain of
Alexandersfontein the contingent from Modder River, the Scots Greys,
Household Cavalry and two Lancer regiments joined the force, which
now numbered some 10.000 men, seven batteries of horse artillery and
three field batteries. Tueir entry into the plain was the signal for the
great event of the djy, The plain is perhaps three miles in width and
five in length, converging slightly to the north and fringed with kopjes.
The kopjes on either sides were held by the Boers who poured bullets
aid shells into the advancing mass, almost hidden by the curtain of dust
that rose from under the hoofs of the horses. These were quickly cleared
of their occupants by the impetuous rush of the mountetl infantry. Lieut-
enant Sweet Escott, of the 16th Lancers, was the first officer to fall, shot
dead at 50 yards by a Boer, who received a lance through his throat
almost before he could produce the inevitable cry for mercy. Kopje after
kopje was cleared, and the Boers were driven from them right and left,
as the column crashed forward like some great ploughsliare, thrusting
aside the enemy on either side, helpless to withstand this tremendous
charge and almost powerless to harm it. A barbed rider fence stretching
across the plain checked the advance for a moment, and the halt enabled
the Boers to withdraw their guns. It was no time for a flank movement
to capture them.
At Bevillier's Farm at the northern end of the plain, the column
halted, * and reformed in column after watering the horses. They had
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come t™ miles and broken the nnx around the lieaieKed town The pace
at which the advance had t)etn made had both minimized the casualities
and prevented Cronje from appearing «Mi 10,000 men to line the Icopje.
on tlie plain. Tlie latter realized that he was defeated, and acted with his
usual Kigacity. By the evening of this same dav not a man was left on
the hills on the ridges that had been the camping ground so long.
Meanwhile the cavalry pushed on. From Bevillicr's I'arm the coun-
try resembled some great English park, studded with single trees and
undulating under the long sunburnt grass, through which the guns
ploughe.1 long tracks in the crumbling red soil. Here the pace liegan to
till, and horse after horse that had struggled on so far fell dead from
fo ne wound unioriced in the fight.
There was no time to pause, and at a point some three miles further
the first sight of Kimlierly burst upon the column through !he fringe of
the tree.. The Boers on the north of the town were firing their shots
from their great gun, but they soon stopped, and General French entered
the town, which in a moment put out ita flags and decorations The panic
that had lieen caused by the continuous bursting of the huge shells over
every part of the Iwsieged town vanished, and from the 1200 fool lev. 1 o*
the diamond mines thousands of women and children emerged into the
light of day.
MEMORIES OF LADYSMITH'S TRIAL.
The •• Daily Chronicle's" correspondent, under date of March it
draws a pitiful picture of conditions in this corner of Northern Natal
tie wntea: —
"One hardly knows whether to call Ladysmith a cemetery, ahospital
or a slaughter house. It is tnie a thousand dead would well cover the
fatal losses of the siege, and of these five hundred and twenty-two died of
disease. Why, enteric fever alone cost us three hundred and eighty-two
li«s, and dysentery one hundred and nine, while of wounds only eighty
died, not counting those three or four hund.«l whom death found
cro H^i'Tm'^:.'""" ■"" ""''"^' " '""• '"■■' '"' hospitals are
crowded sUll. Prom Intombi, certainly, the victimsof a feverish ground
sodden with disease are being quickly drafted down to the sea ; all but
those whose shattered bones would break again at moving. But the new
hospital ,n the tin camp is filled already, and we are actually sending
the sick to the front, instead oi the rear, for want of room. E itenTri es
us no rest. Friend after friend of the old garrison falls at my side Tnd
now It has attacked the new garrison, too. In one brigade fifh- are down
m another sixty-four. There seems no end of it, though the • t^U usT;
touch of frost next month may do u., good, and the other morning I saw
the precipices of the Drakensberg once more outlined by thin ledges of
follow. We were so reduced in strength that the improved diet does us
hann rather than good. The men eat and drink, b,u fade aw-ivV"
need to speak of the smell of death that hangs over all the town and the
M
FOK THR FLAO
■-Kin the river, where wa.hel-the midl of ground putrid wlllw
hinK. MTOuld not n„„er mucV «.ere o.e not haant3-l by ^"^'r .,' T.
I rule around the familiar fortilicition-. «> lately full of m™ „~l
hen, ,>o»1y falling to piece,, wl.ile the trench^U «lli Hp ^^ Z
ramy weather « seem, a.if at every rtep my ho™e kicked uptSeCe, of
»mefnendthati,KO„e. H.-re it wa, th,t Av ,, the fe.rl^i and™ yen-
Iml f 11 .J'T^ V. '^''!"' ""' "" '"""y <■" ">at terrilJe Januan-6th
and fell with a tiny hole in hi, forel.eid and a Kap at the lack of W?h«d
a, b,K0.a baby, ,«,.. „,„ nick Cuny^ham^, [„.. ^T^,;' ^^'^,
tTe Wh?,"™" V" ""^"^ '"" "' ''" "= «• ■>' •■'■ f^rlona^to"
the ManchMtemon CcMr', Camp, when a tallct from a mile away W
dipped into hi, liver. Here yc- „,. Di,.,y,,on« tried to t«at S th^
Boer on,la„Kht with the butt end of a revolver till he died. And ,h«
a^i»manymor^menof all rank, and condition,. On almorteve^
-. there ..t. a ghoat who nod, bin head and ,peak, quirtly to me all
CHitlSTMAS IN L«DVS.«IITH
Theaun beat, down with pitiless persirtency on f.ie ml«ry of the
when, m common with every people in Christendom, we are ,inKi„,,
__^Glory to God .„ the hi.he.,, and on earth peace, goodwill S
. 1 K°".",'''?.' »"■'"'<=« °f Chri«:n,rtide, that io,oo, Britons have
celebrated wuhin the memory of living mau. A brilli, nt, cTondleL sky
supphe, the high lighu of a picture of death, of bl.K>d,-.ed of pri^tion
Of c™™" '"T"','" ° '"»• <" -peakable ruin and dLu o"!
Of course, we haven't a monopoly of misery. I know that In
«:uL\nd"m '" ^""T"; "'"' "" "'«■■" « ""-t^ wi h awfl"
re. sm.andm,,nyare the thou^-ht, which turn to the little mound, of
eanh m our midst where »me poor fellow rest, who will ne«ratrn
meet tho,e whom he ht:.l dearest. ^
i, . w "'hi " r ? " ";'""'P°'J- of ™«ry. All that we can lay claim to
Z '^f ','"•"''= "Kht which proximity cast, upon suffering,, ind wtat
wouldn't we give now for the gloomy diys and the dull .iie, that a^
aisDciated with an English Chri,lmastide !
The mocking sunshine, the glorious brightness of the heavens
simply ,«foo, the i^eason and Ulie the grief that is around u, wrha"
no long nigh . Every day reaches us early and leaves us late W h
me g„y streak of dawn in the eastern sky, when the fir.t bird chirks a
Srrenne:^b"'''"T;r"'' "'^°' "•= distant gun ana the cnLTof
the shell near by : and then, with the western sky bathed in rich purple,
wienthMastUrd twitter, it^lfand it, mate to ,leep. comes again the
report of the distant ^un ,nd the era.!, of the shell u Jr W
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ninatncd n the town of flMot-.l™ i." . . *"" '"'«
And .. , .topped insid. th. d "r of ,ht. tImoW 1°'''^"'""«-
voice, filled the tin, church : "^ •*"" ° "°"'"'' "'
"Give peace, O God, give peace again."
congregation in „„i«>„, .ti our ZX^-ent li^Jond'th^b tv" '".'
awe-givingcTzui^^^- „, r;™:^'u;;.H'^v:'^"''''"' •'■'
will never cea« to haunt ol!l° T.J t™"'""' "'^ »W<^'>
death^ea.inrTn^°„LTf m^r^ 1'^:^ ""R.::","r"l"' "«
"Give peace, O God, give peace again."
==i";as.-r -"- -~ » ■»"«.; --.s'i
y vol TMK riAU
who '<n»iR«l In the hniq^l town. Th«. wm choking vol™. »h«.
the churchnntMhon) with Ihepnyer: >»™ wnra
" Give pnn.O God, Kiv« pi««aKiin."
Noho,ly w.ntc.1 toMtchhl. Wlow-worrtlpp.,. .y,., f„Hng thia
hi. own we« t«r^ln,mri, .„d ,h,, ,^„ „.. „pon hi. lip.. So ,h«,
d.^l«I hy ,h. brUlUnt .unAInc, th.y g.„d over d.v..ut.d orch»»I.
•nd garden, to the plain wh.« cattle «.,ve.l and vnltu«.7S
around the halMmrie.1 bodie. of horn, and oxen
IntJ^nt,".;" II" '°°' °' '^ Mbnlwana, lay the white flag camp o(
IntombI 8pn.lt. He« war', dread hnnd-nmiden IM«a« wa. reaping
fh^^l^ . ? 'T*'" °' "■eChri.tma.tide that wa. to he for
the hundred, who tay there between IKe and death (their cemetery
hack to health and itiength.
And we thought of the emotion of tho«. who. knowing . relative or
afnend wa.dylng were forbidden by the enemy, regulation, to leave
he de»late town for a few hour, to vidt thi. neutral .pot and «y a la.t
farewell And we thought that war wa. horrible-ih.. iu mi«ri«
overwhelmed it. gloric-and with quiet, eameat, •■ Amen " .ub«riW
to the fervent prayer : •-■"tnuea
" Give peace, O God, give peace again."
THE AOVANCe ON LADYMIITH
During the day the Boer, maintained a bri.k artillerj- fire from
long range and automatic gun., but the Britlih lome, wei* .ij^ht
rid.'^'Jh'"^!?"""*'^'!'"';'^"' »">•"' """K the muin or eaatem
ti ^!f«" ™-«"«'«'yoP«>«i a terrific fire which wa. heard
™tUing above the londe.t anillery from a s,«,e »ngar on the top S
the hill and a croM fire from the mirronnding heights
In -pit' of the «ore. ofritell, bur.ting about the the trenche.
hnrhng tock., bullet, and .pllnter. in the faces of the defender, th^
Dutch «ood the fire, an their head., .lonch-hatted, plaln^^aiht
against the sky maintaining their terrible fire. And when the.upreme
moment arrived «veral ir, their reckle« excitement sprang on the^of
the wall, waving their rifle, and firing furioudy.
, But if the defence wa. magnificent, the attack was superb ThL-
Inniskilhng. climbed steadily up the hill to within five hundred yard, of
the .ummit without much loss. Then the leading companies chafed
running swiftly onwaid acros. the rocky .lope, between a few small
trees while the whole ground wa. .tirred and spurtcl with bu«eta
sinking ground. "Miieia
The attack was spent. Then away the support, advanced to
sustam It, bat only to .hare iu fate. In spite of the gallantry and
devotion, after repeated attempts, the heroic Irish soldieiS, havin. C
very heavily in officer, and men, recognized that they could not prevail
L.
'O" THK FIAO
Sh«T> fiKhting took place in ih. /r, ^^
v.ry....v^. A. .U.rk„J,°"^ ;"*""""-". and ,a. n,„.ke,rv grew
ConfBMl, clow fiKhtiniof . « J. * " ^""•'' »""m the ri.-,-
^B«r..„ff.^p ""'^^e™ «vere, but it f. certar„
Bo.™ Kv„.l tin.... ^- ^"» »""»h troop. clo«»l HithTh"
Sixteen men of VVnrti.. ■
...o«d Wood on .heirt^n:,?""^'" '»"""'" "" "«': ... r«„vi.t.
UdlT. ... ' "« pip*" ■•' the^nL *°'™"'h.th.veKonc
^-^^::^---^?^^Srt;/^^
?^tss:t£S9='«-^"^;^^
-- be,, an, ,,, ,^, ;;;"'■ -utua, unde«u„di„, th.t 'eih\'° ,1^
<■'-|.»»«.ndti^'*"«'^""•'™■''''•"''-d,^G.t:^^v^tt:^^^
lW.e of Udyanith, I u,a„k v„,
'h-k.ouoaeaudaUfor.hehe^ic.nd
s«
ran th« fiao
I! li
It wM a mtmonblt Kenc.
OCNKRAL BULUR,
■ULLBR'I Mrs.
Beneath Ihe fitr« ray. of the lun,
WaUt-<leep in watery flood
In nnknoj,^ p„,h,, .hrou^h tangled Krowth.,
» here hidden foemen wood.
They Imwly p„,he,I their Kallant path
Through .wamp. o'er hill and lea,
Till o'er the manna of battle rang
The ahoutA of victory.
Britannia, to her truity lona.
In lending wonla of cheer.
With great, full heart of mother-love
Doth drop a mother'a tear.
With mingled pride and aorrowing
L'pon her silent hrave,
Who rest within their patriot .hrt>ud.
In glor} 's honoureil grave.
MOW LADVSMITH SUFPEREC
aulTering, had been terrible T;.!" '" " """'" >» Their
^.r, ."^otai !»^u.iro;r8.«^'':r .:xtvxr" "" ^'''
u,ooo Iroope. j.ooo civilian, n-H . ." • "" ^°" armies—
riclnesa^mi^ Wth. t'' T-"' ""^ '"^ '""■"» "^'V^
been inmate, of t^rhoapl, 21^ t"- ^'°°° ""' "' "'™°" «""
and the stress of the sSTnd uZ T^ ^"' '^"''^' "« """ ""l
once down with ^ckuXTslrT^r^Tr '""""' *^'" ■■ ■"■"■
there were ,,«« death, from dtaselZe^* i^'l^o:^::. "' ^'"'■
U. mg on rcduc„l rations, IcUling the cavalry and artlS^' |,o„„ to
lit I
m«ke UiHr Unli into mu-i,,, .h.i. .,. . W
into (nfamry .„j ,,„ nu.n ihr "„' h '"™''>'""*~"v,rt«l
• «k. no. . A„, »„ „ .*•«•" "fool w« K.r„. ,„d ,„,
held oiit for ,1, ».^ « hite I.IU i|,., h ,,_ ... ""n>
rclinluK force prrvem
No tbotiKht of »!
who dill not know
nor hov awful th. u
formany wrekit'.ii,^.. r
realiae of what it
' "ajful
Littli ■• perxir
11 -.-net
■1, :
'y *-.H, f.
Ttalilr
• i"i-*iiiiv iiavv
the linielj- arrival of the
' nerewiity.
IndulKed. The politic,
« were the conrtltiona.
-■xpcctwl monientaril.v
•I>ri«ooera.The.vd|.|„,;,
•'""'•nnyweiema.l..
''""'7 «» """"w of ,h. „c,„a,
ieirihh
pmation. which i ..i.,,,,,,,,, ,, , - --....„, o, ,«, „«,„,
.r^r" ""•"•"'" '••«■•> '..r. '"^'-""•'rible month,,
the b«rieged have been Uv^,,,, n^;,,;^ '' endurance and d«wion of
On Oct ijth n, '" ' ' •'*''rkiMi.
^«.Wd, world, and, advanciT/trr " T "'*'•" "" "^ ""'I
bo»U.rdn.«,t of ,he town on Z ° whi^'T """"■"««' • heavy
After four hour, firing, which kmed ™' , ^''°""■" ^ lneff«:tual
commanded the Boe™ .e„l . „lL ''•*• *^°""»»"'<«nt Cronje who
^""^''° "'™ "■«'« hl.SZ?'?"^™""'""'' "" •"-"^«' of
Baden-Powell fart .,ie,p, Wh« h. .. v^ """"ger found Colonel
Innch.and «„, hi„ .J^^ "ij!" ^J '"f' *' invited the me««nK.r to
wh« he had enouKh.. "" "" "?'>• """ "« ' would let him k„o °
Unntr;j??.rerttrhtSr:„'l*'rf,""''' «=-—- C-nJe.. «,„
do it him«Mf. on Octol«r ,, "^"" »''f'kinx, and undertook ,
Kopje and there w^^^'u .rn^^lt'ed"':'' '"* *" '^" -K»"n« C^nto:
hour* „,th heavy .hell and m7T" t^:'^"" «'"'^'' I-'"! for five
hea,;ylo«;y„„„gC™njereceiv«u;„„!S%'^"' *'"' -i""" '"ck with
.Then commenced a «;ri^ JL™ "' ''^""' ''''""l «"" after
•ortie. l.y ,|„ defender, a^d defne^rT"' "•"■"• "" '^«>" of Kal Int
•he Boer. „uri„« ,he re" o X"mc' 1?^," ',"■*'"« ' '"e 'own ,"
more or l,« effect, the artill.rv V^.^n '"'"''»"''"■'"' eo-tinued with
•dvanced nearer to the town On v'' """" "ecution a. ,he Boet,
'0 -duce ,h. »tion. of the^rri^," tH*'- I' '' "^ "»'"■' "-e»^
Kreat e«,tion, to force the CTl ^ ""'"'■• however, managed Uy
On Decen,her ^ occurJonf^rthrhil:^"' ""'' """' ""'-ced ^ '
un.ucce»ful attack bein„ 1,? "•"''°«''ea cpiso,lesof the .iev^"'
Hi». The British ati^rS^th-Tt",' '^ '-'"™ " G-^«
length reluctantly given. "' ""'' •*« <"^er to retire wa. at
'""'"™°"-''"— —-.on and ..men were
6o
mw THK FLAll
iiie Boers celehrntnri tu v.
Hundredth day of the sieire 11,,. ^IJ ">v'*ln. On Feb 2 11,:
"pre^sinK .heir !„,., devSo"" '^™™ -"' » "-aKe .0 the ^^n
J2^. r? H^th rdtaie"t:r;^-v-' -'-- - —«. .o
^-:^r.'^\c.eiSF-"-=^"o'd
a^l was going, ell and that the ™r^°'°" '"-""'^well r^portriC
da,, previously, reached V^burg ii^e ^ fot °T ?' '•"''''• *'"'■ '-o
At last, on Friday, after «e.^ l- "'"'"' ^stant.
he official Boera„n.,„„cen,e„" h^r« '"^f: '"' ^"■P-"= ""rd with joy
»*■«« possession. ■""• " ^ntish force from the south
Mafeking is a small place It, f.n
FOR THE FI.AG
north, saw the few weeks for whi,.!. l. .
months of isolation. Xe™?;. ," eIIL'h T'"* "' "^'^ ""'' P°« "■"'
thrill ,h« can.= to her when CoS B H T' "" "'PP^'' "'P^'^
c»n. ,« ,.,k.„ ,, ,i„i„^ down .„^d t^k " atT.""°7 ' "''^ " *'"'"""«
ment which the nation wonid I,a« .r^f ■ ^here » no advance-
capaei.,,chee.„l„essa„di™^^-,X--;;;;-^^bH,liant
.Ben^r.:'t;;:ri'rf;o'::t';rt;;rMr„st;;r"'t-''"-"""''
was accompanied l,y the Mdv Ma4rt „ ".."T' /";' ''""'"■™'
House, where. .in.T.enseportrairofCoT^.o'l"' '""' ■>' "■« Mansion
.4''^:rd^;:;r :LTarr^„,^^^^^^^ ^-^ «■- '->"' ^-y-
^^-^X ^-^-^fSf H-'^-^ a -S
Major remarked :•«■; never ,1™,h, . . ' '"" "''ich the Wd
""TL''';:frr",i^""-""-'""-^^^^^
Queen,^trwifHTne'::d"c'r«^t3'' '" '^"^'^ '^o-^-vethe
assembled multitude and the S o, p'r^"'"''"^ ,f ""f" ">• '"e
the Mayor and his party retired ° '"">' ^°°^ '»"<"»■.
St. o^i'sXiTeirir jirre^jhsr r--'^ -- '-
a" r-; ^r "K=y«-''>--J^^^^ .en., and
^. we;t:^:e~~^^- 'X^^
■^cause a flat and ahso7uwr„,;„i ° T' '™ '" ^"* *'""» ^''-y.
MafekinK is) has by the -niZfT^'"" 'T'"^' """'^ "" 'hat is wi^
against the most stLuou? Zt/nm onT'of ™ ,"='?"'"'' """ "*""««
but of his successors. ' ""'^ "' °" '"'''■■K (feneral, Cr.-.nje
you lt^V^iZ'tZ7lt:Tr'"' '?'- '^"'<«"- f-nd. .totake'
-ould have thonghttha. tb;s <^wi bThic'h ""' " "■' P"""- ^'-
have got in on any nigh, they ^0^" We had r"^™™"""'" " -"'■'
hers there, but it is no confeiion „7;.„ ^ ""^ **" "' ^ronje's burg-
■cnew Baden-Powell was n„ r^y" Jre^ZuTr "" ""' """ '" ">■ '"«' -
that he was ready to spri„„ sumril^r? ""^ ""T"*' "' O"^. but
think' (it »ho„hl be started Hjt£e"„lr-' """"r"'- ^"'' 'ho-^h I
-nvX-:s?::^r.:rs::yz™~'°-.-- do no.
6i
TOS THE P,.AG
Lorrl Edward Cecil ,
■credit as Colonel i^T ^" "' '^"l Solisl,„rv i
-»thefolloJ„;'',,^4'"-'-o»:ellfor.hem:;^;£;,'^?7" qui.e a, „„,h
from ,„. Cape fo';h'™;'""'^'ii» a l«.e?from L^r^"" »'"f'='""»r
Edward Cwil J„i """ ""« sliow, ? .^'' Kitchener datS
-cl.ln,--;-^«o"h n^He^'naa^^^^^^^^^
'" MafekC Wh'Sr r '•"''"■'"""Mo afnTatr '• ^■'" "^^^ '-"
-S-'-iththe P^mler's „"/'""■'""-■ ««id^ht """"^ >""
-«on,.,,,„„^^a^e^^„^
..„ ^'^^THEBArrtBATEscocsT''"'
Tlie mother win recall .u. .
AJi':;-'£'^-^^d:
-.o..ChiXrr;^-.
63
FOM THE FLAG
And, l,roc,linK o'er the after vears
Of ; oiilh ami manliood's rtime
Will 1„„K to follow to iliat bourne'
Bevondlhe ills of lime.
Tl.e stricken ,ife «ill clasp her hand,,
The child will sob in v,iin •
The hul«ark of Jiis hearth and home
W ill ne'er return acain.
The sister heart will sorelv mourn
The brother of her pride •
And «ho shall cleer her eniply life,
rile disap|ioinle<l bride.
Thou ! Father of the fatherless '
Great God of laities, hear '
Have mercy, heal those hearts which blee.1
O er many a.soldicr'a bier!
FEEDINa THE OUNS.
If it were not that there is a ver>' excellent »„^ i ..
supplying soldiers with anim„„it„?dnrin,r ""'■''"' '>"'■" "<
b» almost hopeless ,„ attacHn v BosaZ^ M ?""" "' » "«•"' " """'-l
heavy things to car^-. The lol bu "t tb h k ""^"'''•"'' "' "">•
and.heweig,«of,i?ew.ads.;^wl;'.,?:„^X>,f ---■'<'' '>>ec.«
»...ch though it isof small comTa.'" ve ™t ^h , " " " ""'^'^
When our soldiers are attacking a Boer ^t^ril, •
quire that each man shall have a laL su^L r ' ^ "P^^tions re-
all be came.1 forward as .he fight p^^l^^" oi™™""-". This must
a hilltop may have the largest supdiT of h^' ^' '"tre-ched upon
he is not weighted don'rhv it >"» ^^x-u-'ion by hi, side, and
position. *" "• " °'" "'<«"=" are when storming a
carry. An ordinary private:ar:^eTr;it7j^r''"-^'''''='''
when heavy firing is exoecte,! ihi. .^ J '' t^'ore an action,
-re fro. L hatLio"^'^^ :?", 'Z:r': 1^?^"'^ "^ ="
advances into I„ttle carrving no less tiar.Vo^ Jki , ,"' ""'" P"""=
Whenevera soldier falls or is rnnde. h '"''"''tj™''" <•' death,
ammunition, and it is at once drstribm^ 1 ' "nn.ediately stripped of
capable of carryingonthe fight Crl^ ^"^ '"^ men who are still
i» carried in fou\cLs,d^n;hel«cino;ro™"t°"^"''^''''°"^"-
ac..on,pea.simmi„e„.,.temp:.arrrrvrcT^
I ll
Mo- column 87 Zu^^, ' •"'" » »'»»}-. wiS .1, ■*""•
""oun. enrried ,„Th, fij^' « ™°"» I-r m.„. "S^„ " «rt«J i.
: -™« .0..:, : " '-^^ ■•"'- --^eoi:' -
■■»-^.M„or„r:;:„';p';«o'^n.^u„''ifrr^^^^^^
""^ mulM which acccm^ ' P^J^fcally fit a Jlhl^ "K^K^ent
■•«'arn,us. be e„ , ,"'*'-'"=» «"' *« '""•
Dcvona. ^ """ "vere,l with water ■• c° ' ""'' "literally
'■'«"' <o the f™„, , . , ■ "'"■«""'"-■. Relf, J
hattle of Tu^,;- '"•=" ' ^" of bullet,, God kuo:,".! "T "„"^'"« ■■■•«■■
' ~'^" officer at the
A story ig told h i-»
" was the ocea.iV,™ [ ""ost proni,si„„
"■e li., of caaualtieT™??'; '^"P ™ '^nZ;!^::!,'^ ""■ °' »hich
-^HBS^^^tfatiir^ ™-He made
^r'-'--^rs---£^ob-^-
^ His neatest fear wa, ,e« ■ " """'""'' «
PHde wafjuat ihatv-tv «?'• -""-'-..nde.r. "r.? Zf '^P""^
' wtiose greatest
'-'.Robenalatel.preae^,^^^
^- °'""">". Of 'le Ba„k of
Iff I.
FOH THK FJMl
6S
Ireland^ ,rtth^.„d««ndy-bound copy of •• Forty^n. y„„ i„ !,„„.,"
o\,i^f t^' °'^""'P"""» *'y " »"toS"pl> l«t«- thanking Mr.
Quinton for hi. sfnue. in connKtIon with htr fund for the wiv~ an.
famihra of wldiera and Milors serving in South Africa.
have done so much ,plen.l,d work in South Africa. In the midat of her
anxiety and gr,ef she «„t for the Mother Superior The«. and W
Evangehne who labored » heroically among the aick and dying du^g
the «.geof Mafeking, and Ae asked that the name, of all the nmZ
ImJTh'''""^'"'"' """"="""" *' '"""""^ "■"■■"' ^^
■OERS AND THE BIBLE.
A misaionarywaa visiting a Boer family, and found that thev were
daily u«ng and therefon,, -earing out. a Bible that had beenZ.Zt
over with the family three centuries or so before from Holland and ^n
Uining all the f^nily name, from father to «,n ever sine" H.^i^°,
out to them that it was a treasure not to be ruined. They a^ ta
did not know where to get another to replace it. He promised to make
themapre«=ntofone. The old Boer was aghast. • But,' he »dd"the
English do not know anything about the Bible.' However the ixMk
pnnted in Dutch by the Bible Society, wa. duly pre«nt«i. oTcouS'
^ead of the Dutch arm. it had the English arm. on the f™nt^^'
The old m«, pomted this out, • That is the Bible,' he said. A HWe
further CMmmation showed him, however, to his amazement that thil
was only a „,a,ter of printing and that otherwise the two wer; identica
Tlleexplanauonastoth. arms led to a reference to the tjrtarn
Trandation • said the old man, • This is no translation. The word .were
ongtnally said j^utch.' Literally that represents the ordina^lute S
the upcountry Boer mind. They look upon the promise. and\hr«.Ven
ings of the Old Te««„ent a, personally addr^sed to themal^v^ ^d
h«r forefathers. They worship a purely tribal God, who hr^v^oT^
ju^firf ,n so doing, act toward them accorfingly. If they see together
mae street a Boer, an Englishman and a native they would dSri^
them as • a Christian.' • an Englishman ' and • black tlasi, ' After all
apropo, to »ome ofthe letten, that have lately appeared, that is worship!
ping thes^neGod,' or • being Pnrte^ants.' with some little qualifr
That Britain . patncians are of ths right stock i. shown by the fact
that 36 membei, of the House of Lords are with the troops in South Africa
Besides these 36. there are hundreds of the bnjtheia and younger sons of
peers »r<-ing with their regiments. "
Besides Ok oldei« Mns of the Marqui. of Dufferin, of Lord Roberts
66
. Which Z'X, "S """"■'" P"^.
0«C;ir/„7""'«rtade
TO« TBB FI.AG
Which nigh or tu-oe ocbi„ i.v„ •
And tnun,ph«i In fair fi«dom'. c.u«
Or .unk in glory, honored gravM.
Y.I EnglMd, doir old England -
Th. f™ed in K„g and .tory ;-
WHat other land nuycart.riiide
On dearold England', glory!
^ *'*'»« "K"" upon the wild <
Who cheer with mirth the dart^t ™.i.
Wift »fte.t heart for .uirenng™ ■""■••
But .ron-willed to foen«n', w«th ':
see how they .pring to front the frav •
Brave Erin bide, not, a,lt. not why '■
Which throb to conquer or to die.
Yet England, dear old England !
The fMed in K>ng and story ;_
Wbatotherl.ndn,ayca.t..i,ade
On braveold England, glory'
■rttannU'. brood, from further Wot
wuh -Z "" *"■* ^'' "'"'« fnrth.
Have dtgniaed their kingly birth.
And fought a. vetemn »ldier. fi jht
AndwonasMielywinthebe.'- '
Hath bla»ned every youthful crat.
^l^°K;!°?'.K™««old England !
The fanad m «>ng and Moiy ;_
W^t other land may cast a ile
On brave old England, glory!
BISMARCK.
nu ToiTr„d"S'nt'rx.1 's^'tt'""^ :' "" "^^ "•'»'■''". «™-
.o get .. beuer term. ■■ t^n^^ .rd^r 'm '''^"°*"^ " '^°«'-'^
g.ven them in Berlin, Smit was enj~l I ""'"'"■ ^t a banquet
howthebunfher. i>^>b.\i::T^2i^"^''-y^'>' »">"-°f
■when Biamarck, who had bee7lilnf°^ * t"""'' "" "" <>' '88,,
«.eper»n whom Smit was X^^^ ff A ' ^t" '""'""■• »»«' '<^
k»ow. what would have happen^ to iim*,,™*,"'^ General) if he
—npower.. «»" an.,^l,^r, '-■l^;- J-;^;^ Disn^li
.e?
