The battle of Glencoe : A new poem /
McGonagall, William.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1899?]
In two columns with a coat of arms above the title.
In verse.
'Composed, November 1899'.
At the top of the sheet in McGonagall's hand - 'Sir Wm. Topaz McGonagall. Poet'.
First lines read: 'Twas in the month of October, and in the year of 1899, / Which the Boers will remember for a very long time, / Because by the British Army they received a crushing blow; / And were driven from Smith's Hill at the Battle of Glencoe.
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