The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-25
OBITUARY.
General sir De Lacy Exnn..

General Sir De Lacy Evans.
The hero of Ave great wars is dead. Sir De
Lacy Evans, who fought in India, in the PENN
sular war, in the American war of 1912, in the
Carliet war and In the Crimean war, died in
London, on the 9th instant, at the age of 80. 1t
has been the fortune of few soldiers to have seen
the varied service of this old general In his
youth he participated in the great Indian battles
against Ameer Khan. Before he was thirty he
had fought through the entire war in Spain. He
was present ut the retreat from Burgos and the
victory of the Pyrenees. He commanded at the
sacking of Washington, and was wounded at
New Orleans. He had two horses shot under
him at Waterloo, and fought for two years
for Christina against Don Carlos. He
distinguished himself In his old age at
the Alma and Inkermann. No general
in the British army at the time of his death
could boast of a more distinguished career.
General Evans was an Irishman. He was born
at Moig, In 1887. In 1907, when he was twenty
years of age, he entered the army as an ensign
vice was in India, when he fought for three
years against Ameer Khan. He also took part
in the capture Of MaHritius. In 1910 he joined
his regiment in Spain. lie was present at nearly
all the principal battles and seges of the Pc
ninsular war, and was noted for his readiness in
volunteering on storming parties and for other
hazardous duties. His gallantry was so con-
spicuous that he rose to the rank of Lieutenant
Colonel. For his share In the actions of Wit
toria, the Pyrenees, and Toulouse, he received
the war medal with three clasps.
In the carly part of the year 1914 Colonel
Evans was ordered to America. He was at the
battle of Bladensburg and had two horses shot
under him. With force of one hundred in
fantry, acting under the orders of General Ross,
he raided into Washington and burned the pub
lie buildings. He also took part in the attack
on Baltimore and in the battle of New Orleans
he was severely wounded in the assault upon
Jacksons cotton bales. He recovered from his
wounds just In time to return to England aud
fight Mt Quatre Bras and at the memorable
battle of Waterloo he again had two horses
shot under him. He went into Paris with
the allied army, on the staff of the Duke
of Wellington. After the peace he entered the
political arena. He joined the reform party
and ranked with the radical wing. He repre-
sented Westminster in Parliament from 1888 to
1S41, and was among the most active speakers
and workers In 1885 he accepted the COM
mand of the ''British Auxiliary Legion" which
the British Government permitted the partisans
of Queen Christina to recruit in England, and
through q two years war against Don Carlos he
performed the most signal service. He was re-
elected TO Parliament from Westminster in 1886
and retained his seat until 1865, when he finally
retired from public life.
His last military service was in the Crimean
war. At the age of sixty-seyen he solicited a
command, and was appointed with the rank of
Acknowledgement, to the second division of the
invading army. He was distinguished at the
head of his command at the Alma and before
Sebastopol, where he repulsed terrible sortie
of 5000 Russians. When the battle of Inker-
mann took place, he was sick on shipboard at
Balaklava, and General Pennefather was in
charge of his division. On hearing the guns
the invalid hero leaped to his feet, hurried to
the shore, and joined the thickest of the
fight, but, so rs not to rob Pennefather of the
honor of the victory, he insisted upon actiny
only as his assistant. His conduct on this occa-
sion won for him the public thanks of Parlia.
ment and the Grand Cross of the Bath. The
Emperor Napoleon made him grand officer of
the Legion of Honor. He rose to the rank of q
full general in 1860, and at the time of his death
commanded the 21st Regiment of Infantry. One
of his hobbies in Parliament was opposition to
the selling of commissions in the army.