68
K>« TH» fXAO
■OBR MANNBU.
letterM«iM "f^l.T r^? "A wom.„ from Dundw loM me, • ih,
h' > ■• . u to put uD with at Ih. h.-j > H - "'P««"o« refuftM women
o. " . Wood wi. o« c« :hth ,11 ^h '*, ™°'""' "■ "■■■"■ '"y
Br-t,d,et.. Aladvw«^lJIJ ^ ""'' '"■■■ '^"''^ "PP"' ">
«y^.inth.'^bLX"^rX°''"l*Uh^uT r ''•"'^-
of you rooineki." »r«ing, there ! that i. i. what we think
in.mt.iJ.lrcnt, tt'^-.tir-"^,?"" "-' Hi. ho« .hot. and
next morning diKovered that a MauKr bu l-f Tf ^^J "^ °"'>'
•H-dy. Thenheconap„da„dw"a,tLT.'tU^uf" "'""*" ""
AN AOED PATRIOT.
other Highland regimenu, and h«, rix «>n. «^„ ' „ I,. "'""' '"''
III
'formt,Z^f*h'r»;SnV;l,""r'""^'" "'""^' ""«"
during rhTttle of W«LHmi""L:S ' '*"" '"""'' "«'«">"
«..iv.«ign.a„?fo^rn%rdatir.rrX"rpS'ht
«nd in the magazine of one of the mm. A n«l.T. \ ,w '
that for hard .n^k^X?"!;'^™"'"- •"^" "■' ^°" ">'-"' »'
A TOUCniNO INCIDENT.
One of the mott touching incidents of the war in Sonfh At„-
cured when Captain Tow. received the arv::LL" c1rh:il:red*^y
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the a«««i 'or v«lor in the vddl. CapUin Towi« nrncd the dirtinction
by tttemptiiiK to cariv alt Colonel Downnun. who had been wounded,
under • hall of bullets He wab unable to do lo, and lay bedde him and
kept off the Boera all niKlit until help came. By that time Colonel
Downman waa dead. Captain Towk waa blinded in both eyea by a bullet
wound. Captain Towie waa taken to Windior. and led into the royal
pmence by hia wife, where he knelt at the feet of his So\erei({n. who
waa BO much overcome by the light of the blind hero that her aged handa
could icarcely pin on the moat priied of all British decorationa. The
Queen'a few worda of aimple praiae of hia gallantry and thanka for hia
devotion were spoken lo low aa to be almost inaudible, and when Queen
Victoria waa led out there waa acarcely a drj- eye among the officials
present,
ORAVB OF UBirr. ROBBim.
A loyal Dutchman, named Hatting, residing near Frere, haa made a
graceful offer to Lord and Lady Roberts,
The remains o( their son. Lieutenant Roberta, who fell at Colenso,
lie in this man's farm, and he offers to make over to the parents of the
deceased officer two acres of land around the grave.
ON THB BVB OP BATTLB,
A Holy CaaumiBlwi Sarvlea.
It is a common error to represent the British soldiers as ne'er-do-
wella, with little or no sense of religion. Soldiers may not be plaster
sainta, but if those who talk of them in this fashion would but attend a
aervice at a garrison church, they would find there the best of congre-
gations. Nowhere do the people join so heartily in the servicea aa in a
military chapel, and the spectacle of rows of soldiers all uking part is
moat impressive. Much more impreasive, however, is the same act of
worahip when performed in camp. But nothing can exceed the solemn-
ity of a military service on what may be a battlefield, especially if that
service be the celebration of the Holy Communion. How many of the
men kneeling reverently there will be alive to-morrow ! That is the
question every participant asks himself. The scene presented is one not
eaaily to be forgotten. At the altar, made of drums, stands the chaplain,
in hia aurplice, administering the sacrament to men who will be in the
thick of the battle in a few hours, while round the congregation stand
men, fully armed, keeping guard.
A HERO.
Arehdeacon Barker is one of the heroes of Ladysmith. A Boer shell
fell at his feet, and the arehdeacon picked it up as it was on the point of
exploding and dropped it into a tub of water, extinguishing the fuse.
BLOBMFONTEIN.
The entry of Lord Roberta into Bloemfonteiu partook little of the
glamour that is supposed to be attached to war. Provoat-Battersby
writes to the Morning Post :
" Hen wan the greatest incident in the greatest war that England
' »0« TH« FIAO
cMipUgii. ■™™°™~ •no thttk^rtn, .t IhU «r»t cl<»e of hh
«« Hp. which .pok. it, ti. ^^ ?S""? T?"* *• '""'•"y " "»
guide onrfwt Into th.M/of^^' *" in<««»lon "to
dow«, pick«l up hU rla.; ,„rfi^^°r^T '"."" '""• "' «"
from loM of blood." ^"' """"^ '*'•« l>« colhpMd
Psttiotbn.
Sritmnl. ! thy tine .nd bnve
H.« h«lg^ the. «fe,y, „„, „^
With loyiUty unmixed, profound,
UpontheUndMonthemve.
Not on the betUe-field alone
Nor on the deck behind the guns
I« .11 the love of leal heart. Aown
J^ lowly hut and paUce home
Meet leivjce cometh at thy call
And Urge- gift—among them kll
Not leart are tho« from o'er the foam.
Oh^ MotherUnd I dear Motherland I
However far thy childien he,
-J*' *"' ''*" '" ■"««» thee, '
They riae and aa a bulwark stand.
rOK TBI FLAO j,
Oh MothtrluKl I l-miol all Uadi !
Tlios I lud whtn Pmdon niln Uw (nc ;
W« Ion, wc liTt, m di( (or ttaw-
Ood leave Um Ktiitn in thy hudl.
TMB MniOTIC FUND. ITC.
All cUMt of ixnplt have contriboM (.nerouily to the nqairaneati
now ""' '"•^°"" **• "«»" »«" atnilvdy dl.pl,yri than
u-J*"? Prin«Mo» WalM, after acquiring and Siting up the splendid
hoqrftal ihip known by her title, spent Urge ranu of money in providini,
comforu for the invalided loldiera; while PrinceM Chrirtian procured
and litted up an hoqiital train which hai been of thentmoat Mrvicc
heddea enliiting many well-tiaincd nurica in her Army NnrainK Rewr^e'
Lady Randolph Churchill procured, through American benevolence the
hofljltal ihip Maine, and Lady Furly, Lady Bentlck, Lady Lanidowne
Mra. A. Paget, Mra. J. Bagot, Lady F. Poore, Lady Cheaham, Lady g'
Cunon, and othen too nuneroua to mention, worked hard on behalf of
the cauae. The Duke of Weatminrter on hU deathbed ligned a cheque
for /i,coo-and other contributiona, laigeand amall, awellcd the Pat-
riotic Fund to the mllliona.
The IndUn Patriotic Fund reached nearly /loo,ooo. Beddea they
equipped a Volunteer Force, under Colonel Lumiden, and lent 3000
nativea, alio thouianda of horm and mulea, and alio a hone-hoapiul and
thouMnda of suiu of clothing, etc. Natal taxed itaelf to the very ntmoat
in aisisting all Khemei of patrioliim.
Auitralia, rich country aa it is, exceeded all antidpadona in lu
generoaity to the cauM, while New Zealand did moat nobly. The former
contributed over /2oo,ooo to the Patriotic Punda, with 400 army lervlce
wagons, an ambulance section and horses and mulea by the thousands
while the Utter haa expended on the cause no less a sum than ;f 150,000.'
A abort time since a Zulu chief and hia men came in to do honor to
the magistrate, and to offer their services in case they might be wanted in
the war. The chief expUined that he knew be was unworthy to fight
wiUi the Englishmen, but when Uie master went hunting did he not call
the dogs to help ? He himself, and hu men, were content to be the dogs
if they might help. At the word ' Inkos- which means master there men
saluted by raising their right hands high above their heads. These Zulus
are bom fighters. They had fastened their sssegais to their saddles to
show that they meant what they said. They were fine, big fellows, and
were mounted on small horses.
Mrs. Vaughan, Ipswich, London, relates an extraordinary family re-
cord of services to the Queen. "My husband and my father," she writes
" served in the old 31st Regiment, now the North Lsncaahire, the former
"•ooeorr nmutioN tbt om
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FOR THE FLAG
I'rvT.tmv',?'"'''''''"""'"'''''-""' '•"■•'• ■ had •■■'■•on.. One
.;~„ .h?:rc:rrQr„"" ^''"'''-" "■"■"^- --' "-- '^-
Daofhters of the Empire.
The dearest treasures of the heart
Upon thine altar laid;
Not through the costliest gifts of earth
Could just award be paid.
^'l??' '""'^ '^'"' "'"' Kive.their best,
V.'hat more can mortal do ?
Since each successive bfFering
Is sacrifice anew.
Still hands! that may not combat
With weapon on the field ;
Lone hearts I which mourn in sadness.
Yet joy their best to yield.
Britannia ! thy daughters brave
In trustful loyalty.
Have wiped the tear and stilled the plaint
And raised the song for thee.
For thee, Oh bounteous Motherland !
Unto thy generous heart
Still firmer be the tie that binds
Thmeown, ■ till death doth part."
heigi;^;e;":g;x:itnJ^?' r "'"'" ""---'- -
..«nd them'al, in preciselftrelre'" .'■^^r-f 6^^?^' 'f
any two of them are affected alike ^'" ^""^'y
nothfn;\rha;%7e^:-„:rvr,;L'wVLf\h:.r- -''
U.ns^a_bullet. «ut perhaps in two or three milt'hl'':^ll";:r ^
.ott^sjrpr:::^t^--^'p:-^.^e.
A third wd crj- out in a WAV tn fri„i.. i.- '™"J "'"T slight.
e^.Hing in hil^gony. ^l^^^]^^;^::^^^
Some soldiers wounded in the slightest m.uner will have to be
PO« THB FLAG
73
Many d» quickly from the diock to the nenrou. .y,t.m
«ody?„r''*'"°' *'""■""""" °'™"'"" -«»""'«« w.. worth
arm ma d>„g, threatened to brain him with an empty beer hot. e
jnie German waathen lifted off the table upon which he had been
plac«J and pnt into a comer out of the way of the'L^^ L^^^
w.U.aMa„«r bullet whLr had par:n\nd'prb,nir„t:SS
wouSlfa^l't^ ""Tf* " **'"« "^'^ *' •>'«>* "Purt^l out of the
r^.r-m^';^ '^'- """• °""^ '^■' '^'"' •'-*»"-
full ^Z^^/>^' "°"'"* """■'"' *" ■"= i""»«ii"«ly tackled a ptate-
-me^."^""' '■y°«"P°'-««'-"y. "1 hew hadonythin? Z:
Among the wounded who arrived at Cane Town Ort •., >,.tk.i i
w|».non-com.o,the Gordon Highlande-Twho I^SA'cJTX^^X
Jhoulder by a Mauaer bnUet at Elanddaagte. Knowinghe™ hi? h,
•o tlMt m the worat event it should not be taken by the Boers.
But m a few minutes the numbness departed. Our inillant Bon.™«
almoat coUapeed from loaa of blood.
cau ji?'", ''°"^''"' °" ^"^ *' ^""«» 'P""-' o' *« ««•«' bullet aa
cauHug only a diarp prick when it pas«rf through arm or leg
eoulJtt.Trl!.""""""""'^""'' "" » ~ ''»y««" " i««d pencil
»uMj»tbe«.ed., a probe. The "pamlyang shock" credited to tS.
1 "^^ "!""'' ■'•«' "»' >«»• to he borne out by experience
CO. wh^ >? .r"""". ™ "™°™« '""S' '™" «» oM «>">? 't Glen-
The Dublin was bending at the time, and did not even take the
74
FOR THE FLAO
trouble to look up. Hii officer heard the Dub. saying to himwU aa he
turned hi> back on the ahell, "Ach ! go to blazea with you ! "
Oh well ! that in face of a threatening doom
The mind may in triumph take wing ;
And soar from the regions of kottow and gloom
And rob the last foe of its sting.
•Tis said that when 'gulfed in the ocean's embrace
One dreameth of amaranth bowers,
With faiiy-like visions of beauty and grace
In gardens of gorgeous flowers.
Brave martyrs have triumphed o'er torture and lire,
And stoics have smiled over pain;
But what of those others whose spirits aspire
Frtjm death-wound or deep in the main.
Blessed thought ! that to anguifh of bodily pain
The senses are often-times numb;
Blessed knowledge ! that grandeur of soul life shall reign
When mortality's voices are dumb.
BOV BUOLER AND THE QUEEN.
The Queen's personal interest in the men fighting her battles was
constantly illustrated by her visits to Netley Hospital and the private
houses where lay officers and men wounded in South Africa. She stood
godmother to the child of a major's wife whose husband was killed at
Elandslaagte, and she summoned to Osborne Bugler Dunn,aged fifteen, of
the 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers, who was the first to cross the Tugela River
though the men of the regiment tried to keep him hack. While running
with the soldiers, holding the bugle with his right hand, Dnnn soundid
the "Advance." A bullet struck his arm and the bugle fell. The boy
immediately lifted it up and repeated the call. He was brought to Netley
Hospital, and waa visited there by Princess Christian and Princess Henry
of Battenbnrg, who asked the hoy what he would like the Queen to do
for him. He replied :— " I hope Her Majesty will send me back to the
front. I'm to have a medal and three bars, because I was in three engage-
mento. My father has only two ba.s to his medal." The bid's father, a
sergeant, returned to the front, having recovered from his wound. On
his arrival at Portsmouth young Dunn was tenderly borne on the shoulders
of the delighted popuUce. Her Majesty presented the lad with a silver
bugle suitably inscribed.
The Mayor of Portsmouth recently visited Her Majesty's ship Power'
ful in the harbor, arid presented each mm of the naval brigade who was
present during the siege of Ladysmith, with a handsome silver hunter
FOR THR FLAG
75
*«^i.^J A "^^ ^ "" "■"" °' "" ™'P«°» "^ ">« in«:ripti<,n,
tnbuted to the men. «ho wm dniwn up under the poop. The uuiyor in
the courK of . brief congr.tul.tory .peech. ..id the gift wu nude t>y a
few I^ndon udmiten who did not wiA their identity to be diKloMd.
PRINCE VICTOR.
The graudwn of Queen Victori., Prince ChrirtUn Victor, who died
of fever in South Afric, wu . «,ldier bom, whoowed nothing to r.nk
but obt.ined hi. u]T.nce in recognition of hi. military ability He knew
et-erything .bout Tommy Atkin., from the eristing fee. down to the can-
teen extortions, which he I.bored to .bolidi. In the hut lo year, he
.=rved m .•> camp.igu^-. rare record-.nd he con.tanUy obtained
oeMTved recognition for valor.
A VALIANT TROOPER.
1 "*^i''' "* »™'"K»™ ScouU were gulloping hack, hotly purwedby
a Urge body of Boer., when they came to a fence of .tout wir They
h«l not a winMiutter unong them, .nd s> turned .nd galloped along
hoping to come to ume opening. Far from thi^ however, they cune to
a Hcond fence running at right angle, to the fir*. It xemed that they
mu« be all diot down or captured, when a trooper-Pr^w wa., I think
hi. "■n»-took hi. feet from the rtirrup., rammed in hi. .p„„, and weni
rtraight at the fence. The impact wa. tiemendou., killing the horw .nd
throwing the m.n »mie twenty yard. like . .tone from a catapult but
al» .napping the wire., Hi. comnuje. rode through the gap, and pick-
tug up hi. xnH^len body, e^aped. Ey a miracle he waan't dead and
recovered. I think such a deed a. that done in cold blood i. hard to beat-
for, a. .11 horwmen know, by .11 the rule, of the game he rode to certain
death,
We honor the nldier who fall, in fie rank*
The victor who .houta in hi. glee,
The wilor who weather, the ttormint gale ;
What crown dull we offer to thee ?
The Midier may conquer, the Milor reMh haven.
But thou ! i. thy spirit divine ?
Haa't chown the surety of undeserved doom ;
The crown of the martyr be thine.
A staff officer of engineers told General Robert, that he could do
certam work as.igned to him in the course of a fortnight. Tam sui. •
Mid General Robert., • that you will do as well as you can •
Genei^ Kitchener <uked the same officer how much time he would
require to do the job. 'A fortnight,' wa. the a«.wer. KitchenerBni"^
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grimly,
home.*
FOB THE FlAG
• Either you will do it in . week,' he nid
The work wu finlihed in • week."
■or you will be lent
2S^rc 'srouidi-rT -°.--'- - ' "oirrwt^
w...u.u.lly.^uckXnth.Xy"b«mu yj'and''* " l"'^
all they were „ cheery and willing L con?d hi!" ^' """"«" "
th.yor:^rCirrf<;;,"^trrirrn;°'"^
for me a place ™onK the Mmd™™ Jh "' "* "'""' '«' """"d
after pea„wa,p,ocT.im:d'^ri:':.;:™;,lT',^ ''\*' °"""
cheeked youngster small for ™v ™ ""' "J™ » '■'*'^ fl«Mn.haired, red-
deal with'Thewom.^il" T^'r", """P^' «""'«'* « ««d
askedhowoldIwa:,tron re^lviL rmr„T '° •»»•«« »"J«'y
Honouted.
to which he maSeTui^e'^;!^ ' "'°"' ' ""'•'" •"'''^'
"CosUy and rare aa the offering may be
'Tis the symbol of red-handed war •
C3od grant that it never lead forth in a light
Whose actions the conscience may mar.
"If e'er it be dr-wn from its glitteriiig belt
Let it's rising ne'er shadow the light
WhKh glows on the sword of the fearless and true
Whose watchword is "Country and Right "
t-
rot THB FlAG ..
'to! nlTlI? ""'•'"'«'•■' «"■»?« ■wall m. one. m„„
TOi emblrai of honor, of union of hearu
To your honor ihall never be iheathed."
DeKribing the medical work done after the battle of r-i
nur.i*r^tu;^r,e;rL'::":i:dt::'^" •''■' ••'--^™'
women I n.v.rn.et. Th"Vw„rkS" i °h. . H ^' """*! ""^ "■"" ''•™'«'
the verv bent p~,l t '"'"'"• "'K"' and <Iay, and thnr work was of
chV^fey'r^:;t,'c:r:f,,rver;i',^i';H:^^^
hin, af.„ Tugeia, and tried to ri^e WrcoLro ^W.""" " ^"^ ""^ "'
.re.Lt^rtLi™f!^:,":"X";sr '° °"*"' »"-"-'^"'"'
havi^.rpL":^t'rnr;^iri«:'?r^^^^^^^ -ui. ufe to
che*er a Member of Neabitt-VSoi .taL ti^a' mLT™* "' '^°'-
^«ofS:!^k^;^;r;iedrn^r-"'"^^^^
«ceptionofthe.aa.C'!:tr.n;^;jr'''-„rw:'':Lr "" ""
THE MESSAQE.
though he hafel™."' Ma..er«,n'a wound, are doing well.
BULLER.
78
FOK THE PLAO
QENBBAL WAUCHOPB.
Thouhad'.t thy wirt. Thou ! g«„d i„ life.
Thou ! lit of purpow high ;
Vet nobler spirit in the strife
Went never forth to die.
Clear light unto thy leaser kind !
Bright sun within thy sphere !
Each precious hour of life refined
Weeps tribute o'er thy bier
r.rhe-:::ni::„'-'":.~hi-:r^^^^^^^
B..^^...eounted...hoha^rp^rWh:.^-;^^^^^
, J^* !l'''^™" '•"''■'^ ''y ">' Tsar from the Russian Attachee .i.h
rnt:^ts?ch'^atro^--,n'^--r;hrar^^^^^^
Of. I an. so «„ed with adn,i..io„ , ca"nTd"d':S;.iSg''toTisre^;:"
BRITISH VALOR.
whii;^r^:ztt ::;;'"^ ^"^^-^ -' -- •- - -"o-
he ''buf Zlf """I' "" '■"* ""' "■' «"'" »•■"- '" "-' »-'d, •• said
he, but-leanng out your ca™lry, which have not done so well-I rail
always say that there is no other anny to compare with the Brt^h F^r
courage, da.,h. sUying p,wer, discipline, and Z that mates "or sucoeL
with an army, there is no other lite it. '• success
aOOD WORK.
General French said to one of the gunners, " See those three wagons
ro* THK njLo
7')
over then," (• dliUnce of about 3« mlla i •• ••>. .k..
PAITHPULTOTHBLUT.
" Captain Sanford was the fint to hll mnrt.ii j .
bulletin the .pine. He fell down calHn^ ,„T ^ *"'"''"' '"'' "
charge, .whenThe had fallen he dje^'l!'"'' "" *"" "»" "> """"« ""'
he :«rredTa^t«;:7f'^.nr 'hrr:?- -^^ ''"'*«' '■'«•
Uevotion unto duty paved
Their pathway unto death •
One grand, unielfiah apirit 8pi>lie
From out their latest breath.
What more, thou country of their love,
Could hero-patriot yield
Tha. life unto thy service ({iven,
Or death thy cauK to shield ?
Ho, lilies of the purest white !
Ho, amaranthine bloom .'
With reverent hands we softly twine
Your fragrance round their tomb.
BRITISH AT COLENSO.
KITCHENER.
!■« this story be told to Lord Kitchener's credit .h™, ,. :
pnsemany. A certain Yeomanr,- commander^hL oX r^' '""•"
machp,etc.,and;^;^C^:rt\rar:!l4^'^,:r?".r
of gutter snipes,' etc '■Thal"™Hi _. .,• ^ a raobit. ' "A lot
not the way ^;dd;;LmeIVa„nSad'"^"t°''"' "•'■■'■''
spoken to as such. No troops ^n b^ t™ ned "JTirl';''^"' ""^ '° >«
commander who doe. not res^his1.e?Ltnabl\o1efd1rm°"\t
'11
"" TOR TH» riAO
out NAVAL BRIOADB.
Not only on thoKgalUnt ihilM,
On many • deck bnidc
There ire who've earned our gtatllnde;
A nation's hope and pride.
Though leMened not our debt to IhoM
Who ttod with weary ^eet :
Who drooped 'neath ilU of icorehing clin,,.
Yet never owned defeat.
Honor the brave !
Whether high, or of lowly name ;
Whether crowned or unkent of fame,
Honour the brave !
One golden link
Binda each Commander and bis crew;
Together they bad daied to do
Upon fate'a brink.
True union nerved
The minds and hearts that struck the blow.
Which crushed a formidable foe
To doom deserved.
Together rove
By thoughts of freedom and of home,
Britannia's seamen ride the foam.
Taut-bound of love.
«,1.n*L°"T°'.,?*''°°"' •"■' M»«^ontein the Naval Brigade did
7^^ T;; ■ V'"r'^ Ladysmith. Cap.«n Scott's abl^miudei
ner^°:r^'""'C%"*" "'"^ °' ■-» Marines and B'.ue
jackets. God bless our Naval Heroes !
THB SALVATION ARMV.
fire ''*'^'"™f °""S«'™«''"Army officer, Capt. Adiman. wa, under
fire all day, from davlieht till night, with the Surreys, just as they
FOK THE FLACl
Kl
«ere n I ;e bIa»inK wn r-i the Ihirk of tlit LiUle there hr «a» carrv-
inK off the ,l.n„K iin.l wounilul. when l,e came in at 1 1 at nixht I hunllv
tnewh.in. He wa« loveretl in the Mood of thoM- he hail helne.! \\V
two womet. n,ov«l «ilh the troop., a.lvan.inK al«mt the «„ne tin.e ,i.
JoMil™''" '^°'"°'" '*"''"'"" *'"' "'"'"'''' "''''■ ''>■ ""'' «"'■ >'"
BRAVERY AND TREACHERV.
The ran o,- Mr. K. !..,„„, Wnkefiel.l. KnKlaml, «rite,: -Iwa. ,„
company «,th a «rKeant in .harRe of son.e «o„n,le.l Itar pri«,ner,. t,,,.-
of th..e„,. I,,„K on a stretcher. a„,l «„, l^in^ carrie,! in when h.
«l..|.pe.loutare..;:,eran<laim,,l it at an officer near. The «.r,<cant
«a» ca- y.nK h.s Kun on hi» .shouliler ivi:'. tlie l«rrel in front of hin" He
qutcklj- ,1„, ,e.l the revolver out of the Il«,r'. hand, clul,t«,| hi» own ri lie
»wTl ".!?'''"'' ''"""""■ ""'' ''""'"-^ "« Pri""'"-* brain, out
where he lay He wa, not «ti.f,e,l with one Mow. hnt had three, and
had done » he . rdere.1 the «rKea„f, arrest. A comrade slip, Jl out of
the march.nK hn.-. ask.nK to 1* excuse.!, saying he thought tlieserKeanf,
ctrcmnstances nee-led son.e explanation, and told the captain how thinl-s
sla«l. The capta.n gave the order for the serKcauf, release. ..nKratn-
latmK him, and thanking him for saviuK his life."
Our Boyj in BIoe-Durban, S. A, Maich 19th. J90a
They come, they come 1 the crow<ls surge fast
Along the echoing street ;
In eager haste, with earnest will
To tender welcome meet.
They come, they come ! Britannia waves
Her colors overhead ;
While, unto music'- sprightliest tones.
They march with rythmic tread.
Oh ! sweetly smiles that sout' cm sun.
And gaily streameth forth
The ba -r of that patriot host.
Sons of the loyal North.
As all along their line of march.
Through shouts of loud acclaim.
Admiring eyes light up the scene
And tongues bespeak their tame.
Oh ! bright the glorious aftermath
When, victory's course i.s run ;
Bu( purer far the light that gilds
True hearts, whose loves ai .• one.
• •'OH THK rUAG
Then Klorj- to Hi» Clorioui N«n»
Thnnixh whom all ftuii. ore hulcil ■
Who, with IhclnilKi of Lllierljr,
BItiwd unity hath Mated.
THI OOROONt AT THAI* N'CHIJ.
hurled back the chiv-Iry of France and had tamed «,eM„rvUe "rid,
OnIhe":h"°°"M'' ""^ """■«"" •"=" """"^ <" their capWn
On the other ..de rose the .uperior numbera of the Boer, A wild
motley crew they loolie.1 compared to the Km of Britain'7^. Z
hearu that aeldom quailed In the hour of peril. Their rifle. I»v in v,.!3
.teady and atrong. The Boer „a. face to face w[.h tTe Bri.1 ?^
number, lay „n theaide of the Boer, hut thT haTne^arrh Z
lish bm Z "" '■?■■ *"'*' """^ •-•™''"- •• The language wa, Eng.
he nfle tlT'T "!!. °""^'' • " """»«"'• "" «wf"> «cond of time
Lilrf^ 'S'"""^ ""'"y '°"''"'' "»' »"'» group of men who
SaLd '•• ?^°''"'' ? "'" '"" "'"'' "" """ -ounlain'ideatlnn;
a^H I t' ^'" °'" "" ""^ *'*»" "'' ">=« ™"K » voice, proud Xr
and high aa cUrion note : •■ Fix l»,yoneta, Gordon* ' "
we„t''!,''l"*!""> u' "r^ ^'"^^ ^^^ "-• '««ly »•«! ; the l„yonet,
«e?ed.ZJ°f .^"^'•. .''"'"' '■»''' '">■" «'<' B«r """, and men
reeled a pace from the British and fell, and lay where they fell Ar.in
that voice with the Scottish burr on every note : •• Cha™ Gordon °
Charge, and the dauntleaa Scotchman ruThed on at the hel^'of^Ia fie.y
The Boer's heart i» a brave heart, and he who calls them coward,
..es , but never before had the.v faced «. grim a charge, never before hTd
vox THK rt\<i
«3
If**^ *l'T!l "','"*' "''""^'"K »" "'•I' l'n« in front „f , ,on,.do
ov,r rock.iiml cleft., „„ o,, „„!,. „, ,h, ,^ j , •
nZ^n"" " '^""." ' ""• •"" *"•' '«'"" '-"P .l.r'™K aVd. Ui
l^thr^i^ n , ' °'"'^ "" "~' """"«'' •"•"«' »"" -"■•« Ck A, w "n
NolhinK could .Uy the fury of tl. :U .le»,Kr,ite ru»h
„.v.f°rr"'^"',"",'^"' Tl»n.„„rattl,e™n„i«„fi;ur>,™ for
«v« yet have Scotl.nd'. «n, l„„ driven Uck when once they reTch„I
r.o':.k°,re'h,ii.",":,'',°";? ^-°t;""" •»«-■"«"•' -•of^°'.
wm ..11 vou ;,,•,'' '"u; '"■' " """ '" "•"'"'" "'""" 'h™ 'hey
»in .ell you Ulot they ««eep like ho»l. from hell. A.k in .neerinii Pari,
and the red record, of Wal.rloo .ill „|ve you nn.wer A.k t^ * P . '
burg, and fron, S.,«.,op„, yoar „n„ver „i'l, com They th^Kh. of ht
dreary morning hour, of MaKemfonlein, and Ihey «„ote the .Z^ down
warn, through the neck into the liver. They thought of tl e „" o Z
rade. in h, grave. he.ide the Mo.lder, and they gave the B^" the' haT
ll^lan w"'".'"' '"IT* "" "'•" "^^ •»hin'd*t...m ThTy .LouKht ^;
K^n W.uchop. riddled with lead, and they «nt the cold .t«l wUh .
hombl. cra.h, IhrouKh .kull and brain, leaving the face , '"^10 make
comrade, far a«.yalonK.he line, hearing it, tum«i to one another, „":
tay'nit! '^ ^ ""' """' • °" J""* "' '""> •"" «'"■ «»
But when they turned 10 gather up tho« who liad fallen then thev
ZV^^: "'"^ ""■" "•" '""' ^'""^ "-™ «« --»" ^.h 'o toy
hi I, . . "" "° "°"- ^'" ""'''' "'art that l«.t so true to honor',
highest note. wa. not .lilled,b.,t a bullet mi„!ng the brain had l«rhi,
Iti w Y "'""T' '"' ""■ " ""^ ""' ""'"">«' '°-- noble wtoe.
«.uled Wauchope, whose prototype he w... They knew that nin a
long, long year would roll away before their eye. would «,t uZ hi»
J^ :e again ■„ camp or bloody field. But it gladdened the r «ern wamjr
IN PARLIAMENT.
