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Toua laa sutras axamplairss originaua sont fllmas an commandant par la pramMra paga qui comporto una ampreinta d'impraasion ou d'iHuatration at an tarminant par la damiira paga qui eomporta una talia amprainta. Un daa symbolaa suivants apparaitra sur la darniira imaga da chaqua microfiche, salon ia eas: la symbols -*' signifia "A SUIVRE". la symboia ▼ signifia "FIN". Laa cartas, planchaa, tableaux, etc., peuvent tire filmas t dee taux da rOduetion diftarents. Lersque le document est trop grend pour itre roprodult en un soul clicht. il eet film* i panir da I'angle supArieur gauche, do gauche i droits. et de haut an bas, en pranant la nombre d'imagae nacesseire. Lee diagrammea suivants lllustrant la mdthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 "wioeofY MMumoN tot aun (ANSI ond ISO TEST CHUT No. 2) 1.0 Itt u,'- |2J 122 12.0 1.25 I^Li^ ^ /jPPUED IM/GE Inc 1SU EiMt Main StrMt (716) Wa - 0300 - Phoo* (716) MB-59«9-Fa» 1/ rOQ Tllf: rLAG iri({{^f\rs Nic ^ouih Mvkm Wcir Aurhoivxs of {(iioi- !l(tl. I!( --0-. ' «r( w.»H«t. CLMI.y^o ISIAHO, Aft****! tt>t,^ UThlVc. tuiil 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,»« 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%-'°' ' / 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 FOR THK FI.AO 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; '$ 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.'* 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 . 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. I8 FOR THE FLAG 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- FOR THK FLAG 19 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 killeeen 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 /- ^ *4 FOR THB FLAG 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. 26 FOR TRK njiO. 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- FOR THE FLAG '7 »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. \/ ■° FOR THE FtAG 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 (iorA 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"'«■' 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.- , , 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 r»Ii THR FLAO 37 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' ""'" 38 POR THB FlAG 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^ "" '--^ »£x-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 ■•. 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 * """' «"" "'™ •>"'»' 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 T- 48 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 FOR THE FtAG 49 ^^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 ^• '-'■' --.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- ™„, 50 FOR THE PLAG 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. FOR THE FLAG SI 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" £* FOR THE FLAG 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