•A ProBnr m^ ^„^ .nM.«l, taternipHoM.-
No pplicv of earth may bar
The blood-stained road towards releaw •
,,- "'^"'"'f »"'l alone may wage for peace'
When served the purposes of war
Yet this we hope— nay. well we know
That stnle sliall have its long surcease,
c ., j" blissful, universal peace
Shall wed high heaven to earth beU.w
"■♦ FOR THE FLAG
The lext of Lord Robert's farewell order to the amiv is eloquent
douKh to stir the enthusiasm of to-day's leader writers. It is the sSonir-
.■»t possible summary of the sufferinKS and heroism of the British army
1.. a campa.K„ of unexampled severity, over .4. Joo ofRcersaud men having
lUert from wounds fever and exposure.
A BIO WAR.
In his d^patches Lord Roberts furnishes a couple of table, which
dn,e home the often descnhed and seldom realiad magnitude of the
..roa oyer wh:ch hostilities have spread in South Africa. The area of the
operations was :
„ . Square miles
CapeColonv .... ,„ ,5,
Orange River Colony . . . ^s 336
l'^"^'-^^ Ui.940
'^'"^" ■8.913
„. . . ■f'^'"'' - - 458,3.10
''''«'«"> 750,000
The distance troops had to trav.M by land :
Miles
Cape Town to Pretoria . . . ,,o^<,
Pretoria to Koomatipoort . . . '260
Cape Town to Kimlieriy . 1 . j^y
Kiniherley to Mafeking ... „,
Mafeking to Pretoria - . . . I60
Mafeking to Beira - - . ,,35
Durban to Pretoria - . . .511
"From these tables," the Commander.in.Chief observes, •■ it will be
seen that the army in South Africa had to be distributed over an area of
greater extent than France and Germany put together, and, if we include
that part of Rhodesia with which we had to do, larger than the combine,!
areas of Fiance, Germany and Austria."
THE ARMV IN AFRICA.
" When it is considered that tliis is by far the largest force that has
nZ^^T Tu.T''""''^"^'^"'' Xerxes, and is beside the largest
Bntish force that has ever taken the field anvwhere in the history of the
nation. It nmst be admitted that the War Office and the whole system
ha^e covered themselves with glory, at least up to the present
time. For it is one thing to move troops by lard and sea- it i,
qmte another to move 150,000 men into what is practicallv a desert, and
keep Lliem perfectly supplied with food and the other necessaries of life
In this regard the Army Ser>ice Corps has done extisordinary work'
Before a regiment of the army corps landed there was a million pounds
worth of supplies at De Aar, within 60 miles of the Orange RivCT and
FOR THE FLAG
8,5
thai in spile of the fact that two montlis a^o the Army Senice Corps was
not even equipped with half its complement of horses,"
OROWTH OF EMPIRE IN VICTORIA'S REIGN.
Attention has been centred on the British Colonies as never liefore
by reason of their active loyalty during the Transvaal war, Representa-
tuie government was (franted to all the important colonies in 1S56
Distress in the British Isles during the eariy years of the reign led to a
wave of emigration to the lands across the seas. In the case of Australia
a new impetus was given by the discovery of gold, Canadikn federation
liegan in 1867 and the dawn of this year saw the union of Australia take
effect. Besides territory actually acquired, Great Britain has assumed
practical control of Egypt while restoring the Soudan to Khedivial rule
and there is no apparent prospect of her withdrawal from the Nile Valley.
1S39 — Aden annexed,
1842— Hon? Kong acquired,
1842— Natal taken,
1843 — Sinda annexed,
1836— Sikh territory ceded,
1849 — Punjaub annexed,
1852— Pegu, Biirmah, acquired.
1866— Oude annexed
1858 — Crown assumed rule of India,
•86u— Fiji Islands annexed,
•875— SulUn's share in Suez Canal bought,
1878— Island of Cyprus occupied,
1S86 — Burmah annexed.
1890— Zanzibar protectorate assumed.
1896— Ashantees compelled to accept British sovereignty.
1896— Kitchener occupied Dongola,
1899— Partition of Samoa
1900— Transvaal and Orange Free Slate annexeil.
PART III.
Canada— Seat of Government, Ottawa.
aOVERNOR-QENERAL-Tlie Ri«ht Ho., the Eul of Mlato.
MKMBBRS OP THE KING'S PRIVY COtTNCII..
Right Hon. Sir Wilfred Lauri^r, G. C. M. G., Premier.
Hon. SirL. H. Davies, K. C. M. G., Minister of Marine
and Fisheries.
Right Hon. Sir R. J. Cartwright. G. C. M. G., Minister of
Trade and Commerce.
Hon. D. Mills, Minister of Justice.
''^ F. W. Borden, Minister of Militia and Defence.
S. A. Fisher, Minister of Agriculture.
W. S. Fielding, Minister of Finance.
I' A. G. Blair, Minister of Railways and Canals.
J. S. Tarte, Minister of Public Works.
C. Sifton, Minister of the Interior.
W. Patterson, Minister of Customs.
W. E. Bemier, Minister of Inland Revenue.
R. W. Scott, Secretary of State.
W. Mulock, Postmaster-General.
J. Sutherland, without portfolio.
R. R. Dobell, without portfolio.
Hon. C. Fitzpacrick, Solicitor General.
" J. J. McGee, Clerk of K. P. C.
•] H. G. U Motte, Clerk of the Crown in Chancery
High Commissioner for Canada in London— Right Hon
Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, G. C. M. G.
Secretary of Canadian Government Offices in I<ondon — T C
Colmer, C. M. G. '
FOR THB FI^G
The Olden Fltg.
Raise high the Royal Standard !
Shame not thy royal birth ;
The prestige of thy might retain
Thou ! noblest of the earth.
Great Canada! thou fair, free land !
A world looks forth to thee ;
No alien hand thy hand shall lead
Thou'It bow no servile knee.
Then rally round the olden flag !
The loved Red, White and Blue ;
Let traitors scheme or boasters brag
To Motherland prove true.
Float on, Oh flag of Empire vast !
Long may thy colours wave
O'er many a blood-bought heritage,
O'er many a hero's grave.
The lustre of thy fame doth light
The field our fathers won ;
The noblest gift which valiant sire
Could e'er bequeath his son.
Then rally, etc.
High-sounding waves of ocean
Cleave not the solid rock ;
Ho land of Bruce and Nelson !
Ho shades of Wolfe and Brock !
While spirits of the dauntless brave
Within our patriot s glow
Think ye that one of Britain's brood
Would yield to myriad foe.
Then rally, etc.
Droop not. Oh peerless standard !
Oh loyal hearts and true !
Forget not ye the olden land
Though cherishing the new.
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"^ POK T!IF. rtAC,
Forget not hearts ind hopes are one
From far off Southern Isles
To where, bsyond the Rocky stesp.
The broad Paciiic smiles.
Then rally, etc.
Wave on, Oh flag of Empire ! wave
O'er mountain, rock and stream ;
Where wholesome fealty rests secure
Beneath thy fervent gleam.
For, while the maple reddeneth.
While surges swell the sea,
Thou'lt guard the frepman's sacred rights.
In country of the free.
Then rally round the olden flag !
The loved Red, White and Blue ;
Let traitors scheine, or boa,sters brag.
To motherland prove true.
"Enthusiasm such as has swept over Canada with the
basis of .sympathy for Bntain, is a surpri.se to even those loy-
alists whose fond dreams of imperial federation were not ex-
H^f J°. ''^'"P *' '^'"' ''"""» "'^''' generation. Men who
declared ten years ago that imperial federation was but a dream
are caught up now and borne along on such a tide of enthu-
.siasm as they can hardly understand. It shouts 'Rule Britan-
nia and sings the National Anthem along with the .stalwart
§ young (.anadians who have volunteered as soldiers of the
ueen, to fight for Her Majesty and the honor of the British
iiipire m South Africa."
In harmony with the earnest and everywhere expressed
desire of the people of the Dominion it was decided upon by
the Government to call for the services of a certain number of
the mihtia with the view of assisting tho.se veterans of Great
Britain who are upholding the prestige of the Empire in the
far away Southern land.
The call was speedily responded to. In every section of
the country, from the eastern to the far Pacific Coast came
boldly fonvard the youth and strength of each busy mart of
commerce and of each quiet. nir,nl hamlet ; everjone eager to
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oeiovea Shrine of one common country and Queen Indeed
»o eager and so plentiful were the appHcants for tf '■
Colonel wTnfr""^™'"' '^""^''"' '""P^*' Commander,
„«..? ^' ""' «'"'*'»"•>» of 63 officers with 998 N C
on Crdle's^'k'V'H'"^'' '"" ' '"''-^' -"«> '"^ Q-bee
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I'OK THE FLAG
fire rCn^' 'f . ^''""^'<""> underwent their baptism of
CoL J P .°^**"t'L"^ ""'' Canadians, under command of
Co onkl nm , '"f f,™!*"'" Army, who had replaced the
Colonial officers, attacked the Boers 30 miles beyond Belmont
tw tro' ""t'V'P""! '" the attack with the consequence
foi? "'^2"«"t"^"' '"'' '° ""^ ■■ ■''"' '^hen the Canadians
followed up and charged with the bayonet the Boers threw
down the.r rifles and surrendered. Next morning the «.m^
^TT'Tf '" Do"8'-. which they found vac^^b"
had he good fortune to secure joo rifles and 80,000 rounds of
ammunition which the foe hr.d left behind.
tr^,^*! f!'l ^'/* °' ^*""°'^' '9°°' » second detachment of
D L F « : " ™ ')' f • ^- ^"'™"''"- This detachment,
L f',^^"^"'" "' "" ^°y*' C'"'^'>'^" Artillery under
command of Lieut, 'olonel C. W. Drury, consisted of « ol
horses ''' ^- "*"" ""' '"'"■ '" "" 3*5 ; and ,63
27th--There sailed from Halifax the Pomeranian with 18
officers and 304 K C. officers and men, in all 352; under com-
mand of L.eut.-Colonel Herchmer. There were also 295
IZ^'Zr "'''''"-''■ '"^ '^ «^"^"-. '^-O'' n
February ij-The Canadians .started to march for Jacob-
dale, which thty reached after having endured the greatest
distress rom the excessive heat ; so much so that thfy were
obliged to press on during the night. A great battle was
mging as they approached the city. They rested for the
night on the outskirts and marched into the town by daylight
to share with the conquerors in the spoil.
A short halt and the march was resumed ; this time for
these heights which have now become historic, the heights on
which so many of the brave attested their courage and their
lojalty with the offering of their precious lives, the fate decid-
ing heights of Paardeberg. Th. long and dreary march was not
to end m rest. In the words of one of our heroes :
H.lf'l^l"' "=°«^ P«°"lrt<^'« »' heard the advance column in action
Half an hour waaallo^ed for a hasty breakfast and then we were to cross
the mer and get into action. Our hre. .fast consisted of a Wscuit an^
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rcp«. The wLrwa'Ttr.o our";!?:'"'' """""»»•""» "f
Hore« were carried off their f«tbut^., "" """""K '">• .wiftly.
had o n";~r^Z;1ir: '" -';-« --.rd. .he enen,, and ,e
nouncriLtlTe ^^:r. trr.h'h f f 'f■■«'""■ebu„etsa„-
.ndfa«. At4„^^rrhu7ler',ni ''™T'- B""""™' thick
hinder me in the advance aid U, T '" "" ""'"'■ ^t it did not
my foot. , then' ^d"^; I tt^ Virhra^^r ' "i:"";' "'^''
stretcher-bearer but when it ™™ i v, ™ *" '^*"«' '<>■• '"e
doctor waa locatXSnrnrrir forTc'ruth '" """' '»='' '" ""^ '-'
hone'tXrTu'll'^dM :r;^;Ter'^'°'t"''' !;""" '"'■' ""■^'' '-'
Boeracfpturedlur^r^^.i'rrMLrkirer.'^ "^ ™ "■""-'■■«■'
But another and still more serious battle wag to take nla,
-a Uttlo well described by anothorof Ca„adaCToj^ll'„?
than Z:'^::X:^i''Z:T'" '"] -"■^ ™P««antaffair
Lt Boertrench " - •™""'" " "'»■■' '«> vards from the
^a^anTh^af to^c^rbif :,rrcr'?a^rr " "-
out longer than they did, our loss would tavebee„t^!, "^^ "^W
short fiv-e minutes our , OS. was about thi«ytmedt„VZ d«,'" "" °"'
It happened hke this : At five minntm .« t„„ """naea.
ported on our ieft by the Gordon Highlanders'^ndteSeal^hrwi:;!:
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of i„,.„.,y i„ rev™ ;„t ^p™^'^"""''" ^™"-"''» •"■« o.hcrr^m,„,.
to think that the biri? hid TT^J" " °'^"'"' "'■ W. t>ega„
the movinir about i„ H,. w i. "i;'"™- " '» "nposaible to deacrib*
Daylight began to come, and we could aee that we h»rt ,h.™. k. .
greatea. British victorie, in South Africa up rthaX' °'" "" ""
«reiT;d!7ni"r;w:rr---— -- -^^^^
.heti;:rgrxri-^.h'^::d;j^^^^^^^^
Fathero'^I^ ^^"h""^.'""^' ''"'' '"« 'hen, down Sdeb^tSe w"".'
Father O Leary aatd a short service over all creeds. Tears fiUrf Z^y
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I
After tiic Battle— Paardebeff.
'• We gathered from the gory field
A „T , '^ *.''° ""^ '"™«' ""eir crown ;
And tenderly we wrapped them round,
bach in his sh'oud of brown.
" Among the thorn trees in the glade
Our heroes gently sleep •
And though nor mjid nor mother dear
By that lone grave may weep.
" Beneath the -spreading hawthorn wild
As peacefully they'll rest
As If the flowers of Canada
Bloomed sweetly o'er each breast.
" '^'"Wh stones from off the di.smal veldt
Shield well their lowly bed •
We piled them high and set a cro.ss
As guardian at the head.
" * Th'»T^lf' J!"""^"; "'"■ ""trades' names
That all who mark that mound
May leara that every patriot heart
Both sleep in hallowed ground.
Then, crashing back the rising sob-
Deep feeling unexpressed ■
We tojk one last, sad, lingering look
And left them to their rest.''
UM^'Xr^ *' "^"'^"^ of precious life in the bloody
the most formidable leader l^s^l' ttirif ,a^
** rott THK PLAO
"' wrerrr' '^^ ~""»"«-e.y slight if •• ' "■" •^"^"'
, n.o4r.^-xirer-„r '"''■'"°''"'°'--
row at the loss of «, m»„ k Canadian. , and her sor-
adding n., .nLrf%d'4:::LT;:f ^I'lri^^* 't
nXi^^'^^^iiratr '"^ '"f •'•-'- --"Hh^^
IKii^: touching tributes lo^h.'^ ' I* "" ^^^ <>' England
Who had fougV;tTna„ fy sideTsid l^'hT ""' '"'^'^
the Olden Land ^ '"' "'* veterans of
away will undoubtrfly^ e~ h'l "' '°™'' °"''' '"'
ance that al, have dl^h1i;dX-al^evS r^""« ^---
Our Boys.
Proud of them! Yes, on every side
Through all our vast domains
Leal hearts beat high in loving pride
And soar in praiseful strains.
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TOR THE FtAO ,^
For thone who chore dread danger » lot
With eye» unto the ga'.
Whose deeds no tide of: re may blot
From off the nation's soul.
Who may not answer to roll call,
And who have victory won •
Who shall not say. 'God bless them all '
They have their duty done "
March .;. -The iwt of the tmiiM 8enlbyC«n»dato,l-
t^zz-r^T '- """""^ ""- °'- ™-^"™^°-
They have taken part in the capture of lo towns lc«^hf
■n >o general actions and on 27 other da , VhT ,
privileged to witness, and to take part in th.rt? ' ""'^
the long.bs,ieped cities an^f^ - I ' <'«''™ranee of
patch announcing the relief of Maf.i„„„ ....
ru. forinvaluabl^^..^-',^^::^ -^;^^
9u
nex-cr «t,. h.. united in c^ h~«fT ."?°" """"' "" «""
the return of ,he hl^^hoT'i ""'"" '"«""»««'Pon
tn.Iy .h.„ ever WorTihr loy^.^ "",?!! """'^ "^ »°'*
•he grand old Bri,i.h Krfpire ^ *«lMe«rving «„, „,
Home Ataia.
Ho! valiant «,n, of Canada'
Ho menofat^rlingmould!
Well might ye grace your heritage.
Ye! nur«d i„ yrecdom's fold
Though brightly on tho«, annals.
Where rank, he hero name,
Shmea forth in living character,.
Tho« sire, of deathlew fame.
Tho«,i„,^ho. in the other year,
Bntanma', flag unfurled;
And Queen o'er all the world.
Yet your, nc borrowed lustre-
Each patriot stand, alone- '
Though blend«I in one common cause
His glory is his own. '
Shinefottht fairguiding lights-
"""e^'TH^i,^"'"'''^'-^''"-.
O er Afnc's blood-stained •'eights.
Whj- shade, the light on GIoo-'s brow
Wejoy-andyetweweep, '
«ut Death came forth to reap.
tive
the
»un
pon
ore
of
ro« TBB rtAo
Oh, heart* of inborn courage!
Oh, haiiOii and voiceH mill !
Ye've touched a chottl on Memory'H lyre,
Which through the years shall thrill. '
For worldly wealth and pride of power,
Earth-bom, with earth decay;
But honour, justice, valour, truth
Light on to nobler day.
Ho! valiant sons of Canada,
Ho, men of sterling mould !
Well have ye graced your heritage
Ve! nursed in I'reedom's fold,
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Part IV.
Strathcona's Men.
Hark to the swell of rich music !
Hark to the clatter of feet !
; They come in their'might, as a flash of sunlight
They liven the olden street.
Oh ! grandly, they ride, in their beauty and strength,
Thofie sons of the, far distant West :
For the Ea.st-land hath called', andthe country of snows
Hath proffered her 'bravest and best.
From the far away isles, from the prairie vast,
Over mountain and river and fen;
Their watch-word in fight, 'for country and right,'
' • Ride forward Strathcona's leal men.
Oh ! proudly they ride, yet the strongest may weep
As he leaves for a far, foreign shore ;
For he knows that the patriot will never return
Till the days of his warfare are o'er.
Yet, onward he rides in his courage and hope.
As he'll ride over kopje and glen ;
iFor the foremost in battle, on African veldt
Shall be loyal Strathcona's leal men.
Although intimately associated with the .sending of Cana-
dian troops to,as!ii.st in fighting the battles of the Empire in
South Africa, the fittiiig out of a detachment solely at the
expense of one individual is an action so unique that it well
deserves .special notice in any record of the war.
The whole reading world is by this time aware that the
generous offer of the Canadian High Commissioner in London,
Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, to equip a company of 500
mounted .soldiers for the ser\'ice of the Empire was accept«l in
a most appreciative spirit by the Home Government. How
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Cana-
ire in
t the
; well
,t the
ndon,
)f 500
t«l in
How
.rated. The WroTtL^'strhlt^r.:^^^^^^^^^^^
engagement in which they took oart 1,-,= k ■
spicuonswhile thei. ^^^^^^^^1^,-;^:^-
LORD STRATMCONAS HORSE
larger mm^UZwZZZ ^^1 T"' '"' '""' •" ""•"-"■ "
have been drawing an annual allou.n„.. f ,. """"""'^^ "■="" who
and have heen spe^,din« it^ h'c'oT .1^ 7^ ^'IL"'' h'" '"'''7'
sons of prosperous cattle ranchersand „f iw, . ., Here are the
.he„.selvesmenofKo«lhaM.sa„7;^Vi,:^'i'"t"°"'''^"''"'-
former Canadian memljer of parlian^nt ^H , I " "" ■"" °' ^'
railway navvv. Here i, the owr/rffj *'"'' """^ "■= ^-n of a
limited education and -et Xth ° o^ ''°'' ""''' °' '"""'■ » -" •"
not too proud to sleep i^ tl^Ze ™ttfe .""","""',' '" "■'' "^ «<"''■ '""
ford University Rraduate tL Z ^ 7"" '"" '""^ '^°<>''' "" «-
counsel in England. ■■ ' '^"'''"' °' """^ '^hoP or Queen's
"When Strathcona's Horse iret their tit n, 1, ■
outfit a Canadian troop everUasted ' f ,, '' """ ''"'' "" '"'="«'
when it became known th«WlSto,heo„' ™' /r"">' ""derstood
that troop would not want for anytW Z. Tne" n " '^°°''' """
ject. Expectations have been o2n'. . ^ '™''' """* ™ "''-
doubt if troope. or soldiers of any S for .h^" T'" "^'' ^ ^ '
the ffont with as complete or costly a kit '■ "'"""• ''" "™' '"
pa Je'td^ftrp'lrL-ir'ir''"''^ '"'-^ -•-' "' ^ -«! a
Many thousands reviewed thera at Parliament Park
Lord and Lady Min.o and Sir Wilfred Laurier were present.
with militia escort and l«„ds, atnid the cWrinl 'f'Jr ' f ' ''^'^'"''
waving of almost nun,l«rless 'banners No re"'b:^lorm^ "'" '"'
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n^sxr ^^; rzr- --^ r "'»""- -■<' «— .
of the Milwaukee, • by four L? .hl^P '" " ''"^'' •*"'"« "« "=<^
the •LaureutUn, • by th.^ day^ ' '^°"'='-''""'»' ' ''X five day, ; „„d
s|«cime„, of physical ™„h^ e^r ,L„ ^V "■"'= ■""«•»"
nveraged six feet in height, broad ,h™l/r^' J, "^ ''"^ "=" "ho
ever,- man's countenance v,J tZ°T t ^ ^'"'"^ '" "PP^rance, and
<lividualityofiUow„. Thrho,^Z ' '"«"«™ce and had an in-
=^:r- ..iei^'ss-ri^"- -^
who had f':^,e^^t^ba^ie^rd''sVd^r"' ";,'■'■' ''^°'''-' """f '••o«
li^t, that he insisted ou paying hU own T "" ^"""^ "=•"' '° -«■
«nt.y, had he not been accepted forTeX""" " ^'"» '""'P-'^-
moment he w.,s accepted ^ ' *""•=■ "« «' the last
for?di:;atfoTl':r':!;:^::ft"""l-'"--''°'he waist in icy water
on an open woodsled for "n n^^^.^ i' „m "T '"■""" "'^>' "-""ven
Glasgow in time to embark a, hX" '""'' "«' '™" =' "'^'v
.«en^ddtrict''bX"::,« ist^^dT ^''"■"'- •^■'- --< "-y
»ere small but hardy-ATng ninie, T u"^? ""^ ""' '™''»^- They
and had never knowLhe^mrr^^:,Tr,r'"T''' '•'°° '»""<"■
."K. These hor.es were capable of Lt 7 "" '""^ "' l"™*-
journey of ,00 miles in oneX and th- ""^J " ''"'' '" ^'""^^ '•"■ '
out any perceptible signs ofS," "ri/""''' ""}""' 'h= "«t day with,
horse was placed in ailing j If high tnour: "" 'V,"' ''°'^'- «-"
=^::h ^^fir jSES^r — ^
nessed in this Dominion. It was another^ff • r"™ """ "" »i'-
to the mother country, anotheTlint w Th ?""^ °' '^°"'"'''''' >«« blo«i
which has caused astonishment amoLThe "I ' '""" "' "'«"• '■>-
■t was the gift of a man, one on "mfn tr ""Z"^ "' "" '''"'• »""
donated to the defence of the gl^ltdV'lrjark ""^ '■^''''"""''■^
v-ape Town, April ri Th« \r^„* •
arrived yesterday. All weil. '^^ """ "" Strathcona Horse
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•• Strath™™ "J"' ^'T'"" ^"=»'™'» »P«:ia' London cable mv, ■
StrathconasHorae, under the command of Lieut.^ol Steele ontein
in^^he^fetce^ofOenentlBuner, at Paardekop, receU-ei' altVu^S
mrtv^rn!!"*"'"" ""' '^"""'""" ™'inK"t '="» how he overheard a
me St^tf " ""^""T- '■'''"« °''""' "«= *°"''"f'" 'hing, t-ev hive ^,"
ho'r^'rd^ca.'le''"""''-' ^'' "' """"'' ^^ -" •»"'« --''-^K
con^*^drt:::;r;;^rs^-:r--"-
communication with the sei «. that -ll .1,. r. '""'"• '^""'"^ "" '"e Boer
fn» the m,„t h, Kruger, west of that break must fj. int Britilh
a,Ucw''bv''^'°B*"''''"'""'''t ""* ''"'^'■- Lieutenant Anderaon, were
t^«oTof »T '"' "' *"'"''="°" ™ J'">- *• The British soo"
IJ^CS enemy "''' "'"" "■'"" ">'>—-'"■ -"-stood the
Reinforcements hurried"o ^e JenV Td^" °" " ."^i^' T""" "''-
n.a;wSnr;rc;:d"ofTerX:'^^ -- clever aghting. Canada
o«ice"rrmU„':1^ t.f.ral":^ t^''^^' ""'"^'^ ""= ''^""■
Fifteen of the St.athcona'» H„™ . "'"'"Kness to surrender,
officer in chaie When Ihetr^h"™ " "'"''" "'"*"'i»i™ of the
^.odemauded his srnJ:^.-Lvr- -- ™^"« - B...
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.>.n,in,hi,horse,..a,»ho,,,.ad. The Ca„a„U„s ,„« .,™ .,e.d and .hr.
«.e„de,l over about ei^h^J^'e, °Th1 ZTt " T'T ""'" "" '™"'
fij^hunji line. - ^'i-j '^"-oam RiH^g forming the
Oeneral Dundonald's cavalry swent (im««j » .1. , ,
dash an., ,„.„pHse .ha. .he advance wrrSerf^Z ^= '" ""'^
ac.io?.;t^" •^"■""'•' """P"-" "y S.ra.hoo„a./Horse, ca^e ,„.o
from .he sie« and nava, «u„si„'d a /emltr" " '"■ ^""'-''"
The hillsareswep. on all sides. ■ i
Hor^'SLt- '• ''™"°"' °' '-"■^"^"""' ^-^ = Troop,' S.ra.hco„a
Ager, RoJnson. McRae and ly^^r WeTJ o '^' T' ''*«"«>•"■'.
cover and no. an enen,,- in sigM e. wlwv .he "*= T "T "'""'
go. within eigh. hun.Ired yards of'.he ridge when ^77 T' .""" "=
flew like hail all aronn.l u, and .l.irtv fi , ■ °"*^' '"'* '«^''
.o cap.ure k. Von shoulTk e .s^" *;■"!"„ *'*'" '" "" >o— k
and give .hen, ho. sho, a. .he same .ime- hu .heir time?' ^^ '""''''''
on .hey flew after us, an,l .he lead Kep. ^^Z haT '"""■ """
.he ^J^Z!:xx:::z-;-^:<tT t r ^-v-'^^ '°
enemy in,.o our men who were coneeal«l ™' i.h ''°"K '^'^ ''••"'• »>e
.s.ro„g. wi.h 6fty of .he infan.ry iXd'hem On ""'"'T'"^ "">•
sure ricory for .hen, and gaini^g^^I a. every jun.nT,, °f" "■"■
cu.-off, .he lead singing al, aroun'd us f™ S S^7C ^n^
they came like so many demons, but alas their ,im. „ , "
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, in conveyinK (o Lord Sir-,M, J„ '«'°"' me. I shall have jjreal.pleasure
andor.h^e„*Lruatt;:t^r.hr:t;^r'"'''""'-"'^^
"•'EKT.-COU S. B. STEELE.
him by dl't °e„th't '*■,' '■"'«'*"''^" "'l-'-'io" feu for
man'sButi, M ^ e f ^'*'™"^"' «i'l' the enei.iy „t French-
BrBcf;;:t„ZTr trrit 'L'' T°"""' '"'^^ ''■»' '■^'"^^^
married in ,8go Alarie FM„,' T 7 ^ '""'" «"i« later. He
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KINO PRESENTS COLORS TO CANADIANS.
the Je„'. " """"'"" "'™ "■'"' "■' "'""•" "'<>" '"0 »f"v« n.«ial. ,o
Lonl Robert., General Buller, the Duke of Connaught, Mr Chamber
la,n Lorji Strathcona and many army and court official were pre^t
Ar Je K'n« -nd Uueen were accompanied by the Duke an., ^uc":I, of
-£t^3-t^::;-ri:tL^x^t^----
Lol, hteele thanked the King and assured him that all thel>eoDle of
Canada were ever ready to defend King and Empire ^^
th.'e^L'e^T.^^re^rrs.'"'"'''"'''- -"-■'«' -h officer, and
bIo^"".h"ro™ Tr'?' °'™' '"^«' "■= "' "^"' = »"«' ""' fi-i the
riv^edthr "'\',=™« ""■' "" «Krf man, whose white beard
?r ! ^ TJ "" """''' "' '"^- «" "^""^"ed the >pot where Alexan
KmK, and Edward met htm with extended hand and gave him a kindly
greetmg, wh.lst Roberta, Buller, and a dozen others vied with each other
to do h,m honor. It was the man who mised the regimJit, "he ToZ
Strathcona, whose name the regiment bears, and if he lea"; no orter
"ameT'L";""" ""' '"•' '" '^"«"^'' ""^^ "hen many anmhe
name has been forgotten. The King and he stood side by side the su"
l«ams chased the shadows from the snow, the flag, rich i^ Us w«hh o
alin:"';b b'"'""^?^'" "■^•'^^«=' *-»" «Beecho^rang"^Lg
agam to the cheering of onr sons who came to us across the seat.
THE KINO'S COLORS.
r„ll^^v!'^i^*','r'''"'P"''"'""°^"''"'>'^''"'''» H°"-«^in London, is a
r^^l^ J'"- "■"'^"•' Union jack about ,-i fee. by 3K fee
The staff «nchly mounted in gold, with Ussels hanging from tht too
On the staff is a silver tablet, with the following inscriptln ^'
• Presented by His .Most Gracious Majesty Edward VII., King and
Emperor, to Lord Strathcona's cot», in recognition of s..r^.ic s r ndered
to the Empire in South Africa in 1900 "
It is possible the colors will be placed in the cathedral at Ottawa, if
the corps is not kept up. ^^•^mi, u
Part V.
»lght Hon Baron Siralhcona and M„unl Boval
(■• t- «. 'i.. L. I.. I).. |., c.
£«ii*il/,)n M.>;i Ciiininis«iiiner.
Knrr tn'.ii.l ,!.
"'•■ >^i mitf stone
•VHii ctear as sttuiiKhfs upper mbc
»h«i siBthiig „■„ Caimilian riMs
■ppiwiated l>v those whr, 1,^,. • ' ' li<'«evLr
".is vast Do,„i„i™ ■ ;^„ ", f """"?^T °f "■'" P"""'^'""" '"-
of the Tiuies" is set down with ,!, '" '"" ^^■"'"'•"
.^teps by «.hich.^stratZ;,;'t t^■™:^^"rh'"■"• "%^-^™'-
--.ecker in a w,l,l forei.-,, i. ■ . ^ "' ■"""'^ fortune-
^^PM-vHsin^:.:::;:^"^:,;^;-^ -;■-'.-„.,..
motto is ■■i^i.T*. ,tii>Po-" ■ I-oniship.,
great ul.imj^^ri,nl^'7\ °T """ ''""'«" ^" '"'
Which cventn.,>:t:Lu:r.™: ^t!!:::::' rr™-
other dime. "-■ ' """' "* ""■•* ="'<) even
s-.'^: M:::tr!:rs:t^r "f ^^ ^-^ ^' -'— -^ he,„ve,,
.0 Canaric: """"" '" "'•' '-ordshij/s late v„„
■•Willi
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tlie ram
fxjurin^ ,l,,„.n in t„„enls
ind tlie thirac:
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Rllht Hon. Baron Strathcoa* ..d ModM R«y.|,
G. C. M. 0.,— L L D.,— P. C,
Caoidlu HIjh ConnUilontr.
Rare mind ! firm as the granite stone
From out thy much loved Scottish hills •
Soul ! clear as sunlight's upper zone
when smiling o'er Canadian rills
However deserving the subject may be and h„„.
of the Times" is set doC^th"due"d"l™ „t" ?ht '''"'""'
steps by which "Strathcona" arose from ttT' "'%™"°"''
seeker in a wild, foreign land t^ te th ^"""^ ^°"'""-
"Witt . raia pouring dowa in torrents and the chimes of St.
lo6
rO« THt FU I
G«oej»'i ringinx out • niBrry pnl of wtlcaim, Lord Sirathcolu ud
Mount Rd)«1, Canadian IliKh Cummiialontr, hat In hand and fnlUng
happily, ileppni liKhtly Into hii carriaxc and wai whirlnl off to hia honn
thia norninx by thi willlnx handa of the man of JlcGill. amidit th« Kml
•it nnption evar accordtd a Canadian citiien.
A gnat roar want up when Lord Strathcona made hi i appearand.
He waa accompaninl l)y IMncipal PitarKn. and amonK Ihoaa pment
ware Prof. Adanii, Prof. Cox, Mcian D. McNicc.ll. aacond vlie-pmident
and xaneral manancr C. P. R.. and Thomaa Tail, raauaKcr laatrm dlvl-
alon C. P. R., Lieut.-Coloncl Hamilton and Major Wilaon.
Hia Lordahip waa aacorted throuxh the thousandi of people preaent
by a aquad of police, under command of Capt. Read, who aucceeded in
Xcttinx Hia Lonlahip aafely through the crush.
Arriveil at the entrance to the aUtion, Lord Strathcona waa placed in
hia carriage, from which the honea had lieen removed. The McGill lioya
•Urted oil amid roara of cheera and drew HI lordahip along at a
amart pace. The great body of atuHenta fell in liehind the carriage, a
vehicle conUining the repreaentative* of the medical faculty coming next.
Then followed the acience men. the aru and law, each with a following of
»-igoroua, atrong-lunged ahonten, lustily giving utterance to the varioua
data yella.
At the Windsor every window waa lined, and a hearty cheer .' .iJt up.
The proceaaion went up the Windsor to St. Catherine Street, and along
to Sunley. Going down Stanley to Dorchester Street, the proceaaion pro-
ceeded dilectly to the High Comraiasioner's residence."
When Lord Strathcona arrived at his house he addressed
the students as follon-s :
"I feel deeply the kindneM of your reception and ita heartineia, and I
hope that I will have the opportunity of m' 'ing you all during my short
atay here. The reception which >'ou have given me today will rema*-
vividly imprinted on my memory during the remainder of my life, how-
ever long or abort that may be, although I cannot in reason expect that
many more yeara remain to me."
At thia point a crowd of students interrupted his remarks by giving
him three cheera and a tiger, and before the sound of this had died away
aome one in the crowd asked : "What's the matter with the Strathcona
Horae ? "to which the crowd responded in the only manner which could
be expected of them.
As soon as quiet was restored. Lord Strathcona said: "Yes, gentle-
men, they are all right. They have done, and will do their duty like all
the soldiera of the Queen, no matter from what part of the Empire they
are gathered, and the same as McGill will do its duty."
Loud cheers greeted the conclusion of His Lordship's speech."
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™dowed ,h. ».rae. Yet, characterialic of th, L„ .nrf
.I»o of .11 great mind,, hi« modesty ha. caused him .Th' .*
in Imited^aco, to dilate upon L valuab 'e i wT^nhe
uiat.ng„.»hed philantrophlst I shall close this brief 11 in
the lanKuaire of one of th. ™,._ • • "Ketch in
the people and ,he hon.„r«,nf IHs W^u 1 ^'"■"' "'
collefelaXl^nl^mtrhl^^hTb^^^^^^^ *-" »
rail ■ *'Ai;^*iti J , uniu m answer to the
that heavenly crown TiHh^H, -arthl,- laurels to accept
that silvered head, and uplntat "iTdl "hLnXhT^id X
^-our of hisstron, .oun/mthSrdl:t:r.^C;
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gazed abroad, with prophetic eye upon the trackless, bound-
less, grass-grown prairie, and saw on it the happy homes of the
myriads yet to be."
Lovingf-Kindness.
Though fairer than exotic flower.
Though sweet as buds in May ;
All earth-bom beauty hath its hour
To bloom then pass away.
That mind which soars to loftiest height
To which the finite may,
Is compassed by the mortal blight
Which bounds its little day.
Thou ! essence of the Love Divine,
With pure and fervent ray.
Dost through the gloom of sorrow shine,
And smooth the roughest way.
Thou love ! which levels every heart
United 'neaththy sway,
Shalt blossom till all clouds dispart
In immortality.
P».rt VI.
Incidents of Canadians, etc.
MONTREAL BOVS AT OOUOLAS.
houi* had a white rag of some kind displayed in its «-indows A bl^
Lmon Jack was run up in the centre of the town by Gen^lW^^en thf
band played the National Anthem, and the town was ouT It had bl^n
a pretty place, but at the time of writing signs of plundeTare to be^e^
wth on every side. The famous Vaal River runs by her"
At , ^;;''°/**™"""8 'o «' b-v 2 o'clock, the first since Sunday night
^™- rV '7 ""' ■"'"* '° "« '««=' ">at they (the BoeL were
commg back. Just then we heard the infantry- fire, and I knew the rumor
:;ftrcou,d°rd^e-^-;?-^^^^
casualty hst was small compared with that of the Boers Zj,T'^?
firi^g'^:^"'" "'"'-"''"''•'"-'■ --°'<™cr"„d,''r^^^^^
The artillery did most of the work that day so thev were riven ,,,
^^"ZLnzf. '" '" ■'"'■ ''•' ""'-^ - -Tx-n-d"
We were engaged twice the next day
after^hTk'r.rf " ?™«' f """Pos^i mostly of Montrealers, joined us
TJZ ^ IT ?T ^'^''"^ "' °°"K'»»- Since then we ha^e maS,ed
;L::iTrrv;s^ifeTsv;^rrV.tr"a;^^
si^i-nSTai^r-"^-^^^-'^--
.We I ^n", J "J""" '" """ *"■' ""'• ' """"■ "-O tha° wa/Zm
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to desist. But they had simply mistaken the hursting of the explosive
cartridges for revolver shots. After the firing ceased we were all day
bringing in the dead and wounded, and it W9s just about sunset when
the former were laid in their last resting place. The General read the
burial service, or at least tried to, for there were occasions when the brave
man completely broke down, and his sobs could be heard at every point
of the line. Frequently he had to stop altogether. He afterwards ad-
dressed the troops, and told us that he had been filled with admiration at
our gallant behaviour that day."
The story of Colonel Pilcher's raid to Douglas and the action at Sunny-
side, in which C. Company (Toronto) of the first Canadian Contingent,
played so prominent a part, has already been related. Although the
importance of the action has been overshadowed by the more recent
bloody actions at Paardeberg, yet the Sunnyside affair will always be of
importance in that it was the first time that the contingent had had any
of its men under fire. Fortunately none of Colonel Barker's men, ex-
posed as they were to the fire of the Boers, were killed. The march from
the camp at Belmont, out to Douglas, the rough ground over which the
Sunnyside action was fought and the march back to the camp in tropical
weather was a tr>-ing experience fi>r our men, but at the same time one
can be certain that none of them uould have missed it,"
"Mt Boy."
" Pathetic was the parting on the pier at Halifax, between a mother
and her soldier son, a member of the Second Canadian Contingent.
She had come all the way from Quebec to bid him good-bye. "
The wide world may awake at the sound of that voice
Which pointeth a nation to power ;
As the crowds who have bowed to his wisdom rejoice,
And hail him the man of the hour.
He may stem the vast current of popular thought;
He may lead, as with bright wizard wand ;
But the speech and the knowledge and wisdom seem nought
In the clasp of a mother's hand.
The whole earth may resound with the clatter of hoofs
As his chargers go forth unto war ;
And the groans of the dying re-echo the proofs
That his triumph no mortal may bar.
While loud vaunts of his courage and tales of his might
Are in-bome over valley and sea.
The fond mother sees only, in halo of light,
The boy who knelt low at her knee.
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He may rise to the summit through honor's bright walk,
He may sink to the lowlands of shame,
He may wander where crime and where infamy stalk,
A loser in life's double game.
The gay friends of his fortune his friendship may boast.
Or the worldling may know him no more ;
Yet, crowned with fame's laurels or classed with the lost
One leal heart loves on as of yore.
He may rest 'neath the sea of a far away clime.
Or adown 'neath his native sod ;
The mother will weep while the seraphim chime
His welcome to home and to God.
She will long for that land which no sorrows may mar.
For that bliss, with no shade of alloy.
And the glories of heaven will stem brighter by far
For the sake of her ever loved boy.
CANADIAN CAPTAINS WITH CONTINOENTS.
M ^??'!;- ^\.'^- ^""*'''* °' ''■ Company, British Columbia and
Manitoba, d.ed Feb., a6th from wounds received at Paardeberg on iSth
Feb., 1900.
D. Stuart— B Company, London, Ontario.
R. K. Baker— C. Company, Toronto, Ontario.
S. Maynard Rogers- D. Company, Ottawa and Kingston.
C. R. Fraser— E. Company, Montreal.
H. / Pelletier— F. Company, Quebec.
W. A. Weeks— G. Company, New Brunswick and P. E. Island.
H. r, SUirs— H. Company, Nova Scotia
W. C. Good— E. Battery.
When the war broke out, a Canadian boy, William Cox, a native of
Maugervdie, New Brunswick, was building a railway in the Transvaal
When hosulmes began he went to Natal and joined the South African
Horse. He was at Potgieter',, Drift when the crossing was effected.
There was a ferry boat on the Boer side of the river, and Cox with seven
others of his squadron swam over to bring tlie host back The Boers
opened fire on them, but they went on and brought away the boat, some
of them swimming with one hand on the tow rope and the other down in
the water pushing as best they could. After a ,ew moments of slow pro-
gress the rope caught on the boat in a way that made the craft
unmanagable, whereupon Cox clambered to the deck and in the face of
ahail of bullets, cleared the rope and enabled his comrades to handle the
boat. The gallant fellow was lucky enough to escape without a scratch
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T C. Waswn, fonn.rl.vofthe48th Hightandm, a famous handler
of the bayonet, was at Victoria on his way back from Klondike when the
war broke out. He was too late to get a place in the Royal Canadians
but at once started off for South Africa by way of Austialia. The first
direct news his family got of him he was in the hospital at Kimberlev
with two wounds, one through the left lung and the other through the
left arm. **
Wesson was in Roberts' Horse on the march to the relief of Kimber-
ley and was wounded in action near that city. Lord Roberts shook hands
with him and congratulated him on his spirit.
From the Klondike to Kimberly is a far cry, and Wasson is one
of the few soldiers of the Queen who travelled more than half way round
the worid at his own expense to get a chance of fighting
Rev. \V. J. Cox, Anglican Chaplain to the Canadians in South Africa
writes an interesting letter from Cape Town, describing scenes on the
troopship Laurentian. He says : " The Sunday services are fine Holy
Communion at S.30, with an old box covered with a Union Jack for an
altar. At 10.30 the parade service took place, and I never saw anything
finer. They ng up a sort of reading desk covered with flags. The sing-
mg was glorious. I never heard the like. For accompaniment we had
an autoharp, two violins and two banjos, while the Setseant-Maior stands
out and beats time with his whip. At 6.15 there is a voluntary service
just a lesson, a few collects, lots of hymns and a short address. Lasi
Sunday night they sang for two hours after it, and as one of the officers
said to me, "Fellows who can sing like that, all those old-fashioned
hymns they learned at their mothers' knee, will make trouble for some
one when they get into action."
If
The " Times " correspondent with General Kitchener's column in
Gnqualand, has this to say of Col. Hughes' services :
• ' The loan of this able oflicer is not the least among the services which
Canada has rendered to the Mother Country, and it is to be hoped in the
interests of the Empire that larger opportunities will be found for the
qualities he has displayed throughout this expedition. One is often
tempted to wonder whether our array might not make freer use of men
whose experience has been gained in commercial oiKanization."
Sidney Vicary of the First Contingent, writes to his friends at the
Sanlt that the Boers have heard about the Canadians. He says-
" The Sergeant-Major of the Remington Scouts told our captain that
during an armistice to bury both Boer and British dead and remove the
wounded, the Boer commander wanted to know where and how soon
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they Mould have to meet us. He said that ih-v l,„_i
:t;::'t:;::^rh-::ir:SSr^-^-;°
officer met his fate It ITat v!merV% > 7" '"' ''"" "" ''"""'
v.ew, where he succumM. He lies buried with otl.e , olZtl f„
green field below Three Tree hill. ^ '" '
^c: :rt^crx'r^;r^- -- - --
i„_l n„i_^., V ""*' P°"'"" of the advance Kuard of
River, a distance of nearly one hundre.1 miles 4mo„.,«. ft, i ,
^eau perfonued by .rneof the Canadian fo.e Z the Z mf„7o'r. .i '
TB^r^Xhr"""" '"""' "'" ■"'-"■ -•"■ «- -r'ho ;':>
London, July iS.— In a despatch, dated to^lav T.„r,t d„i, -
tribute to Lieutenants Borden and B rch Hr^yl ^ „,!: w H' f
while gallantly leading their men in a counterTtUck 0^?:, '^:
flank at a cntical juncture of their assault on our position LZT
London, July 2,.-The Marquis of Lans,lowne, Minister of Wnr
death of the two young Canadian officers. Lieutenants Borden and ffirc
mdefeuchngthe British position in the fngaKement on luK ?6 ™n
glowing tribute to the Canadian volunteer!, Lying ° Wh^n'^'eThL
who wrote that telegram and with what feelings he Lst have wri^e' it
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I think we may say no more touchinK tribute could he paid to the
memorj- of the hrave younx represenutives of our Colonial forces.'
Harold Borden.
Son of the Minister of Militia. Killed in action
near Pretoria, July 16. 1900.
Oh! well may they weep for their darling asleep
In a far-away African grave ;
Nor hearken the song which the sti nn-wraiths prolong
As they ride on the turbulent wave.
For the heart strings yet thrill for a voice that is still ;
But the echoes of ages reply
"Though sad be the parting and keen be the pain
It is sweet for one's country to die."
On fair Blomidon's height falls the shadow of night,
And darkens the white-crested wave ;
Since the light of his home lies afar o'er the foam
'.Mid the hosts of the loyal and brave.
For the heart-strings may break and the music may fail
Yet the past to the future shall sigh
"Though sad lie the parting and keen be the pain.
It is sweet for one's country to die."
The Canadi-is have been receivinu great praise from General Knox.
He acknowledges their valuable work in frustrating the attempt of the
Boers to take position on the Koomati River and in protecting the con-
voys and infantry on the return march. The Canadians stopped a charge
of 200 mounted Hoers who had come within 70 yards of their rear guanl.
The Bloemfontein correspondent of the London 'Daily Mail,' describ-
ing 'Greater Britain' at the front says: 'ToCanada we take off our hats. She
hassent us, beside other worthy representati,'es, a regiment of infantry
that wins admiration from every soldier for marching, endurance or
fighting. It can challenge comparison with any battalion in Lord
Roberts' army, and that is .saying a goo<l deal.'
The 'Morning Standard' correspondent, describing the capture of
Bloemfontein, refers to the entry of the Canadians as follows : ' They are
fine, strapping fellows, broad-shoulderetl, clean-limbed and blue-eyed. They
swing past with an easy stride and a free gait, conscious of the strength
and pride brought them from the lakes and mountains of Canada. Their
boots were out at the toes, stockings undarned, breeches torn then mend-
ed and torn again, but every tatter and every stain was an honor to those
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could have 1«„ pasjr,, aT , „^7 » >nKade," he writes, ■ hu, if it
London „a,v. ^^C^lZ^":::^^^'^ »™"' ";- driven
•'-rugKlinKalonKnnderacloud of dus^wi.oZl.rhl.^^-''''^ '"'■■"''>••
^ee„ the prim soldier in time of «"« That hTl^r "'"''•"'"""«'
h.n,self into thi, ^rim, virile C^r^^^'ZlTr^'T'"'""
hungry wolf faces, everv sort of f«™T . """^S '"«», hawk faces,
i» a man smoking a pTi^," J "r"P' »""'' °"'^- "ere and there
mo.thavesw„r,h/facran.l e^Ln,. r " ." """" ''"' ™""'' '""
features impassivi buf^lur Hel T ' "'"' '>'=''»'-=>-"»« and
workmanlikrapronsi„,rt ,tirkr„ f" T" "' "'""lander, wn.h
months on the veldt ■G^'mu^^, h """"' ''''•* "'"■ '""^
sergeant glanced. AVha^^ee " f ' m ' "'"* "^ *'^>- P»»«'- A
s..otU,Ura and put a touc^rof^Ingr^^o t^t'^r "=" ^'"'»-'' '"^'^
-Mthe.hesofamiiia;;r:trsr,^-^^^!-^Xg^:^
s.ran";rar:;ew'"ronroiYe::;^Thorr -l""" <>- -'-•
-ne man a, springs fron, the westet praHe ""^""^ '"»"'>• '"^
quick."';tyhre"a'';:unTi«entrf .^^'"'■'''^ ^-'■^■' '- '■'"i -"
under a shadow of danger °°'' "'' '^'" •" ""^ -"o '"'e alvays
ra4r"^^^dt::rigS^::^r::r^""""»" ""-■
upon their shoulders, and the EriH, h L H T f "^ " " "'"P'" '"'<
;Ho. maple leaves .side the^;r;tSrs\a-rerf^a:X!
SURRENDER OF CRONJB.
f^mouuir''"""^'"'^"'"™'"''''"'"''™---^'-. can best ,. toW
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ordered to adt-ance in two lines,— each, of rourae, in extended order-
thirty yard* apart, the nmt with tiayonetn fixed, the second reinforced by
fifty Royal RnKinccra tinder Col. Kincaid and Capt. Boileau.
In dead silence and covered by a darltneM only faintly illuminated by
the merest rim of the dying moon, * with the old moon in her lap.* the
three cnmpanie» of Canadifln!imovtd on over the bush strewn gniund.
For over four hundred yards the noinelesa advance continued, and when
within eighty yards of the Boer trench the trampling of the shnib Iie-
traycd the movement, instantly the outer trench <rf the noer» burst into
fire, which was kept up almost without intermission from five minutes to
three o'clock, to ten minutes jmst the hour. Under this fire the couraKe
and discipline of the Canadians proved themselves. Plinging themselveft
upon the ground they kept up an incessant fire on the trenches, guided
only by the flash of their enemy's rifles, and the Boers admit tliat they
quickly reduced them to the necessity of lifting their rifles over their
heads to the edge of the earthwork, and pulling the triggers at random.
Behind this line the engineers did magnificent work ;carelem of danger
the trench was dug from the inner edge of the bank to the crest, and then
for fifty or sixty yards out through the scrub. Tlie Canadians retired
three yards to this protectirn and waited for dawn, confident in their new
position, which had entered the protected angle of the Boer position, and
commanded alike the rifle-pits of the banks, and the trefoil-shaped
embrasures on the north.
Cronje saw that matters were, indeed, despemte. Many Boers threw
up their hands and dashed unarmed across the inter\'ening space ; others
waved white flags and exposed themselves carelessly on their entrench-
ments ; but not a shot was fired. Col. Otter and Col. Kincaid held a
hasty consultation, which was disturbed by the sight of Sir Henry Col-
ville, General of the Ninth Division, quietly riding down within five
hundred yards ot the northern Boer trenches to bring the news that even
while the last few .sliots were being fired, a horseman was hurr>-ing in
with a white flag, and Cronje's unconditional surrender, to take effect at
sunrise.
Of tlie three Canadian companies, the foremost and that which
suffered most, was the French company, under Major Pelletier.
Meanwhile, a few fonual preliminaries were being arranged at head-
quarters, and General Tretyman went out willi a small escort to meet
the Boer commander and his secretary.
Lord Rof»erts, in the plainest of khaki, without a badge of rank ex-
cept his Kandahar sword, awaited the arrival of his distinguished prisoiier.
'Commandant Cronje' was the brief introduction, as the Boer swung
him-self off his white pony, and, curtly answering the Field Marshal's
salute, shook hands. ' I am glad to meet so brave a man,' was Lord
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Ijeinif interprettrt li)- Cronj- secrtury. "
;'Pa..rdel,erg tattle Krounil i, wonderful to «e. It .UKKe,t, a na„d..
n.j,um-,he wrec . of „at„„ by delirium tren,™.. TrearthT.
W. '^I^ 'Trtrir "y "■""-■;-- ^■""""l -th trunk,, cloth „K
c^h,' nhv .ir^ "' ' ■"; """■''<"= "™PI""»!». •■"ken rifle,, ,helte
c oh,, ph>,c and ,p,nt lx>ttle., old letter, written in Dutch, diell,
vihat not Behind the first trenche, stand the ruins of Kore, of vehicles
"n^i? The::":r^Tl''^' '-"" ""'' "•' '">"■"■<■* -"1 '•- ™
remain. There are buck w,-,Kons. ambulance,, .,piden.. Cape cart, itun
X3.:;t,;';^r '""" ^""""' -" ""-"• "-• ■"-™*'"^- "^
vou u'ink'n;! rr "" "^•".' ""-^ "P"" '»" "•ountain_of what, do
J ou h.nk o, e of compre»ed hay and one of oat,. And lx>th were on
of i,^: KlJ^Mar A TTl" ■" '"' "^"^'^^-^ Regiment, bv^er
foolLdf , ■ "L""" "''™KK™»"'W"K away the precious
food, and does not n.ean that the Boer, shall ^et it. Awaiting the toreh
wa, another great hillock, made of a thou«.nd .„xes of bi^tdt, A^d
?u"h I'war" " ""' """^ """ """ »■"' °" ■'"" "«"- - >-
Such is what must 1* endured by Tommy, by his uenerala-av and
by the Duke of Weatminster, who has been glad to .»r^w a bUei e«
this, and SIX feet of the veldt for his iKd."
True Heroism.
" He, Roland, lived in the midst of the most trying .urroundinifs a
qu,et,unosten^tiou,, Christian life. -.*. He iLl noranid ed
gloriously."— Seigtant A. Mellish.
Ri^J! VTrrrr"" """^ '" P™* ■" """ Christian soldier, young
f^?^,; I ^ r 1"°""- He died worthy of that met;ir flag
for which he foujjht. "-Captain Weeks. meteor nag
Not merely on the field of blood
Doth hero-heart appear ;
But in the haunts of human life,
In every worldly sphere.
The hero-heart is he who dares.
With courage and with zest.
Pursue the upward, onward path
With cleai, unblemished crest
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.<e'er ninkinx that idtal low
Wtiicli fonin hii hencon li/ht ;
Ne errtooping from that lofty plain
Which inarlu hi» moral height.
Oh ! heron of the camp, the worM.
Of force, of soul, of mind :
Yours be the glorious Rax to lead
To battle all mankind.
at pLIrt^J*!'"',' ^"''" ""■' ''""* "'»«'■ '«■"■ -' Companv G. fell
at Pnardeberg, the former on the iSth, .nd the latter on the ,7th.
These are mentioned in the despatch to Lord Rohert.<: Lieut F V
HuZ' Z " ^rr""' *^'*""' "■ "■ "'-.n. King's Canadian
Hussars ; Sergeant Panlon, Duke of York's Own Hussars.
r^neral Hutto,, (. her gives details of the affairatKlip Kop, which
have already tjsen reported, -vuppwuiin
as totteZv V ""?" ■""! ''""'' "' **' '^'""' "•'^ '""^ "■= river ,0
as to take Khp Kop from the rear, To this cleverly executed movement
the General attnlmtes the .success that followed.
•• B.t^r„ 1, . ."'■ '" "'"^"X '" "" P"«"i«t'"rK battle, says:-
dv^r Ahi„r " '"/J"' '^' P""""" 'ay Canadian dead and
tZ^J^^ f %«°""*'«' "»"• ■•«"" 5<» yards away, was seen to
be tO-inn to make for our trenches under a hea,^- fi„, but was at last
"^HT^f , ^°" °"' '-" *"'"''" "" ^'"»"' •" '- -""ow-
ns hands as ,f for assistance. Suddenly from the left of the trenches a
form was .seen to c ,mb the earthworks in front of our trenches, jumping
own tomakestnught for the place where the wounded lav, ibou? 4 '
Ind .H^„ ,T". T "' '■°" "" ""'' " '"" ""'^'■ed the wounded man,
hU 1 , ^ ' "'•" ""' '™ '""'• f" "■= P°<" f="°" had breathed
im last. Seemg ,t was of no avail his would-lw rescuer walked back over
the ground he had covered, and although bullets whistled round him and
tore up the ground m everj- direction, he coolly regained his trenches
»lth a pipe stuck between his teeth. I have since ascertained that his
name was Private Thompson of the Royal Canadians, and although I do
not know whether his case is one recommendd for bravery or not still I
have never, dunng the campaign, seen a case of such coolness and pluck
as that displayed by Private Thompson," ^
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of the Rojal Canadian, n.me.1 Bok.r arcl fmm M ? ' """' '"°"'"
alonx th. Il„,, took n. .mpty wX J^* "* ' ■''"■»« an,l, walking
"yi-K in their p«.i,ion Privat. s^»?l i ■ °""'""''''"'™'""'
P-.rd,.„K. ItVa. on the Inh prh™ •'■•""H"'«l'«l him«If „,
»oun.l«l.,hat,lU.artofh.™i?™ Jr ™7' ",'"" '^"" ""'ri' »"
the firinx line when he wa.", TnT! •"''"""r'- •'rivale Harri. wa. in
injure.1 comrade-. c-ondiZ h ' .«i hir„:i1""" Tf"" """" "' ""
Irenchea." ""^ "P »"'' Mme<l him hack to the
-n.e\To"fhetmi"rr.h':ra„'rr' "n'"""'"- -""«'"- "■'
trenche. hailing from s,\h„ '' '""" "" """» «« '" 'h»
hrave°"b:;'il' ree ^.7 ^ " T T '">"■ *"■"■ -^'"^ -^ ■>"
Cr^nje and hi. anr-v/ ThlflL i, at.r°T ?' '"' -^'P'"' °' «-"»■
breadth. ' ""^ " ''"•" "x'-t feet in length by four i„
Dou^rrofi'.Th'rtn.nr-irn^Hri '^■"'"','' "^'■--' »■•'
having had his eyesight de.t"ve^a„T'' r""''"!'" South Africa,
«ent .o South AfL'„i:ht:'r'nrconti^e„"''"^"- '"'''' "■"■«="
you -d"rr„ru"a7pri;aTE?„i:?°' """'■' ""'"'"-'
from the war, «,id: .j th!nk U wa, ,h , r L""' "''° '"» '«"^"«'
Toronto. When Color-Ser«a„t Shri- '*"'^- "^^ Beattie, of
Beattie wa, brave enougi^'car^hir"" "",""""""'« '" '"'arm.
Both crowed without rec^rvingXraVrT't' '""^ ""^ ''""« "-
»»cape,: but, never,hele„, a hrave dlLl Xr« ' »°"' - """' '''"'''
ward, died at Bloemfontein. He wr^he fZ'' '"' ''""■ '""-
Canadian rep,e,en.ativeo,theL:tH,h«al^' WiUiam Beattie.
wounded. Foufoffhel™ ' '"I'^-^-P^'Malloy, ^ «. R., wa, >^
-e upon a body of Boe^wt 1^^ ^^ tn°dJ^;
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«M wounilol, the liullit entrrinx «t Ihe rijihl eye an<l ctitlinx nwoj- the
liriilne of the no*. The Cenadiani returned the Are, which, however,
•oon x'rt hot, aome two hun<lre<l Boen pottinii et the Hitle henil. ' of
the othem turninx to Trooper Colllnn, of the P. I,. D. C. mIiI: • ..Uii.,
Ihl« liifetlitiK too hot, we muM net out of thia. "
Melloy.whowu lylnxdcwn hiirdlhltird rEld' "rtn't Uive me
ColHna; xlve ne your hind. I will try and wellc."
^ " Vou lie there, Melloy," wu Ihe anr.rer, "and I will never leave
you." Owinx to Collina' lefuial the little liand drove off the Boera and
each man of the C. M. R. captured hia priioner. Whea Malloy »aa
taken to the hoapiul, he aitoniahctl the doctora hy helpinx them dreaa
^ hia own wounrta. Trooper L. W. R. Malloy ia an OtUwa lad, who«
father fouxht at Windmill Point and hiaxrandfather atChryaler'a Farm.
The telexraphic information that the Rev. J. Almond. B. A, Anglican
Chaplain to the R. C. R., haa decideil to enter tlie Imperial aer>ice ia of
intereat to many outaide of the circle in which he moveil prevloua to hia
appointment a year ago. Hl> ci-reer at the front haa heen unmarked hy
aenaational incidenU, but steady adherence to duly, aslf-atcrilicinx per-
formance of work of an arduuua and trying nature, tud a constant ami
cheerful »al hive marked his connection with the regiment, and have
lifted it above commonplace compliance with rexulations, and entitle*
him to an honorable place in the annala of tlie first contingent.
The Marquia of DuSerin and Ava, writing to the City Clerk of
Ottawa from Clandelioyne, Ireland, thanks the corporation of Ottawa for
Its resolution of condolence on the death of his son, the earl of Ava. He
says : " I ask you to convey to the Mayor and membes of >he nmnici-
pality, in my own name and that of Lady Dufferin, the expreaaion of our
deepest gratitude for this signal mark of their sympathy with us in the
death of our eldest son."
Not for years have all classes of society in St. John more sincerely
mourned the death of a townsman than they did to-ilay when the news
arrived that Capt. Charles F. Harrison, of the second contingent, had
succumbed to fever in South Africa. He was the eldest son of Mr. W.
F. Harrison, some yearn ago St. John's leading flour merchant. He held
a North-west medal for active service in the Riel rebellion with the
Queen's Own, of Toronto, and wa? actively associated with the St. John
artillery and King's County Hussars, up to the time of his appointment
to South Africa. Capt. Harrison was prominent in Masonic work and
attained the thirty-second degree.
Capt. Chalmers, who was killed while gallantly striving to t«scne a
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fallen contrntte. wn» a Kradiuite of the Royal MiliUry ColIrK«. KiitKoton,
Hiul a vctenin of the North-Wcrt rc>irnifm. He wait hmiy IniitiUnK a timoX
from Kilmonton to the Peace River when the Canailian :iluunte<l Rifle-*
whm niiitetl. He vulunteereil ntiil wai appuinteil an officer. He wa» u
native of AnihemthurK. Ont.. and wax untnarriefl.
CHAPLAIN OXRARV.
" Chapliiin 0'I.carj- has l>ecn specially mentioned in dexpatcheii, and
will protwWy U- HWiinleii the Victoria CrtMs."
" We Iny for fourteen hours on our faces and hands with Imlleit
flying over nur headn. But notiody ffincheil when we i-'w Father 0'I.ear>.
68 yearn uf ajfe, walkinx about, suiilinK and talking to the men. lit-
helped all night lfM)king for the wounded and performe*!, next mornJnK.
the last rites at the griivis of our heroes who dieil."
" Father O'Leary has tteen seriously ill with enteric fever. Should
he recover he will lie invalidetl to England."
Fair Soul of Music ! wake for those
Who fear no timch of earthly ill;
Who breathe upjn the storms of life
And lo ! the surging waves are still :
Oh ! that wearisome march of a hundred miles,
Over kopje, and river and glen;
Yet he faltered not, fell not away from the ranks.
But trod with the youngest of men.
Tlirougli the rain-swollen wave in the Modder's be<l,
With the watery flood shoulder high :
On, on through the sand-drift, and blistering heat
Of the sun of lu African sky.
On, on through the desert, where hunger and thirst
O'er the region of silence held sway:
\Vhere alike beast of burden and owner of soul,
The weak from the strong fell away.
In the dense hail of bullets on Paardeberg heights,
On the open— he sought for no shield;
But smilingly walked in the dread flring line
Some help or some comfort to yield
Through the long night of horror, when battle h^d ceased.
With fingers oft damp, dripping red,
He searched, 'mid the darkness, that crimson-dyed field
For the wounded who mixed with the dead.
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And when the bright sun of the irornitiK looketl down,
And smiled o'er the streamlets of gore.
That siWered head bent by those motionless fonns
Whirh would litart at reveille no more.
ThouKh prized lie those badges vhich laurel the brave,
And precious thu honors they bring ;
Oh ! what are earth's pluudtts, or riches, or rank
To a son of the Heavenly King.
Sweet Spirit of mercy, and comfort and hope !
When from strivings of earth passed away,
Thou Shalt bloom 'neath the glow of a kindlier sphere
And the light of a holier day.
Why then should we weep that thy eventide sleep,
Draweth nigh, since, the burden laid down.
Thou Shalt pass to thy rest, high in home of the blest:
Rich-crownefl of the conqueror's crown.
Chaplain O'Leary, the only clergymah allowed to go forward at first,
marched with the troops, attended in the firing line at Paardeberg, min-
istered to the dj-ing, and helped all night to fetch in the wounded'and to
bury the dead. He was idolized by the soldiers of all creeds.
Fa^'icr O'Learj- speaks in the highest terms of Rev. Mr. Almond
and Rev. Mr. Fullerton, the two other chaplains, remarking that they
Were splendid companions.
FRO.M ALL THE CONTINGENT.
Sir,— I have the honor of placing on record the noble disposition,
self-denial and generosity of the true Christian leader. Dr. H. G. Barrie.
of Toronto, whom the Young Men's Christian Association sent out with us'.
the Canadian contingent for South Africa. Ever on the alert to give
Christian counsel and advice, always on hand to assist materially every
man, he has fairiy captured the soldiers' hearts. He has been a brother
to us all. 1 have some experience as a soldier in the field, then as a
soldier, accept I beg you, this tribute to this man's noble work.
I have the honor to be.
Staff Sergeant,
Canadian Contingent.
Lieutenant Wood, of Halifax^ was the first Canadian to die in Africa
from wounds received at Belmont, Nov, loth, 1899.
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After the fight at Bahuschagne's Nek. 30 men of the Colonial
Mounted Infanto- were left in a donga over-night to guard a uounded
officer till reinfoiremenu should come up. During the night this small
force was alUcked by 600 Boers with one field gun. but thev managed to
keep the enemy at boy. General Gatacre wired a special order com-
phmenbng the men on tlieir coolness and braverv.
Pnvate Malloy (of Winchester, Ontario) escaped the fate of eighty of
lus gallant compatriots at Paardeberg, hut at Bronkhotst Spruit a Mauser
bullet traversed iiis temple from side to side, with the nsuU that his eye-
sight .s gone forever. For a youth to haveull his hopes and aspirations
in life thus destroyed at one fell swoop, and to be able to declare that he
has no regrets for the past, argues the possession not only of splendid
courage and cheerfulness, hut a philosophic mind such as even a patri-
archal patnot might envy. He otKved the call to arms because he felithat
It was nght to do so. and having so decided, he accepts with manly forti-
tilde the vicissitudes of fortune whi, h have to him been so hard to
bear. We do not wonder that the company of eager business men who
interupted their operations for a Ume that they might honor the Canadian
heroes passing through the city, had great trouble in choking down the
emotion that surged within them, as they listened to these noble utter-
ances, and gawd into the sightless eyes of the youthful speaker. Sight-
less eyes truly; but Mr. Malloy haa also a soul which is unconquerable
for he wound up his little oration by leading the cheers for the Queen "
—Liverpool, England.
Our men are standing the fatigue and the intense heat with great
pluck, and their enthusiasm is most contagious. Our long marches are
enhvened by Canadian songs in both French and English, and all are
eager for a battle in which they can prove their mettle. The heat and
dust IS dreadful, but all are well,"
Ottawa, June li.-The following message from Her Miiesty tile
aueen has been received at Government House, in response to one of
congratulation addressed to the Sovereign on the fall of Pretoria —
"Balmoral, June 7. Grateful thanks for kind congratulations on
this most satlsfactr>ry event.
(Signed) V.R.I.
His Excellency has recei<-ed the following despatch from I^rd
Roberts : —
Pretoria, July 6, 1900.-1 have much pleasure in bringing to Vour
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Excellency's notice the good work done by the First .nd Second
ft^t^ZfldT'^l,'''??'"''"''''''-™"^"'^^^^
tor theirgallant conduct and soldier-like instincts
During the attack bv the Boers on Katsbosch on June 22 a small
l>arty of ftncher's Creek men of the 2nd Battalion displayed the J^«e
u^lthev" 'T'T '° ■'■■'^•'■oW-K i" check a'fo'rce of r"^!
» horn they were largely outnumbered. "w » jj
Corporal Mordan and Private Kerr continued fighting till mortellv
.rrid h^-rh^-r«r-"'' '■*"'""- "—^^^^^^^
THE RED CROSS NURSE.
Breathe softly that name which the famine-struck breathe
In a voice which through hunger is faint-
Tlut name which the soldier in laurels doth wreathe
For to him 'tis the name of a saint.
Not in Afric alone, not in warfare alone,
Is the Red Cross of merey anear;
But wherever disaster, by fire or by flood,
Bringeth ruin that badge doth appear.
In the shell-shattered town, on the frozen heights
On the terror-struck banks of the Seine,
The naked were clothed and the famished were fed
And the wounded were nursed in their pain.
That Cross is a badge for the kinship of kings,
Is a hope for the sorrowing throng.
Ah! weak is the effort of language to tell
Of a life which out-soareth all song.
Since earth is the better, since heaven is the dearer
For such visits of angels that be;
Great Spirit of goodness be Thine to support
In their richness, those lives lit of Thee.
„i.h?"w^«*°^" A'"^"""* "" "■^™'» °" '""^ "Corinthian " last
night was Surgeon-General Ryerson, Canadian and British Red cZ
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LaurenUan •• and „ho, as an official at the seat of «ar, had an abnndant
hTcr;i;„' "■;,^'"^'""% ;""' -"-K-ent a.d the saMen, fetet o
theXn^d "\"'"'.™ '■' «« «"i° «-« entered Kimberlev after
therehef and look with h.m an immense C|U„ntity of stores for the
'TT, ,^" ■"''^''■'-"'- Speaking of the Colonids, he Sd ■ There
«ere another «=,ooo Colonial troops in the am.y. i„cl„di„x the Can"
J2 ^ I "■'■ ™"'«nP' '<"• »" Colonials, bnt no» it is xenerallv
recOKn,^ U,at without the Canadian, and their fellow cZnal, tl e
«ork perfomied by the trregulars both in the scoiuin^ and in the line of
battle cansed a great reaction in the minds of both officers and men and
now a Colonial can have almost anything he wants.
It was my special work to see that the Canadian sick and wounded
were carefully „ttend«l to. They wanted tor nothing. Even wish^h^
could express was granted owing to the literal resource^7 ha at m •
adlan boys, and they were well served. Then also the toys who w-^re
convalescent were furnished with cash when they requiredTi^
At the Kimlierley hospital, after Paardeberg, there were a hundr^
I'tit'^irk'Vhr""' "r ■ ^" -' "'■™ -^^ ---rrrtntr^si
auMingnnk. Their wounds we. 5 in many cases in a terrible condition
owing to the lack of dre^iing. often serious wounds had^n dfeS
with nothing more elaborate than tobacco juice. They did not r2S«
any proper treatment for day^in some cases weeks. Ho^verthev
mL „/ . ^ ■"' -^presented, from the youth of fifteen to the old
d^l^'amrg'them^"'^"""""'""^^ "-'"""■'- ">- — '-
T„„f, '^'"''*'''>' <="'■ Ry^'^'n caught veldt fever and went to Cape
Town to recuperate, when he went to Bloemfontein and establUhed a rS
fn^tuthl', '"■ . '^' B'oemfontein hospital was he larget^
in Sou h Afnca, and it was there that enteric fever made such
dreadful ravages. It began in April an' ..creased 4 moidlv that
eVrv";! '""^ *r "'°""''* ^' '^"■"'' -- O"- »"" it ' 2d,t
couWdl Vh Z"":;^ * "''^'°" '"•" """^ »" "-at human W^gs
!nH Bl The Canadian nurses did excellent work both at Kimberiev
and —nteir. b„. „nfortuna^ly toth Miss Horn and Miss R^chard-
«>« got the entenc fever and were dangerously ill and will t^
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fever, wound, and dy«„te JThi, Z„ ^'" ' .•"'''''^" '^>'^ "' '"teric
Hft.v-.hr« ^ felloTst^nX rt' r"''^".7r" ''::'^''
long trenches. It wa» a terril.l. .■ , ™« ""ead were buried in
.om cut by their i„::L„t^rk ' '"" "" ""-'-'»«- "eariy
^.n. certain that they .arrieda^^S'dluattrLr ■"■'"■■""• ''
M. of her noble lifeVlTkVextfoL'n''"™'.''' "" **' ""'""'I
such a loving interest i " h^ .™-l m '^"""' ""'' """ "'""J" *own
soldier's idof ^' """""^^ -Nightingale ia the British
concert at C„ve«ri:T„,irP:t';^'r;"re"^ " ''"'"' ■""""'=
ance of royaltv nobilitv ... i . , ^' ™ere was a great attend-
J500 to «.f J «:h '■•^le btruTV;' '"^ ■■*" "' ^'^ "'"^^O '">"■
of this one concert. '"'"" "^ ""«'' " "-e proceeds
^_,Lauy Roberts and her daughter. did much for the hospital in South
beha^X^rf'^eCs'Td'cT ?;" "■' ^'' "' ''''^- ""
timely gifts just receivS^^ °' ''^'"°" '"^ "'"' K'"'™' "">«
<®'8"«^> ROBEKIS.
tohi:i^^":^-:':^-;:l^----vedsofarinresponse
..ooo^h™r^rtbe„'^^;' '^''- ''■ "='^'" ''""'^" "■- »- about
could have go^. buTwi^LT "''• """■ "^'"^ ''"' '° '^'P' T"*"' a""!
"Ot p,«s him Wva e ,'t^, '°T'" '"^ '?'"■=*'-. ""d «>■' doctor did
an affliction of th^lungs „" the Ad th^ '""r "'"' '"" " '■^' """
quarters. The convalLen^srrthf .?„dCdtn-n'"r^eir-:;^
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flrat in five months for Private McHne T .rf it
the «.ait««e,. Btside, her th™ .L ^ "^ °'""°"^'' '™» °"' •>'
nursing. """^ ""* ° K""' ™>iy of the nobility
St. John's, Nfld., Feb 1 1 — At tl,- f„-i
XewfoundUnd U^islature, calle,! for Keb^'aTv","/ .T"' ""'"" "' ""^
proposeavoteofjl2o,oootowat»kth.l,l!!- ,' ?' "" KO^^ment will
i» unable to .„d ^ vohXtto 1^:,^^^.""^' '"""■ ^" "■"'>'™>-
'",in:^;,*;;:.:p^-'r'-;-^^; Of our ambition realiid »
Sisters Forbes and Pope .t Kr<»nLd! T '"? ',"' «?""«'""'»'". an,l
con.e here. Neither ^e!^,™" ^^ih'Td t ""r' "'"'""' "' '"
came as we wet* all very hapov ,!,! . . °"'"' •"" ^'""ce ix
hospiul. Our superintendent w^s'sornHirf '" '"^^ *'"■ ''°- 3
Bloemfonlein tot'e prinC m«li™w ffi* f Z""' '""' °"« "-i''"""
where we we,.; but the a^s^ r"atet^M? '° '""" "^■"*'" '™-"
order that we should be in Bloemfonte^Mot "■" ^' '^'""' *'""-*'"''
one days grace. We were verTrdth tdl . oT i"*^ "" '*'""'' ""'>•
friends, whom we h.-,d been ,4^ '°. T ^"- 3' ""'' «" <»■'
■lelighledwiththepros^ :"etU "'.opV'™"":' """"*'■ '"' »"-'
on Mc .lay, noon, reach'^g ?,ilfo„«,l';^"°"f- . ^'''^f Springfontein
jhere on train and left at 6^ m on bo^d 'a'y Ro " " '""""*' ™"' ^'^
Pretona. We were preceded all ih, „.k^ •™n enroute for
track had been destmyeT^ i^ve,^l 'L ' "" i'™™- '' '"""■ '»' «"^
However, nothing e,cithuthaDTen?dfl.r^ " ''" "^^^ P"™us.
we reached KrooLadt, whe^'^e'ti" ? .r'- '"'•='^''>- ""'"«
visit«i the other sections o No , T ""Pf;'.'"' "■" "Wht. Here we
the Sisters Pope and Forbis TheTh^r"' '■ '"""''""' "^'^ i"'"^ V
tion, and at the station met and ,«a a h ndl"ak%"' T"''' °" "^»•■-
was down to meet Lady RoI«n and ,,!.,''"'""" ''""' ' ■^'».' """
way up we had a few trvLTexLrien J ,^1"^' '*'"*"^'- O" "ur
•Springfontein who should we Lbwc"?'' n\"" "' «"' °" *»»'<• at
Pretoria. We were glad to ie I'm f„ "^ ° f*"' "'^ °" ''i' *ay to
we left the b«,t, Severn n ontS^p ™± "V". "o ""'" '™-" ''™ ^i"-
"Wy left without a lunch to ^1"^ tS"" «■"»" ""d I very fool-
dinner at Bloemfontein, for which wi "fid 1 "'=',■,,'''''''' ' ""-""-
breakfast time came we found ™rsrKrst^.r '"^' '""''■ ""'^ """="
W.tried in vain to buy bread atri^irs" ■T.rtrsU.Trr'r.
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Thsv liv.„i «« k" to Kroocstailt ami jonied the others
kn„.s each, vio.eta and r„«. c. ,„e ^Ih.e, and eveo-.hfnno«„ ' '"°
lliursday noon we proceei' A to th*. im-i, i. ■* i ....
i?s ' ;r- • -■«■"•"''■■-• "-^ "™ «" t:;"
There has been fighting only dx miles off since we arrived I,,..
They were stationed eight »,i,es out, and he »a, in for ™pX T.^^;
saiu. How httle did I think, when you had that cau. fnr »,. ,u , .?
next time I shouh, seeycu would he in' Pretoria m° ?h"„"he^o„d dav
we were here who should happen in but Dr R^hLZl \ ^
doctor for three months at Z.iZ^ l\Z^Z\Tl,Z''r"
den ,„ the face of the sentries. Our mails are very slow to reach us h^e.
Ill dtaM "y, ''"^^"' "■'"■ '""^PO* "■" ■">■' canno get though
The climate here IS quite warm, although it is winter (I shouldnThke
their summer land violets, roses, etc., still bloom in the rrdens We
"^VonnaHU's:.!.^""' ™ '" "-^' ^"^''^"^ '-">- - P— <-
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KRUaeR'S CRV.
Whtn KniKerar<ISteynwere at Petnisburg exhurting the cornets
and comniandanta a man KalIop«i in .homing, "The British are cotninif " '
Kruger stopped short and cried, 'Inspan!'
ONCE FOR. NOW AOAINST.
Madame Alice Bron, a rich Belgian lady, who went cut a. a nun» to
a tend wounded Boers has returned. She has n.ad. known her intenUon
of pubhshing a patitphlet, which will t« a strong indictment of the Boers
She says she has discovered all the vices of the corrupt and decaying
counto, and asserts that the Boers are hypocrites and liars, and thai
even the late Colonel De Villbois-Mareuil himself had lost all Admiration
pmg official :_•• I can.e to the Transvaal too late this time, but in the
next war which wont be long, 1 hope to 1« in time to render some ser-
v,ce,. we hope Mr. Daritt will repeat the re.nark to the IrishZllter,
when they return from the war." rusiiiers
It IS a singular f=.t that -Major John McBride," organizer of the
Inah Bngade in the service of the Transvaal Boers, who was a candidate
or the House of Commons in the recent bye-election in South Mayo
received only 427 votes, while his opponent received 2,410. In Ireland
asm Canada, apparently, only the froth and scum ami dregs of societv
have any sympathy with the Boers. "
LAST HOURS.
The hospital train had Uken up its load at Modder River It had
come from Paardeberg, only twenty-nine miles off. Authority had Uken
.L \ , t r""]'" "™' '" "" *-««''"''• These ox waggons ha<l
Uken bully beef and biscuit, ammunition, and forage ,0 the from, and a
they had to return to the rail, what more simple than to fill them up n
tblv ''■ .V- T ""= """"'^'^ '"''"'' '"" "«■" ■ "■'^3' •>«<> "" springs
they we^n't built for men .0 lie down in, and eight men per waggon w ^
a tight fit. With their worn out oxen they took three davs over X
hmh? IZ, aT"'^""'"^ ■?"'' "■■"' '"""^"f '"' "«» had shattered
limbs, shattered from expanding bullets, and felt every jar Still thev
got in somehow-uuless they happened to die on the roldi-and were pw
between the sheets on a soft bed at last. One man sat up in his bunk
quietly giggling to himself.
■■What's the joke?" said the khaki-clad doctor.
'■Only that I'm so glad to be here at last."
Ninety-Eix of them thci^ were, and Ihcy mostly turne.1 over in their
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FOR THE FLAG
:.'r^c„err.or,L:>^. "-'- •>"">-- p»-„, ^l.j
In the grey dawn Ihe train stonnei) at a wavsiil. ™m„ o ...•
«.n „p in a W„ .„„<.,., Uanket^rp^'o^ ctl ^'48 w^^eC/
TRIFLES.
Pretoria ""foS in tf """'' """'"' """"' "' '«"»-'■■« » '«'•' »
Snd """" ■ ™''""->™". "ho proved a very good
Oft Bceniing simple, trifling cause, ■
Is hinge to very wondrous end;
f. nrt doth a world of ill forfend;
Or evil on ill's victim draws.
One jarring note may start a strife
Which fH:hoing from shore to shore,
Doth rise into a cannon roar
And needless waste of precious life.
One graceful word may heal some wrong,
May bring repose to tortured mind,
May upward lead the spirit blind
Till caught the tones of angel song.
Thus goes it through the going years,
Thus weakness takes the place of strength
Thus shall it be until at length
Heart gladness over«)mes all tears.
K>R THE FUAO
IJ9
Fu„°'- *™" *■""""' -"••'" ^"'^ ^■-'■' -■" «"-'o the Pa,„„,ic
the first .lay the movement »o. iuaugiirated fo, j88 wa. ple-l^ed.
"A Friend."
We know not who the Ktvers were,
Their rank is all unknown,
What mailer ! since in h.art of hearts
Their feelings match our own.
That mdesty which veils its face
Before the noon-day light.
Oft braves the world's supreme contempt
When called to lead the fight.
The tiny violet in the woods,
The rose 'neath summer glare,
Like incense.1 of a Hand Divine
With fragrance load the air.
Thus with the titled and unnamed.
Since, lit of kindred flame.
The outcome of each generois heart
Accomplisheth the same,
CRONJE.
Captain Webster, of the S.S. • Milwaukee " .1.. ■ ... ,
veyed Cronjeand the B«r Prisoners trrH^^at;*:!!" *""'' '""-
"ndSiUtrXri;«,^''°;rB":;r2^""°'''"'''--''^'
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FOR THK rtAG
Mercy.'
Afar on Scotia's lonely moor
Ciilloden's raim doth raiw itii head •
HuKe monument, through all the yea'rs,
Of noble and JKnoble dead.
For there the highest iu the land
Before the Prince-horn butcher stood;
A conqueror, by force of arms,
A fiend to slaughter in cold blood.
Not such those lustrous warriors
\Vho boast no empty badge of power-
Beyond each glorious teat of arms
Rare, high-souled deeds of mercy tower.
That monument which marks the brave
WTiom earthly force had hunted down
. Doth also mark the ruthless deed
WTiich d med the lustie of a crown.
Thus, o'er Culloden's cold, grey stones,
While mourning music wails for aye-
Full many a heart in Afric land
Shall bless the foemen of to-day.
>olo
'IK
wan
;ht-
lan
FOR THE FtAG
33
JJi^hltdr " '■ '^""•'' "'" "•" ■"«'« "" ""Klc .ru. chid „. ,h.
THE TRANfPORT SEKVISE
1, I, . ' wackncBs seems to iiet even more inbv Tt.
bullocks cannot do anv more work Th, n«l,l. i .1 "' "'"*
t.«convo.. nnderever,„a.o„a„^ee;:r^-;„r^.^>,,f;,-3™
136
rut THB riAo
i"« from .11 ,h.,L,l, hr. ho,^,. B„, h ^""''T' °' "•" P'"-
turnnl out to iinm Tli, „l™. \. .^ ''• '"'' "" '"•"ock:. are
th.r.l.„o„,„X.i°' "^^^P"" '"™ ""• co„.i.l.r,tio„, however,
_^ utmort, .n.l there 1. no greater ft of «,l,|i„lj c,„,i,j„ „f
?r:.°itSof;^'-r:;5l^
gran and nice„«,rU." Mlu"'wr"e " HuT' , '°" «""""««'''«■
Boers shelled the ce^efery,„ri„I^hL°.t^i"' "' ""''"'»<'"• '•" •>■-
ment, being dug a"d ,tark ^^f ''' ^'"'''"« ""^>' »»" ™'""'^h-
.archHght.^:fo„terthe;^rL".XX/dr• '-' '^'
roH TUB Fl.Ar,
■NPLUENCI OP TNB PIFCt.
•M
to chatiKc from une tune to onoll er Anfl t,..>i .1, , "'■"™'
m.„f, Ii„„, on,,,., „ ,„„,„„ air «. "fuHof ,, •. ^
At th. l..t , I cannot tell why or how it came al»ut ) l' grew to like
.ml my «„«. M, p,„ „,„, „i„ ,,^ ^^ n'u. c „, r r«,. ^ •
«^ rpTea«„"t"'^„"" ''"""'• ■^.""""K'nK -carlet chord, of tTe .,"
S'ni'r"* '"*•"•' '" "•^"^' -'H -•! 7;l:: nit
WHhnothinK to connect me with their lan<l--e,cept that niv f«lh.l!^
.ended. caur«uf medical lecture, in EdinhurKS « c^l ,^1.^:
ptpe. mo^•. m. and my he„rt xo on, toward their playe" ' ""
::£^^^^'^:"?^^:^^:^^^
rh:j;rr'"''''r-"''^''^'"'»"'--
drone.,, and the pipe „a, pa«ed toone of the men in the p!!.iem li^-e
•34
FOR THE FI.AO
WTiat I was certain of was that I h.j j-
were low apiri.ed and „„^.' " „ S "'""■■'>■■ F" "eek. they
te»,pe,»men.-^ ""ve and^y 'one "„rwL°"' "•J""""- ^■"■'' " ""■'
which will, a. time,, come up^ro',, ° «">"«tun, of melancholy
' ' You'll not like to crack a irlr> ..
'.me »" officer Of their, who wasCwlr err;; "'" '" "' "' "■»
profane; and „y fellow-officers would sare I'thinV ',' """" """''
sUKKested champagne th. other ni„l i ,, >■ "" """' ""^ '''iotic. I
until we get back our spirir The „« L"""' '"." ''" ""' ''° "■" •«-"
officer, •• i» the pipc'that make them «,Th """ """"^ '" "■'
. Krea. deal resentful, and stil, mo« meirneholv."""' °" ""'""« ""^
with thefrSgs J "'""• '""•'"*"«'>•■ • «■•»' "- .he pip« to do
«»an;.'^m;::^:h^°^;?:rc;v^»,n:nTr*'''V'«'-'^-'-
«}■■"«, first in one player', hand »^,1.. ^^ •"» what the pipes are
men from forgetting fhel;'„1t,:7;tttrr"'r'"' ■'«'»•'''
Once, a, the days passed when T """'-M^K^rafontein.'
wen. to him for an expla^.tn of h Llrori" "'^'.",''«»'" ■' >«»-. I
tryng to learn the lan^ge ofthe p 1"^ * "* "'""■ ' '"'' •«"
no more understandinfThan a dogZ o "ptlT"."""' "■" ' «^"""«<'
'«ween a kindly human tone and a "^ 5"*'"? ""■" •« distinguishes
was martial and when another was mo^f . ,L'°'"'' '"" """' " '"W
-^f any had-I would no, have milked i ' f ^T ^'^ °"' "»« <>•«
may seem a very little learning brtThlT^l 'V"'*'- To some, hi,
"like. """«• ""' ' had begun by thinking all the tune,
men wtoS'imTsL^n'tmtliden^n^L ' 7'" " »"" ™'* "^'ween
trills of ,ho« grace-notes t™, hey "alf '"' tl" °* k"" "^ ■"""" "'">
broken up by a rugged «,n of the hin, who 'ff' ".' ""'' ""'"' ™
flnnR from them a few strong clMr noL ^f ■'^'""'^ '"' "" P'P^'.
•n who are born to a knowW« S ,h! l^ ^'""^ ""= »«=ntion of
of .hose, but , called my so^^.°U„, "°L t T""- ' ■"" ■""°-
played. . Well, sir,' sa^ he, "hT, McTn """'"' "h" was being
". And hark, sir; he has the rirt o7 if "TCir. "*"" '•""^'^" h^
one his thoughts. He sa s thf, . boldly he is telling every
(Wauchope, who's dead, wi a 'c' n nTand'skillf^'^""' '°' <^""'"
above h,m, and 'tis late in the dav-now ,h . f '" "" "' ""^ man
«^.^td-:-;^/-:^;^^a^r=:-^
--r he scheming and P-r^-l^C^r^^^^t:^^^^^^^^^^
"OR THE FLAG
"?« Kjven thcm. They «emeS g^teW '" 1 ^"" ''">" P™""""'
"d".- of Boer families IrL Preton^i"''"' T" '," "" '"'"■ T"'^ =''-
The step was a wise one, however t/'"''"*-' ""i ""K^red the enemv
"Uo„s, ,.re bitterly a'nti-Bri "h. VerX'^ ?"'"'' """« ™ ■>"
and many of then, were living ,^„ f,«'7,'r„ ' ""^ °""<^' P^-P-rty,
case, were exceptional. One won a7!.i" u !,1°"'*' '""■ S"™ of the
a« weeks was proved to ,« the 7™" of f'"!""" ""■»■"« ""■<'- 'or
f r;" ™"'^' '•"'"■■ She was con,~I,e] """i'"" »«", ten mn.es and
outs.de, and te.sted that she had S Ih^ESsh ' """""' '""^''°""
„ ^j,_. UNVIELDINO.
^^■'« ~ndrerc"hW,^Cmb'i.'. ■'^''' "''■ '^«'""«'<'"- ' It's useless.
• -ve i!>uTow:"CUnf^ "'" '"^ •""« '^'>'°- <" '-e K-^nadiers-
-^^ W^r St^-tv^tZ^L'"^-"^"^- —
handkerchief, ,.T,bhe.' ""^ "^ all kiUed. Bring out your white
«-^:t:::';!i:;;;:lr:.™'"---'"^""-'«'"«coi.crahhe
The Boers at once cea<»f^ «„■-
Wi.hconside,.hleskilu:;rc.'re" h'eXrL'"' '° "i' »-''»'i men.
and then, Mas, F.n„ being near cartel ,h ".^^ "' '"^ '"J"«<1 men,
was bestowed upon the unfortunCoffife,^ aTd I'^'V '^""^ "'«"«■>"
were given them. I„ the course of tl,, " '°"'^'' """^ refreshment,
m«i^ arrived, and victo^a^ vli^onired "''.I'"' ""'""'"" '"<" ""-y
*^ Boersallowing their woundrt Sn ' t°f '" *^-''^" "> "'h <»•■"
P«Ple. The corpse of Adj. the Hon L r "^'^ °™J"'y »•" "W"
camp. To^ay it was to live ^«,„ ii;- JZ*^" ™' »'«> bo™e back t"
relation, I^ Henniker, p^fer^" ■"^';r' ■" "'oemfontein, but hS
Mar where he fell, so the Cv w^ "' !"' """"»» *ould be bunrf
renting place upon the f^^^ld "e Idt^"^""^ '"""""J "> "» '»« lonei;!
LORD ROBERTS
"'""•"••■""""•«•".» ..«."
Thy golden Wstas blight
^^ "«= not thy breath in sounding wrath i "
But steady stand and fight. .^.^ ' .
When travelling on the upward war ' ' '
....^""■"""oleftorright;
Ifthouwould'stkeepthefoeatbay
Hold on! fear not to fight
'^' 'OK THB PIAO
When jDothfnl morn of lulcyon dreun»
qlvM way to darkening night
Pine not for fair, falw mingc gleania
But arm thee for the fight.
The weaken coward, verieat knave,
fu other low-eonled wight,
Dare. bUapheme Hin who mie* the wan;
Yet darcB not aye to fight,
f
Oft hills high-aeeming to oor gaie
• Get le« on cloKr sight;
Thus, evils which oor visions raise
Sink low 'fore honest fight.
The darkest honr of morUl doom
■ Fades 'neath celestial light.
Fume not when clonds of darknea. loom
Bat fearleaa front the fight.
True conragt feare no human foe;
Swear not, but do the right; '
Then proudly shall thy colors glow
For God shall lead the fight.
AN lONOKANT BOER.
f., '■■""• **'P^"™«»i"<«»pit«l still continue to prosper and wa.
I \ '.Ty""-' "> "»' '" *™ «"= ott" day. He^au «cIS
n^nto«i„g man, and the half hour's co^nvei!^ ™ ':.r^;
^^^^^- /" ^ '^°°"*^ •' Stellenbosch, the Ca^D^h
s^^n^r^ "' '"""-'»» ^ "« ^"-"^ -.""c^rriif"^
knowledge of the world'- ' ^™ ~^ «« «»P^ J™- 1>«« •
My """i the Boer prisoner shook his head with a wise smile
^Ji^T ""'jr™"" of • W« English army in English news-
W«fc W»t would be easier than for your commander-in^^Wef to ™^
d«^an«trahuud«d«,ousandt,oop.rpap.r? Ifl^i W so mT^
^why are you sending to India, Canada, Austn.li. and Chin^J
" I did not attempt to exphuu."
iLsenr (tbvbni.
'WhaM?-lieiuked.
' Trooper Stev«u'
'Wtwreiahe?'
• Doa't know; hun't turned np '
ding ta«.^'^L^J::;X ™,"" *'*«!!L"' '•"" *• "«-" «" -<>-
of khaki. I, p^vrf ,0^1^"^:^ '?: """.""* "• "^ "P»" • l>"»dl.
«m». dorf-to^IVpl^^^ %^^"* '".* ?.'■ ■■""• "PO" «• folded
arm.,.ndf,«ntt.3"fclfth.rir.?f::;!.""'"' "^ <" "« ■"""
. J-art blow acr^lhThac" '1.1"!;%?^ '"• T^^'^ *' '^>-
ni»d h".^;Sn:'.^di::'';:^":a''-- ^^-^ «■"- '^^^.^o,.
o-p.^^rrc^.'^r^/srer -«-!■•■""<.>.'.
urg«.t that he had to «y. The^otJi^^!?^^* "^ ""•"'^■" "-•
wiihed to see or .peak to hiln L . T.^ *' ""*" "»' >« »«■«
the ne« da,- tte^l.?™ Se ZZ" '*' "I" -«" »• ««d. On
• For God'. «ke Lp "pwl ** "HoH""* *'' "^ '^'"^ *» ■■""■
hear me.' ^ "•* '" "'"y youraelf atop and
'Well, what is !•?>
the colonel „ ce. bnt^^ ^ mT^« ™i' v "fi °''' ■"" -" '«
I ™ wjUing, but I nev^^d^::,Thet;oi:^;=^- * ■"*"' '°''«' "■'
sterTrrrpX^h'if^'nrrw.r"^'"--^
THE BIRTH OP KNAKI.
and since that time it S^^al^ *"bl^^^^' T -^'^XXW-g khaki,
nas aiwayi been worn m India-either iu drill,
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FOR TBK FLAG
the operation.,' " """ °' '^'V throughoit
BNOLANO'S EMEMENCV RATION
which .r. hein;, ^mZuo,},! t. "^ "" "" '"""'''e mion.
ration, i, .ha. „r.,"rof"c„„S..Jtr"""':!' '""" '°'"" "^ «'•■
although only , inche, in Wh a" ," iHn h "^ ^'^ '""-o""" «"■
nee,lf„li„^e,llent,foronrS f '' " '"'"^' »"<«!>>» all the
only „, H„r„a.er iu^p^rand .T„"^;:f:r ' ""''^''' '■-• "•'•''^^
tlie tin. In the ab«.„crof other L ""^f"' /«>»n,nK being include,! in
cient for the meal, Tane^'.^Yr'T""'' "■"' "'"'' " ""«-
more «,lid repast. With ht f^^.l., *°',"f ""'" "'^^nohuin a
carry abon. ^th hin. raVion, e^J,° .''IT."""'," ' ""™ ' '"'•"" ^»"
five days, a mule can earn "fo ,L "l """* "^^ f"' '"ur or
«aKon about 60.000. In addwj, o.h '■"'""'' "^ '-^ ""'' » Cape
for thegovernment, large^u" «« : ahke „T "''"? ,'" '"'"« "'^"'^
.le»icc.t«ive«etahlesa4b^nKsLr.ou tl™°nf . """•" """''"
.ne„la,con,p.c.„e«WnK, of c™^ a™ ' «, Tr' °' "-"""^ «8i-
Oneof theKreatestcurioailir' in ,^' *™'" " " *«' ■commendation,
although ju^ about the^»of In* „ lu^^ "' '*'■'"•»■ » «" ""ich,
.0 make Lf a ptf of'^^^Srf ruc^Tnl"" '!! I"-"' " ""^"^
quantity of water In reaard t„ ,h. 1 ■ ! ""^ addition of that
worthv fact that most ori^l I H^"'""'"' '"^"ablea, it ia a note-
Continent. "^ understood to come originally from the
FOR DARINQ BRAVERY.
Afric''=.:zr^y*f;,^trd,ta''i^"^"''>- -- -- '- «»-"-
tinguished private sold™," or .I' ^, ^" '"'^"'^ '° ">» "ost dis-
ing colonies. Aust^aNew^ZdT ^^'^ "' '''''■ <" "-e follow-
fortunate m^ipienta were^Priv^ r. 1 "'° ""'' '^"P* Colony. The
Infantry, H. D. CoutUNew^l^ ^."'"''"■i;''' South Wales M„„„,ed
Royal Canadian Re^meut an^L a,^™"^"'.';'''""^' «■ Thompson,
the* men has peT^rf Tct''^,'-''''''"'^''' «<>•«"»• Ho-^. Each of
campaign. The ^arfsr^ ^R. l' emZidrufr" """•' '"=
Rive'; i''rZn'f:m;g":::jei'p -r'th': '„' *™' ?- '•- ■"'- "■" " m-^"-
»e.lyinginthehots^n?t^-X\-- - --7^ - we
POH THE FtAO
-ornin;,. , „«e„ ...o„',h, of hLe t„rr;h1"Lr """ "" -"" ""
'UWT.'
We have all lx»n slii/liHy miale,! l,„ ,1. o
in*.' It,,,ake.«eali„;jLn»le«rffe^l?!."7' »°"' ' C".nn,a„,Iee,.
RoI,en,,,a,.«„„:,„„;rj;;7™"^» "-If to many of „,. loM
spirit in which „e who would " „ " Ll a ^^nT ""'l'"' """"" "■'
"•K- Dutch Bible,, hor»«. and other mL. f ■ ^" '™n"nandeer-
point on the veldt one o rZhs- Tff ' '".''" ■""■■ ^' " '^"""i"
.M.rrf,aland«■„aCa„adant^tht^fa.Z,"H"^"■""' "' '"' "«'"
• Here,' »,id the officer "Xre did f""""* ''•°"' •"" »«*'l«-
• Co,nn,andeere,l "r^ir • *"" '™ '^' "«« '9"'» "
hind r''H:.,rvro„l;:-:''="'""- «-■» ^"i Roberta j„« he-
»«n5^StSc::s:;:t:^e^«:r"- ■-—
*onf:;io;:!'rd'i''drr^^";i:rr;r?'^'•■''>■°■■-™very
them off a farmer clo« bj- "'' '""^ ''"" "'"""• He got
yw.' -^ What is jour name.' I am very much obliged to
c.nadt:x"^':::i*;';^°>-tTrd'' ■"'"' "■"•>--' "> •»•
to part with i, as he Z ^ " "'""'''"• ""'' '^o-htles, very glad
THE HORSE IN BATTLE.
heing^ov:"rjLTbr;"nict':!i;L°':i,rr t '""•'■'-"■• "-«-'
hor* in one of our Cerfe" ?n tie M ^ ."""" °' "■' •«""''^ ""^ A
of shell, which split hZllH.f'"^'' '''''■'"''' Wt by a piece
turned him loosest whtnhe sal l"",' '"''\™ '<«»-«<'. The driver
.Iriven hack for ammuniUon heTan tht old „, " "T" "•■"■ '^'">'
with the rest. When an officer pushS hL J t""^ '^"^'"^^ ^ack
put in he gazed at the new o^ i^?h "'' '" """= """thw hor-*
eyes. TheS he seemed:^: ^^HrthatthTZtr™"''"' ="'''^'»"'" '" ""
he walked away and lay down^nd dirt Tul T ''°, '"°""'" ■"""• ="''
a bmken heart that killed hta "^ '''^'''™' 'hat it was
'4»
roK THB rLAO
th. hone. Mm to mind the hoIk of the exploding diellt They uke
»o««no.ice„f U,en. than wedo. . «. Aoeingfn oB^-.^T.
•PKe of open ground behind the .table. ,l the hotel. I hnd .lieadv
^r It bn«.bontfiveo,d, y.M. .w.y. The biu*.nd XlZ
Nowjon will hardly believe it, but when the dut and nnoke h«l
^olettingd,dn-ttake.,«ond.-Ifonnd the mar. had «ill go h^
HOUes WOUNDED IN BATTLE.
wbe^".°f^"" "°^"* ■ Ixttlefield two day. after an engagement
r»^ ^,^^'' " ""■ '"■' '^'*"' '■"i'««™»l.i..^The
offi«rpnA«iitoff, b„, the hone cam. b«:k and again laid it.h«d
onto .rm. TLi. time the oH«r noticed that h.> coat d«v. «,
JT^ !? "'.''"^•/:l!" "^'"'"^ "« "o* >■' '""nd that t^wh™
dlin. .hir l" *"f .T" "IT" °"- "i" «»■"'• *' o*"- <"d "« only
d«.nt thmg h. conld do uid put th. aiimal out of mi«ry. Bverv old
«my officer can tell of many patheUc atorie. of th. «n. 2rt
B~^ . . ™['' 'o™«"" who wa. li.tenrf to or ob«ed by the
to^„rT' r"'"^ "■* »^«'"™" "'■o aun. ont to t««.Mten^h™
to handle the Cr.u«« gun.. All,m:ht had been a bu.gh.r „ long Zd
wa.«, taav. that he obtained gr«it pow.rand in«„en2. A. an ™mple
of hi. bmvery .t wa. .aid that at Mag«rfont«n, wh.n our i^lS^™
fngh^,ng th. B«„ ..rribly, Alhr«ht rtood up and „id : '^X™
IZ^ f-ru-^' ^'"'^ " ""n. for the Aell. to p«» on ^h
TlM lT.„i^','""A'':" " ^"^" '•■■^'^' " ". ^id'^.ry.^g
toldta.'ll^'^^Jl^' Frenchman of whom «.ch marvcllon. rtorie. are
told m the Europoin newapapm-it wa. .id that h. playrf . difficuh
and m,pl«.nt .ol. rimply becau« the Bo«. will not yWd ob^i.n« "
«.nr^t to a fomgntr. Wh.n Cronj. w«i .tT.«,^ " •'
VII ^°'* T"f '""' "'*'■ ' "■* •*"«"* *<" "«"' leave the nulwav •
Vrt^ebo^ rephed that ther. waa ao much good «n.e Ind o^Zy
cW.r strategy ,n their cutting loo«, f™m the milway and f^r^^
cordon around th. Bo.r army that h. wa. aur. they wouid do it
vox TRB rULO
'43
MONOR.
When heroei fall in open light
Where rival lieroei meet,
I>l«g>»M may never link iu name
With courage in defeat.
Though cauiea differ, honor lighu
Each wnl with kindred fire;
And nobleit hearts, from higheit height!
May diaciDwncd worth admire.
^^^ .""' '"" "" ^'^"»™>' government calW for tender, for
S^™r».:i™""?"^'"''^'"'»P'"" -«•""■ which to. „cl«
h^ ^„ , , .^ .^°« «nu««lly limited. Thi. «.dd.n «,d
noivitally neceaiitated by the drcumatances; and, further bnan.. ,h,
Mhewiaede.patchedin'^yor.^riLri.^r^Tor':!™-
mhill^''^r' '*^f^ " •""> "O" !«.„.. of hi. grey hair.nd
heart with hi. lan„, giving him^d'th'^Tto'tk^li^r ''" ""
oniyto°mrtio"iS:?o::ofTr:s^"S'°r'»'''^'^^'°'«'
U.cl<«npinah.«k wa.'l^^-^milL'it'f^rC^L^'^ -"^^^
'44
FOR THE PtAG
double that di,tai,M all of u!v^; . "'" '"'"''"<' >»"'•• At
«»gon., „„„ .„d"ou«°rf;:, "." '"""" '" """>• "«" « -"'-1 ««
time, a„„ prc«,„«d the in"„d.S rff^t '"t!." ' T,"''"'jr "" "«••'
<Irew off the Boer. f,«m Sto™^ „d^f,''J^"'' " '■' «>n'«^ time it
..^X^i^i^iror;::^?^^^^^^^^^
This .. the first time a chief haa parted w^h ore „f .h I ^"" """■■
.oom.,«hich he v«u.e.,„i.eaaL4s.'-x:i:dL:';rdurrjt
«™rdLli^rr;fat'^rraWUe„ri'*''^'''^'' ''«*'"-
of Lord Roberta • nib., i i. "^°'"* " Gitalin a lemarliable portrait
•Saint. Rot^, ^J'^Zr.T' "lllf?""" ""'""""^""a"
of figuring i„ rtain J^;^ "'"'• ""'"PP"*" to have the monopoly •
woo]^eh:*:^^atir:i;h;v^.::,T„^r'■'^°'^
the Jubilee. * "^ ^ '" "" '""""te aa a memorial of
B.o.S:nTein!'al^d1^°Totv''e':^:'^ar r °""^ "^ «-" '-
fnm, Kabul to Kandahar U.nJR„^"f^°'" ""■'"■«>. «" ""rch
State condsted of. "^"^ ''°'™^ """>• through the Orange Free
Soldiers,
Horses and mules,
Natives,
Miles marched,
'" ^'Sera'" '^''*"'.'" *' '°™ "»^'««' <>' ^
Horses and mules.
Natives . _
Miles covered,
23,000
22,000
5,000
168
11,000
7>Soo
7t00o
320
Thia distance »aa cc l ered in Ws of aome ,5 milea ^7i.y.
The economic aspect of the traction engines with the British anny in
K>« THE J>IAC
of thm n..chln« h.„ Mr,„„!ir OP«""'>K on Ih, !„„ vel.li „,,„
"ill paj- for iuelf i„ ,„ ^^j, "*"" P" 'on-mil., a ir„,io„ J^^^
Th.n,»,.. ™= *"^»' **« MEDAL.
The n,«l„l p„p„ ,, , five-polntXtar . ■ "" °'^" '""«»' «"n.
.«>^:itr„fr:rH^r"r-"'^^^^^
Fu.Uier.ero^.lo^^nLfl'C",.'""" "« '-Can. '"'.
'"™>- •^"(('.t down fifty ™,sile« ^" '*.°°""'' " '«r, m„„""' *'
«"1 Sej. Mill. „y, ,h„, had tt'i, '' ™ ' "ritable^untletofll^th'
reported to be they could have Wh^ ,,^° "' >"^ *«' •» they .«
™»l;"n* STtonCrrm^'n!'"''''-^"'' <" '^"•. On. and c
..Ufriend,i.a.Un:;/y'-r„Srnr-'^^'^--'- -.,"!„• " '-err
-o. wj- '^ -P- ^^^^^^^ ^,_^
Vou are a Canadian' "P°" '° hrni and he said -
'w?n'n,?'^''""'"™i'"""ived.'
146
'<)« THK rwn
•" Uw hinbhiM of ih, (i,M > ,
E«jrH.h or C.p.'^.lunt,,"^ ,.'p„r,r„"'^H"^ " "» «"°" '>' '-.
with the qu.ri,l. i rt„„., TOB-Jlrt , T" *''>' J'™ Mcntlfy ,^«„
touched, all .K hurt/ '"" " <"« I»" of the Empire !•
'fP^^1iXtZ^:i^!'""' '" ' """•• •»« -row hi. heard .„d
«.nt^p,'JrwiX7.2^^f ;"•"■' ■»'" .of lb. c.„.di,„ regi-
;::;jj-. ur.e.o.d.h.d .«««.^%';rd":rtrj;r"rr>
«"r,!:r^ 'o';".:L'^lC-r''''°'''•-•••'"-''
"•u.mi«th.th,doccur™^ In ,h? *!?• .^'" «K""«i Ih. h«vy
"srdr'''°"™'^----HXH:;^-^^^^^
Each officer of the m7Ji«._>
M.je«y, who convened ^Zmfr;^' '"""""^ individually ,„ Her
Private B. R. a;::;^™* o, New B^r'i" '"■'■
^e Queen. Private ArmatrS .^ ,^'* ^^'ff , wa. al« p^n,^ ,„
Majeaty .poke i. the mo.. .vm,»S,rti" wa.t t?" "i"" *"■""■«■ «"
I«»DON, Dec. 4._The M,^T„ ^. "" ""fortunate fellow
Reipmentaudthe »n,po^te r^^Z.T^" ?' *= Roya, CanTdiau
Vmriye.terd.,yby,h,^„,7f™;"°'»°"«hold Caval^. were i„.
The Prince of Wale, the n„v ~, J^^ ^"«' B«"™cV..
C-mbridge, Field M.:LXSX't^'!'^ "^ ^°"'"" ^'^^ •>!
Secretary of State for War Braderickwe^ S,r Evelyn Wood and
ticpaled in the inspection. *"' """"» "■»« P««nt and par
The Canadian officer, wen. ;».„j j
i" a Wef .peech, hear^" w"^^'?? ""^ '" *' Prince of Wale, who
"ad given great •^ti^Z^^Z^^'^^."' \"'"'°'>- »« «id thlui
fought and he mourned with themth^ 1^ ?"" ^°"""">' '*"y ""d
comrade.. "'™ *• Iom of „ „any of their brave
bi..'St*t^^"ar'^'''^''"-'"""'--'»i.-tHegrea.e.tp,ea.ure
«)R THK riAO
147
"» men u they „„„h.u by wiihirT, *, ""**" ""•''"l l"'"^
•ml « Ihc end i, wa. almo,l Zl, H. IT '*" "■' *" 'oic. 5^1^
KHo.„i c„i„n.i ,„.„, h,. ,i;;^^,«^;>; :;f;»;;;»^';;^^''t «h.»«i „, J
'OTO,,,.. „™,^ ,.„^ hia^v^Ler',""" "' "'• '"^ •hootlBg.C
op." to ,l.e on(ani«r, of the Ca^aln .^ . TJ' "" P""« •»• >>«»
*"'"'"' '""^'^ "> "» "^n- oftirzx.'"^;..."* ■« ■'" ""■
ja. ciL-a*ir^X"r^r^°^^- "-'«•■•■--. .<.^«,,
to the column that ««'L>"ht^^t?ofKI™.'",*"°°"'"' •"• '^"^
«me.ttachedinim«JU,eIy,oirril.Mj!!"''"''*- ^"" ""' ••■• C
«n W.agl.ti„K to Pretoria?^ ^ *""*"• •'««'• •»<« wa. with Wn.1
Q»£*e« Jd"^' toVu^^'^X™'?*' "»'*'»« of the Don,i„io„, „w
Africa,. „e,eo«,e„„i,,„,y^„„»;'''''^J''mya),ded hack f™„ simh
th.m temporarily ,0 fo-^e^ the1r'Jcrifc« \ "?" "''"'"'«' '» '"-luce
•how the. arid how highly thjr„„tr" "'^^'"'' '"«f«ring«, aad to
-appreciated by an ff'|i;*?;-:tr.;rr'""*"''^'4i«
Cot,. F. No™,„ Ray, of T„ro«o, fever.
148
ro« rnr. riAo
rte. G«,K. Ch.^m.„, of FrBkricton. f,».r
We. W. Wendl, of Ott»wn, f.ver
H*. John W. H.rtn«l. of H.lif.,, N. 8., f.v.r
p»rt.b4 on" :?:;,«' ''^"" ''""•"' '•"""• -"■■"«' i» •-"'. of
Feb."* """*" •""■ ^■•"' ""■""""■• «»"n1«l « P«rrteh,n, on
«■ fS,'-,!'"'" "■ ""■'""*"■ ^■'""'<". "-•■ ""unl-O 0. P..r...b„K.
Pte. li«,rgc J Gmh-m, Lon,lo„, Ont., f.v„.
Hte. JoUn McLwl, New Bnin.wick, fe,„
He H.nk J. McN.bb, Nov. Scotta, fe„r.
"«• John R. Ray, Vancouwr, B. C fever
|te. Anthony H. T.ylor, Otuwa, fever. '
lie. John H. Coleman, Ottawa wounHnt .t n. < i.
He. Roby Harvey, New Bn.„:;.rc™"e«r ^"'"*^ °" "*"• '*•
he J^ank iSTh 'rf* ""■"•"'"■■ '"l-"' " '^'■»™ •
™. rrank Bath, Hahfax, ninatroke
Pte- F. W. InKlentrom, Toronto, fever
h!' V 'i?' vl'!!'""""' -"'"' »™»"«ick. fever.
Ite. M. J. McCarthy, Prince Edward I.l.„,l, fever.
Majeaty: Col. I,. Buchan mJIo^ i To '*''"" •™'"'"' '■> »"
Cp... A. H. »,ac.lon.rH. sZltf^w?'^- T"'''"''- «' "«'•
Capt. J. C. Ma»n; Lieut A E Swm 'Z ^•.'^'■''■■": R". J. Almond;
C.rp«-..r. A. C. Caldweli, ',. U V^TaVX^'^n.^l,:"-^'" "' ''•
^^Jn7X::: "^^ ■^-™""'- -" ™'«"-5- 'o -eHe the ,.
Ba^ineu ,ill be t.ntr:;';h'rr;nTnrh:Z'" """- "'■° ""•
run THK ri.An
nrr.
Blwtii.
■Itl« of
»nf on
«b. 18.
■49
I after
oHer
Fint;
aond;
A. E.
fc ""***;;'»» '-«»J'''»- M. KoK.™ h.. pr»,nM to tl„ city »
ttTal^T'^' 'r"l" ")',' "•• "-" "' "■"-"> <^°"«" "^"'^'- "^
H^r'M^ ««ll«lion, Capuln t, CompaBy, R,n.l C.ii«lUn R«in«nt
and hy him pmenifl to th. city of Oiuw» , „.. ,« ,,„, **"""'•
' ■ ^ ! )ov<) ■. .« ■ ; ehomtr
" ' I )^ itiMt '» . . Idflan
'^-•■^ -i .iu>Iy !■>■.; ,, but
rciuine-I MiMicrs 1' . tbajr
"■•■''''->■"' ''■ " '^i' ptg.
WinnipcK ymtenlay, January lutli, i
to her wni wlio liad done »uch xallan' -
in South Africa. The lanctily of t'l 1
nothinK »«• left undone to indira'c t.
■ervlcea were wamily appreciated :« 1!,,
• ••,..
3lit,— Mayor Arliutbnot nia ,1 ,,,1 ,. 11 ,], . .1 :ni.„ .„ j
The rialuK of the kalian, officer ,.. ,.„ ,i;, , I „JT^: ''J^'
..ration. Chjer. follows! cheer.. han,lU..fc.,..,, -ere " .:„"•:".
Jolly K00.I fellow" w.,«,nKhy the enthu., I „: ,i„..
When quiet wa. f«tored, Hi. Worahii, , ., "teMiiin.iiljl which
wa. beautifully engtMaed: >eM.i,..mU]. which
of the Second Can«lian South African Contingent "
rcta'd'r.'lie^eLT."' "^ "" '"°"'"' '" '™""" '■" '""»""»■' ""^
"We niarched 1.700 mile.." he remarkd in .pealcinK of the work
brigade, but wete under Gen. French throughout."
kJk^ ^°T^ Contingent wa. con.picuou. in the advance upon
Kimhwley and Krved with great di.Uuction under Lord Methuen."
UBUTBNANTS IN CANADIAN CO.VIPANIES
»„H M '^"'^n °- *"»'^''°"'' A- B- Hodgin.. 8. B. Laybom. B. C
0« f;'L°-^^«;,M"r.hall, C.S. Wilkie. F.D.LaJterty. Toronto.
On. D. Co.-W. T.Lawle»,R.G,S.ew.r.,A. C. Caldwell. Ottaw^
p';. '■ *^° T"- '^^ *^""' ^- A- P"""i". I- Ledue- Quebec. G. Co
-F.t Jone., J H. Kaye. C. W. W. McLea- N. B. and P. E. I. H Co
-H. E. Burrtall, R. B. Willii^ J. C. Oland. Nova Sco.ia
I50
FOR THH FLAG
reward. ■"tnuon Dy Lord RolwrU, and are now reaping
Ev.°/te'°LitB'^:'%„«n';:;rnS:T> "■\'-'- ^-- «•«" "»-
I.e»ard, Major Belche Ja,^^.",? ^^ "■«■-!•'■ Col.. Buchan and
Service OrdeJ-Capu^AiTic^nwrA' c ^f' .°„ «»"»«»'*«>
Turner, Dragoon»i-Captain. cl™„ m i, "'"" "' '^«'' '•»°'-
cona,-,S„njeonKeenan Lt^rfsHe'.nd, f^ 'S" '^"*"«'". StmU.-
Med.Hordi.ngni4t.eo?drr„"tS!irjtrn;U..
LEAOERS
^. .BHti.h co.n.«a.-u. GovrHon rrrr *"r"-
h!».e«;Pren.iera,S.„H„and.„n.^^^Lror'3era.\L^^^
Pren^"^: Honrr! G';::La"°L^K%''"^T" '""' "• «• *"=»'""'" =
Andrew, and John ArtaZo^ "^^ *'""'°- """'"> «™- A. J.
MayorTotUwaH^K m"""'^*'""'''' J^'" Hon. T, W. Ro-
^/a. «/M:^rid"ani"r^^r3-:,r4orrA"Tr" "^-^
Mayors of I^ndon and Kingston. '^^ """'"""l- Also
HAUPAX.
«-«Ltgr;^r:VLr:IrUorwr""'^ P-inen^dnnng .he
Kiled for sluth Xhica '°"^''°''™ ""encemost of the Canadian .^p,
Aa a great military station with 1>. .„ •
were taprovi«d the LviS E?hiWtioTtT ""'"""'■■ '" "<■"=•>
»ited for the „K»pd„n „, the We tS"°°, f"*"K Halifax was well
time, we« lodged within hVrW^.L'™''*'*"' '"^ '™ ^
featnre. in connecUon the« Jth wl^ w ^.^ r.^" *' ""»' "'"""K
enced by the "boys" during th^^ ^l*' ^"""^ '~'»"' «P«ri-
.h.nkfulapp™:ia,i„n froTmot^ei ^^d f ""Tl "^"f" '="'"<"
Dominion. *'" "'' '"«■<•» throughout the whole
such outcome Of hear.,.,. «.thn.i..m had not been witnessed for
rOR THS TJJiO
>5I
many a day as that which aurrounded tht departure of the heroM who
went forth to atteit to a watchinK world what lovinj?, loyal aons can do
for the consolidation of the Empire of the free.
Amongst all the demonstrations of kindness which would linKer in
the memory of those brave men, and tend to lighten the hardships of
their after career, not least would he that of the smoking concert given in
the armouries on January 19th; and amongst all the cheering which
solaced their departure no melodies would ring longer in their ears than
the characteristic, if not soul-inspiring yells of the Dalhousie boys, which
broke in as an inspiring echo to the melancholy strains of "Auld Lang
Syne," so beautifully rendered by the band of the Leinster Regiment.
Amongst those who delivered stirring and patriotic speeches on the
8e»-eral occasions incident to the farewell of the troops, were Gen. Lord
William Sej-mour, commanding H. M. Imperial Forces in British North
America; Lt. Gov. Daly. Lt.-Col. J. D. m-ing, D. O. C, whose forefather,
have served beneath the «ag since the days of Bannockhurn, the popular
Mayor Hamilton, Hon. W. S. Fielding and Hon. Lt. Col. Bordon. Crown
Ministers, etc.; and upon return of the troops Lt. Gov. Jones, Premier
Murray, etc.
A largt body of troops, under command of Major Pelletier, returned
on the Idaho which reached Halifax Nov. ist, 1900. They received a
great ovation.
A splendid monument in commemoration of those Nova Scotians who
fell in the war will be erected in Halifax.
DEPARTURE AND RETURN.
The call goes forth; o'er all the land
The message wends its way;
Stout hearts and faithful rise in haste
To listen, to obey.
Out of those smiling hamlet homes
Where falls the peaceful night;
Along the crowded city streets
They treau, with spirits light.
The music swells, the banners stream.
They proudly mareh along;
Fair dreams of triumph flush the cheek
And thrill the soul with song.
'*' fOK THE FLAG
Oh: „■»„,. a „,.ide,r,e,.e doth w«,.
ThetMrshes«k.tohid.
And „a,,v a ™„ih„',h«,r, lament.
The darhng of her pride.
Bu,, forth fc„„^^^___j
To vanquish everv foe-
For^triotviaion,ighu,„'cce-«
Wiich none but heroes know.
At home the vacant chair,
®'*°,^'™'">' of the sacrifice
Which noblest natures dare
Whentohfuitotheircountryscause,
Thev^W " ""'"' ""^ ''™»»'.
Their bravest and thei. best.
'"'"Gtr.L'',l'\''"*' ""' o'"* "en, uave
Vet-Oh. „'"'''", ,"'"■ ™">0-« sheen
Ve.'l keep rt«,„emor>- green.
**■ E. ISLAND
afterwards amply proved not onTvTet^l.lrr''"''''"* '""^ d^i™
•heir ngh. to ,» recogni^d as cou ^^ut ° "* """"• '■»«' '«' •'«>
«Hou.;r,^srB^'Srr;7r' r- ^^■--^"'■"-rris,
P^ m, I^me Stewart earning desen,-,*™""""' J"' «f"»mg to
P'Reilly fording the ModdeTRf^t'^^Hlhrr"''""- "' ''^'^ ""^J
.n« by his sick Captain, and H. McKinnon r^"' °""' "■ """^ "«y-
I»llon, with those others who, eitteVLv ..,' *•.*"*" ^' *■ """d and A.
endurance of unwonted hard* II '^ " ''«<'"'"«roi«i> or .wtieM
ttemsel™, h.veatthfsam?«i^r'rerec"wh'""' ""^ "avernrobS. "
of their birth. °"' "=8~»«i honor upon the little island
FOK TBK FLAG
"5.1
t«i,le«,l o,«Ca„«di.R.. to . ,p^u »«• the I^r,l Mavorof LJv„,«ol in
li«nt rec.pt,o„ f™„ the loyal inhabitant. „f NeMf„u„dla„,l- hi, .le-
Lchment 1«,,K theonlj l«ly oi Ichaki-clad soldier, to vj.sit the ancient
colony ; »^..le pnvate Lord wa» »„,„„;,,, tl,o« ,h.. were n«ive,l l,v the
Queen at Windsor Castle.
The First ContinKent which left 1-. K. Island consisted of v, men
under comn,and of Major Weeks, with Miss I-ope as Nurse- and Rev. T.
F. Fullerton as Chaplain.
FIRST CONTIXGHNT.
Fr^ B. McR^e, LeRoy Harris, James L. Walker, R. Krnest Wd, .Serxt
L. Stewart. Thon.as A. Rodd. Artenuts R. Dillon. Ser^f. A. J B Mell^
0-R.n'„^tLfr^ '!'''' ""'"'"■ """^ RiKK.. John A. Harris, J.
O Redly, Hedley V. McKinnon. Roland I). Taylor. Pre<l. C. Fuw
, t^v'T^M cr '"""• '■■ '■ '"'""'^■' '-'-' ' '-"^- »"^-i
SKCOND CONTINGENT.
BouJerT','';,*'^''"''; ■''"'^ -^ '"'«°"' '*^'"'- -^ M-K«chern. John W.
Bou ter. W, John Proud. Geor;;e A. Arhuckle. Wm. M. Harris Thomas
A Gurney. Wm. C.Cook. Ro.»rt W. Cameron, Alfred J Ho"r Sam
S'T-A'^Mct.r" "— "• ""■ ■^-"«'" --— -r.
The Island contributed well to the Patriotic Fund and also low„r,ls
he erecfon of a monnn.ent for it, departe<l heroes : while theCharlotte
town branch of the Red Cross Society. President Mrs. C. C G r, iner
r:rrmryorc" '°'^— ~>- "'^^'^^^^.
llumtna^ons, processions. l«,nque.ting. etc. Iccording to the ,rs,o
thepenod. amouR those who publicly „,loome<l them bvvoic Z^he
senument, of the assembled crowds or otherwise, were Sir i H Dave,
crown M,n,s.er: U. Gov. Mclnty«. Chief Ju.stice .Sullivan P^f^;
Farquhars™,. Mayor Warhurton. Bishop McDonald, Judge F trJerX
JudKe McDonald, Railway Supt. Sharp", J. F. ^^•hear, M P I- "c D
K. C. A.,Ma]orH. M. Davison. SurKeon-Mnjor Jenkins, Lieut Peake
Commander Spam, R. N.. Editors Cotton. McCre.,dv and Na^ and GE
Hughes M. P. P.. who suggests the giftand who, in thenatne of g^tei
ful people presented e.,ch returned soldier with a purse containing fifS„
w r I'T"' "■'"'"«'""« »"ice was also held in which Rev, I e^
V .Ihams, D. B. Mcl^, G. M. Young, R. F. Whiston, etc took f^rt
•54
FOR THE FLAG
L ^Tr, '^f fh ■""• '"" °' "■■■ '^"' °' '^""'"""■"vn. a„.l Capt. K. W
fame'^""'" """■"" "" '"" "' ""■ ''™'' '""=)<" W"™"' of Catling c«„
U.-Col. Girouar.1, a Kra.luate of the Royal Military Colleire of K,n„
ston, 0„,., l,a, been knighted for hi, services in the wir * "'
ha, ,et »a^h.HT? H ? "*''" "' ""= """P"*" '" South Africa which
Rovarn^r.^! *',•""' "°" '■"" '"''P^'«' '" themu«.un,ofthe
Royal Unite,! Service Intt.tution in Whitehall. Thia is one of the familiar
Queen , chocolate bo«e,, treasure,! aa Her Majesty's Chriatmalri t^^
T^Z t.''"''^'-'«''«°' "'» -> "y aColonU. soldier, wL o'^hU
IPAV IN THE ARMY.
Rank
Private
Lance-Corporal
Corporal
Lance-Sergeant
Sergeant
Coir. -Sergeant
Sergeant-Major
2nd-Lieut.
Lieut. ...
Captain
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Lieut-Colonel - . .
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Brig.-General - - ... 2
Major-General ...
Ueut.-General - ... 5
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ruK THE Ft AG
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Through invitation of the " Montnial «•., "
thanks her accptancrXSZ ^™" '' »'=''-«'«'««' -'".
Thon,»n. WolWIle^^eman^YlZnth" n"?' '"?'^'' "'«">■
Stellarton ; Pre, B BeXT MiHHw ^i , °">'' ^'^ Clerk,
^e,andMcCorn.ack,s;r;Mi„trrih«~\M''Cr^ltcT
ftlce, etc., greeted them in patri otic o.te of welcome ' "'
•56
KOR THK FLAIi
fnen<lly visit to the priiiiip.1 ports of the
i«h Crown, iihonM pay i
Kntpire lieyoiic] the Heas.
th.I'tFJ'i"'^ i» nowl«nK reahze.1. LeavinK Knglan-l in April o„
the S. h, Ophir, »ith suitable convoy, their Roval Hi„hne«« .h. n u
an. ,,„che» of Com„.„ „„„ v„r.. „},„ .'.Lti^: witK^^nit.h^'i!
.h:rn:L:i.Mr^""" '" '"''""" "" ■"""■'-"«-»' '-aity
...urtn^n'sX':- ' '"'"""" ""■""'"' """"" '""" ••^'"-
,h ,Tt'°''' '.'" ''"'"''"" """"•"' "' Australia', history arrive-l when
.n.l the cheer, of thou«,n,l» of loyal cilians of the Kmpire «,t foot o„
ne,l the f„,c of loyalty to unp.rallele-l intensity, had come. The people
of th,s huKe new w„rl,|. with iu i„,„,„.. ,,J^^ „„^ ea^er y wS'
thes.Kn. toproclain, in tens of thou^nds of voices the^ Iv "r he
comtuK of Briuin's heir, and to demonstrate their love for tl Jewho Ip
peared amongst then, as the livin. em.K«li„,en. of the mo.herrnd "^
nie estabhshtnent of the Commonwealth. indee,l, has raised Australia
Rojal HiKhnessesis «,rv.„K to cen.enl the brotherhood of the Antipo.le.
and thetr v,^ ,s regarde.! as a British .clcn»vle,lKmen. of theloyare"-
vtces rendered toEuKland in her hour of p™»i„^ee.l. an,l of the prTu 1
position attaine.1 bv the Federation . «n(i oi tne proud
M^c, If b'"!;"'""''" ■""'■"" ''"■"=• "■» Melbour^'to^lav ^sX
Mecca of thousands o, pilgrims from every comer of the continent.
Their Royal HiKhnesaea are expected in a short time to reach Canada
o the distinguished visitors and reflect honor upon the loving loy."
Canadian children of the grand, old Motherland. '^
Afri™"thT,l"'' 7' '°*""'' '-'»"»■«■"» 'lie" '•" the Empire in South
Afnca, that being five per cent, of the total strength of the Conting^"u
PART VII.
The Southern Seas.
BRITAIN AND HER CQLOKIES.
A mother, serene in the (wauty of age
Rich dowered of her purposes high '
°^t T"!,!" '*'"•"'• "" '"^ •"•■S"'^'" "f blue
Dark cloudlets loom up on the sky.
She said, and her eyes bore a sorrowing light
Tis not for the home-land I fear • '
B.« the shadows fall fast on the well Iov«l heads
Ut the distant yet evermore dear.
Her breathings went out to the ends of the earth
And over each mountain and sea
Came answer, ■Oh mother ! though severed afar
We are one m devotion to thee.
• Though tall and full grown as to stature and years
We would not forget, if ,ve might ^
That m nurture of childhood, protection of youth
Thou hast steadied our .steps for the right.
• We shall rally and follow where'er thou may'st lead
We shall rally and follow till oceans of peace
O er-flood the dark crinuson of war."
Australia.
'i»
«>» THR PtAG
v,^htTZyi ™"°''" ™"«"K""- «ere put under special
of over 8 oTmen andr ^"^"'" •"' ""^ "'"^ ""-""""K '" ""
in.n.nrfn4 S^e:eo. .::" aV^t";- "" ^"""'''^
nected therewith Ti,» ? u, Pat"ot'c purpose con-
^t antis":" t '*/"'°"^-' *"" ™" ™^"- "^'^ '«>e
tondoTrff H u *"°"' "■'^"""K <=><>«f than ever the
We had the trie k°oTb~rHf ^Jt' ''^'"^'' ""«'" '"""= ■^"»«' '•>«<>'
with his Jte about W^?,"''''°"-^'>''"W«. AustraHaa infantryman
•A Company of New South Wal« Mounted Infantry was unfortu-
TOR THK PtAG
■59
How AU»T«*U*N« PlOHT.
the blue eyes with unnhed tear* ' '""''''J' "■« Mme cause filled
-"*'"'"'°" «''^'' '■"•■•'-• ......wastHe .„„„„,
n.veH«ic u'porrc;:^;„'LT° 'tfr'Tv*"" «•'■■'-' "<>- '•"
"otwan. u. kill a„,.„,\he?,; wf Ltht had '"•"'„'*"«"'"''»'■ I-M
they had „o chance. ,„« thin wet„ „w° ^ ^"^ """K"'""!, f„,
rock, behind ua. There were ..„ . " """' bounding over the
°n. They rnahed -vildly ovTr^vemhC «"^ """ '" '""' ^'■"rin/tLem
hut aa n.en who know how tH^ a "^^^ JhT'^ ""■'• »°' """'"
jerk to the ahoulder, that raoid ai^hl ' T^ "" I"''''- »'>irp upward
ed over a lot of our men, Slid' °„", '.*•!,'' "■' '^°'- ''''S '■^"«k
exfK>se themaelve, to g^t t^ ^ J^^ tf w'th""'"""- ^"'^ '■»<"<'
They wereruahiUK to the rescue of the Kn^rlT " "">' ">""' "»■
was madness. On they came and » f'^S'- '"«« »P'™<iid, but it
nfles snapped and suap^a^iu a" pill ™ l"^ "" •»"'■■"» »■"! ™"
wld men until they charKed^"ht ^T TT' ''"' "^ '"" "ot stop those
around all its e<l«es by ScT^l °.! 1""' '»''"■ "hi^ »»» M„„^
thick as l«„sts,Ld thelu t^H^f w^'^ 1^^'': °"r^" '"' '— "
worse off than the VVorceaters up therav7ne '' "'*''• '^'^ «"* '"
"-^.-.cokiu, man, with a voice*nra\r L^,----.
ite
FOIl THK rtMi
for a m.n on mv riKht ml » iLiM ,T ■ "' '""'" *" '"' »"•"«'•
VIctori. I,I(I„. „I «™';.' , ;'" '^"' ,^'" """« "«» M.Jor K.My of ,h.
h«H. with c>„r:,*H"r„"; .h™.Mh:. ' H<,r;:r-r^ ««j:z«,r
the earth „ » chil.l wipe, dir^ fZ k. h»„r "^ ","'" "*•* """ ""
con.:;„7,„77.,f t; rr.."erhe"',:r -' ■""• -" "•«""•
•nH .Udied o«, ™„. hill, meanW .„ ^r^'" "' "'•™"'' "•' 'W'V
konle Sc.rr,lv^r • " '™""» •(""'•"n.Ichaivenpthe
"..n picked L man andVho, to k' f,"' '"'•""'" '"■"' °' "■""■ '■"' ""^
We dropped to cover and tried to nlrV •!,«« „« • . .,
.nd H-atchfnl, throwing „„ cha™.„av We^^, f w '' "'" "•'"'
iwk to hem them in h„. ,k„ T,..' ' '""^""I 'rem rock to
».oved.p,„^;,™JrtM..d ■• """" '"'" "" •>"'"<>•>"'"«•■".
». h.?k:",hrKh''™r Zim T ■"' "'"• ""•' "'" ■«"'" '-" -«'«
could nm face H,rir fl^ me?dt^"'T T "" • *■"■""" "">■ '«'''■ «'■=
».we„e,.er»„me„,"ootwlre """""'' -'""•"-. '-ey only , ho,
toaurrender, prorir„nht':iH;;ro°Lrr '°B«:r° t !^
to come and take them if »,. ~, '"""■"»<»''". But they »int word
tried to raah Them und*™™!'' ™""n«l,- though we aheltel them and
their men wereTfe th.v f^ZJ- . T""" ''"■ '^" »•"" »" "'
>n. their wou^dS'-w.nr'^rwt'LTrn^^^^
New Zealand.
with^heir*"^'''"' ''""'■ " "'"'' ''*"'"''' "f New Zealand
with their 800,000, irrespective of natives, of HiRhly advanced
people decline to joir the Commonwealth of Austria Z^
Thf Rt~T\eTr7 T'" '"'" ownconsti^utL"'::^;-
tneRt. Hon. The Earl of Ranfurly as Governor and the Rt.
W>« THR FIAO
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valour on the battlefield, and their lllw , """wming
etc., have amply demonslrat J Z "'""••'* ""'ices a,H«out«,
.he«a,of„ar„„Sr .8^9 ' '■ "=• «•«''«< for
^onll'lZS'^^X t»; --• ""■'- Moi-
,_, „ , • ""•• '"" 'otn January, igoo
Wi;'^ r^--::^--, under M.,„rT.
'•*''~''"'™ hundred and twenfv .i,.„
R. Somer>ille. V. D " '™ '"^"'y-'hree men, under Major J.
6th— Five hundred and sevenfv »!,,„
Banks. N. Z. M „st TanlT '^ " ""^^ ""''er Lt.-Col.
threein all. 3"' J^noaO', .90,, twohundred and thirty-
who go forth thufCv to 1 ° " ""'' '■""''"' •'"'"■en.
common cause. "^"^ '" ""^O" <»■ to die in one glorious
ORBAT OALLANTRY
Bl.ORMI'ONTEIlr r icemhM-
ceived regarding i,„' g ^ , R.iIt?!;~''Y*''" ''"""' ""w >«>• re-
General Page, .„d the Cj^^dfrCol'" )''''"" "" """••" "d"
November ,8 and November "rG^neTa'p""'"" '^"i-" •"" E«™.«.
""ond day, closed ■„ „p„„ the Lr^i 1 T '°"""' ""'"« "" "■«
■ng ne« day a, dawn. They, Z^^TJ 1" '"'"""°" "' ""«^'-
**c«oconr msouition tkt c
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easterly direction. General Paxet, liavint; i»:cupied their position, sent
mounted infantrj- in pursuit.
The New Zealandtrs displayed great gallantrv, losing five killed, sii
wounded officers.
The palm for scouting was accorded to the Mounted corps from New
Zealand and Canada.
Prktoria, Decemljer ii.-One hundred New Zealanders who were
in General Knox's fight at Rhenoster Kop, had all their officers and
thirty men killed or wounded. They fought with dogged courage for
seventeen hours without moving.
' Ti.s hard to choo.se where all deserve
A nation's meed of praise ;
Since sacrifice is offered up
In hosts of devious ways.
While round Britannia's glorious flag
A strong and valiant band
Stands ready to defend the cause
Of home and Motherland.
Yet some, as giants in the wood,
Tower high among their kind
And deeds like those impress their stamp,
Upon a nation's mind.
India.
India acted nobly. The whole of the expenses in connec-
tion with the sending to the seat of war 10,000 of the Regulars
were borne by the Indian Government, in addition to the
Volunteer forces, whose services were so valuable. The native
Princes exhibited by their lavish gifts in money, trained horses
etc., the utmost loyalty to the Crown, while the troops did the
utmost honor to their arms in the field of battle as did the
native water carriers and ambulance-bearers whose services were
so highly appreciated, not only by the wounded and fatigued,
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but also by the medical staff, the haspital nurses, and indefd
everyone of the rank and file of the whole army.
The small Island of Ceylon sen', a contingent of 130 men
raised from among its British residents, and also contributetl
over /,s,ooo to the Patriotic Fund.
South Africa.
Natal, for all the native population is twelve to one of the
white.remained firm in its loyalty to the Empire. One in
ever>' five were in the anny, making in all. volunteers and
regulars, nearly 9,000 men. When it is considered that such
a large number of these men were of Dutch descent Natal
has every claim upon our admiration. The Natal forces were
in active engagements from the beginning of the war, and
previous to taking part in the notable battle of Talana Hill
were three days and nights in the saddle and tasted no food for
24 hours. They were with Buller at Coienso, Elandslaagte
and Spion Kop, and in a fight of 17 hours' duration one
squadron stood their ground against the whole Boer force,
with the .sad loss of eight out of their ten officers.
Cape Colony, from its half Dutch inhabitants, raised a
huge army of volunteers which with the regulars swelled up
to almo.st 25,000 men. The army of defence was greatly as-
sisted by the railway officials and by the private generosity of
such individuals as Mr. G. Farrer and Mr. A. Bailey, and also
by the energetic work of the ladies of the Cape; who not only
assisted in providing for the wants of the soldiers but organ-
ized measures for the relief of the great influx of starving
women and children who had flocked over the border from the
Transvaal.
Although patriotic volunteers were offered from every
dependence of the Empire it was thought better not to accept
of the services of all. Still the offer of assistance towards the
needs of warfare was nio.st gratefully accepted and from every
part of the globe came monetary contributions for the cause.
The Colonies have contributed in all over 60,000 men-
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FOR THE FLAG
Beneath One FUg.
Wave out, Oh glorious standard!
To every breeze that blows;
Thus wave in halcyon days of peace
Thus front a world of foes.
Britain! Australia! Canada!
One speech, one mind, one soul-
Like aim within the ridge of time,'
Like hope beyond the goal.
Beneath that flag, that glorious flag -
No foreign foe, nor loss
But stirs the soul from Polar star
Unto the Southern Cross
New Zealand ! Ind ! South Africa!
United heart and hand
Thy sons have traversed land and wave
In phalanx firm to stand.
Float on, for ever, conquering Flag i
Wave out Red, White and Blue !
What enemy may dare thy wrath
Smce thine to thee prove true.
Britannia, and her loyal sons !
With Freedom's flag unfurled.
Out of the din shall dawn in peace
A fair millennial world.
atnotic
i SI!
PART vni.
Generals of the War.
Wliai of those „ije„ «artM.n,
WIk, Kl'jriwl o'er thtir iiau,
'■■■■ • > Tnuiiipli ^ruT
''''"' '"' ' train ? ,.
>',lu.r. U- :U,»c >.T,-.w,i» ,rf janre! ka'
W here Ije those plaudits vain ?
Lone faded is the vict-irs nrc-ath
!.■ 'UK dr.>j.iK-,t (he captive's chain.
But o'er ihLX: Heaven-gilt diadems
Whicli .-toopo'er noe and pain :
Though years may dim the sterling k<>!'!
Its worth shall ne\-er wane.
ta,n U,„t ,. was the n,a,ter wh„ was conun,.. ' ' '" '"'
The first tune the correspondents i«m- him was at . r,H«..v
:,:t\rt^:r¥;'^^^'™-'----^^^
--:-... x^u,, inttr tcie;<nim.s
riEl,D MARSHAL. tARl, ROBERTS
V. c, n. P.. G. C. B G. C. S. I.. G. C. I r.
PART VIII.
Generals of the War.
BRITAIN'S aENERALS.
What of those olden warriors
Who.gloried o'er their slain •
Who dragged behind gay Triumph's car
King captives and their train ?
Where be those cro^vns of laurel leaf
Where be those plaudits vain ?
Long faded is the victor's wreath
Longd.opped thecaptire's chain.
But o'er those Heaven-gilt diadems
Which stoop o'er woe and pain •
Though years may dim the sterling gold
Its worth shall never wane.
•-ORD ROBERTS.
ope„inJtt'::aTrh»d°'Tev l??™"^,' T ""' "" ""--""'-'
B«rsjndtag theSm! d'"^ kopjes, vanquishing the
ticipation of course T,H f ■^PP°"""'K st™ggl^all in an-
with confidenr ■ ""' '" ^" ^""'="»"<'" ««'-Ki'ded
tain that it was the mLr wSo waTco^ "" '"'' '^ "^•
car Jnit':.r:,dt: R;;:r^:ix':t' ™^ ^; ^ -"-^^
them as one who speaks to fw nT ? ^" *"'' ^dressed
he lifted every d^s^Wl'tv and K .'l. " '^"'^ '" "'™ "^at
which had ham«^ I'h f ^""^"^ ^™>' ^^^^ ""''ation
up to that tfm" ?^ * °" ""PP'*^ "'^'" '" 'heir work
said, arth™ was not JI' ''1' '"""' '"^^ P'-*"' •>«
was not to be censored. Only their telegrams
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must be scrutinized. They were to go wherever he went,
wherever they willed to go.
Many had never seen him before, but all surrendered to the
spell that surcharges th"; otmosphere around him— during this
brief interview, in which he revealed that sympathy, trust, and
frankness and that breadth of view which are amongst his most
marked traits. 1'bey looked on his face as upon the face of a
man-leadi- ; a man bom to ride in the van of men, tii be fol-
lowed and obeyed.
Care, worry, sickness, danger, unceasing reflection, all had
left their marks there, yet all weic written across a gentle,
sympathetic countenance, never gay or merry, yet seldom
stem, and wholly ignorant of pa.ssion.
He was as frank and liberal in his welcome to the foreign
attaches as he has been to the war correspondents. The at-
taches had waited in Capetown until he sent for them.
When they met Lord Roberts he said, in effect : ' You are
to do as you plea.se and go where you like ; only please do not
get in the way of any bullets, as I am responsible for your
safety. '
Lord Roberts never objects to the publication of anything
he says before a gathering of men, becau.se it it his rule never
to say what he would regret to have repeate ". He works con-
tinuously and to do so he has to be fref from interruption ;
therefore visitors meet him only at li .ch or dinner. In
Bloemfontein. where he was living betv en walls, his table
was a small one, standing a few feet from the head of the very
large long table at which sat his staff — his ponderous impres-
sive sta5 of distinguished men of the aristocracy.
Lord Roberts never smokes tobacco, and with drink he has
little to do. He never parades his piety, never forces it upon
tho.se around him. Yet on every Sunday since ke joined the
army he has attended divine .service. Not a word has he
ever spoken to his stall suggesting or ordering their presence —
yet he is is certain to attend weekly sen'ice — an example to
the Army so modestly and so persistently presented that it
cannot help but he powerfnl.
' He is all things to all men, in the best sense ofthephra.se.'
TOK THK FLAO
167
-aid one ,vho know, him well. "He has the royal gin „f „
jnembennK ever,b«ly, .he superhuman quality of* flaw,,:
tact the. Hupenor, H o»t .superhuman, Rif, of justice G«^
n,en I,ke h,m becau.* ,e i, good ; kindly „,e„ fiid a ™^
r J^^oTrn; -" ""- -'" '- -™ '- -«' '^^-
His am:y will do anything for him. march longer, .star^-e
harder, go without tent., or blankets more day., and we^^s
Ive Vn"/thrr;'*,?^ ••'"' ""•" '"— >• -""ertm
alive. Ani they wil do all these things willingly and gladly
where other armies might protest and grumble and go aT-ad
v.th s„lfenne.,s. He can get more out of an army, from the
uuards down to the roughest scouting force (as he did betwe""
Modder R,ver and Bloemfontein , than any Ru.ssian or Gel'n
General could extort with iron discipline and adamantine auth
brJke a T' " ■'""''"'^ ■ '^"'"■" P^'-^'-'he Guards-who
Fr^Vl r**'." '■"°"'" ■■" " ""« '■''»•''• ""'"h into th.
Free State^ Instead of grumbling they made it a matter for
^astmg. Whenever other privates would damn another kade
■^ uT T'''- ""P"^' '^^^ '"'°«'» ™hat 'e'.. about • ■
h.m up wuh the phrase, ■ E's a man ! ' He can make no mi,-
take that h.s army w,ll recognize. Whatever he orfers or does
■s regarted as the reflection of superhuman in.,piration."
T j-^"? J^oberts's interesting work
India, has gone through 29 editions.
' Forty-one years in
Lady Roberts is distinguished for her persevering efforts
to ameliorate the ha«l lot of the soldier in foreign cliraer.
more especmlly is she known and beloved on account of her
nursmg and other helpful schemes
LORD KITCHENER.
preJnt dmr*^ ""***" «'"'"^^' ""'"^^J- "'S^""^' of the
viewnf'^ilWH ""V/u" '■°°'"' ^f't^ble which commands a
V ew of all the rest of the room and all the other desks, sits a
big stem man. with a he.ivy mustache, intent upon papers ■ he
i
i6a
rOK THK VLAO
iii engaged in re-organizing the traniiport aj-Hteni— in time of
war in the midxt of a campaign he \» doing for himself what the
whole Pall Mall would have bunxle<l at for yearn in time o'
peace. "
3ome trust to, ;« called, lucknr chance,
And neither do nor dare ;
While othen find their recklewi schemes
But castles in the air.
Succes.s means honest, arduous work,
And many a climb up hill ;
With purpose set toward the goal.
And strong, determined will.
Sometimes a special Trovidence
Accords un-looked for fate ;
Yet, Heaven helps those who help themselves.
If they but work and wait.
Still, better fail than reach success.
In work, or fame or wealth.
Through wreck of conscience, deeds of wrong
Or loss of moral health.
Then, honor to the stem, hard work
Which nobler natures dare;
Which bringeth solid, sure success
And not mere empty glare.
OeNERAL BULLEP
•' The bravery, fortitude and undaunted spirit with which
General BuUer's forces, after three repulses, at last forced their
way through the almost impregnable natural fortresses of the
boulder-strewn mountain regions between the Tugela River
and Ladysmith, have been beyond all praise. Their esteem of ,
and confidence in, their commander seemed only to increase
after each repulse and their determination to succeed became
more stolid. Praise of General BuUer in that dark period
came almost solely from his own army. ' Buller is all right. '
' Buller knows his business, * ' Buller will get there, youMl
roit TiiK riAc.
169
authorities who hflvo "' '" "^""''^^ '■>• ""«'»"•
feat. • ■ * "' "'* '^'' P™'"°"' « ••<Pl'--"<lirt miliinry
^:^SHr3aSH=^'''-s
youMl
OBNERAL WARREN.
what he uXju" ' He r T, '*?"'™' '" ^''->'"K o"«
piety, and kno"fso„thAfr err" IT'™ '" "'■" '""■«"
LORD METHUEN
ha»dii:tc^e;;tfr'™"'"''v-'" -*«- ^'^- -"ich
with the rest not o,! v , "" """' ''>' ""^''"^ '" "'^ '"'
humbles, dt "al s^e ^"vf "'"' '"''"'P '° ™'''^'' '"^
of daring unu.dr;""'"'' '"' ""'"^ " P"-'-» --?'-
Not plenteous means, not self-same chance,
Uoth level human kind-
There is a wealth of heart and soul
A richness of the mind.
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Beyond the worth of market rates ;
A treasure all sublime,
Which yieldeth not to moral rust
Nor dims through force of time. v
Condition hedgeth not the gift ;
Since heaven delights to yield
Like precious unction to the brave
On throne or tented field.
OENERAL QATACRE
Vixt not be judged by Stromberg. What happened
there is by now ancient history. It was alleged that the map
of the ground was utterly misleading, that no compass bearings
were taken, and so no one knew where he was being taken in
the dark ; that the Berkshire regiment, the only regiment to
whom every inch of the ground was familiar, was left behind,
that the start was two hours late, so that the moon .set long
before the journey had been completed to an intermediate
halting place and the men lo.st the rest they so much needed ;
thi*t the men had actually been under arms for upwards of six-
teen hours, when called upon for severe hill fighting and were
so dead beat that they fell asleep on the open ground under
fire. Against this indictment may fairly be set the unpre-
judiced letter of a corporal in the Second Northumberland
Fusileers who went through the action undsr the general. He
says that " it was broad daylight when they were at the foot of
some high, inaccessible rocks.
The guide turned to the general and pointing to the top
of the rocks said, ' there is your position and there is your
enemy,' and immediately started to gallop off but before he had
gone two yards General Gatacre shot him twice through the
body, saying, 'Man, you have done me, but you are the first to
go.' These were the exact words .said. When the general
.saw how we were trapped he cried like a child and said : ' Oh,
my poor boys, what have I done. ' ' '
At the time of the famous march to Berber, when the
boots of his men gave out, and hundreds of them arrived all
but barefoot, every available camel was burdened with a man
FOR THB PI,AG
Who lacked nothiiig of strcnoti, ™
boots. Gatacre had halTa d '"T"' '" "'"^'' »■ ""'v
carryfn, a barefoof^ tidier whHe t"""''' ''"' "^ «-
h«me„. No wonder The^iovlht '"'"'' '""■««■ -'"
OENERAL FRENCH.
south AfSrha'°X^'r' "" ""'"-''- - 'he
with .such uniform sucS.ra'rnlr.r" "«"^' *"'-^
the Cavalry Division. T,vt?„T /"T °- *"■ '"'"''^- °'
out, fought in the earlvll ™''™ ""^ ^^ broke
KeitfoutL, he;xi:7sx"fe::;ii^^"r^--
upon Lady.smith, and when ^rT^ T ""^"' '''■■'" """^t
by the last train, whth wl ridrft 1*7""'^ '^" ""^ '°w"
passage. He next tnrnJT ^ "'"' ''•*•" bullets on the
during the"rr;'rrrfrir;'''oa;a''''""*"^'"'"-'
checks, reverses and lo4s If '»' ^ , °'*' ' ^"'' M<^'huen's
warf until Cole.sburg w™hr:nd^r^''^ headway north-
to the Orange River ""^ ""^ ^"*""y driven back
at 'i- sl'ul^d'b^Xnu™-^ ^'-^'-^ ""■'™-«'. -"
the midst of a disloyal DuTchnnT™' """•*"■ "^ '"»* '"
tivity, alertness and wat^hle,?""' ""' "'^ '"'-« -
prise and less, and sco^icort ;'"''''' ^""^"^ '*^'""^' ■•*"^-
During this period he ^1 a, 'n^ 1 ^ '""°^' °™'- '"« ^^"'y-
never failed [:give'':g'::^::rnt''orhiLir ■■" ''"' -'
Krenrtrht'ii^*ri:rair'"='"''.''^ -'- '^--
liefofKimb.rleya„dXtedh,™T .T''"'"''' '° '"^ «"
which so quickly and t m anth a ', ."' "^'"^ "'"""
->t. In the pursuit and :rpturnTc''*^^'''" «"^' ^-
French who raced past the retrla L r '^ " ""^ ^™^"'
way. In all the ojirations n wh ch ,. r" ""^ '"'"«' '"«
™., subjected and^lnauT^r^ '■.^^el;^^^-- -» 7-
a brilliant part as he hax si^^ . • '-"^alrj General bore
to BrantfoS, th^ Valrand Toh^'^K""' ^'™"'^ """"ward
French has not only win l-'rH'^''"S. In fact General
b«toffo.ign.nilitI;-^;t^-;^-HeBr.is^
«l
I7J
FOK THE FLAG
aENERAL SIR BINDON BLOOD.
No oiEcer has his name more prominently before the public
just now (1901) in connection with the South African war
than Major-General Sir Bindon Blood, K. C. B., who is doing-
such excellent work in breaking up the Boer resistance in the
northern districts of the Transvaal. He is an Irishman by
birth, and was bom in County Clare in 1842. In i860 he
entered the Royal Enffineers, and ••■ his first fighting in 1877,
in the Lowaki Expedition, for which he received the medal
and clasp. For services in the Zulu war of 1879 he also got
the medal and clasp, and the same year went off to the Afghan
war, where he again distinguished himself, and received anothi r
medal. He went through the Egyptian Campaign of 1882,
receiving the medal and clasp, and in 1895 was appointed
Chief Staff oflicer of the Chitral Relief Force. In this capacity
he attracted great attention by his organizing and governing
abilities, and was, in consequence, placed in command of the
Bundecund District, a pcition he retained until 1898. Sir
Bindon Blood was made Major-General in 1899, and was
especially chosen by Lord Kitchener for the work he is now
performing. It is .said of him that, no matter what the coun-
try is, he can always provide shelter and defences for himself
and men.
OTHER BRITISH GENERAW.
Gordon, Cherm.side, Clements, Colville, Barton, Rundle,
Knox, Carrington, Pole-Carew, Hildyard, Hector McDonald,
F. W. Kitchener, Ian Hamilton, Woodgate, Brabant, Kelly-
Kenny, Kekewich, defender of Kimberley; Hunter, Chesham,
Nicholson, Bruce Hamilton, Douglas, Lyttleton, Wynne, F.
Walker, Lord Dundonald.
BOER GENERALS.
Joubert, Voltje, Schalkburger, Pretorions, Steenkhamp,
Cronje, DeWet, Botha, etc.
PART IX.
Medals of Generals
PaOMINjNT IN THE WAR.
MaKazine. ""™" »"'' country, ■• .,„,.» the Royal
••OKD ROBERTS.
n,eHa';it'.h'tefc'.atpr aTaT '^ "'^' "■™''' °' "« ««-. Cro., f„„
..ni«h..,c»d. H,irai:K4i:roTrrM::s;''''"''"'^™"''""--'
.iegeiirca^u^T^j-r :,;:r:";;r:a''"""^ ?',■""■'«• ■■-"■«"'< «•»
ander him a few week, later I^ , ! "'f. *™™'<»'- "'^ how -a, sh„,
H. hor. Shot . .h«e a. ^^^ K^^^.U^^r I^r "^ "-'" -"
<nK.Her;:'aTactr;Ti-t^rrL;rr"'''"~'-^''"— »"<>*-
^8. to Dec. 6. „S57, .he lefea" of "he Gw"'' °' ''''"■"■""'""' ^ov.
Kho.,ag„„ge,.hereocc„patfo„ Jplth ™ 'Th^r*'"*^"^ "" "«'''" "'
the action of Koorsee, and the vari™, ■' '""""nK of Mtangun^e,
of lucknow. For ih^VX^Z '"""r' ""''"« "'"• '"e «ptnre
Gene,,, of ,„dia, .^ Xtedbr'ST, ^^- '"""'' °' '''^ °--"°-
-^^.ntiny .neda, litj^^^ ^^^ , --■ ^^fT^^
Whe^:,Lt,''^;;r,rX:!- ^-' ■^o..^ «o„ the Victoria Cro..
.listance two sepoys KoinRawav ^^^ ^^^?"''• '*'5'*' "' ^"^ i" "•«
horse, theKaIl,« vo^ng^fficTr ovl "kT '"'"""« ''P"" '° hi»
enter a village. They taS awt^^ r' '"",■" ""'-^- *"^ »•»■« 'o
presenting their ntuskets at him and ™1,T" '"" '"'"'"' ««■" "y
but fortunately the cap faile,? The Tan .hi!;:" ''"''''' '''^ '"'''^"
hyLieut. Roberts, and he Stan. ard.rk™"""' "'■■" '"' ''°""
onthesameday, cut down ^"'C^;^! r""'"" •",'■>'""■■ «-'«>
musket and bayonet, keeping off ;^rr Ll.Vr'''"'' '■' '"^■' "'"'
assistance of the horseman and m^7„J',^r *"' """= '" ^e
spot. "• '"" ""■'""!{ >t the sepoy kille,. him on the
in .86., he was e„,p,„ye,. on special »r.-ice .ith the expedition sen.
li
«74
POR THE KI.AG
aK.mslthetnb«on,he northwest frontier of India, and „a. prtKnt at
the storminK of Woo, the capture of Ubbeyl,, and the deit™""" o
Mulkah, recnng the India general service ,„e,lal with cla.p-U„,W,°
S68, when, as AMUtant Quartermaster-General of the Bengal Br^ade
an, as semor officer of t : department of Eoula, he , ..perinten^ed the e'
em,„rlcat,o„ of the whole arn,y, and was selecte.! by Si^ RolLnCrer^
the tarer of h,s final despatches. He was breveted Lieut.-Co Jerin,
received the Abyssinia medal.
Returning to India, heserveilas Assistant Quartenna»ter-Gener.l .„^
senior staff officer with the Cachar column of The iThT ,";"'
orce ,n .S?-;., and was present at the capture of the Bholel ^agl" and
he attack on the Northlang range. He commanded the troop, e^aged
attheburnnjgof the village of Taikoom, Jan. :6, ,872, for wSich T «
ceive,! the clasp Looshai, and was ma.le a C. B.
The year 1S78 saw him in command of the Koorum field force He
was present at the storming and capture of the Peiwur-Kotal and the Dur
sun of the Afghan army to the Shufargardan, also in the ^airinZ'
Mangor Pass, and during the operations in Khost. For these services he
was r.,^., ,„ K„,ght Commander of the Bath, and re. eived the ,3k, 0I
both houses of parliament. "■«!■«.■< 01
General Roberts commanded the Cahul field force during the advance
on and occupation of Cabul in the autumn of ,879, and was preJnt i^^h"
engagement at Charasiah and throughout the o^ration atl^rldur
mg the winter of ,879*, for which he received the l„dge o/a cT^Lu""
er of the Order of the Indian Rrapire. >-ommand.
He next com..ianded the Cabul-Candahar field force which n,.„i,^
frorji Cabul ,0 Candahar in the August of ,S8„ and rXv^ t garrisot
shut up ,„ the latter place on Sept. ,, defeating and dispers^ngT^h
Khan's army. Lord Roberts received the thanks of both Houa^of Pari,,
men., the Afghan medal with four clasps ( Piewar Kotal, Cha^i iSbul'
Kandahar; he also received the grand cross of the Orde of thTLVh and
was createtl a baronet. " """
1S86 found him in command of the British forces in Burmah He
returned as usual, victorious, and was again rewarded. Upon his return a!
roX^nrGrev''''-'^' ■■"■-■••-""-=■'-■'- -'-^^^^^^
SIR REDVERS BULLER.
SirRedversBuller's first medal was granted to liim for serv-ices in
China where he servd with the Second Battalion of the Sixtieth R»,
the War Office last year, although it is for services in Canada wiUiThe Red
River expedition in 1870. '"^ "*"•
In September of ,873 he accompanied Sir Garnet Wolseley ,c the
rOR THS FtAG
'75
advance guarf nngalZmTuluX^T ^^ "l* "l"" °' '*""»'"'■ th.
he wa, , lightly „„"J„,)'";„°\i";^"™^; 'he hattle of Ord,h,u , „h
Asha„t« mtdal «i,h clasp-Coom.Mie. ""'''"■■ ""'' "■«
Frontier UghrnTi /„\heen^^Ul a[ T»il'•^"^^
«on, a. Mo„„eu, P..., .„, aS^rMl^tAU l^I.l.-oIS"'-"-
Ka.eit^":;zr.t'!jzL^jirrs--.^^^^^
-■.ththeeaateTO reconnaisance of th. f ' *"" ""^ ""'entrusted
n.archedf™„Can,pwi.hZho°« „H^r"- ■"" "'"''■ ''"■ B°""
an 8,-mile circuitous march he Mv™l^^' T"'"' '" '" •"■ «"'• "'"^
mountain. The „e,t mo^L he mTs cl " .""""' ■'"""'™'" "' "■'
«We for mounted men, theyhaX to Z " i I ° '""l ""-'^ P-
On sainiuK the hiKh plateau he aaw hi . "'^^ ^>' "'« Wdle.
mountain top .t ™.Ct o n m ^ T' *'" ""^ '"=» "' ">• Hal
as the Zulus had cZLaM th'™^,' '"""" ''"''" ■>" "" ™»""it.
Bunerretume,lto °hrea^o,rl"' T""" ""' '""'^ ""'' ™^""»-
«ith order, for Col Weatheriev »t " ""I"'"' '''»Pa'<^''«' a- officer
No «x.ner had the capSn de,2Ari 0:1''" '"'T""' "■"'"" ™"'-""
army full «,ooo strong apprS^to/the m"™,"" 'T """" '"" ' ^"'"
ThedelayoftheothercoIuZflhJ I ^^'" '"•""^ ""= »>">-*a.t.
inhlobane followers of UmMni ITm """""« '"" '""■'• -'"«' •-
Krouud until the arrival llZunnT.^;''"'"''^ '" "<"" "»" —
Nosuppo,thavi„,ar.^.ed:;;^'riK':rS;''rar''"'''°"=''
Col. Buller obtained the V C tr.r t.s it
for having assisted, while hein,^ h„« ^"1 "' "'°''"" '" ">'' «'«"'
of the Frontier LighrHor^ I*""'' '""^"^ "•'• '"^ =^"'-- Capt. Arcy.
on his hor^ "«i. he ov^^rtheC'r;? °", '°"'' """ '^"'^■"« -'"■
under tl.e same circumsWe, h, ^L ' °''° "" "" ^"^ ''ay and
Frontier Light HorL^wW h ™«>'<"' Lieut. C. Kveritt. of the
of safety. Yet a^^iid t^ 'r *"" '"'"' """" "■'" ' "" P'ace
third comrade T tha e™ "t^uTl " T"" '""" ""' ^'"'' "' "-"> »
Horse, whose mount was clmn , ^7" "'"P'^'- °f "•» Frontier Light
have been killed by trMus"^ ""' """'"'■ """• ""<> «herwi,e would
a..^^i^t^^;^- -^--"ce before .undi.
'76
FOK THK FLAG
ContinuiiiK in South Africa lie serv«1 1„ .1, o
andb«„Kr.i«,Hoa'J^l\'"? "" '^"-"P':"" ■"«>«' "i'h on. clasp
LORD KITCHENER.
vader, an,7.'i^''™^!™=''"''"'="'''"''^Son.l„„ from the Derviah in-
SIR OEOROE WHITE.
Tshr^rt: r°f ^-'- ^" '>----LXThti:;.:r :
accompS ^-'^--- srt ^jr,tc -
FOR THE FIAO
Afghan „.rtal with t..r« ZZch."': ""'" r' ,''"'' """"• """'^ "•«
hi...„.pic„„„,,a,,,„t,;.fct;raHZ?L"„rH:?'^'"°*^-"''''
»tar. After leaving EKypthVK"«i„r,'h,f\'~'"'' "" '"«^"' ''"'"«
n command of the £ond I^ilTBri ''!/''™'" «'««"<'" '" >S85-9
'ay during the in.urrection- he aT^ef3 !ii"'l"™"'"''"' " »'"■)»:
Force after the capture of M.„da"v T °° t "" ''^ ="™'« P«M
thank, of the Government and o, he Camm.„7 """T "' ""»"' ""
promoted to the rank of Major-Gen™! T J ""'""*^'"'' "' '"<«'• "■">
fi«ld, wa,raiKdtoaK C B a^rrT '? /'"'""K»id.ed «rvice in the
Sir Geo,Ke White now ».: 1^: 'c' '"™"" """" "'"■ *"•
Bath, the Star of India, theTdfan Pmni^e TT "' '^' ""''" "' ">'
V.C., four aiivermeda,. and ot;"aard';::rn:e:r°'°"°"'"'''''
. ''^'*E«*L BADEN-POWELl.
theop2."rrL\fa„??„";^"f ■ "■',-- ■" M-f^Xi-K. »erved in
general officer commanding IndTimeZ™"' ^"""*' '^^''- "> "'-
under Sir Fmnci, Scott i« Z'l^^'T't^: '" ■^"■^^rved
Artanti bronze star, which Ca'^'" '° '^ '.'"'""■ ""d received, the
Queen." The British South A7nca Co,Z"" ""' "" """'' ""•'>"■ «■'
n-edal for Rhodesia for the part he "ook ^^h"^' "'**'"'"' h™ »ith their
m 1836. >"" "' '«"' "> the operations in South Africa
OENCRAL MACOONALD.
80, iSu':itrh1ct^^^:r r.'^r"''-'^''''''"" --'-'^^
engagement at Ch.rasilhon^X* "•'''':" °' '''"'''«»• '" ">^
Cabul in the following De^mtr^ *i '^'V "" °'*""''"» »™"d
Charasiah on April 25, tSsT hTIw *" '*="'"'' ■'"K-'gemem at
ertsin the ma,ih to clC' a^d 1 ""'""'""-ed Sir Frederick Roh-
Augustj., andatthetatleof canriar'"^,";' °L '"'^ '-""--nee of
tioned in despatches he was promoW tn the ^T^ "*'" '"''^'"■^'-
he also received the Afghan Si 'fth ?i.r T ° '^"'"^ "'^"'="«"' :
and Kandahar, and ^^^ro...t:ZZ^;ZtZt^'''''''''''' ■"">"'
in looi nc scrvcH jn th^ t> *
ment at Majuba Hill, when he wTtaTe"; ^rf ™ T"^"' '" "*= "^"K-ge-
turnedtohimb, Oen. J™bert irXf.r:f\rre,^tr -
Assio"utrm*tua;.?,'To't?w,fd'"t^ l^'^" ^ «^'^- -"i-"' at
Suakin in the DeceSb^ of S. i^'cul'^^L'"'" "" "■" """""^ "-'
For these services he received the r^.f L^:.:^?^ s't^aT^t
•78
FOR THE FLAO
third cU« of the Order of the Mcdjidl. l„ .),. f„i, _,
another cl«p ,o hi.med.l :,, tata P^ent 1„ !hl "* '"*' '" "''>"'
.. the „,.,. un. receivin, L^^ZIl^^^Z'"'" " """*'•
the th^Tr, ro'rdVr ^f'thTo".;^ -' r V"^«^'' -- —
Khedive «ar. ' 0.n.anieh, . cUup being .dded to hU
Her.tr.ii^\7^r'::.i"r>'F^"^^^^^^^^^^^
eluding the engagement T^Ch^ "■ ?' T"""" "' "9'> '"•
Atb.r..„d KhartS Fo ,h« "r^^ h.'li" '5*." "" *"""• "^
««dal and the Khedive mX^tt^vT ? u"^ "" ^''"* *'"'^»
den^amp to the Queen a^dcLl™i ^"'/^f. ■ "« "•» -l-o made aide.
Hou«,„f Paritamenr °'"' ""'™' "« """'"' -' •»">
OeNERAL PRBNcn.
for«"^^^a'e"Cre^ wUif .rr '""i™^ ^""^ *'"" ""■•
hi. «rvic. with the Sr. Tx^C onSlS '." d ,f """ ""' '"
of Ab„ Kiea and MeUmmeh ^h t" NiJe^tji,","',;: *' ""■"^""'
ver«*'rLi'r^™;r.rr;::*^ rr' "•»«— "ntheob.
front. ' '™"''»K to regulations, with that nde to the
the ^y'^X'u^yt'Z^- '"" " -"? r ' '=''"- ri"-" b,
ourceneml. a,e " gold a„7m.I^fi "T""' '^' '^'"" °">"»»'
order m«UU and ..a^t^rl^.^rdlLXrbor'""'^ *"
PART X.
The Victoria Cross
TH3JE WHO GAINED IT.
and December 26th. Senienia outwrte of MftfekinK, Oct. 37th
S«T>ft. MartJnf lu— for at»«n^.'-»
a J7rj,r.treteL"j;^X '° ■■''"«"' "'^
lieut. Norwood— for mpnln.. .
"e.rUdy™,i.h,Oc,.3^hlS! " ° """"""^ "-per un.Ier he.vy fi„
.5.h,X- ''■™-'" '"""'-'"''—'>'«■."> a. Co,e„„, Oe«,„Her
Oo..^t;r-4':'-"— '- -^""-.^ .. the U..,e o, ,„„,,„^.^
^rp,.Sh,„,_for.«,of Wery..M.,,^„„..,„ „^
Capt Congreve-forattemptinKtos.,e.l, «^- "th, l8c«.
hnng,„gi„ Lieut Rol^rl^, Dec Tjfh,^' """"'"' « C<"e"»o ,nd for
Major Baptie, R A M r *
Co.en», „d for he,pi„'^- •oTetnX'VrcSV''' "»"<'«■ »'
"ec. 15, 1899. '" ">= wounded Lieut. Roberts.
nec^^^nX"'"'-""*'^'"''"™-""'^— Hegu„,..Co,e„.,
■^-.'S.X~'" '■™^"'' '" '--" '™- "-"" -vy «re .t Co.e„«,,
«re.?c^it^«;^r;t:;:™^'»=''---„.r«^^^
foutettt'^t:,^: «''"'""^*" -•*•"« a comrade uear B,oe..
-S^K^'rCtrrTsp^---^-^^^^^^
l8o
rati TMK riAo
Gunn«L<.lg_lMrt by th. ««„„,„ .„,i ,|riv,„ „( , Itatten- R
.1, '^"'"•^"""'■Jo""-''}""'''* example .v,rte.l . «,,|ou, ch«k to
the amult T.rr.M Hill, Natal, Feb. 17th; 1,00.
Major Pl.lpp»-Hornl,.v-repre«,„utlve of the collective ■tall.ntrv o(
the oflicer. at Koorn Spruit, March 31,1, ,,„o, K»»"ntry of
IM;'^.'lh?«rr'°'''^f''°*'''''^'''''"''' ■'■'""»•'•"'• "'M-Kerafonldn,
o^y ." t:XHTS".t. "° """ " *'°""' ■""'* ""^' "^ -^
«re.?tw*'.Ne"i;"i,m 'It'"" !."' """■"" "' «>■"""" "»''" ""vy
nre ai (.row a Nest Hill, Johanne«bur((, May 29th. 1900.
..in,'}^ ;^;;"°,"^-'<»'"n'.tt.n,p. to „ve a ku„ at Doon,.,bo«h Fo„.
heavyT™; j'^^^^i^U^L""" '""' '° '"■'« " "■"""'"' "»^ '" "« "' «
»o..:;::^ir^„.:^i;'^ - -^,»;::^'-- -'- «
unJ"n?:™o°til«,.'- "'■ ■•""""-'" --«»«<.u„dedco„.,a.,e
»,«»!■'«'■ '^"''''»"" '^'- f-rneraml Sergt. Holland of the Royal Can
n^"^°^;:ts^i^™r;j;r.:;rr-" •^--""
b=„7 "^ Government has decided to erect in London a
handsome monument to the memory of the Colonials who died
m Afnca ; a monument which will stand through the years as
alas .ng tnbute to the inexhaustible courage, 'the unqrench-
stroVri^nd T '"' ""■""'"•"^ ^^■"■'""'y -"ich bind' in one
strong bond of union every patriotic heart of Briton, from the
riNAT E.
MANY and Rlorio,,, have bee., the victories nf tl,„,
thousand year. Z.L . ^'"""ienng world for over a
tain a Jr^„r„v:c i ;rv::;r^Xoft^^^^
equaUty. to eve^- cla.,, and cteS a;:!, rl """■"■ ^'"'"" """
»ystem:":l"e!l''o"?l'"rhl'r ""' "-"V of .he empire, and
pn-ored b™ h:i„'Xrerh:rr,otr "■»" -"
crumble away But-a^H ,w "P^''"™' ""=>• '^^^ doo.n.d to
tellectual might of its leaders hoi ^ L "^ "^ °" "'* '"-
earth has e;:r';^*™.™^ " G el "^"^ ^^^ which
ing contradictions of fate or ba^::,T„ le' ^Tl "", *™-
ment, will steadfastly go on to fumrher".l„ '^'^°f, *''^='"«-
foremost and most fittL llader l.r? ""'**"'" "'* ""^
Loni Milner, wZ it J^t^ ?^'"T"' "■°^'''-
knowledge of the lu^ "fe-long mtegnty and thorough
^^:tz^^^ '--^^"^ 'or't;:i^Lhr::s
Peace ^uld only, he W^vrirtl""" '"^^^ ""- "one.
^.f-e«acement; a'nd, l^.T^J^^.^^-JT^^J'^''^^
brave, could we, could anv of nritoi,,. i, j "' °'"'
a^oop the time-honored Sa^f toX^nrdrbTfrth':
lei
TOR TMK riAO
?,^, Co J^" •'■««-".<. clenicd by .he lta.„ .„/by ,„iS
Pr«.» Corre»pon<lent», h al»o proven false by the fact that the
enemy expreH.s,he™«lves relieved in having the "TaXs*^
wellcared for by the Britmh. Had the conquerori. fo o«ri
e^ ir"! I ""r"'"^" "" ■"«*" "'- *«*» "'"^ 'on*
.ere now It is a puwhnu question as to the wisdom of main
taminK the wives and children of the enemy and thrsalrfin"
::"!:iirrb~" " •""" '" "^ "' ■"«■"" •""• --•
War, even under the most excusable of conditions seem,
inconsistent with the faith of a presumably Christrn pCle
"atr;^"" ?"""'"'■ "' "'"" P"""'^. -Pon he round
i^tJ^^ '--r evil isoft.ti.es the stepping stone to
!I!7nM \ anathema pronounced in Holy Writ
against those •• nations which delight in war " has oft^^ been
amply den.onstrated, not only in aspect to nations/^t ^s^
".the cases of mdividuals. See Buonaparte, for instant
whose mordmate ambition and egotistical "pas, on for ™r n";
on y terrorued and brought desolation uporthe nationsZund
but wrought havoc also with u.e floxver of thechivaZof
heat-Uful France, and left millions of widows and oSn, to
Tat ciirof""hr""" r"'""" -P™"«"'oodon'the«°
beat cliffs of his prison home, chafing over the imairinarv
which had been found competent toov.r-match his might and
to stop him in h s euiltv oarppr viri,^, ■ » ' "'"'
aees < After ^ii \Z . T ^ *' ^ warning for the
ages . After all the inward worry and outward turmoil
nothing of a future but daily <lisappointmenl, incurabH^d
pan ul disease, a dismal death and ... unce^ain hereafter
nothing of a past but the memory of departeTlSnce'
of transitory power, of mirage happiness and of trde^"iv^
d";^: "the btL J;'i''"^ '""" "'^ «^^"P ■" '>- •'i'^'? now
drifts, the blood-dyed nver and the conquering shouts of the
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glorification and .dvi«« all Zible J» "•"""" *"■
attainment of an honourable «^. endeavors towards the
arrival in EnglanS h^ t^^:^"S,'*:« i,""" "'"" •""
™.erin.andrrurpe7=Hrj:i::. — • -^^
feats^Tr-.w^rorttrt'Tyt*""'' ""^^ »-" «»- '-
■cadershi; I^o "J'o.l^r" whf ^e::,^"/" """"«"'""«'
recent return from ,he lat „f »!r T"'' "P"" •"»
Keneral,,who succeeded t^f . . ,1 °"' "' '"* '"""fe.t
mand f the hisS,l W^t h Re^me"* ?"^'"'P' '" "">•
for his .services i„ the camt^™"*; ""**" ''"'■«'"«*
should prove a strongincentK-Hrn, J ""'"' "' """'
part of the .oun« mfn'rhrnlL'Tn^^ha^^rTu'o'f Td'"
they may happen to beeneaired- ar ■ . h^ T . "'""'■
lives of the mosT prominent hfr!l' ■* "'"' """•>• 'he
the present day may 3tak,r'' '" 7"^ '^'■""■"ent, of
very humble 4nnfne, of na„?"T\"'''™ '"^^ '""' "' the
personal g„atn^Setrn„faH f' ""'"= '"='"*^'"«
of their birth. But^Ge^ "iR J ^ "''" "'*"*''' '"■«>
'■'-Sirrf ■■"—-=" ™iS"- " "■
A Canadian Corporal in the irf t»,- n •
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FOR THE FLAG
enough to eat. etc. " He expresses thankfulness for having
fieTlrTv""""' "f'""^ ■■" ">^'-Pi"". escaped the
fate of many of h.s comrades, who had succumbed in greater
number-s to d.sease than to Boer bullets, and hopes-a very
modest hope m face of six years of army service-^hTt upon
exp.ry of h,s term he will be granted a position on the W
don Pohce Force. Further, to exemplify what Britons wiH do
for their country, our Canadian cites the case of an officer
whom he had lately hel,^ to "bury in his blanket." a ma„
whose private fortune amounted to /45.000 a year.
hi<,hw"f ''^'1^7 ''.'"""■"" "'■"■"^ ' ''""^ "-^v-™ in this
highly favored Canada, craven hearts whose apathy has over-
come any shght. or pretended sympathy they may have had
for the.' more heroic brethren. It would, indeed, have been
much to the beneUt of many more deserving had these disloyal-
^ts been drafted off to South Africa and forced to ford the
cTshl r' '""*.'^^'™ '^' "i" °f btdlets which,unhappily,
r act r, ' r""""/ '"'''°' "°"^' "^"- ^^""t of sympathy
l!^^ '■ T • ■""• '"^ '^='"°' "f the present hour is, as-
mn^h*\r'' ^''*'^'"S of acquaintance with the cannon's
mouth than were the ignorant Sepoys of the Cawnpore
massacre. '^
While deploring the fact that I have been so utterly un-
able to accomplish my earnest desire of doing sufficient honor
to all who participated in the South African campaign, let not
the gleaner of incident be accused of partiality ; sin^ ;ach in-
dividual hero around whose honored head circles the halo of
fame but represents, by his illustrious deeds, the actuating
motive of the many. *
fnll ^""Tf brave seaman beneath the Union Jack who faith-
fully and fearlessly discharges his duty is a Lambton or a Scott
everj-^fihal son who sacrifices the comforts of home in uphold-
ing the homes of the home-land, is a Botden or a Prince Chris-
tian, every wise statesman who boldly leads the van against in-
justice IS a Salisbury, every skilful surgeon who walks the
war hospitals is a McComiaek, every Red Cross Nurse or Sister
of Mercy is a Lady Churchill, a Miss Gould or a sister Evange-
line, and every soldier who suffers for his country, either on
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the field of battle or in the haunts of disease, is well entitled
to his country's deepest giatitude and to its everlasting re-
membrance.
There are names which I have missed, that will
shme in undyinR lu.stre upon their country's stor>- and
there are other well-deserving names which will neither be
inscribed upon glory's annals, nor even engraved upon
monument of stone ; there are names of those for whom the
gay songs of gladness shall ascend in many a joyous homestead
and of those for whom the bitter tear of anguish shall fall bj-
many a lonely hearth— Farewell I a sad and yet a glad farewell
—God bless them ! each and all ; and graciously grant Oh
Power Supreme ! the ferxent supplications of the sorroiv-
laden throng, that, beyond the weary hours of darkness
there may soon arise the glorious dawn of that holier, happier
day, by saintly seer foretold, when
"No strife shall rage, nor hostile feuds
Disturb those peaceful years ;
To ploughshares men shall beat their swords.
To prunirif hooks their spears.
No longer hosts encountering hosts
Shall crowds of slain deplore ;
They'll hang the trumpet in the hall
And study war no more ' '
THE END.